Faculty and lecturers
Teaching Staff
Faculty emeriti/ae
Elmer Beal. BA, Bowdoin College; MA, University of Texas at Austin. Ethnology, anthropological theory, traditional music
JoAnne Carpenter. BA, University of Massachusetts; MA, University of Minnesota; MFA, University of Pennsylvania. Art history, architectural history, painting
William Carpenter. BA, Dartmouth College; PhD, University of Minnesota. Creative writing.
Steven Katona. BA, Harvard University; PhD, Harvard. Biology
Susan Lerner. BA, University of Cincinnati; California Institute of Arts
Ernest McMullen. Art, University of Maryland; Portland Museum School; Portland State University. Ceramics, visual studies
John Visvader. BA, CUNY; PhD, University of Minnesota. Philosophy
Lecturer emerita
Candice Stover. BA, Northeastern University; MA, Pennsylvania State University. Writing/literature
Adjunct faculty
Christian Barter. BA, Bates College; MFA, Vermont College. Poetry
Ronald Beard. BS, MS, University of Maine, Orono. Community leadership
Michael A. Bennett. BM, University of Maine, Orono. Percussion
Tom Cheetham. BA, Connecticut College; PhD, Iowa State University. Philosophy
Matthew Drennan. BA, College of the Atlantic. Seabird ecology
Katie Dube. BA, College of the Atlantic; MA, St. John’s College; CTESOL, Transworld Schools. English, literature, philosophy
Larrance Fingerhut. BA, New England Conservatory. Comedic improvisation
June Kim. BFA, New York University; MFA, Pratt Institute. Photography, creative writing
Etta Kralovec. BA, Lewis and Clark College; EdM, Columbia University; EdD, Teachers College, Columbia University. Education
Christa Little-Siebold. Universidad del Valle, Guatemala; MA, Tulane University. Cultural anthropology, gender and power, anthropology of the Yucatán
Jay McNally. BA, College of the Atlantic. Business education
Fred Olday. BA, Pennsylvania State University; MA, Harvard University; PhD, University of Massachusetts. Botany, plant science
Siobhan Ryan. BA, Boston College School of Arts and Science; MLIS, Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science. Children’s literature
Jenny Rock. BA, College of the Atlantic; PhD, University of Otago. ArtScience (science and art integration), science communication
Kelley Rush Sanborn. BA, Boston College; MA, Wheelock College. Supporting students with disabilities in the regular classroom
Robert Seddig. BA, Carleton College; MA, PhD, Princeton University. Politics
Jennifer Shepard. BA, University of Iowa. Comedic improvisation
Jill Weber. BA, University of Northern Colorado; MS, University of Maine. Botany
Steve Wessler. BA, Harvard College; JD, Boston University School of Law. Human rights, law
Lynne Williams. BA, Merrimack College; MA, City University of New York; PhD, University of Southern California; JD Golden Gate University School of Law. Law