Faculty Directory

Meet Our Faculty

Hamilton's faculty members are active and accomplished scholars and dedicated teachers. In the classroom, the lab, the studio and beyond, professors are engaged in the intellectual and cultural lives of their students.

This directory includes an alphabetical listing of current Hamilton faculty members and information about their areas of expertise and teaching experience. You can also search by name or area of study below.

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Vivyan Adair, Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies

vadair@hamilton.edu

B.A., M.A. and Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle

Areas of expertise: women’s studies; race, class, gender, sexuality and nation; comparative literature and theories of composition and rhetoric; sexuality studies; welfare reform, education and public policy

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Abhishek Amar, Associate Professor of Religious Studies

aamar@hamilton.edu

B.A., Dyal Singh College; M.A. and M.Phil., Jawaharlal Nehru University; Ph.D., University of London

Areas of expertise: archaeological history of South Asian religions, especially Buddhist and Hindu traditions; research in themes of inter-religious dynamics, syncretism and religious transformation; colonialism and reconfigurations of sacred centers; and religion and water management in the Buddhist and Hindu traditions

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Marissa Ambio, Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies

mambio@hamilton.edu

B.A., Williams College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University; Columbia University

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Douglas Ambrose, the Carolyn C. and David M. Ellis ’38 Distinguished Teaching Professor of History

dambrose@hamilton.edu

B.A., Rutgers University; M.A., University of Rochester; Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton

Areas of expertise: U.S. history, the old South, Christianity in American history, American colonial history, the American founding era and proslavery thought

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Frank Anechiarico, the Maynard-Knox Professor of Law

fanechia@hamilton.edu

A.B., Hamilton College; A.M. and Ph.D., Indiana University

Areas of expertise: public administration, public ethics and law and society

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Stephanie Bahr, Assistant Professor of Literature

sbahr@hamilton.edu

B.A., Mount Allison University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

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David Bailey, Chair, Professor of Geosciences

dbailey@hamilton.edu

B.S., Bates College; M.S., Dalhousie University; Ph.D., Washington State University

Areas of expertise: geochemistry and petrogenesis of Miocene volcanic rocks in the Powder River Volcanic Field, history of igneous and tectonic activity in the northeastern United States, the mineralogy of New York State

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Mark Bailey, Chair, Professor of Computer Science

mbailey@hamilton.edu

B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; M.C.S. and Ph.D., University of Virginia

Areas of expertise: the boundary between hardware and software, including program optimization, embedded systems, computer architecture and computer security

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Rick Balestra, Lecturer in Music (Jazz Guitar)

rbalestr@hamilton.edu

B.M.E., Syracuse University; M.Mus., Ithaca College

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Erol Balkan, Professor of Economics

ebalkan@hamilton.edu

B.A. and M.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton

Areas of expertise: formation of middle classes in developing countries, effects of short-term capital flows on the Turkish economy and economic development, international finance and political economy of the Middle East

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