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#2 in Visual & Performing Arts research#39 in Psychology research#56 in Biological Sciences research
146 faculty · 303 courses · data as of 2026-07-02
Peter Balsam, Samuel R. Milbank Professor h-index 45
Notable: “The learning curve: Implications of a quantitative analysis” (2004) · 633 citations
Colin Wayne Leach, Barbara Silver Horowitz Professor of Psychology & Africana Studies h-index 42
Notable: “Group-level self-definition and self-investment: A hierarchical (multicomponent) model of in-group identification.” (2008) · 1,791 citations
Michael G. Wheaton, Associate Professor of Psychology h-index 38
Focus on the psychopathology and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and OCD-related disorders, with a particular emphasis on behavioral therapy. He is a licensed psychologist in New York State and teaches classes in abnormal p
Notable: “Assessment of obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions: Development and evaluation of the Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale.” (2010) · 835 citations
Erica Musser, Assistant Professor h-index 32
Es on the nature and clinical presentation of neurodevelopmental disabilities with a focus on ADHD, Autism, and related disabilities. As a licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Musser is interested in improving understanding of these conditio
Notable: “The Psychological Science Accelerator: Advancing Psychology Through a Distributed Collaborative Network” (2018) · 390 citations
Courses: Introduction to Psychology · Intro Lab Experimental Psychology · Behavioral Research Methods and Analysis · The Science of Living Well · Statistics Lecture and Recitation · Psychology of Learning +32 more
Rajiv Sethi, Professor h-index 28
Notable: “The Evolution of Social Norms in Common Property Resource Use” (1996) · 574 citations
Elizabeth Ananat, Mallya Professor of Women and Economics h-index 22
Es on the intergenerational dynamics of poverty and inequality. Education She received a B.A. in political economy and mathematics at Williams College in 1999, a master's degree in public policy from the Ford School at the University
Notable: “COVID-19 and Parent-Child Psychological Well-being” (2020) · 563 citations
Randall Reback, Professor h-index 16
Notable: “Teaching to the rating: School accountability and the distribution of student achievement” (2007) · 224 citations
David Weiman, Alena Wels Hirschorn '58 Professor h-index 14
Es on the evolution of the U.S. banking-monetary system from the demise of the Second Bank of the United States to the founding of the Federal Reserve System. He teaches core courses in Barnard’s distinctive Political Economy track and join
Notable: “Punishing the Poor: The Neoliberal Government of Social Insecurity” (2010) · 1,286 citations
Courses: Introduction to Economic Reasoning · Math Methods for Economics · The Economics of Gender · Introduction to Health Economics · Introduction to Development Economics · Fed Challenge Workshop +34 more
BJ Casey, The Christina L. Williams Professor of Neuroscience, Chair h-index 85
Notable: “The NimStim set of facial expressions: Judgments from untrained research participants” (2009) · 3,501 citations
Rae Silver, Helene L. and Mark N. Kaplan Professor of Natural and Physical Sciences h-index 70
Notable: “A diffusible coupling signal from the transplanted suprachiasmatic nucleus controlling circadian locomotor rhythms” (1996) · 789 citations
Russell Romeo, Professor of Neuroscience h-index 51
William Fifer, Adjunct Professor h-index 47
Focus on fetal and neonatal behavioral, physiological and central nervous system development. Current investigations in his laboratory include studies of fetal, newborn and premature infant neurobehavioral responses to environmental stimula
Courses: Introduction to Neuroscience · Laboratory in Neuroscience · Statistics and Experimental Design · Flavor Perception and the Human Diet · Mind/Brain Disorders · Adaptive or Arrested Development of the Adolescent Brain +18 more
Alexander Alberro, Virginia Bloedel Wright Professor of Art History h-index 27
Notable: “A review of travel time estimation and forecasting for Advanced Traveller Information Systems” (2014) · 243 citations
Anne Higonnet, Barbara Novak Professor of Art History h-index 8
Notable: “Museum Sight” (2003) · 32 citations
Elizabeth W. Hutchinson, Associate Professor & BC Art History Department Co-Chair h-index 6
Notable: “From Pantheon to Indian Gallery: Art and Sovereignty on the Early Nineteenth-Century Cultural Frontier” (2013) · 20 citations
Gregory Bryda, Assistant Professor h-index 2
Notable: “The Exuding Wood of the Cross at Isenheim” (2018) · 4 citations
Courses: Introduction to Art History I · Introduction to Art History II · Drawing Studio · Painting I · Painting II and IV · Cell Phone Photography: Exploring Digital Media +24 more
Sheri E. Berman, Professor and Department Chair h-index 28
European history and politics; the development of democracy; populism and fascism; and the history of the left. She has written about these topics for a wide variety of scholarly and non-scholarly publications, including the N
Notable: “Civil Society and the Collapse of the Weimar Republic” (1997) · 1,084 citations
Alexander A. Cooley, Professor h-index 26
Xiaobo Lü, Professor h-index 18
Chinese politics, US-China relations, politics of economic development, corruption and good governance, regulatory reforms, and government-business relations. He has published widely on these subjects and consults for business firms
Michael G. Miller, Associate Professor h-index 17
Courses: Political Theory I · Intro to American Politics · Intro to Comparative Politics · International Politics · Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe · Global Politics of Climate Change +25 more
John Glendinning, Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Biological Sciences h-index 40
Notable: “Is the bitter rejection response always adaptive?” (1994) · 514 citations
Brian Morton, Professor of Biological Sciences h-index 24
Es on two main aspects of genome evolution, with an emphasis on plant plastid genomes. The first is the selective constraints on both codon usage and genome structure across a wide variety of phyla of the plant kingdom. He is attemptin
Notable: “Substitution rate comparisons between grasses and palms: synonymous rate differences at the nuclear gene Adh parallel rate differences at the plastid gene rbcL.” (1996) · 827 citations
Elizabeth Bauer, Professor h-index 22
Notable: “Activation of ERK/MAP Kinase in the Amygdala Is Required for Memory Consolidation of Pavlovian Fear Conditioning” (2000) · 673 citations
Jennifer Mansfield, Professor of Biology h-index 20
Notable: “The RNaseIII enzyme Dicer is required for morphogenesis but not patterning of the vertebrate limb” (2005) · 654 citations
Courses: Revolutionary Concepts in Biology · Intro Organismal/Evolutionary Biology · Intro Lab/Organismal & Evolutionary Biology · Intro Cell and Molecular Biology · Intro Lab Cellular & Molecular Biology · Science Journal Club +24 more
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 Barnard College. Barnard College in New York, NY reports an overall acceptance rate of 8.8%, an early-round acceptance rate of 24.0%, an SAT middle 50% of 1480–1540, a class size of 719, and a yield of 69.0% based on the most recent Common Data Set filings. Premier women's college affiliated with Columbia University. Students can cross-register at Columbia and access shared campus resources while benefiting from small-college community.