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[PRELIMINARY] Course Catalog 2023-2024
Oberlin College and Conservatory
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Oberlin College marker establishing its founding in 1833 by Presbyterian ministers.
Photo credit: Walter Novak
The academic programs of Oberlin College and Conservatory are based in its two divisions with an unduplicated undergraduate enrollment of 2,986: the College of Arts and Sciences (2,453 students) and the Conservatory of Music (335 students). Included in the enrollments of both divisions are 198 students who are enrolled in the Double Degree Program, whose graduates earn both the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Music degrees.
Academic information differs in some cases between the College of Arts and Sciences and the Conservatory of Music. General policies that apply to all Oberlin College and Conservatory students–for example, admissions, expenses, academic policies, and academic opportunities–are explained in the appropriate sections. For degree-specific information about graduation requirements, major and minor study, and other areas, please refer to the degree-specific sections of this catalog.
About the Bachelor of Arts Degree
Bachelor of Arts Degree Requirements
About the Bachelor of Music Degree
Bachelor of Music Degree Requirements
About the Double Degree Program
Double Degree Program Degree Requirements
Conservatory Diploma and Graduate Program Degree Requirements
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Institution Learning Goals and Objectives
The mission of Oberlin College and Conservatory is to educate students for lives of intellectual, musical, and artistic rigor and breadth; sustained inquiry, creativity, and innovation; and leadership. Oberlin aims to prepare graduates with the knowledge, skills, and perspectives essential to confront complex issues and to create change and value in the world.
Oberlin is committed to educational access and opportunity. It seeks to offer a diverse and inclusive residential learning environment, encourage a free and respectful exchange of ideas, and share an enduring commitment to a sustainable and just society.
The goals underlying Oberlin’s mission are given fuller explication in the division-specific Learning Goals and Outcomes articulated by the faculties of the college and the conservatory. Although the college and the conservatory learning goals and outcomes are distinct, with each division’s goals speaking in particular ways to the aspirations and needs of its students, they nevertheless are commonly rooted in–and together give the fullest flowering to–the core values animating Oberlin and its work, namely, an abiding commitment on the part of students, faculty, staff, and trustees to educational excellence, diversity and community, stewardship, and sustainability.
Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is the governing body of Oberlin College and Conservatory. It manages the welfare of the institution and entrusts day-to-day operations to the president. Oberlin’s board has 29-37 members and completes its work through an executive committee and various subcommittees.
The board consists of 20-28 board-elected members and six alumni-elected members. Trustees serve four-year terms.
There are also three class trustees elected by recent graduating classes to serve three-year terms. The final member of the board is the president of Oberlin College and Conservatory, who serves ex officio.
Detailed information about the Oberlin College and Conservatory Board of Trustees is available here and a listing of honorary trustees is available here.
- T. Chris Canavan ‘84, chair
- Lillie Johnson Edwards ‘75, vice chair
- Carmen Twillie Ambar, ex officio
- Kofi Asare ‘22
- Chuck Birenbaum ‘79
- Robin S. Black ‘72
- Motoko T. Deane ‘71
- Menna Demessie ‘02
- Steve J. Dolcemaschio
- Francisco X. Dominguez ‘89
- Sean P. Gavin ‘98
- Jacob A. Gayle ‘79
- Frederick R. Haas ‘83
- Ed Helms ‘96
- Cynthia Hogan ‘79
- Charlene Drew Jarvis ‘62
- Michael E. Kamarck ‘73
- Eric R. Katzman ‘86
- Maghan Keita ‘72
- Lee Koonce ‘82
- David S. Krischer ‘78
- Hozefa Lokhandwala ‘97
- Chesley Maddox-Dorsey ‘81
- Naeisha McClain ‘20
- Minsok Pak ‘91
- Molly Horst Raphael ‘67
- Patricia Shanks ‘63
- David E. Shipley ‘72
- Julia Steyn ‘96
- Isabel Tadmiri ‘21
- Leanne C. Wagner ‘76
- Lisa Yvette Waller ‘87
- Georgia Yuan ‘75
Executive Leadership Team
Carmen Twillie Ambar - President of Oberlin College and Conservatory
Manuel Carballo - Vice President and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid
Karen Goff - Vice President and Dean of Students
Michael Grzesiak - Vice President for Advancement
David Hertz - Chief of Staff
Josh Jensen - Vice President for Communications
David Kamitsuka - Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Matthew Lahey - Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary
William Quillen - Dean of the Conservatory of Music
Rebecca Vazquez-Skillings - Vice President for Finance and Administration
Natalie Winkelfoos - Assoc. Vice President for Athletics Advancement and Delta Lodge Director of Athletics and Physical Education
College of Arts and Sciences Faculty and Instructors
Individual listings are prepared from data maintained by the Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences as of August 31, 2023. Inquiries should be directed to that office.
