Professors

JENNY BARKER-DEVINE, Professor of History (2008, 2020) B.A., University of Central Missouri; M.A., Ph.D., Iowa State University.

DEVIN BRYSON, Professor of Global Studies (French) (2011, 2023) B.A., University of Utah-Salt Lake City; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania. (Sabbatical Leave - Spring 2025)

BETH W. CAPO, Professor of English, Edward Capps Professor of Humanities (2003, 2014) B.A., Denison University; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University.

NICHOLAS P. CAPO, Professor of English (2003, 2016) B.A., M.F.A., Pennsylvania State University.

LAURA COREY, Professor of Biology (2009, 2020) B.A., Grinnell College; Ph.D., Harvard University.

KELLY A. DAGAN, Professor of Sociology (2001, 2015) B.A., Hiram College; M.A., Ph.D., Kent State University.

BARBARA A. FARLEY, President of the College and Professor of Business Administration (2013, 2013) B.A., College of Saint Benedict; M.B.A., Ph.D., Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota.

JEFF GALLE, Professor of Agribusiness Management (2020) A.S., Black Hawk College; B.S., Western Illinois University; M.S., Southern Illinois University; Ph.D., University of Illinois.

STEVEN M. GARDNER, Francis McReynolds Smith Professor of International Understanding and Professor of Global Studies (Spanish) (2001, 2013) B.A., Alma College; M.A., University of Delaware-Newark; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

PATRICIA L. KIIHNE, Professor of Mathematics (1999, 2012) B.S., University of Nebraska- Lincoln; M.S., University of Nebraska-Omaha; Ph.D., University of Tennessee.

ROBERT C. KUNATH, William and Charlotte Gardner Professor of History (1994, 2006) B.A., University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University.

MARGARET A. MAREK, Professor of Global Studies (Spanish) (2003, 2020) B.A., St. Olaf College; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University. (Sabbatical Leave - Fall 2024)

JAMES P. MARSHALL, Hitchcock Professor of Mathematics (1993, 2005) B.A., Grand Valley State College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison.

MARY K. MARSHALL, Professor of Mathematics (1995, 2008) B.A., St. Olaf College; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison.

TODD D. OBERG, Professor of Mathematics (1999, 2012) B.A., Luther College; M.S., University of Iowa; Ph.D., University of Montana. 

CATHARINE E. O’CONNELL, Professor of English (2016, 2016) B.A., Amherst College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.

CHRISTOPHER OLDENBURG, Professor of Communication and Rhetorical Studies (2010, 2024) B.A., M.A., University of Dayton; Ph.D., University of Memphis (Sabbatical Leave - Spring 2025)

ZVI PASMAN, Professor of Chemistry (2003, 2015) B.S., Ph.D., Duke University.

ADAM L. PORTER, Scarborough Professor of Religion (2000, 2012) B.A., Oberlin College; M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School; Ph.D., Duke University. 

ELIZABETH A. RELLINGER ZETTLER, Professor of Psychology (1993, 2005) B.S., Loyola University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame. 

NANCY TAYLOR PORTER, Professor of Theatre (2004, 2017) B.A., Guilford College; M.A., University of Louisville; Ph.D., Tufts University.

WINSTON R. WELLS, Findley Family Professor of International Affairs and Professor of Political Science (1998, 2016) B.A., Northwestern University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles.

LAWRENCE W. ZETTLER, Hitchcock Professor of Biology (1996, 2007) A.A., Santa Fe Community College; B.S., University of Florida; Ph.D., Clemson University. (Sabbatical Leave - Fall 2024)