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2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Faculty


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Jeffrey B. Adams
Associate Professor of Psychology
A.B. Gordon College; M.A., Ph.D. State University of New York at Buffalo

William O. Anderson
Professor of Business Administration and Accounting
B.A., M.B.A. Dartmouth College

Mahmoud T. Arani
Professor of Applied Linguistics
B.A. Teachers Training University, Iran; M.A., Ph.D. State University of New York at Buffalo

George L. Ashline
Professor of Mathematics
B.S. St. Lawrence University; M.S., Ph.D. University of Notre Dame

Jeffrey M. Ayres
Professor of Political Science
B.A. University of Virginia; M.A., Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison

Kathleen Balutansky
Professor of English
B.A. Goshen College; M.A., Ph.D. University of Notre Dame

Valerie Bang-Jensen
Associate Professor of Education
A.B. Smith College; M.A., Ed.M., Ed.D. Teachers College, Columbia University

Valerie S. Banschbach
Professor of Biology
B.A. Pomona College; Ph.D. University of Miami

Michael E. Battig
Professor of Computer Science
B.S. Miami University; M.S. University of North Texas; Ph.D. Mississippi State University

Christine Bauer-Ramazani
Instructor of Applied Linguistics
B.A. University of Trier, Germany; M.A. University of Mainz, Germany; M.B.A. University of Vermont; M.Ed., University of Missouri

Claudine R. Bedell
Associate Professor of Education
B.A. Purdue University; M.A. Saint Michaels College; Ed.D. Indiana University

Ronald B. Begley
Professor of Philosophy and Classics
B.A. Haverford College; M.A., Ph.D. University of North Carolina

M. Birger Benson
Associate Professor of Business Administration and Accounting
B.A. Dartmouth College; M.B.A. Harvard Business School

Laura Benton
Instructor of Biology
B.S., M.S. University of New Hampshire

Vincent L. Bolduc
Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
A.B. University of Notre Dame; M.A., Ph.D. University of Connecticut

Michael J. Bosia
Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A. California State University; M.A., Ph.D. Northwestern University

David Boynton
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., Ph.D. University of Maine

Donna M. Bozzone
Professor of Biology
B.S. Manhattan College; M.A., Ph.D. Princeton University

Robert Brenneman
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology

B.A. Eastern Mennonite University; M.A., Ph.D. University of Notre Dame

Alain J. Brizard
Associate Professor of Physics
B.Sc. Sherbrooke University; M.Sc. Quebec University; Ph.D. Princeton University

Patricia Bunt
Instructor of Physics
B.S. Clarkson University; Ph.D. University of Vermont

Jason Busic
Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Literature
B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Ohio University

James M. Byrne
Professor of Religious Studies
S.T.B., S.T.L. Gregorian University, Rome; Ph.D. Trinity College, University of Dublin

Renee Carrico
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; M.S., Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Amherst

F.Christina Chant
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S. State University of New York, Plattsburgh; Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University

Leah R. Clark
Henry G. Fairbanks Visiting Humanities Scholar-in-Residence
B.A. University of British Columbia; M.A. Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London; Ph.D. McGill University

Nicholas Clary
Professor of English
B.A. LaSalle College; Ph.D. University of Notre Dame

Allison Cleary
Instructor of Media Studies & Digital Arts
B.A. Kenyon College; M.A. Syracuse University

Brian D. Collier
Assistant Professor of Fine Arts
B.F.A. State University of New York, Buffalo; M.F.A. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

James P. Conley
Associate Professor of Classics
B.A. Duquesne University; M.A., Ph.D. Loyola University of Chicago

Sarah E. Cummings
Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics
B.S. University of Vermont; M.A. Saint Michaels College; Ed.D. University of Vermont

George W. Dameron
Professor of History
B.A. Duke University; A.M., Ph.D. Harvard University

Maura D’Amore
Assistant Professor of English
A.B. Brown University; M.A., Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Patricia L. Delaney
Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
B.S. Georgetown University; M.A., Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles

Greg Delanty
Professor of English
B.A. National University of Ireland

John P. Devlin
Associate Professor of Fine Arts
B.A. Allegheny College; M.A., M.F.A. Syracuse University

Mary E. Doyle
Associate Professor of Education
B.S., M.Ed. State University College of New York at Buffalo; Ph.D. University of Minnesota

Steven M. Doyon, CPA
Visiting Instructor of Business Administration and Accounting
B.A. Saint Michael’s College

