Staff and Faculty

Staff

Randal Doane is the interim coordinator of the Office of Undergraduate Research and the director of the Oberlin College Research Fellowship Program.

Clovis White is the faculty coordinator of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program.

Janene Brunson is the administrative assistant.

Pamela Snyder, Director of the Office of Sponsored Programs, provides invaluable assistance to the office.

Monique Burgdorf is the coordinator of special advising in Student Academic Services and the Dean of the Class of 2009.

Faculty

Dozens of faculty each year offer vital contributions to the mentoring process, and thereby sustain the success of the students participating in the Oberlin Summer Research Institute. Below you will an alphabetical list of last year's participants, with links to their academic home pages, when available.

Brian Alegant , Professor of Music Theory

David Benzing , Emeritus Professor of Biology

Katie Caldwell, Visiting Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

Norm Craig , Emeritus Biggs Professor of Chemistry

Collette Crossman, Curator of the Allen Memorial Art Museum

Yolanda Cruz , Robert S. Danforth Professor of Biology

Nancy Darling , Associate Professor of Psychology

Pawan Dhingra , Associate Professor of Sociology

John Donaldson , Professor of Computer Science

Matt Elrod , Associate Professor of Chemistry

Eric Estes , Adjunct Assistant Professor of Comparative American Studies

Stephen FitzGerald , Associate Professor of Physics

Cindy Frantz , Associate Professor of Psychology

Bill Fuchsman , Professor of Chemistry

Meredith Gadsby , Associate Professor of African American Studies

Gordon Gill , Assistant Professor of African American Studies

Joy Hanna , Assistant Professor of Psychology

John Harwood, Assistant Professor of Art

Yumi Ijiri , Associate Professor of Physics

Caroline Jackson-Smith , Associate Professor of African American Studies

Gillian Johns , Associate Professor of English

Maggie Kamitsuka , Associate Professor of Religion

Susan Kane , Professor of Art

Marta Laskowski , Associate Professor of Biology

Carol Lasser , Professor of History

Roger Laushman , Associate Professor of Biology

Ben Lee , Assistant Professor of Classics

Shelley Lee, Assistant Professor of History

Jonathan Lipow , Visiting Associate Professor of Economics

Michael Loose, Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Qiusha Ma , Associate Professor of East Asian Studies

Cathy McCormick , Professor of Biology

Scott McMillin , Associate Professor of English

Manish Mehta , Associate Professor of Chemistry

A.G. Miller , F & L Lord Davis Professor of Religion

James Millette , Professor of African American Studies

Pablo Mitchell , Associate Professor of History

Michael Moore , Assistant Professor of Biology

Elizabeth Murphy , Assistant Professor of French

Michael Nee , Associate Professor of Chemistry

Anu Needham , Donald R. Longman Professor of English

Catherine Oertel , Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Zeb Page , Assistant Professor of Geology

Michael Parkin , Assistant Professor of Politics

Maureen Peters , Assistant Professor of Biology

John Petersen , Associate Professor of Environmental Studies

Baron Pineda , Associate Professor of Anthropology

Angie Roles , Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology

Rich Salter, Professor of Computer Science

Sarah Schuster , Associate Professor of Art

Alexa Sharp, Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Bruce Simonson , Professor of Geology

Abe Socher , Assistant Professor of Religion

Jason Stalnaker , Assistant Professor of Physics

Keith Tarvin , Associate Professor of Biology

Jan Thornton, Professor of Neuroscience

Rebecca Whelan , Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Clovis White , Associate Professor of Sociology

Drew Wilburn , Assistant Professor of Classics

Nanette Yannuzzi-Macias, Associate Professor of Art