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Cowell Fellows

Cowell is lucky to have a distinguished list of College Fellows. Some of the fellows are staff members at Cowell. Many are faculty who affiliate with Cowell, helping to guide the College curriculum to safeguard the academic progress of students. Some of the fellows are Honorary Fellows who have been invited to affiliate with Cowell due to their distinction and their contributions to the fellowship. Cowell Fellows enjoy some privileges such as being eligible to be considered for the Gary D. Licker Memorial Chairship.


Fellow, Title, Department

W. Emmanuel Abraham, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Philosophy
Zsuzsanna Abrams, Associate Professor of German, Language
Anthony N. Aguirre, Associate Professor of Physics, Science & Engineering
Ram Akella, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Science & Engineering
Mark Akeson, Professor of Biomolecular Engineering, 
Eric Aldrich, Asst. Professor of Economics, Economics
George Amis, Emeriti Professor of Literature, Humanities
Maggie Amis, Core Course Instructor, Literature
Bill Anderson, Lecturer WOS 
Derede Arthur, Cowell Core Lecturer, Humanities
Noriko Aso, Asst. Professor of History, Humanities
Jodie Austin, Friend of Cowell
Lora Bartlett, Assistant Professor, Education
Karen Bassi, Professor of Classics, Humanities
Tandy Beal, Friend of Cowell, Theater Arts
Dorian Bell, Asst. Professor of Literature, Literature
Kevin Bell, Friend of Cowell
Harry Berger, Emeritus Professor of Literature, Humanities
Phillip Berman, Professor of Biomolecular Engineering, Science & Engineering 
James Bierman, Professor of Theatre Arts, Humanities
Raoul Birnbaum, Professor of HAVC, Humanities
Andrew Bivens, Asst. Professor of Literature, Literature
Hinrich Boeger, Asst. Professor Molec Cell & Biology
Markio Bohn, Lecturer, Language Program
Michael Bolte, Professor of Physical and Biological Sciences, UCO/Lick Observatory 
Douglas G. Bonett, Professor of Psychology, Psychology
John Bowin, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Philosophy
Alexandre Brandwajn, Professor of Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering
Donald Brenneis, Professor of Anthropology, Social Science
Jean Brodie, Professor of Astronomy, Natural Sciences
Margaret Brose, Emerita Professor of Literature, Humanities
George Bulman, Asst. Professor of Economics, Economics
Catherine Carlstroem, Core Course Instructor, Cowell College
Benjamin Carson, Associate Professor of Music, Music
Jim Carter, College Administrative Officer (CAO) Retired
Giulia Centineo, Lecturer in Italian, Humanities
Michael Chemers, Core Course Instructor, Cowell College
Angie Christmann, College Programs Coordinator (CPC) Retired, Cowell College
Alan Christy, Cowell Provost and Asst. Professor of History, Humanities
Sandra Chung, Professor of Linguistics, Humanities
Christopher Connery, Professor of Literature, Literature
Mary-Alice Copp, Friend of Cowell
Phillip Crews, Professor of Chemistry, Natural Sciences
Faye Crosby, Professor of Psychology, Psychology Retired
Nicolas Davidenko, Asst. Professor of Psychology, Psychology
William Dickinson, Alumnus
Michael Dively, Friend of Cowell 
Ann Dizikes, Friend of Cowell
Jonathan Ellis, Assoc Professor of Philosophy, Cowell College
Angela Elsey, Lecturer in French, Humanities
Dion Farquhar, Core Course Lecturer, Literature
Kenneth Feingold, Alumnus and Friend of Cowell
Mark Franko, Professor of Theater Arts, Cowell
Maria Frangos, Core Course Lecturer, Literature
Jonathan Franzen, Friend of Cowell
Sakae Fujita, Lecturer in Japanese, Humanities
Lara Galas, Core Course Lecturer, Humanities
Roslinda Gallegos, Campus Life-Dean of Students
Mary-Kay Gamel, Professor of Classics & Literature, Humanities/Arts
Raymond Gibbs, Professor of Psychology, Social Science
Per Gjerde, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Social Science
Gary Glatzmaier, Professor of Earth Science, Earth Science
Wlad Godzich, Professor of Literature, Humanities
Robert Goff, Professor of Philosophy, Humanities
Daniel Guevara, Chair and Asst. Professor of Philosophy, Humanities
Puragra Guha Thakurta, Professor of Astronomy, UCO/Lick Observatory 
Lisbeth Haas, Professor of History, History
Susan Harding, Emerita Professor of Anthropology, Anthropology
Charles Hedrick, Professor of Classics/History, Humanities
Margo Hendricks, Emerita Professor of Literature, Humanities
Theodore Holman, Professor of Chemistry, Natural Science
Christine Hong, Asst. Professor of Literature, Literature
Jeremy Hourigan, Asst. Professor of Physical and Biological Sciences, Earth Science
Jocelyn Hoy, Cont. Lecturer in Philosophy, Humanities
David Hoy, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Humanities
Minghui Hu, Associate Professor of History, History
Pamela Hunt-Carter, University Registrar, Office of the Registrar
Michael Hutchison, Professor of Economics, Social Science
Greta Hutchison, Lecturer in French, Language Program
Chiyoko Ishibashi, Emerita Lecturer in Japanese, SOE, Humanities
Kimberly Jannarone, Professor of Theatre Arts, Theater Arts
Virginia Jansen, Emerita Professor of HAVC, Humanities
Catherine Jones, Asst. Professor of History
Rohinton Kamakaka, Professor of MCD Biology, Physical and Biological Sciences
