Pomona College

Claremont, CA
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    151 faculty · 0 courses · data as of 2026-07-02

    Economics26 faculty avg h-index 10.6 #73 of 104 in Economics
    Gary N. Smith, Emeritus Professor of Economics h-index 29
    Professor Smith is interested in financial markets, especially the stock market, and the application of statistical analysis to finance and sports. Areas of Expertise ECONOMICS Financial Markets Statistics Economic Consulting Work Work Prof
    Notable: “Physical inactivity is associated with a higher risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes: a study in 48 440 adult patients” (2021) · 809 citations
    Tahir R. Andrabi, Stedman-Sumner Professor of Economics h-index 24
    Professor Andrabi conducts studies on religious and private schooling, as well as school choice and its effect on learning. He is the principal investigator on a National Academy of Sciences/Higher Education Commission, Pakistan, grant on e
    Notable: “Do Value-Added Estimates Add Value? Accounting for Learning Dynamics” (2011) · 248 citations
    Eleanor P. Brown, James Irvine Professor of Economics; Coordinator of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics h-index 16
    Personal philanthropy Tax policy The market for volunteer labor Not-for-profit organizations Areas of Expertise ECONOMICS Federal Tax Policy NONPROFITS Personal Philanthropy The Market for Volunteer Labor Not-for-Profit Organizations Work W
    Notable: “Social Capital and Philanthropy: An Analysis of the Impact of Social Capital on Individual Giving and Volunteering” (2007) · 406 citations
    Malte Dold, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 13
    Lies at the intersection of economics, psychology and philosophy. More specifically, he is interested in the question of how social environments shape decision-making processes and what constitutes individual welfare when preferences change
    Notable: “Competition and moral behavior: A meta-analysis of forty-five crowd-sourced experimental designs” (2023) · 45 citations
    Government20 faculty avg h-index 7.4 #92 of 100 in Political Science
    Pierre Englebert, H. Russell Smith Professor of International Relations and Professor of Politics h-index 24
    Politics Sub-Saharan Africa Fragile States Nationalism Francophone Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Political Economy of Development Work Work Books With Mareike Schomerus and Lotje de Vries (eds.), Secessionism in African Politics
    Notable: “Pre-Colonial Institutions, Post-Colonial States, and Economic Development in Tropical Africa” (2000) · 323 citations
    Amanda L. Hollis-Brusky, Professor of Politics h-index 11
    Constitutional law and constitutional theory (Originalism, constitutional interpretation) Law and social movements, legal mobilization, the conservative legal movement Executive power and the separation of powers (unitary executive theory
    Notable: “Relic: How Our Constitution Undermines Effective Government and Why We Need a More Powerful Presidency” (2017) · 117 citations
    Heather L. Williams, Professor of Politics h-index 10
    POLITICS Latin America Mexico Peru U.S.-Mexico borderlands Freshwater supplies and global water politics Global politics of food and agriculture Global politics of water and mining Work Work 2021: “‘If You Give Us the Best Place in the Worl
    Notable: “The Second Nuclear Age: Strategy, Danger, and the New Power Politics” (2013) · 58 citations
    Leo Flynn, Emeritus Professor of Politics h-index 9
    Mathematics18 faculty avg h-index 10.1 #17 of 23 in Mathematics
    Stephan Ramon Garcia, W.M. Keck Distinguished Service Professor and Professor of Mathematics and Statistics h-index 27
    Notable: “Complex symmetric operators and applications” (2005) · 497 citations
    Vin de Silva, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics h-index 20
    Notable: “A Global Geometric Framework for Nonlinear Dimensionality Reduction” (2000) · 13,748 citations
    Johanna S. Hardin, Hardison Chair of Analytical Thinking and Professor of Mathematics and Statistics h-index 19
    Notable: “Global gene expression profiling of multiple myeloma, monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, and normal bone marrow plasma cells” (2002) · 639 citations
    Ami E. Radunskaya, Lingurn H. Burkhead Professor of Mathematics h-index 17
    Notable: “A Validated Mathematical Model of Cell-Mediated Immune Response to Tumor Growth” (2005) · 664 citations
    Chemistry17 faculty avg h-index 21.1 #9 of 21 in Chemistry
    Charles J. Taylor, Professor of Chemistry; Chair of Chemistry h-index 43
    Developing new materials Areas of Expertise CHEMISTRY Analytical Chemistry Electron Microscopy Microhotplate Arrays Environmental Monitoring Work Work With K.J. Park ('12), C. Wu ('14), A.R. Mercer-Smith ('15), R.A. Dodson ('15), T.L. Moers
    Daniel J. O'Leary, Carnegie Professor of Chemistry h-index 39