Carolyn B. Duffy
Professor of Applied Linguistics
B.A. Pennsylvania State University; M.A. American University; Ph.D. Georgetown University

Kathryn R. Dungy
Assistant Professor of History
B.A. Spellman College; M.A., Ph.D. Duke University
 

William L. Ellis
Assistant Professor of Fine Arts
B.M. Kentucky Wesleyan College; M.M. University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music; Ph.D. University of Memphis

Joanna A. Ellis-Monaghan
Professor of Mathematics
B.A. Bennington College; M.S. University of Vermont; Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Daniel W. Evans
Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics
B.J. University of Missouri; M.A., Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin

Douglas E. Facey
Professor of Biology
B.S. University of Maine-Orono; M.S. University of Vermont; Ph.D. University of Georgia

Francis Farina, CPA
Assistant Professor of Business Administration and Accounting
B.S. Suffolk University; M.B.A. The George Washington University; J.D. Georgetown University Law Center

Joseph J. Ferdinand
Professor of Modern Languages and Literature
B.A. Ecole Normale Supérieure, Haïti; Ph.D. Tufts University

Bret Findley
Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.A. Willamette University; Ph.D. Dartmouth College

Hideko Furukawa
Instructor of Modern Languages and Literature
B.A. Doshisha University; M.Sc. The Pennsylvania State University

Richard O. Gamache

Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics
B.A., M.Ed. Saint Michael’s College

Krisan I. Geary
Instructor of Mathematics
B.A. University of Vermont

Kristin M. Gehsmann
Associate Professor of Education
B.S., M.S. Central Connecticut State University; Ed.D. University of Vermont

Traci Griffith
Associate Professor of
Media Studies & Digital Arts
B.A. DePaul University; M.S. Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University; J.D. Notre Dame Law School

William F. Grover
Professor of Political Science
B.A. Moravian College; Ph.D. University of Massachusetts

Peter Harrigan
Professor of Fine Arts
B.A. Saint Michael’s College; M.F.A. University of Pittsburgh

James S. Hefferon
Professor of Mathematics
B.S., M.S., Ph.D. University of Connecticut

Peter T. Hope
Instructor of Biology
B.A. Middlebury College; M.S. University of Vermont

Polly Howlett
Instructor of Applied Linguistics
B.A. Bates College; M.A. Saint Michael’s College

John C. Hughes
Professor of Political Science
B.A. William Paterson College of New Jersey; M.A., Ph.D. New School for Social Research

Catherine Hurst
Professor of Fine Arts
B.A. Saint Mary’s College; M.F.A. University of Minnesota

Jon E. Hyde
Associate Professor of
Media Studies & Digital Arts
B.A. Carleton College; M.A., Ph.D. New York University

Elizabeth Inness-Brown
Professor of English
B.A. St. Lawrence University; M.F.A. Columbia University

John Izzi
Professor of Philosophy
B.A. Fordham University; Ph.D. University of Paris-Sorbonne

Aostre N. Johnson
Professor of Education
A.B. Harvard University; M.Ed. Harvard Graduate School of Education; Ed.D. University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Anne P. Judson
Instructor of Education
B.A. Rutgers University; M.Ed. Tufts University; Ed.D. University of Vermont

Kristin E. Juel
Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literature
B.A. St. Olaf College; M.A., Ph.D. Indiana University

Zsuzsanna M. Kadas
Professor of Mathematics
B.S. St. John’s University; M.S., Ph.D. Rutgers University

Carey Kaplan
Professor of English
B.A. Barnard College; M.A. University of Chicago; Ph.D. University of Massachusetts

William Karstens
Associate Professor of Physics
B.S. University of Vermont; M.A. Brandeis University; Ph.D. University of Vermont

Robert Kenny, CPA
Daivd LaMarche Professor of Business Administration and Accounting
B.A., B.S., M.B.A. University of Vermont

John P. Kenney
Professor of Religious Studies
A.B. Bowdoin College; Ph.D. Brown University

Herbert Kessel
Professor of Economics
B.S. University of Rhode Island; M.A., Ph.D. Boston University

Terryl Kinder
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Fine Arts
A.B., M.A. Syracuse University; Ph.D. Indiana University

Katherine E. Kirby
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Global Studies
B.A. Salisbury State University; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. Fordham University

Ari Kirshenbaum
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A. University of Colorado; M.A., Ph.D. University of Montana