Contact the Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Ghassan Abou-Zeineddine (Assistant Professor of Creative Writing)
Zeinab Abul-Magd (Dye Professor of History)
Rohini Acharya (Visiting Instructor of Dance)
Mahmuda Afrin Badhan (Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy)
Ann Cooper Albright (Professor of Dance)
Yveline Alexis (Associate Professor of Africana Studies)
Anthony R. Allen (Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Taylor S. Allen (Associate Professor of Biology)
Grace An (Associate Professor of Cinema Studies and French)
Jessica L. Arnett (Assistant Professor of Comparative American Studies and Environmental Studies)
Joyce Kloc Babyak (Davis Associate Professor of Religion)
Emilia Bachrach (Associate Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies and Religion)
Matthew R. Bahar (Associate Professor of History)
Suzanne Barber (Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology)
Corey L. Barnes (Danforth Associate Professor of Religion)
Marina Barsky (Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science)
Emily Barton (Associate Professor of Creative Writing)
Laura J. Baudot (Associate Professor of English, Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences)
Jason M. Belitsky (Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Andrew W. Bell (Visiting Assistant Professor of History)
Jeremy K. Benjamin (Visiting Lecturer of Theater)
Leila Ben-Nasr (Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative American Studies)
Jane E. Bennett (Laboratory Coordinator and Lecturer of Biology)
Amy Berg (Assistant Professor of Philosophy)
Matthew D. Berkman (Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies)
Sharbani Bhattacharjee (Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics)
Monica Blatnik (Assistant Professor of Biology)
Marc J. Blecher (Monroe Professor of Politics)
Robert A. Bosch (Clark Professor of Mathematics)
Margaret Brehm (Associate Professor of Economics)
Paul A. Brehm (Associate Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies)
Victoria R. Broadus (Visiting Instructor of History)
Pamela E. Brooks (Associate Professor of Africana Studies)
Elizabeth U. (Rian) Brown-Orso (Professor of Cinema Studies)
Jennifer E. Bryan (Professor of English)
Nicholas Bujalski (Visiting Assistant Professor of History)
Katelyn Bustin (Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Jack S. Calcut (Professor of Mathematics)
Talise A. Campbell (Visiting Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Dance)
Laura L. Carlson-Tarantowski (Scene Designer and Lecturer of Theater)
KJ Cerankowski (Associate Professor of Comparative American Studies and Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies)
Yu-Chi Chang (Visiting Assistant Professor of Chinese and History)
Cynthia R. Chapman (Johnston/Frank Professor of Religion)
Stephen F. Checkoway (Jacobs Associate Professor of Computer Science)
Shuming Chen (Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Bonnie Cheng (Associate Professor of Art History and East Asian Studies)
Ron Cheung (Professor of Economics)
Rishad I. Choudhury (Assistant Professor of History)
Julia L. Christensen (Young-Hunter Professor of Studio Art)
Samantha Cohen (Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing)
Susan Jane Colley (Delaney Professor of Mathematics)
Jan A. Cooper (Reid Associate Professor of Writing and Communication)
Phoenix Crane (Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology)
Preston D. Crowder (Visiting Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Theater)
Stephen F. Crowley (Professor of Politics)
Shana Cui (Assistant Professor of Economics)
Sophia Dang (Costume Shop Manager and Lecturer of Theater)
Nancy E. Darling (Professor of Psychology)
Joshua H. Davidson (Assistant Professor of Computer Science)
Samantha Davis (Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Politics)
William Patrick Day (Professor of Cinema Studies and English)
Hsiu-Chuang Deppman (Professor of East Asian Studies)
Nathan DeProspo (Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing and Communication)
Scott Devine (Audio Technician and Lecturer of Theater)
Patricia Ann deWinstanley (Professor of Psychology)
Ivana Di Siena (Senior Lecturer of Italian)
Ana María Díaz Burgos (Nord Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies)
Rachel Diethorn (Assistant Professor of Mathematics)
Jasmine Dixon (Visiting Instructor of Business)
John V. Duca (Danforth/Lewis Professor of Economics)
Myles Dunigan (Lecturer of Studio Art)
Adam D. Eck (Barker Associate Professor of Computer Science of Computer Science)
Matthew J. Elrod (Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Justin L. Emeka (Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Theater)
