HSA Faculty and Staff
Department Chair: Darryl Wright
Advising Coordinator: Erika Dyson
Faculty
![William Alves](https://www.hmc.edu/hsa/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/09/faculty-alves.jpg)
William Alves
Professor of MusicLouisa and Robert Miller Professor of HumanitiesDMA, University of Southern Californiaalves@hmc.edu
Music composition; computer music; alternate tuning systems; gamelan music; abstract computer animation.
![Isabel Balseiro](https://www.hmc.edu/hsa/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/09/faculty-balseiro.jpg)
Isabel Balseiro
Professor of Comparative LiteratureAlexander and Adelaide Hixon Professor of HumanitiesPhD, New York University909.607.2661isabel_balseiro@hmc.edu
Contemporary writers and film makers of Africa and South America; cultural and race studies; film and postcolonial literature.
![Kathleen Burns](https://www.hmc.edu/hsa/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/10/faculty-burns.jpg)
Kathleen Burns
Hixon-Riggs Early Career Fellow in Science and Technology StudiesPhD, Duke Universitykburns@g.hmc.edu
The intersections of the environmental humanities and transatlantic literature from the mid-nineteenth century to present, with emphases in science and visual/media studies.
![David Cubek](https://www.hmc.edu/hsa/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/09/faculty-cubek.jpg)
David Cubek
Associate Professor of MusicJoint music facultyDMus, Northwestern Universitydcubek@g.hmc.edu
Conducting symphonic and operatic repertoire; research on alternative modes of orchestral training and music as an interdisciplinary art form.
![Ambereen Dadabhoy](https://www.hmc.edu/hsa/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/09/faculty-dadabhoy.jpg)
Ambereen Dadabhoy
Associate Professor of LiteraturePhD, Claremont Graduate University909.607.7346ambereen_dadabhoy@hmc.edu
Early modern English literature; Shakespeare; postcolonial theory; East-West encounter.
![Marianne De Laet](https://www.hmc.edu/hsa/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/09/faculty-delaet.jpg)
Marianne De Laet
Professor of Anthropology and Science, Technology, and SocietyPhD, University of Utrecht, Netherlandsdelaet@hmc.edu
Social studies of science; cultural anthropology; technology
and culture; video game culture; practices of knowledge-making; collaboration and management in big science.
![Erika Dyson](https://www.hmc.edu/hsa/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/09/faculty-dyson.jpg)
Erika Dyson
Associate Professor of Religious StudiesWillard W. Keith, Jr., Fellow in the HumanitiesPhD, Columbia UniversityOffice Hours: Monday 11 a.m.–Noon and Thursday 2–4 p.m. (by appointment only)909.607.0856erika_dyson@hmc.edu
Religion and science; intersections between social-change activism and religion; American religious history; and church and state.
![Kenneth Fandell](https://www.hmc.edu/hsa/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/09/faculty-fandell.jpg)
Kenneth Fandell
Professor of ArtMichael G. and C. Jane Wilson Chair in Arts and HumanitiesMFA, University of Illinois at Chicagoken_fandell@hmc.edu
Interdisciplinary arts.
![Alfred Flores](https://www.hmc.edu/hsa/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/09/faculty-flores.jpg)
Alfred Flores
Assistant Professor of Asian American StudiesPhD, University of California, Los Angeles909.627.0453alflores@g.hmc.edu
Pacific Islander history, Asian American history, labor, militarization, race, settler colonialism.
![Anup Gampa](https://www.hmc.edu/hsa/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/09/faculty-gampa.jpg)
Anup Gampa
Assistant Professor of PsychologyPhD, University of Virginiaagampa@g.hmc.edu
Social psychology of social movements, racism, capitalism and wealth inequality.
![Jeffrey D. Groves](https://www.hmc.edu/hsa/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/09/faculty-groves.jpg)
Jeffrey D. Groves
Professor of LiteraturePhD, Claremont Graduate School909.607.7346groves@hmc.edu
Nineteenth-century American literature; history of the book; Shakespeare.