    Isotope effects NMR spectroscopy Organic synthesis Molecular structure and dynamics Chemistry education Areas of Expertise Organic Chemistry Isotope Effects Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Computational Chemistry Chemistry Education
    Notable: “Recent advances in ruthenium-based olefin metathesis” (2018) · 748 citations
    Jane M. Liu, Professor of Chemistry; Vice Chair of Chemistry h-index 26
    Identify the mechanisms by which Vibrio cholerae responds to carbon sources in their environment Map the global network of proteins and regulatory RNAs that modulate Vibrio cholerae physiology upon nutrient shifts Assess how stu
    Notable: “Airway microbiota and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in patients with suboptimally controlled asthma” (2010) · 697 citations
    Malkiat Johal, Professor of Chemistry h-index 24
    Johal’s research focuses on molecular aggregation and interactions within ultra-thin nano-assemblies. In particular, he is interested in how natural self-assembly processes can be exploited to create functional materials with novel biologic
    Notable: “Surface and Stability Characterization of a Nanoporous ZIF-8 Thin Film” (2014) · 275 citations
    Biology16 faculty avg h-index 13.2 #66 of 68 in Biology
    Nina Karnovsky, Willard George Halstead Zoology Professor of Biology h-index 26
    How are Polar marine top predators influenced by climate change? What are the post-fire responses of the mammal community at the Bernard Field Station? How is the foraging behavior of California seabirds influenced by shifting oceanographic
    Notable: “A stable isotope (δ13C, δ15N) model for the North Water food web: implications for evaluating trophodynamics and the flow of energy and contaminants” (2002) · 521 citations
    Daniel E. Martínez, Professor of Biology h-index 21
    Mechanisms of aging in hydra Evolution and biogeography of hydra Areas of Expertise BIOLOGY Genetics Evolution of Aging Molecular Evolution Evolution of Development Work Work With D. Bridge, L. Masuda-Nakagawa, and P. Cartwright, "Cnidarian
    Notable: “Unified nomenclature for the winged helix/forkhead transcription factors” (2000) · 1,166 citations
    André Cavalcanti, Professor of Biology h-index 19
    Origin of Life Origin of the Genetic Code and Translation Apparatus Evolution of Eukaryotic Genomes by Gene Duplications Evolution of Trans-splicing Evolution of Ciliate Genome Organization and Scrambled Genes Areas of Expertise GENETICS Or
    Notable: “Extent of Gene Duplication in the Genomes of Drosophila, Nematode, and Yeast” (2002) · 545 citations
    Edward J. Crane, Professor of Biology; Co-Chair of Biology h-index 16
    Enzymology and microbiology of sulfur-based and other forms of anaerobic respiration in hot subsurface, deep-sea sediment and hot spring environments Areas of Expertise BIOLOGY Biochemistry Hydrothermal Vent Organisms Hyperthermophiles Sulf
    Notable: “Protein-Sulfenic Acids: Diverse Roles for an Unlikely Player in Enzyme Catalysis and Redox Regulation” (1999) · 508 citations
    Cognitive Science15 faculty avg h-index 10.8 #10 of 13 in Interdisciplinary Studies
    Deborah M. Burke, Professor Emerita of Linguistics and Cognitive Science h-index 37
    Es on language and cognition, failures of language production ("tip-of-the-tongue" experiences), and how emotion affects language and memory in young and older adults. Research Interests Cognitive and neural processes involved in langu
    Notable: “On the tip of the tongue: What causes word finding failures in young and older adults?” (1991) · 975 citations
    Jay Atlas, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Cognitive Science h-index 19
    Notable: “Negation, ambiguity, and presupposition” (1977) · 240 citations
    Lise Abrams, Peter W. Stanley Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Science; Chair h-index 19
    Processes involved in comprehending and producing words Linguistic, cognitive and non-cognitive factors that influence speech production Causes underlying real-world retrieval problems Areas of Expertise Language and memory Speech productio
    Notable: “Relations between emotion, memory, and attention: Evidence from taboo Stroop, lexical decision, and immediate memory tasks” (2004) · 390 citations
    Mary Paster, Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Science h-index 13
    Es primarily on work with speakers of lesser-known languages, particularly African languages. She has also collaborated with Native American communities on language reclamation projects. Research Interests The phonology-morphology interface
    Notable: “Problems in Kuria H tone assignment” (2014) · 190 citations

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    About Pomona College. Pomona College in Claremont, CA reports an overall acceptance rate of 7.1%, an early-round acceptance rate of 13.0%, an SAT middle 50% of 1500–1550, a class size of 436, and a yield of 50.0% based on the most recent Common Data Set filings. Top LAC in Claremont Consortium. Access to classes at all 5 Claremont colleges. Strong sciences and humanities.