Yorki J. Encalada-Egúsquiza (Visiting Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies)
Al S. Evangelista (Assistant Professor of Dance)
Rachel K. Eveleth (Assistant Professor of Geosciences)
Sebastiaan Faber (Professor of Hispanic Studies)
Larissa J. Fekete (Teacher of English as a Second Language)
Amaryllis Chanda Feldman (Associate Professor of Creative Writing)
David Feldman (Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology)
Molly Q. Feldman (Assistant Professor of Computer Science)
Jay Fiskio (Professor of Environmental Studies)
Stephen A. FitzGerald (Professor of Physics and Astronomy)
Chris Flaharty (Costume Designer and Associate Professor of Theater)
Megan E. Flansburg (Visiting Assistant Professor of Geosciences)
Clara Margaret Flood (Lab Manager and Instructor of Geosciences)
Michael David Forrest (Associate Professor of Politics)
Cynthia S. Frantz (Henderson Professor of Psychology)
Joshua M. Freedman (Assistant Professor of Politics)
Darla French (Laboratory Coordinator and Lecturer of Biology)
Meredith M. Gadsby (Associate Professor of Africana Studies)
Dorit A. Ganson (Associate Professor of Philosophy)
Todd S. Ganson (Professor of Philosophy)
Jennifer R. Garcia (Assistant Professor of Politics)
Jesse K. Gerstin (Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Lecturer in Business)
Jason Gleditsch (Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology)
Danielle Godon-Decoteau (Assistant Professor of Psychology)
Aaron D. Goldman (Associate Professor of Biology)
Juliana Goodman (Lecturer of Creative Writing)
David M. Gutherz (Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing and Communication)
Sergio C. Gutiérrez Negrón (Houck Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies)
Anjanette Hall (Assistant Professor of Theater)
Elizabeth C. Hamilton (Associate Professor of German Language and Literatures, Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences)
Holly R. Handman-Lopez (Assistant Professor of Dance)
DeSales Harrison (Professor of English)
Jason D. Haugen (Associate Professor of Anthropology)
Rachel F. Hems (Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Jihye Heo (Assistant Professor of Economics)
Laura B. Herron (Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies)
Evan Hilpman (Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology)
Amanda Hodes (Lecturer of Creative Writing)
Erika G. Hoffmann-Dilloway (Professor of Anthropology)
Thomas Israel Hopkins (Senior Lecturer of Creative Writing)
Christopher D. Howard (Associate Professor of Neuroscience)
Adam Howat (Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics)
Chris M. Howell (Monroe Professor of Politics)
Roberto Hoyle (Associate Professor of Computer Science)
Steven R. Huff (Professor of German Language and Literatures)
Kip Grosvenor Hutchins (Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies)
Allegra Hyde (Assistant Professor of Creative Writing)
Wendy Beth Hyman (Professor of English)
Laurel Iber (Visiting Assistant Professor of French)
Yumi Ijiri (Federighi Professor of Physics and Astronomy)
Ledina Imami (Assistant Professor of Psychology)
Erik W. Inglis (Jay Professor of Art History)
Asif Iqbal (Visiting Assistant Professor of English)
Vladimir V. Ivantsov (Assistant Professor of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies)
Olesya Ivantsova (Lecturer of German Language and Literatures)
Caroline B. Jackson-Smith (Professor of Africana Studies and Theater)
Grace Jaffe (Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics)
Sheila Miyoshi Jager (Professor of East Asian Studies)
Daniel R. James (Technical Coordinator and Lecturer of Theater)
Seoyeon Jo (Visiting Instructor of Economics)
Daphne John (Associate Professor of Sociology)
Gillian Johns (Associate Professor of English)
Michelle A. Johnson (Assistant Professor of Neuroscience)
Ichigo (Mina) Kaneko (Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature)
R. Kauff (Visiting Assistant Professor of Studio Art)
Mika Kawashima (Lecturer in Japanese Language)
Yukumi Kawashima (Visiting Instructor in Japanese Language)
Melinda A. Keller (Laboratory Manager and Instructor of Physics and Astronomy)
Sarah Jane Kerwin (Visiting Instructor of English)
Joshua Kesterson (Visiting Instructor for the First-Year Seminar Program)
Jacob Koestler (Lecturer of Studio Art)
Sachiko Kondo (Lecturer in Japanese Language)
Evan P. Kresch (Associate Professor of Economics)
Katharine Krueger (Visiting Instructor for the First-Year Seminar Program)
Hiroko Kumaki (Assistant Professor of Anthropology)
Gunnar F. Kwakye (Associate Professor of Neuroscience)
