Hamilton College

Clinton, NY
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    98 faculty · 446 courses · data as of 2026-07-02

    Government20 faculty · 36 courses avg h-index 8.5 #72 of 100 in Political Science
    Alan Cafruny, Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Relations h-index 15
    International political economy International relations: history and theory Comparative politics: Europe The European Union International law and organization U.S. foreign policy Distinctions Christian Johnson Teaching Enhancement Award, Ha
    Notable: “Monetary Union and the Transatlantic and Social Dimensions of Europe's Crisis” (2007) · 44 citations
    Sharon Werning Rivera, Chair and Professor of Government; Director of Russian Studies h-index 11
    Frank Anechiarico, Maynard-Knox Professor of Law, Director of Public Policy h-index 10
    Public administration, law and organization, official corruption and urban politics Distinctions Dean of Faculty Award for Outstanding Research Year, Hamilton College Samuel and Helen Lang Excellence in Teaching Award, Hamilton College Pent
    Erica De Bruin, Associate Professor of Government h-index 7
    Civil-military relations, civil war, and policing. Her work focuses on the causes and dynamics of military coups, the spread of militarized policing, and the ways in which armed groups build legitimacy. She is the author of How to P
    Courses: Comparative Politics · International Relations · The American Political Process · Introduction to Political Theory · Common Ground: A Laboratory for Civil Discourse · Congressional Politics +30 more
    Literature19 faculty · 35 courses avg h-index 4.8 #5 of 12 in English
    Steven Yao, Edmund A. LeFevre Professor of English h-index 10
    Global modernisms, 20th-century American literature, Asian-American literature (especially poetry), 20th-century British literature, Pacific Rim modernisms, translation theory, translation history, cross-cultural poetics and jazz studies. D
    Notable: “Transpacific Displacement: Ethnography, Translation, and Intertextual Travel in Twentieth-Century American Literature” (2002) · 21 citations
    Onno Oerlemans, Elizabeth J. McCormack Professor of Literature h-index 8
    Notable: “Romanticism and the Materiality of Nature” (2005) · 63 citations
    Margaret Thickstun, Jane D. and Ellis E. Bradford '45 Distinguished Writing Chair h-index 6
    Notable: “The Work of Self-Representation: Lyric Poetry in Colonial New England.” (1992) · 77 citations
    Katherine Terrell, Professor of Literature h-index 4
    Middle English and Middle Scots literature (esp. William Dunbar, Gavin Douglas, Geoffrey Chaucer, the Pearl -poet, alliterative poetry, historical writing, and romance); medieval women’s writing; medieval discourses of alterity (inclu
    Notable: “Rethinking the "Corse in clot": Cleanness, Filth, and Bodily Decay in Pearl” (2008) · 7 citations
    Courses: Introductory Poetry and Fiction Workshop · Playwriting · Letterpress Studio · Intermediate Poetry Workshop · Intermediate Fiction Workshop · Creative Non-Fiction Workshop +29 more
    Economics18 faculty · 40 courses avg h-index 9.4 #71 of 104 in Economics
    Ann Owen, Professor of Economics and the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of Public Policy h-index 30
    And has published papers on long-run growth and income distribution as well as teaching economics to undergraduates. Examples of her current research projects include an examination of how the process of economic growth varies across countr
    Notable: “Estimating dynamic panel data models: a guide for macroeconomists” (1999) · 2,142 citations
    Stephen Wu, Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics h-index 19
    Health economics Subjective well-being Higher education Behavioral economics Appointed to the Faculty 2000 Educational Background Ph.D., Princeton University M.A., Princeton University B.Sc., Brown University Help us provide an accessible e
    Notable: “Objective Confirmation of Subjective Measures of Human Well-Being: Evidence from the U.S.A.” (2009) · 628 citations
    Paul Hagstrom, Associate Chair, Leonard C. Ferguson Professor of Economics h-index 11
    The Role of Immigrant Networks on the Impact of Economic Shocks Distinctions Schwarz Research Grant, Hamilton College, 2003 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Small Grants Program, 2001-02 Arthur Levitt Omnibus
