Amherst College

Amherst, MA
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    135 faculty · 0 courses · data as of 2026-07-02

    English46 faculty avg h-index 5.1 #3 of 8 in English
    William H. Pritchard, Henry Clay Folger Professor of English, Emeritus h-index 10
    I am interested in English poetry and fiction from the past few centuries with emphasis on the twentieth century. Teaching Interests I teach modern American poetry, major English writers from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries
    Notable: “Frost: A Literary Life Reconsidered” (1985) · 84 citations
    Geoffrey D. Sanborn, Samuel Williston Professor of English h-index 10
    Addition to sharing in the teaching of staff-taught courses like “Engaging Literature” and “Reading the Novel,” I teach courses that emerge from my training in Americanist literary criticism and my shifting interests in certain transhist
    Notable: “Mother's Milk: Frances Harper and the Circulation of Blood” (2005) · 29 citations
    Anston L. Bosman, Associate Professor of English h-index 7
    Notable: “The Tempest and Its Travels” (2001) · 64 citations
    Howell D. Chickering, G. Armour Craig Professor of Language and Literature, Emeritus h-index 5
    Notable: “Beowulf: A Dual-Language Edition” (1980) · 117 citations
    Mathematics23 faculty avg h-index 11.4 #12 of 23 in Mathematics
    David A. Cox, William J. Walker Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus h-index 50
    Most of my research involves algebraic geometry, which is the field of mathematics that studies geometric objects by means of algebra. Some aspects of my work are very abstract, while others are more computational and applied. There are har
    Notable: “Making a Science of Model Search: Hyperparameter Optimization in Hundreds of Dimensions for Vision Architectures” (2013) · 1,648 citations
    Amanda L. Folsom, Bicentennial Professor of Mathematics h-index 18
    I specialize in Number Theory, one of the oldest branches of mathematics which also continues to be a field of active research today. In particular, I study modular and mock modular forms (certain complex-valued functions), harmonic Maass f
    Notable: “MOCK THETA FUNCTIONS AND QUANTUM MODULAR FORMS” (2013) · 73 citations
    Robert L. Benedetto, William J. Walker Professor of Mathematics h-index 17
    Notable: “A wavelet theory for local fields and related groups” (2004) · 173 citations
    Daniel J. Velleman, Julian H. Gibbs '46 Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus h-index 15
    Much of my research has been in the field of mathematical logic, particularly set theory. However, I have published papers in a wide range of fields, including combinatorics, probability, topology, analysis, philosophy of mathematics, and f
    Notable: “American Mathematical Monthly” (2010) · 643 citations
    Economics21 faculty avg h-index 11.2 #56 of 104 in Economics
    Katharine R. E. Sims, Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies; Department Chair of Environmental Studies h-index 23
    See my RESEARCH PAGE or Google Scholar page for more information on my research. Environmental and Natural Resource Economics I am primarily an environmental economist, but my interests overlap with development economics and political econo
    Notable: “Designing payments for ecosystem services: Lessons from previous experience with incentive-based mechanisms” (2008) · 799 citations
    Geoffrey R. Woglom, Richard S. Volpert '56 Professor of Economics, Emeritus h-index 15
    Selected Publications Professional and Biographical Information Degrees Ph.D., Yale University (1974) M.Phil., Yale University (1970) B.A., Yale College (1968) A.M. (honorary), Amherst College (1984) Teaching Interests I believe that the mo
    Notable: “Do Credit Markets Discipline Sovereign Borrowers? Evidence from U.S. States” (1995) · 336 citations
    Walter E. Nicholson, Ward H. Patton Professor of Economics, Emeritus h-index 14
    Selected Publications Professional and Biographical Information Degrees Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1970) B.A., Williams College (1964) A.M. (honorary), Amherst College (1978) Teaching Interests I have taught many courses
    Notable: “The Effect of Unemployment Insurance on Unemployment: The Case of Federal Supplemental Benefits” (1982) · 238 citations
    Joshua M. Hyman, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 13
    I am a labor and public economist studying social and economic policy issues primarily focused on the economics of education, school finance, and inequality. Most of my research examines the effects of education policies implemented during
    Notable: “The Long-Run Impacts of Same-Race Teachers” (2018) · 246 citations
    Chemistry20 faculty avg h-index 16.2 #6 of 21 in Chemistry