Leslie E. Kwakye (Associate Professor of Neuroscience)
Amy M. Larson (Lecturer of Dance)
Marta J. Laskowski (Danforth Professor of Biology)
Holley Ledbetter (Visiting Instructor of Art History)
Benjamin T. Lee (Professor of Classics)
Shinkyu Lee (Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics)
Anna C. Levett (Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature)
Howard Levinson (Assistant Professor of Computer Science)
Kai Li (Senior Lecturer in Chinese Language)
Eric Lin (Associate Professor of Business)
Nan K. Lin (Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion)
Benjamin Linowitz (Associate Professor of Mathematics)
Fang Liu (Senior Lecturer in Chinese Language)
Anna Lordan (Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies)
April Luginbuhl Mather (Visiting Instructor of Environmental Studies)
Andrew Macomber (Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies and Religion)
Jessica Madison Pískatá (Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies)
Mohammad Jafar Mahallati (Professor of Religion)
Annie Maloney (Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History)
Kristina Mani (Professor of Politics)
Amy V. Margaris (Associate Professor of Anthropology)
Danielle Abdon (Director of Fellowships and Awards and Lecturer)
Christoph Marx (Associate Professor of Mathematics)
Ali Masood (Assistant Professor of Politics)
Greggor Mattson (Professor of Sociology)
Michael McCarrin (Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science)
Kyle McCarthy (Lecturer of Creative Writing)
Laurie Hovell McMillin (Professor of Writing and Communication)
Manish A. Mehta (Longman Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Clinton Merck (Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology)
Carmen Merport Quiñones (Assistant Professor of Comparative American Studies)
Mahmoud Meslat (Visiting Instructor of Arabic)
Cristinel P. Mîinea (Laboratory Manager and Instructor of Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Stiliana V. Milkova (Associate Professor of Comparative Literature)
Albert G. Miller (Associate Professor of Religion)
Pablo R. Mitchell (Professor of History)
Zeinab Mohamed (Assistant Professor of Mathematics)
Gabriel M. Moore (Assistant Professor of Biology)
Michael J. Moore (Longman Professor of Biology)
Evgeniya Moskaleva (Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics)
Joseph Natt (Senior Technical Coordinator and Lecturer of Theater)
Christina S. Neilson (Associate Professor of Art History)
Caroline W. Newhall (Assistant Professor of History)
Thomas Newlin (Professor of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies)
Thao P. Nguyen (Visiting Assistant Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies)
Pipo H. Nguyen-Duy (Professor of Studio Art)
Patrick J. O’Connor (Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies)
Emer S. O’Dwyer (Associate Professor of East Asian Studies and History)
Catherine M. Oertel (Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Monica Olszens (Senior Lecturer of Neuroscience)
Darko K. Opoku (Associate Professor of Africana Studies)
Kirk W. Ormand (Greenberg Professor of Classics)
Robert P. Owen (Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy)
Kristina Paabus (Associate Professor of Studio Art)
F. Zeb Page (Professor of Geosciences)
Paul R. Pahoresky (Visiting Instructor of Economics)
Tracie A. Paine (McGreggor Associate Professor of Neuroscience)
Michael D. Parkin (Griswold Professor of Politics, Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences)
Christie L. Parris (Associate Professor of Sociology)
William H. Parsons (Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Swapna Pathak (Associate Professor of Environmental Studies)
Udara Peiris (Visiting Associate Professor of Economics)
Jeffrey S. Pence (Associate Professor of Cinema Studies and English)
Gina M. Pérez (Professor of Comparative American Studies)
Ana C. Perry (Assistant Professor of Art History)
Maureen A. Peters (Professor of Biology)
John E. Petersen (Sears Professor of Environmental Studies)
Charles F. Peterson (Associate Professor of Africana Studies)
Alexandra J. Pike (Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology)
Andrew D. Pike (Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology)
Baron L. Pineda (Professor of Anthropology)
Geoffrey B. Pingree (Professor of Cinema Studies)
Shari Rabin (Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and Religion)
Alysia Ramos (Associate Professor of Dance)
Matthew F. Rarey (Associate Professor of Art History)
Candice Raynor (Director of Afrikan Heritage House and Lecturer of Africana Studies)
Jessica C. Resvick (Assistant Professor of German Language and Literatures)
