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Faculty

58

Dr. Joshua M. Smith

Associate Professor, HumanitiesYear Started

2003

EducationPh.D. US and Canadian History University of MaineMA Maritime History & Underwater Archaeology East Carolina UniversityAS Maine Maritime AcademyMA History University of St. AndrewsTeaching InterestsMaritime HistoryNaval...

Dr. Melanie H. Ross

Associate Professor, HumanitiesYear Started

2004

EducationPh.D. English Literature NYUMA English Literature NYUAB English and French Literature Princeton UniversityTeaching InterestsLiterature (Generalist) and CompositionResearch InterestsHenry JamesPsychoanalytic TheoryMaritime...

Dr. Laury Magnus

Professor, HumanitiesYear Started

1981

Education  Ph.D. Modern Literature, Shakespeare, Chaucer The Graduate Center of CUNYM. Phil Modern Literature, Shakespeare, Chaucer The Graduate Center of CUNYB.A. Cum Laude English Literature Brooklyn CollegeTeaching InterestsShakespeareText and...

Dr. Robert P. Gardella

Professor Emeritus, HumanitiesYear Started

1977

EducationPh.D. University of Washington (Seattle)M.A. University of Washington (Seattle)B.A. Rice University (Houston, Texas)Publications

R. Gardella. Harvesting Mountains: Fujian and the China Tea Trade, 1757-1937. University of California...

Applications for the Class of 2030 open on 1 May 2025