Joseph W. Kroger
Professor of Religious Studies
B.A. University of Dayton; M.A. St. Louis University; Ph.D. McMaster University

Richard S. Kujawa
Professor of Geography
B.Sc. Brunel University, London; M.A., Ph.D. University of Iowa

Richard Kuklis
Associate Professor of Business Administration and Accounting
B.S., M.B.A., Ph.D. Syracuse University

Susan Kuntz
Professor of Psychology
B.A. Albion College; M.A. University of Vermont; Ph.D. Syracuse University

Adrie S. Kusserow
Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
B.A. Amherst College; M.A. Harvard Divinity School; Ph.D. Harvard University

Shane Lamos
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S. Saint Michael’s College; Ph.D. The University of Wisconsin, Madison

Diane M. Lander
Associate Professor of Business Administration and Accounting
B.S. University of California, Davis; M.B.A. University of North Texas; Ph.D. University of Kansas

David Landers
Instructor of Psychology
B.A. Alma College; M.A. Michigan State University; Ph.D. Wayne State University

Adrian Languasco
Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literature
B.A. City College of New York; M.A. Columbia University; Ph.D. University of Venice, Italy

Robert Letovsky
Professor of Business Administration and Accounting
B.Comm. McGill University; M.B.A. University of Toronto; Ph.D. Concordia University

Nathaniel Lew
Associate Professor of Fine Arts
B.A. Yale University; B.A., M.A. Cambridge University; M.A., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley

Scott Asher Lewins
Visiting Instructor of Biology
B.S. State University of New York, Syracuse; M.S. University of Maryland

Nathaniel Lewis
Professor of English
B.A. Yale University; M.A. University of North Carolina; Ph.D. Harvard University

Crystal L’Hôte
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A. Colgate University; M.A., Ph.D.  Johns Hopkins University

Malcolm J. Lippert
Associate Professor of Biology
B.S. Hope College; Ph.D. University of Vermont

Mark A. Lubkowitz
Associate Professor of Biology
B.S. Washington and Lee University; Ph.D. University of Tennessee

Carolyn Lukens-Olson
Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literature
B.A. Ohio University; M.A., Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Timothy J. Mackin
Instructor of English
B.A. Colgate University; M.A., Ph.D. John Hopkins University

Edward J. Mahoney
Professor of Religious Studies
B.A. University of Ottawa; B.Ph. St. Paul’s University; S.T.B., M.A., M.M.R.Sc., Ph.D. The Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

William H. Marquess
Instructor of English
B.A. Duke University; Ph.D. Harvard University

Denise A. Martin
Instructor of Biology
B.A. Wheaton College; M.S. University of Vermont

Diego Mattos Vazualdo
Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Literature
Lic. Universidad Mayor de San Andres (Bolivia); Ph.D. Ohio State University

Declan J. McCabe
Associate Professor of Biology
B.S. St. Joseph’s University; M.S. University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D. University of Vermont

Joseph M. McLaughlin, SSE
Professor of Religious Studies
B.A. Saint Michael’s College; S.T.B, A.M. University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto; Ph.D. National University of Ireland, Galway

Will Mentor
Associate Professor of Fine Arts
B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design

Melinda J. Micheletto
Associate Professor of Business Administration and Accounting
B.S. Virginia Tech; M.B.A. Ball State University; Ph.D. The University of Tennessee

Ronald B. Miller
Professor of Psychology
B.A. Oberlin College; Ph.D. University of Vermont

Molly Millwood
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A. University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A., Ph.D. University of Montana

David T. Z. Mindich
Professor of
Media Studies & Digital Arts
B.A. Brandeis University; M.A., Ph.D. New York University

Shefali Misra
Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A. University of Rajastahn; M.A. Jawaharlal Nehru University; Ph.D. Brandeis University

Marque Moffett
Visiting Instructor of Chemistry
B.A. Plattsburgh State University; M.S. University of Vermont

Nicole Mombell
Assistant Professor of Modern Lanaguages and Literature
B.A., M.A. University of Oregon; M.A., M.Phil, Yale University; Ph.D. Yale University

Tamara S. Mullarky
Associate Professor of Business Administration and Accounting
B.A. State University of New York at Plattsburgh; M.B.A. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

James Nagle
Associate Professor of Education
B.A. Georgetown University; M.A., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley

Tara Natarajan
Associate Professor of Economics
B.A. Sophia College, Bombay, India; M.A. University of Bombay, India; Ph.D. University of Nebraska

