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