![Vivien Hamilton](https://www.hmc.edu/hsa/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/09/faculty-hamilton.jpg)
Vivien Hamilton
Associate Professor of the History of SciencePhD, University of Toronto909.607.7997vivien_hamilton@hmc.edu
History of physics; history of medicine; gender and science; disciplinary cultures in science.
![Charles Kamm](https://www.hmc.edu/hsa/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/09/faculty-kamm.jpg)
Charles Kamm
Associate Professor of MusicJoint music facultyDMA, Yale Universityckamm@g.hmc.edu
Concert choir; chamber choir; music history.
![Dede Long](https://www.hmc.edu/hsa/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2024/04/faculty-dede-long.jpg)
Dede Long
Assistant Professor of EconomicsPhD, Oregon State Universitydlong@g.hmc.edu
Environmental economics; microeconomic theory.
![Rachel Mayeri](https://www.hmc.edu/hsa/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/09/faculty-mayeri.jpg)
Rachel Mayeri
Professor of Media StudiesMFA, University of California, San Diego909.607.0461rachel_mayeri@hmc.edu
Experimental documentary production; motion graphics and animation; history of special effects; genetics and society; ecology and art; history of science and art.
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Salvador Plascencia
Advising CoordinatorAssociate Professor of Creative WritingMFA, Syracuse University909.621.8022splascencia@hmc.edu
Creative writing; The novel as print technology.
![David K. Seitz](https://www.hmc.edu/hsa/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2023/07/Portrait_358x412_David-Sietz.jpg)
David K. Seitz
Associate Professor of Cultural GeographyPhD, University of Toronto909.621.8022dseitz@g.hmc.edu
Geographies of citizenship; feminist, critical race and queer theories; affect.
![Paul Steinberg](https://www.hmc.edu/hsa/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/10/faculty-steinberg-paul.jpg)
Paul Steinberg
Professor of Political Science and Environmental PolicyMalcolm Lewis Chair of Sustainability and SocietyPhD, University of California, Santa Cruz909.607.3840paul_steinberg@hmc.edu
International and comparative environmental politics; policy analysis; sustainable development; biodiversity; political science research methods.
![Darryl Wright](https://www.hmc.edu/hsa/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/09/faculty-wright.jpg)
Darryl Wright
Professor of PhilosophyWillard W. Keith, Jr., Fellow in the HumanitiesPhD, University of Michigan909.607.4478darryl_wright@hmc.edu
History of ethics; metaethics; moral and political philosophy.
Emeritus Faculty
Emeriti faculty are retired faculty members who have been awarded special status by the College in recognition of their service.
![Hal S. Barron](https://www.hmc.edu/hsa/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/09/faculty-barron.jpg)
Hal S. Barron
Professor of History, EmeritusPhD, University of Pennsylvania
U.S. social history; history of rural America; immigration and ethnicity
![Tad Beckman](https://www.hmc.edu/hsa/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/09/faculty-beckman.jpg)
Tad Beckman
Professor of Philosophy, EmeritusPhD, University of California, Berkeley
Nietzsche; environmental philosophy; philosophy of science.
![Lisa M. Sullivan](https://www.hmc.edu/hsa/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2023/07/faculty-emerita-sullivan.jpg)
Lisa M. Sullivan
Professor of Economics, EmeritaPhD, University of Toronto
Economic history; history of work and work ethics.
Staff
![Valerie Jusay](https://www.hmc.edu/hsa/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2024/05/staff-valerie-jusay.jpg)
Valerie Jusay
Administrative Coordinator909.621.8022vjusay@g.hmc.edu
![Julia Hong](https://www.hmc.edu/hsa/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2023/07/staff_hong.jpg)
Julia Hong
Arts Directorjlhong@g.hmc.edu
In Memoriam
![Gary R. Evans](https://www.hmc.edu/hsa/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/09/faculty-evans.jpg)
Gary R. Evans
The department mourns the recent loss of Gary Evans, Emeritus Professor of Economics, who retired in 2020 after 39 years at Harvey Mudd. A full memorial will appear soon on the HSA Blog.