Robert J. Niemi
Professor of English
B.A. University of Massachusetts at Amherst; M.S. Columbia University; M.A., Ph.D. University of Massachusetts at Amherst

M. Elizabeth O’Dowd
Professor of Applied Linguistics
B.A. University of Lancaster, England; M.A. New Mexico State University; M.A., Ph.D. University of Colorado at Boulder

Paul E. Olsen
Instructor of Business Administration and Accounting
B.A. University of Vermont; M.S.A. Saint Michael’s College; Ed.D. University of Vermont

R. Michael Olson
Associate Professor of Philosophy
B.A. Boise State University; M.A., Ph.D. Emory University

John M. O’Meara
Assistant Professor of Physics
B.S.University of Washington; M.S., Ph.D. University of California

Brian C. O’Regan
Instructor of Education
B.A. Fairfield University; M.A. Columbia University; M.Ed., Ed.D. University of Vermont

Lara Ostaric
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A. University of Chicago; M.A. McGill University; Ph.D. University of Notre Dame

Susan M. Ouellette
Professor of History
B.A. State University of New York at Plattsburgh; M.A., Ph.D. University of Massachusetts

Greta Pangborn
Associate Professor of Computer Science
B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Cornell University

Jennifer Paone-Vogt
Instructor of Chemistry
B.A. Western Connecticut State University; M.A. Wayne State University

Raymond A. Patterson
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
B.A. Dartmouth College; M.A. Yale Divinity School; Ph.D. The Catholic University of America

Elizabeth Peterson
Instructor of Education
B.S. University of Delaware; M.Ed. Saint Michael’s College

Karen Popovich
Assistant Professor of Business Administration and Accounting
B.B.A., M.B.A Cleveland State University; D.B.A. Cleveland State University

Jennifer J. Purcell
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., M.A. University of Colorado; Ph.D. University of Sussex

M. Reza Ramazani
Professor of Economics
B.A. Ghazvin College; M.A., Ph.D. University of Colorado-Boulder

Anthony E. Richardson
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A. University of California, San Diego; M.A., Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara

Christina Root
Professor of English
A.B. Bryn Mawr College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. Columbia University

Jeanne-Nicole Saint-Laurent
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
B.A. Gonzaga University; M.A. University of Notre Dame; Ph.D. Brown University

Amy E. Saks Pavese
Assistant Professor of Education
B.A., M.Ed. University of Notre Dame, Ph.D. University of Colorado,  Boulder

Carolyn Sawin
Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
B.A. Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D. University of Washington

Alayne L. Schroll
Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.A. Russell Sage College; Ph.D. University of Minnesota

Joanne V. Scott
Instructor of Business Administration and Accounting
B.A. Middlebury College; M.B.A. Dartmouth College

Kerry Shea
Associate Professor of English
B.A., M.A. Middlebury College; M.A., Ph.D. Cornell University

Jonathan Silverman
Associate Professor of Education
B.S., M.S., Ed.D. University of Vermont

Lloyd D. Simons
Professor of Mathematics
B.Sc. University of British Columbia; M.Sc., Ph.D. McGill University

Patricia D. Siplon
Professor of Political Science
B.S., M.S. Utah State University; Ph.D. Brandeis University

Douglas Slaybaugh
Professor of History
B.S., M.A. Iowa State University; Ph.D. Cornell University

Stephanie Sleeper
Instructor of Religious Studies
B.A., Reed College; M.A., Ph.D. Claremont Graduate University

Lorrie N. Smith
Professor of English
B.A. University of Massachusetts-Boston; M.A., Ph.D. Brown University

Laura J. Stroup
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
B.A. Franklin and Marshall College; M.S. Ph.D. University of South Carolina

Kimberly Sultze
Associate Professor of
Media Studies & Digital Arts
B.A. Carleton College; M.A., Ph.D. New York University

Susan W. Summerfield
Professor of Fine Arts
A.B. Rutgers University; M.A. Mills College; D.M.A. Stanford University

Jerald L. Swope
Associate Professor of
Media Studies & Digital Arts
B.A. Brown University; M.A. University of Missouri

Karen A. Talentino
Professor of Biology
B.A. University of California-Santa Barbara; M.S., Ph.D. University of Nevada-Reno

Melissa M. VanderKaay Tomasulo
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A. Baldwin-Wallace College; M.S., Ph.D. Ohio University

John A. Trono
Professor of Computer Science
B.S. University of Vermont; M.S. Purdue University

