Faculty Information
Jani Benoit
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Science Center 331
286-3966
jbenoit@wheatonma.edu
Biogeochemistry, analytical and environmental chemistry
Barbara Brennessel
Professor of Biology
Science Center 232
286-3954
bbrennes@wheatonma.edu
Use of RAPD PCR and microsatellite DNA analysis to assess genetic diversity, terrapin conservation, vernal pool conservation biology
Geoffrey Collins
Associate Professor of Geology
Science Center 204
286-5626
gcollins@wheatoncollege.edu
Geology, geophysics, and remote sensing
Barbara Darling-Smith
Assistant Professor of Religion
Knapton 101
286-3693
bsmith@wheatonma.edu
Ecofeminism; religion and ecology
Betsey Dyer
Professor of Biology
Science Center 227
286-3951
bdyer@wheatonma.edu
Symbiosis, cell evolution, genomics
Herb Ellison
Professor of Chemistry
Science Center 304
286-3957
hellison@wheatonma.edu
Analytical chemistry, Vernal pool water chemistry
Bill Goldbloom-Bloch
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Science Center 105B
286-3972
bbloch@wheatonma.edu
Mathematical genericity of properties, hyperbolic flows on smooth manifolds, real analysis, chaos and fractals
Jay Goodman
Professor of Political Science
Knapton 204
286-3683
jgoodman@wheatonma.edu
Public administration and public policy
John Grady
Professor of Sociology
Knapton 304
286-3655
jgrady@wheatonma.edu
Society, technology, and the environment
Donna Kerner
Professor of Anthropology
Knapton 125
286-3658
dkerner@wheatonma.edu
Feast or famine: the ecology and politics of food
John Kricher
Professor of Biology
Science Center 156A
286-3950
jkricher@wheatonma.edu
Ecology, tropical ecology, evolution, ornithology, natural history writing
Stephen Mathis
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Knapton 120
286-3677
mathis_stephen@wheatonma.edu
Ethics
Shawn McCafferty
Assistant Professor of Biology
Science Center 231
286-5642
ssmccaffe@wheatonma.edu
Systematics and phylogeography of coral reef fishes; Phylogeography of neotropical freshwater fishes; and Conservation biology.
Kathleen Morgan
Associate Professor of Psychobiology
Science Center 152/Knapton 317
286-3934
kmorgan@wheatonma.edu
Applied animal behavior and animal welfare; Behavior of animals in zoos and aquaria; Ecology of yellow-spotted salamanders; and the Long-term behavioral and physiological consequences of exposure to prenatal stress.
Robert Morris
Associate Professor of Biology
Science Center 230
286-3953
rmorris@wheatonma.edu
Developmental, cell, neuro, and marine biology. Motor proteins in animal development.
Laura Muller
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Science Center 309
286-3961
lmuller@wheatonma.edu
Analytical and environmental chemistry
Jeremiah Murphy
Professor of Politcal Science
Knapton 007A
286-3611
jmurphy@wheatonma.edu
Environmental Conflict Resolution - Issues Advocacy; Urban Planning and Development
Bruce Owens
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Knapton 122
286-3659
bowens@wheatonma.edu
Human evolution
Tommy Ratliff
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Science Center 106B
286-3968
tratliff@wheatonma.edu
Calculus
Joel Relihan
Associate Professor
Knapton 124
(Classics) Ancient landscape: from mythology to ecology
Scott Shumway
Professor of Biology
Science Center 125
286-3945
sshumway@wheatonma.edu
Coastal plant ecology, vernal pool ecology, Marine Biology and Environmental Science
John Walgreen
Professor of Economics
Knapton 009C
286-3668
jwalgree@wheatonma.edu
Economics of regulation
The Naturalist's Guide to the Atlantic Seashore
Professor Shumway publishes the ultimate guide to the diverse eco-systems of the Atlantic Coast from the Gulf of Maine to Cape Hatteras.
Tropical Field Biology Trip to Belize and Costa Rica
Professor Scott Shumway and his students share their experiences and comments of their joint studies in the rain forests and ocean dives.