HSA Faculty and Staff
Department Chair: Darryl Wright
Advising Coordinator: William Alves
Faculty

William Alves
Professor of MusicLouisa and Robert Miller Professor of HumanitiesDMA, University of Southern Californiaalves@hmc.edu
Music composition; computer music; alternate tuning systems; gamelan music; abstract computer animation

Isabel Balseiro
Professor of Comparative LiteratureAlexander and Adelaide Hixon Professor in the HumanitiesPhD, New York University909.607.2661isabel_balseiro@hmc.edu
Contemporary writers and film makers of Africa and South America; cultural and race studies; film and postcolonial literature

David Cubek
Professor of MusicJoint music facultyDMus, Northwestern Universitydcubek@g.hmc.edu
Conducting symphonic and operatic repertoire; research on alternative modes of orchestral training and music as an interdisciplinary art form

Ambereen Dadabhoy
Associate Professor of LiteraturePhD, Claremont Graduate University909.607.7346ambereen_dadabhoy@hmc.edu
Early modern English literature; Shakespeare; postcolonial theory; East-West encounter

Erika Dyson
Associate Professor of Religious StudiesWillard W. Keith, Jr., Fellow in the HumanitiesPhD, Columbia UniversityOffice Hours: Monday 11 a.m.–Noon and Thursday 2–4 p.m. (by appointment only)909.607.0856erika_dyson@hmc.edu
Religion and science; intersections between social-change activism and religion; American religious history; and church and state

Kenneth Fandell
Michael G. and C. Jane Wilson Professor in Arts and the HumanitiesMFA, University of Illinois at Chicagoken_fandell@hmc.edu
Interdisciplinary arts; photography; modern and contemporary art

Alfred P. Flores
Associate Professor of Asian American StudiesPhD, University of California, Los Angeles909.627.0453alflores@g.hmc.edu
Pacific Islander History; diaspora; labor; indigeneity; militarization; oral history; settler colonialism

Anup Gampa
Assistant Professor of PsychologyPhD, University of Virginiaagampa@g.hmc.edu
Social psychology of social movements, racism, capitalism and wealth inequality

Jia Yi Gu
Assistant Professor of ArchitecturePhD, U.C.L.A.jiayigu@g.hmc.edu
Historian; curator; experimental programming

Vivien Hamilton
Professor of the History of SciencePhD, University of Toronto909.607.7997vivien_hamilton@hmc.edu
History of physics; history of medicine; gender and science; disciplinary cultures in science

Charles Kamm
Professor of MusicJoint music facultyDMA, Yale Universityckamm@g.hmc.edu
Concert choir; chamber choir; music history

Dede Long
Assistant Professor of EconomicsPhD, Oregon State Universitydlong@g.hmc.edu
Environmental economics; microeconomic theory

Rachel Mayeri
Professor of Media StudiesDirector of Hixon Riggs ProgramMFA, University of California, San Diego909.607.0461rachel_mayeri@hmc.edu
Experimental documentary production; motion graphics and animation; history of special effects; genetics and society; ecology and art; history of science and art

Salvador Plascencia
Advising CoordinatorAssociate Professor of Creative WritingMFA, Syracuse University909.621.8022splascencia@hmc.edu
Creative writing; The novel as print technology

David K. Seitz
Associate Professor of Cultural GeographyPhD, University of Toronto909.621.8022dseitz@g.hmc.edu
Geographies of citizenship; feminist, critical race and queer theories; affect

Sarah Stefanos
Assistant Professor of SociologyPhD, University of Wisconsin, Madisonsstefanos@g.hmc.edu
Researcher; social and environmental scientist; entrepreneur

Paul Steinberg
Malcolm Lewis Professor in Sustainability and SocietyProfessor of Political Science and Environmental PolicyPhD, University of California, Santa Cruz909.607.3840paul_steinberg@hmc.edu
International and comparative environmental politics; policy analysis; sustainable development; biodiversity; political science research methods

David Wilson
Assistant Professor of MusicPhD, University of Chicagodfwilson@g.hmc.edu
Ethnomusicology; interdisciplinary arts; media studies; East Asian Studies and Taiwan Studies

Darryl Wright
Willard W. Keith, Jr., Fellow in the HumanitiesProfessor of PhilosophyChair, Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the ArtsPhD, University of Michigan909.607.4478darryl_wright@hmc.edu
History of ethics; metaethics; moral and political philosophy
Emeriti Faculty
Emeriti faculty are retired faculty members who have been awarded special status by the College in recognition of their service.

Hal S. Barron
Professor of History, EmeritusPhD, University of Pennsylvania
U.S. social history; history of rural America; immigration and ethnicity

Tad Beckman
Professor of Philosophy, EmeritusPhD, University of California, Berkeley
Nietzsche; environmental philosophy; philosophy of science

Jeffrey D. Groves
Professor of Literature, EmeritusPhD, Claremont Graduate University
Nineteenth-Century Literature; history of the book; letterpress printing

Lisa M. Sullivan
Professor of Economics, EmeritaPhD, University of Toronto
Economic history; history of work and work ethics
Staff

Valerie Jusay
Administrative Coordinator909.621.8022vjusay@g.hmc.edu

Tiffany Shao
Program CoordinatorMA, Claremont Graduate UniversityParsons 1276tshao@g.hmc.edu

Ken Cotich
Temporary Concert Supervisorkcotich@g.hmc.edu

Catalina Lopez
Temporary Gallery Managerclopez@hmc.edu
In Memoriam

Gary R. Evans
The department mourns Gary Evans, emeritus professor of economics, who retired in 2020 after 39 years at Harvey Mudd. In Memoriam website