Jeffrey A. Trumbower
Professor of Religious Studies
B.A. Vanderbilt University; M.A., Ph.D. University of Chicago

Peter Tumulty
Professor of Philosophy
B.A. Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception; M.A., Ph.D. University of Notre Dame

John C. Van Houten
Leavy Family Professor of Chemistry
B.S. University of Delaware; Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara

Peter Vantine
Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Literature
B.A. Amherst College; M.A., Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison

Dennis W. Voigt, CPA
Associate Professor of Business Administration and Accounting
B.S., B.A., M.B.A. University of Vermont

Norman E. Walker, CPA
Associate Professor of Business Administration and Accounting
B.S. St. Peter’s College; M.B.A. New York University

Patrick M. Walsh
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A. Washington University in St. Louis; Ph.D. University of Michigan – Ann Arbor

Ke-wen Wang
Professor of History
B.A. National Taiwan University; M.A., Ph.D. Stanford University

Adam Weaver
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.A. University of Delaware; Ph.D. Ohio University

Amy B. Werbel
Professor of Fine Arts
B.A. Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges; M.A., Ph.D. Yale University

Timothy Whiteford
Associate Professor of Education
B.Ed. Bristol University; M.Ed.; Ph.D. University of Illinois

Carolyn Whitney
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A. Castleton State College; M.A., Ph.D. University of Vermont

Rebecca Wigglesworth
Visiting Instructor of Education
B.A. Stanford University; M.A. Brown University

Philip A. Yates
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S. DePaul University; M.S. University of Vermont Ph.D. University of South Carolina

Presidents Emeriti

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Paul J. Reiss, Ph.D.

Marc A. vanderHeyden, Ph.D.

Emeritus/Emerita Faculty

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Thomas B. Andersen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History

Daniel J. Bean, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology

Richard N. Berube, SSE, Ph.D.
Professor of Religious Studies

Gregg Blasdel, M.F.A.
Associate Professor of Fine Arts

John N. Carvellas, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics

Dominique Casavant, Ph.D.
Professor of Physics

Armand Citarella, Litt.D.
Professor of Classics

Paul E. Couture, SSE, S.T.D.
Professor of Religious Studies

Svetlana Elnitsky, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literature

James S. Evans, M.A.
Associate Professor of Physics

Edward L. Foley, Ph.D.
Professor of Physics

William R. Garrett, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology and Anthropology

Michael H. Gianni, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry

Linda S. Halsted, M.S.
Professor of Computer Science

John J. Hanagan, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy

Gifford Hart, M.A.
Associate Professor of Journalism

Judith S. Hillman
Professor of Education

Stephen M. Kellner, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry

Elwyn N. Kernstock, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science

Norman J. Lacharite, M.A.T.
Associate Professor of English as a Second Language

David LaMarche, M.B.A.
Professor of Business Administration and Accounting

Robert Lavallee, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology

Paul J. LeClair, Ph.D.
Professor of Fine Arts

Frederick J. Maher, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology

M. Kathleen Mahnke, Ph.D.
Professor of Applied Linguistics

Anne P. McConnell, Ph.D.
Professor of Modern Languages and Literature

Francis Nicosia, Ph.D.
Professor of History

Kristin M. Novotny, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science

Katherine L. Olgiati, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry

Eugene P. O’Neill, M.A.
Associate Professor of English as a Second Language

Edward J. Pfeifer, Ph.D.
Professor of History

Natalie Pomar, M.A., M.D.
Associate Professor of Modern Languages

Ralph W. Preston, M.S.
Associate Professor of Mathematics

Roger Putzel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Business Administration and Accounting

Luis R. Quiroz, M.Ed., MATESL, M.A.
Associate Professor of Modern Languages

Donald A. Rathgeb, M.F.A.
Professor of Fine Arts

Lance Richbourg, M.F.A.
Professor of Fine Arts

Laima O. Ruoff, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Education

Kathleen A. Rupright, D.M.L
Professor of Modern Languages and Literature

Warren Sparks, A.M.
Professor of Mathematics

Alice M. Thayer, M.A.T.
Associate Professor of English as a Second Language

M. Frances Toomey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Education

William Tortolano, Mus.D.
Professor of Fine Arts

Marta A. Umanzor, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literature

Richard L. VanderWeel, SSE, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy

Jody K. Willis, Ed.D.
Associate Professor of Education

William E. Wilson, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science

Carl A. Zeno, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Philosophy

 

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