    Mark D. Marshall, Class of 1959 Professor of Chemistry h-index 30
    Scholarly and Professional Activities Publications since 2001 Professional and Biographical Information Degrees Ph.D., Chemistry, Harvard University (1985) “Molecular potential energy surfaces probed by high resolution far-infrared and micr
    Notable: “Initial state effects in the vibrational predissociation of hydrogen fluoride dimer” (1992) · 147 citations
    Sandra Burkett, Professor of Chemistry h-index 24
    Professional and Biographical Information Degrees Ph.D., California Institute of Technology (1995) A.B., Princeton University (1990) Awards and Honors Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, Camille and Henry Drefyus Foundation (2004) CAREER A
    Notable: “Synthesis of hybrid inorganic–organic mesoporous silica by co-condensation of siloxane and organosiloxane precursors” (1996) · 662 citations
    Anthony C. Bishop, Amanda and Lisa Cross Professor of Chemistry; Associate Provost and Associate Dean of the Faculty h-index 22
    Selected Publications Professional and Biographical Information Degrees Ph.D., Princeton University (2000) B.A., University of California, San Diego (1993) Teaching Interests I teach courses in General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Bi
    Notable: “A chemical switch for inhibitor-sensitive alleles of any protein kinase” (2000) · 1,050 citations
    Ren Wiscons, Assistant Professor of Chemistry h-index 21
    We are interested in investigating electronic phenomena that arise at the intersection of organic chemistry, materials science, and crystallography with applications in next-generation technologies. Specifically, we utilize the unique contr
    Notable: “Magnetic Order and Symmetry in the 2D Semiconductor CrSBr” (2021) · 411 citations
    Physics15 faculty avg h-index 22.4 #15 of 21 in Physics
    Kate Follette, Associate Professor of Astronomy h-index 34
    I use large ground-based telescopes equipped with a technology called adaptive optics that “de-twinkles” stars so that I can search their environs for young exoplanets (planets around other stars) and circumstellar disks (the disks of gas a
    Notable: “The Gemini Planet Imager Exoplanet Survey: Giant Planet and Brown Dwarf Demographics from 10 to 100 au” (2019) · 469 citations
    David S. Hall, Paula R. and David J. Avenius 1941 Professor of Physics h-index 32
    Notable: “Vortices in a Bose-Einstein Condensate” (1999) · 1,827 citations
    Larry R. Hunter, Stone Professor of Natural Sciences (Physics) h-index 25
    Notable: “New limits on the electron electric dipole moment from cesium” (1989) · 224 citations
    Robert C. Hilborn, Amanda and Lisa Cross Professor of Physics, Emeritus h-index 23
    Notable: “Peer Instruction: A User's Manual” (1997) · 1,258 citations
    Neuroscience10 faculty avg h-index 16.8 #29 of 41 in Neuroscience
    Michael A. Cohen, Associate Professor of Psychology h-index 30
    My research focuses on understanding the limits of visual perception, memory, and awareness. I ask questions like: Why is some information perceived and remembered while other information goes unnoticed and is forgotten? What are the cognit
    Notable: “Consciousness cannot be separated from function” (2011) · 538 citations
    Josef G. Trapani, Professor of Biology h-index 19
    Notable: “Vesicular Glutamate Transporter 3 Is Required for Synaptic Transmission in Zebrafish Hair Cells” (2008) · 336 citations
    Kelly Wallace, Assistant Professor of Biology h-index 10
    How does the social world we live in shape our actions, our brains, and our communities? To ask this question, my research explores the complex social lives of fish. Previously I have investigated the mating behavior of Central American gup
    Notable: “Specific, Sensitive, and Quantitative Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Human Immunoglobulin G Antibodies to Anthrax Toxin Protective Antigen” (2002) · 205 citations
    Caroline E. Goutte, Edward S. Harkness Professor of Biology
    Selected Publications Professional and Biographical Information Degrees Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco, Biochemistry (1992) B.A., Cornell University, Biology (1985) Post Doctoral Fellow Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

    Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Partial — enrichment ongoing.

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    About Amherst College. Amherst College in Amherst, MA reports an overall acceptance rate of 7.7%, an early-round acceptance rate of 22.2%, an SAT middle 50% of 1500–1560, a class size of 480, and a yield of 40.0% based on the most recent Common Data Set filings. Open curriculum. Need-blind admissions. One of top 3 LACs. ED fills ~40% of class.