Joseph E. Rizzolo (Instructor of Cinema Studies)
Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers (Assistant Professor of Creative Writing)
Julien P. Roland (Lecturer of French)
Angela J. Roles (Associate Professor of Biology)
Michael B. Roman (Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Studio Art)
Renee C. Romano (Danforth Professor of History)
Laura M. Romberg (Associate Professor of Biology)
Lisa M. Ryno (Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Martin H. Saavedra (Associate Professor of Economics)
Annemarie H. Sammartino (Professor of History)
Eve N. Sandberg (Danforth Professor of Politics)
Rachel A. Saylor (Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Jade L. Schiff (Assistant Professor of Politics)
Amanda H. Schmidt (Professor of Geosciences)
Sarah C. Schuster (Professor of Studio Art)
John H. Scofield (Professor of Physics and Astronomy)
Jillian M. Scudder (Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy)
Benjamin Sehnert (Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics)
Matthew J. Senior (McCandless Professor of French)
Kari B. Senkowski Barclay (Assistant Professor of Theater)
Rudabeh Shahid (Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics)
Md Rumi Shammin (Professor of Environmental Studies)
Meredith Shea (Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics)
Ann Sherif (Professor of Japanese)
Abby Sherrill (Lecturer of Studio Art)
Patrick A. Simen (Associate Professor of Neuroscience)
Danielle C. Skeehan (Associate Professor of English)
Kevin Skinner (Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Matthew Skrzypczyk (Lecturer of French)
Cortney L. Smith (Assistant Professor of Writing and Communication)
Leonard V. Smith (Artz Professor of History)
Alicia Smith-Tran (Assistant Professor of Sociology)
Claire T. Solomon (Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies)
Maia V. Solovieva (Lecturer of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies)
Joshua D. Sperling (Creative Media Director and Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies)
Jason E. Stalnaker (Longman Professor of Physics and Astronomy)
Eric A. Steggall (Managing Director and Lecturer of Dance and Theater)
Daniel F. Styer (Schiffer Professor of Physics and Astronomy)
Harrod J. Suarez (Associate Professor of English)
Ayuka Suemasa (Lecturer in Japanese Language)
Harald (Hal) T. Sundt (Senior Lecturer of Writing and Communication)
Kelly Tabbutt (Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology)
Samuel P. Taggart (Associate Professor of Computer Science)
Sheera S. Talpaz (Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Jewish Studies)
Dennis Tang (Lecturer of Creative Writing)
Cynthia B. Taylor (Associate Professor of Computer Science)
Bryan A. Terrazas (Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy)
Natasha Tessone (Associate Professor of English)
Katherine J. Thomson-Jones (Professor of Philosophy)
Martin R. Thomson-Jones (Professor of Philosophy)
Raechel L. Tiffe (Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative American Studies and Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies)
Dominic J. Toscano (Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies)
Rebecca Totton (Assistant Professor of Psychology)
Carmen P. Tovar (Senior Lecturer of Hispanic Studies)
Christopher V. Trinacty (Professor of Classics)
Laura C. Truitt (Visiting Assistant Professor of Studio Art)
Carol Tufts (Associate Professor of English)
Kimberly J. Tungseth-Faber (Instructor of Hispanic Studies)
Sara C. Verosky (Associate Professor of Psychology)
Veronica P. Vriesman (Assistant Professor of Geosciences)
Veljko M. Vujacic (Professor of Sociology)
Pallavi V. Wakharker (Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing)
Emily Q. Wang (Assistant Professor of Computer Science)
Kristen Welsh Unwala (Visiting Assistant Professor of Geosciences)
Andrew T. Wilburn (Professor of Classics)
Sarah T. Wilker (Cooper Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics)
Jefferson (Zé) Wille Kielwagen (Assistant Professor of Studio Art)
Elizabeth L. Wilmer (Professor of Mathematics)
Alexander N. Wilson (Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics)
Travis M. Wilson (Associate Professor of Psychology)
Jeffrey A. Witmer (Professor of Mathematics)
Richard Wood (Lecturer of Studio Art)
Kevin M. Woods (Professor of Mathematics)
Matthew H. Wright (Professor of Theater)
Christine S. Wu (Assistant Professor of Psychology)
Ellen B. Wurtzel (Associate Professor of History)
Qiao Yu (Visiting Instructor in Chinese Language)
Amanda Zadorian (Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics)
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