    Notable: “Wage Compensation for Dangerous Work Revisited” (1998) · 131 citations
    Erol Balkan, Professor of Economics h-index 8
    Es on the formation of middle classes through education and financial liberalization in developing countries. He has received several awards and grants for his work, including the International Development Research Center Grant in 1996 to s
    Notable: “Political instability, country risk and probability of default” (1992) · 113 citations
    Courses: Introduction to Economics · Economic Theory and Evidence · Environmental Economics and the Household · Policy, Poverty, and Practice · Policy, Poverty, and Practice II · Introduction to Econometrics +34 more
    Fine Arts10 faculty · 31 courses
    Amy Brener, Assistant Professor of Art
    Bhen Alan, Assistant Professor of Art
    Bob Palusky, John and Anne Fischer Professor of the Fine Arts Emeritus (retired)
    Bruce Muirhead, Professor of Art Emeritus (retired)
    Courses: Introduction to Drawing · Introduction to Ceramics · Art and the Environment · Introduction to Sculpture · Introduction to Media: Integrated Media and Emerging Practices · Introduction to Photography +25 more
    Computer Science9 faculty · 28 courses avg h-index 13 #82 of 88 in Computer Science
    Thomas Helmuth, Sacerdote Family Distinguished Associate Professor of Computer Science h-index 20
    Genetic programming, evolutionary computation, automatic program synthesis Select Publications Thomas Helmuth and Peter Kelly. “Applying genetic programming to PSB2: The next generation program synthesis benchmark suite.” Geneti
    Notable: “Solving Uncompromising Problems With Lexicase Selection” (2015) · 189 citations
    Darren Strash, Chair, Associate Professor of Computer Science h-index 15
    Es on how to solve computationally difficult graph problems in practice. Such problems include computing cohesive subgraphs (such as cliques and k-plexes), independent sets, cuts, and covers. To solve these problems, Strash brings together
    Notable: “Listing All Maximal Cliques in Large Sparse Real-World Graphs” (2013) · 218 citations
    Mark Bailey, Robert and Pamela (Craig) Delaney Professor of Computer Science h-index 14
    Notable: “The CDF plug upgrade electromagnetic calorimeter: test beam results” (2002) · 153 citations
    Wenbo Wang, Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science h-index 13
    Span fact-checking, software security, and natural language processing. His research has been published in top conferences and journals, including CIKM, ICSE, and TGIS. Wang has also contributed to federally funded projects supported by the
    Notable: “Review of the Recent Progress on GaN-Based Vertical Power Schottky Barrier Diodes (SBDs)” (2019) · 100 citations
    Courses: Computer Science for All · Design Principles · Prealgorithms · Social, Structural, and Institutional Hierarchies · Technologies Seminar · Topics in Computer Science I +22 more
    Neuroscience8 faculty · 25 courses avg h-index 12.9 #40 of 41 in Neuroscience
    Alexandra List, Associate Professor of Psychology h-index 25
    Notable: “Defining digital literacy development: An examination of pre-service teachers’ beliefs” (2019) · 216 citations
    Siobhan Robinson, Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Director of Neuroscience h-index 19
    Notable: “Dopamine supersensitivity correlates with D2 High states, implying many paths to psychosis” (2005) · 351 citations
    Herman Lehman, Professor of Biology Emeritus (retired) h-index 16
    Ariel Kahrl, Assistant Professor of Biology h-index 14
    Es on understanding broad patterns of evolution across all animals, as well as examining the physiological mechanisms that underlie those patterns. At Hamilton, she looks forward to developing a new research program centered around the evol
    Courses: Cognitive Neuroscience in Film, Art, and Media · Collaborative Research in Psychology I · Statistics and Research Methods in Psychology · Fundamentals of Human Neuroscience · Fundamentals of Neurobiology · Genes, Molecules, and Cells +19 more

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    About Hamilton College. Hamilton College in Clinton, NY reports an overall acceptance rate of 13.5%, an early-round acceptance rate of 29.4%, an SAT middle 50% of 1460–1530, a class size of 475, and a yield of 39.0% based on the most recent Common Data Set filings. Open curriculum. Strong writing program. Rural upstate New York campus.