Kevin Karplus, Professor of Biomolec. Engineering, Natural Sciences
Sean Keilen, Associate Professor of Literature, Literature
Pat Kelly, Cowell Lecturer
Coeleen Kiebert, Friend of Cowell
Raphael Kudela, Professor of Ocean Science, Ocean Sciences
Sri Kurniawan, Assoc Professor of Computer Engineering, Computer Science
William Ladusaw, Dean of Humanities & Professor of Linguistics, Humanities
Bruce Larkin, Emeritus Professor of Politics, Social Sciences
Campbell Leaper, Professor of Psychology, Psychology
Juhee F, Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, AMS
Tom Lehrer, Emeritus Lecturer in Math, Cowell College, Humanities
Marshall Leicester, Professor of Literature, Humanities
Herve LeMansec, Emeritus Lecturer in French, Humanities
Brij Lunine, Core Course Instructor, Humanities
John Lynch, Emeritus Professor of Literature, Humanities
Bruce Lyon, Professor of Biological Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Patrice Maginnis, Lecturer in Music, Arts
Marco Martinez-Galarce, Porter Core-Coure Instructor, Arts
Wendy Martyna, Lecturer in Sociology/Core Course Instructor, Sociology
Melanie Mayer, Emerita Professor of Psychology, Social Sciences
Laura McClanathan, Library Assistant V, Library
Kathryn McQueen, Core Course Lecturer, Cowell
Gary Miles, Emeritus Professor of Classics/History, Humanities
Peggy Miles, Emerita Lecturer in Writing, Humanities
Adam Millard-Ball, Asst. Professor of Environmental Studies, Environmental Studies
Glenn Millhauser, Professor of Chemistry, Natural Sciences
Dan Monko, Housing and Educational Services
John Musacchio, Assoc. Professor of Technology and Information Management, Engineering
Jerome Neu, Professor of Humanities, Humanities
Todd Newberry, Emeritus Professor of Biology, Natural Sciences
Jason Nielsen, Assoc Professor of Physics, Physics
Matthew O’Hara, Assoc Professor of History, History
Shigeko Okamoto, Professor of Language, Language
Gregory O’Malley, Asst. Professor of History, History
David Orlando, Emeritus SOE Lecturer, Language and Applied Linguistics
Leo Ortiz, Emeritus Professor of Biology, Natural Sciences
Richard Otte, Professor of Philosophy, Humanities
Kyle Parry, Asst. Professor of History of Art and Visual Culture, Art
Charles A. Perrone, Friend of Cowell, Spanish & Poruguese Studies
Linda Pope, Retired Cowell Gallery Curator, Cowell College
Raquel Prado, Professor of Applied Mathematics, Applied Math & Statistics
Xavier Prochaska, Professor of Astronomy-AstroPhysics, UCO / Lick Observatory
Ravi Rajan, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Environmental Studies
Paco Ramirez, Lecturer in Spanish, Humanities
B. Ruby Rich, Professor of Film and Digital Media, Film and Digital Media
Dena Robertson, Core Course Lecturer & Mock Trial Instructor, Humanities
Kyle Robertson, Lecturer of Philosophy, Humanities
Paul Roth, Professor of Philosophy, Humanities
Seth Rubin, Associate Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Guriqbal Sahota, Asst. Professor of Literature, Literature
Felicity Schaeffer-Grabiel, Associate Professor of Feminist Studies, Feminist Studies
Zack Schlesinger, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Natural Sciences
Susan Schwartz, Professor of Earth & Planetary Science, Natural Sciences
David Selden, Professor of Literature, Literature
Beth Shapiro, Associate Professor of Physical and Biological Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary
Catherine Shender, Retired Staff Member, Friend of Cowell
David Smith, Assoc. Professor of Physics, Physics
Addi Somekh, Lecturer, Humanities
Catherine M. Soussloff, Emeriti Professor of HAVC, HAVC
Audrey Stanley, Professor of Theatre Arts, Humanities
Stanley Stevens, Emeritus Librarian, McHenry Library
Abe Stone, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Philosophy
Benjamin Storm, Asst. Professor of Psychology, Psychology
Linda Stroh, Emerita Lecturer WOS, Cowell
Josh Stuart, Associate Professor of Biomolecular Engineering, Engineering
Ellen Suckiel, Professor of Philosophy, Humanities
Elaine Sullivan, Asst. Professor of History, History
Michael Tanner, Professor of Engineering, Engineering
Todd Thorpe, Core Course Lecturer, Cowell
Nina Treadwell, Emerita Asst. Professor of Music, Division of Arts
Tony Tromba, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, Mathematics
Virginia Troyer, Core Course Lecturer, Cowell
Michael Ursell, Core Course Lecturer, Humanities
Thomas Vogler, Professor of Literature, Humanities
Michael Warren, Emeritus Professor of Literature, Humanities
Christina Waters, Arts Research Institute Administrator, Arts/p>
Martin Weissman, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Mathematics
Paul Whitworth, Professor of Theater Arts, Arts
John Wilkes, Sr Lecturer Emeritus, Science Communication Program
Stanley Williamson, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, Natural Sciences
James Wilson, Writing Program Chair Lecturer-SOE, Humanities
Rasmus Winther, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Philosophy
Dan Wirls, Professor of Politics, Politics
Lynne Wolcott, Retired Academic Preceptor, Cowell College
David Yager, Emeritus Professor and Dean of Arts, Porter
Gary Young, Cowell Press Director & Literature Lecturer, Cowell
Zachary Zimmer, Asst. Professor of Literature, Humanities
Eve Zyzik, Assoc Professor, Language Program
Last modified: Sep 01, 2025