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82 faculty · 156 courses · data as of 2026-07-02
Jane Hedley, Professor Emeritus of English h-index 4
Lyric sequences whose topic is marriage. She regularly offers a course on Women's Poets, subtitled "Giving Eurydice a Voice," whose focus changes every couple of years. She also teaches regularly in the Emily Balch Seminar Program.
Notable: “I made you to find me: the coming of age of the woman poet and the politics of poetic address” (2010) · 92 citations
Colby Gordon, Associate Professor of Literatures in English h-index 4
Notable: “Introduction: Early Modern Trans Studies” (2019) · 56 citations
Alex Alston, Assistant Professor of Literatures in English
Bethany Schneider, Associate Professor and Chair of Literatures in English
American Indian studies, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, slavery, childhood and concepts of citizenship and belonging. Her published and forthcoming essays include: “The Consummate Hermaphrodite,” “Thus, Always: Julius Caesar
Courses: Modernism without Men · Introduction to Film · Global Cinema · Early Modern Crime Narratives · Narratives of Latinidad · Virginia Woolf +22 more
Clark R. McCauley, Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Research Professor h-index 43
Stereotypes, group dynamics, and the psychological foundations of ethnic conflict, terrorism, and genocide. He is co-author of Why Not Kill Them All? The Logic and Prevention of Mass Political Murder (2006), co-author of Friction: H
Notable: “Jobs, Careers, and Callings: People's Relations to Their Work” (1997) · 1,696 citations
Marc Schulz, Professor of Psychology on the Sue Kardas PhD 1971 Professorship h-index 25
Notable: “Mapping the Road From Childhood Trauma to Adult Somatization: The Role of Attachment” (2006) · 271 citations
Anjali Thapar, Professor of Psychology h-index 21
The study of human memory and understanding the cognitive and neural bases of age-related changes in memory. Other research projects include investigating memory illusions and the effect of stereotypes on judgment and behavior.
Notable: “The effects of aging on reaction time in a signal detection task.” (2001) · 322 citations
Dustin Albert, Associate Professor and Chair of Psychology h-index 20
Notable: “Age differences in sensation seeking and impulsivity as indexed by behavior and self-report: Evidence for a dual systems model.” (2008) · 1,545 citations
Courses: Introductory Psychology · Educational Psychology · Research Methods and Statistics · Social Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Lifespan Development +21 more
Michael H. Allen, Professor of Political Science h-index 47
International political economy and international law; globalization; African and Caribbean regions Biography Michael H. Allen is Professor of Political Science on the Harvey Wexler Chair at Bryn Mawr College. He is a former Chair of the
Notable: “Effectiveness of Adjunctive Antidepressant Treatment for Bipolar Depression” (2007) · 926 citations
Joel Alden Schlosser, Professor of Political Science h-index 17
Notable: “How to Write Scripture: Words, Authority, and Politics in Thomas Hobbes” (1993) · 52 citations
Stephen G. Salkever, Professor Emeritus of Political Science h-index 12
Notable: “II. Aristotle's Social Science” (1981) · 45 citations
Carol Hager, Professor of Environmental Studies and Political Science h-index 9
Notable: “Local Renewable Energy Initiatives in Germany and Japan in a Changing National Policy Environment” (2020) · 34 citations
Courses: Introduction to U.S. Politics · Introduction to Comparative Politics · Introduction to International Politics · European Politics: Coming Together or Falling Apart? · Gender and Comparative Politics · Living Justly in an Unkind World +20 more
Anita Kurimay, Associate Professor and Chair of History
The history of sexuality, women’s and gender history, conservativism and the politics of the far right, and the history of sport. Her book Queer Budapest, (Chicago University Press, 2020) examines the history of Hungarian
David S. Byers, Associate Professor of Social Work and Social Research
Jose Vergara, Associate Professor and Chair of Russian
Juan Suarez Ontaneda, Assistant Professor of Spanish
Courses: Fundamentals of Economics for International Studies · Introduction to International Studies · Nature, Culture, & Representation: Themes in International Studies · Political Ecology and Environmental Justice · Human Rights in a Global Perspective · Humans & Non-Humans +3 more
Maja Seselj, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Chair h-index 7
The evolution of the modern human pattern of growth and development. To that end, she has investigated the relationship between dental development and skeletal growth in a variety of archaeological and known-age human skeletal collection
Notable: “Relationship between dental development and skeletal growth in modern humans and its implications for interpreting ontogeny in fossil hominins” (2012) · 52 citations
Amanda Weidman, Professor of Anthropology
South Asia, her research focuses on Tamil-speaking South India. Her first book, Singing the Classical, Voicing the Modern: The Postcolonial Politics of Music in South India , examined the creation of South Indian classical music as
Casey R. Barrier, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Es on major world-historical transitions, including the development of farming economies, the emergence of village life, and the rise of early urban societies. More broadly, it contributes to cultural-evolutionary approaches to long-term ch
Colin McLaughlin-Alcock, Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Courses: Becoming Human: Introduction to Biological and Archeological Anthropology · Introduction to Cultural Anthropology · North American Archaeology · Rumor, Secrecy, and Conspiracy Theory · Anthropology of Food · Activist Imaginaries & Conflict Management +10 more
Wendy A Cadge, President and Professor of Sociology h-index 34
President Cadge's current research focuses on religious innovation and ensures that scholars, educators and religious leaders are prepared to lead in the midst of changes transforming religious and spiritual institutions in the United State
Notable: “Religion and Public Opinion about Same‐Sex Marriage*” (2006) · 425 citations
David Karen, Emeritus Professor of Sociology h-index 14
Notable: “Official Knowledge: Democratic Education in a Conservative Age.” (1994) · 409 citations
Nathan Daniel Wright, Associate Professor and Chair of Sociology h-index 8
Es on three main areas: religion, culture, and public opinion, with special attention paid to the relationship between cultural change and cultural persistence. He has studied historical changes to religious belief and practice within the C
Notable: “Reading and the Reading Class in the Twenty-First Century” (2005) · 135 citations
Mary J. Osirim, Professor Emeritus of Sociology h-index 8
Have focused on gender and development, race and ethnic relations, immigration, the family and economic sociology in Sub-Saharan Africa, the English-Speaking Caribbean and the U.S. During the past 20 years, she has conducted fieldwork
Notable: “Women’s and Gender Studies in English-Speaking Sub-Saharan Africa” (2004) · 137 citations
Courses: Society, Culture, and the Individual · The Study of Gender in Society · Social Dynamics of Violence · Social Perspectives on Health · The Social Life of Emotions · Women in Society +15 more
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About Bryn Mawr College. Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, PA reports an overall acceptance rate of 29.4%, an early-round acceptance rate of 37.0%, an SAT middle 50% of 1280–1440, a class size of 380, and a yield of 31.0% based on the most recent Common Data Set filings. Prestigious women's college in the Tri-College Consortium with Haverford and Swarthmore. Known for academic rigor, honor code, and strong STEM programs unusual for a women's college.