About St. John's College
Santa Fe Faculty
2008 - 2009
St. John's College Santa Fe Faculty 2008-2009 Academic Year
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Dean of the College in Santa Fe
VICTORIA MORA
B.A. in English-Philosophy, University of New Mexico, 1985; Yale University Teaching Fellow, 1986-88; M.A., M. Phil. in Philosophy, Yale University, 1990; Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellow, 1990-91; Ph.D. in Philosophy, Yale University, 1992; Philosophy Instructor, Albuquerque TV-I Community College, 1991-92; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1992-; Dean, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 2006- .
JUDITH I. ADAM
B.A., 1986, M.A., 1989, Political Science, University of Alberta; Ph.D., 1996, Political Science, Boston College; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1996-; Assistant Dean, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 2005-.
JORGE H. AIGLA
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico City, 1971-72; B.S., Saint Mary's College, California, 1975; M.D., University of California San Francisco, 1979; American Heart Association Student Research Associate, 1974; Fellow, Cancer Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, 1976; Resident, Pathology Department, University of California San Francisco, 1979-80; Assistant Medical Examiner, Coroner's Office, City and County of San Francisco, 1980-81; Lecturer in Anatomy, Sonoma State University, California, 1981-82; Lecturer in Anatomy and Physiology, City College of San Francisco, 1981-85; Private translator, 1982; Lecturer, Collegiate Seminar, Saint Mary's College, California, 1982-85; Assistant Instructor, San Francisco Karate-Do, 1982-85; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1985-; Head Karate-Do Instructor, 1986-; American Teachers Association of Martial Arts, Permanent Member, 1993; International Society of Okinawan Karate, 1994; 6th Dan, 2000; New Mexico Urasenke Japanese Tea Association, President, 2004.
KERI AMES
A.B., University of Chicago, 1993; Century Fellow in Social Thought, University of Chicago, 1996; Bradley Dissertation Fellow, University of Chicago, 1999-2000; Instructor in English, Connecticut College, 2000-01; Comcast Television Tutor on TV Tutors Live, 2001-02; Instructor in the Humanities, University of Chicago, 2002-03; Ph.D., The Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago, 2003; Research Associate, Zurich James Joyce Foundation, 2003-; Lecturer, University College Dublin James Joyce Summer School, 2003; Lecturer in the Humanities, Yale University, 2003-04; Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities, Yale University, 2004-05; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2005-.
JAN ARSENAULT
B.A., St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1982; M.A., University of Denver Counseling Psychology, 1989; Diploma in Analytical Psychology, C.G. Jung Institute of Santa Fe, 2006; Tutor, St. John's College, 1996-.
PHILIP BARTOK
B.S., Physics, University of Connecticut, 1992; Physics Instructor, Denver Institute of Technology, 1995; M.A., Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 2004; Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 2004; Tutor, St. John’s College, Sante Fe, 2003-.
GREGORY D. BAYER
B.A., St. John's College, Annapolis, 1978; M.A., University of Toronto, 1981; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1995; Visiting Assistant Professor, Southern Methodist University, 1995-96, College of William and Mary, 1996-97, College of Wooster, 1997-98; NEH Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 1998-99; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1999-.
GUILLERMO BLEICHMAR
B.A., English Literature, Columbia University, 1997; Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Harvard University, 2007; Harvard University Teaching Fellow, 2001-2005; Tutor, St. John’s College, 2009-.
DAVID BOLOTIN
B.A., Cornell University, 1966; Ph.D., New York University, 1974; Lecturer in Classics, Yale University, 1971-73; Tutor, St. John's College, Annapolis, 1974-82; Santa Fe, 1982-; Visiting Associate Professor, Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago, 1986, 1987-88; 2002-2003; Carl Friedrich von Siemens Fellow, Siemens Institute, Munich, 2006-07.
SETH BRAVER
B.A., Mathematics and Psychology, San Francisco State University, 1999; M.A., Mathematics, University of California at Santa Cruz, 2001; Mathematics Instructor, Portland Community College, 2001-2003; Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Montana, 2007; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Montana, 2007-2008; Tutor, St. John's College, 2008-.
LAUREN BRUBAKER
B.A. Sociology, Swarthmore College, 1970; Union and community organizer, political consultant, 1970-80; Entrepreneur, printing and software 1980-91; Ph.D. Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago, 2002; Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame, 2002-03; Lyons Chair in Professional Ethics, United States Air Force Academy, 2004-05; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2005-.
MICHAEL D. BYBEE
B.A., Philosophy, 1972, B.A., M.A., English, 1972, 1975, Idaho State University; educational therapist, Gateway Mental Health Center, Pocatello, Idaho, 1972-74; M.A., Ph.D., Philosophy, 1976, 1981, University of Hawaii; Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Idaho State University, 1982-84; Instructor of English, 1984-90,Senior Instructor of English, 1990-95, University of Oregon; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Rhetoric, San Diego State University, 1995-96; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1996-.
ANTHONY JAMES CAREY
St. John's College, Annapolis, 1963-65; B.A., University of North Carolina, 1967; M.A., 1973, Ph.D. 1998, Graduate Faculty, The New School for Social Research; U.S. Marine Corps, 1967-69; Graduate Study in Music, University of North Carolina, 1969; Part-time Instructor in Philosophy, East Carolina University, 1974-78; Part-time Instructor in Philosophy, North Carolina Wesleyan College, 1976-78; Tutor, St. John's College, Annapolis, 1979-83, Santa Fe, 1984-; Dean, 1986-91, 1996-2000; Acting President, 2000. Distinguished Visiting Professor of Philosophy, United States Air Force Academy (2004-).
DAVID CARL
B.A., Philosophy, Pomona College, 1990; M.A., Philosophy, Claremont Graduate School, 1991; Ph.D., Comparative Literature, University of California at Davis, 2000; Lecturer in Philosophy, California State University San Bernardino, 1991-93; English Instructor, Wupertal, Germany, 1992; Philosophy and Religion Instructor, Diablo Valley College, 1993-95; Poet in Residence, Shakespeare and Company Bookstore, Paris, France, 1998; Comparative Literature Instructor, UC Davis, 1995-2000; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 2000-.
MONIKA I. CASSEL
A.B., Comparative Literature, Princeton University, 1992; Ph.D., Comparative Literature, University of Michigan, 2002; Graduate Instructor in German, English, and Comparative Literature, University of Michigan, 1994-2002; Study and Research, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, 1996-97; Fellowship, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan, 2001; English Instructor, Desert Academy at Santa Fe, 2002; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 2002.
CHRISTINE CHEN
B.A., magna cum laude, Wellesley College, Russian Studies, 1999; 1998-1999, Yale University; M.A., Harvard University, Regional Studies: Russia, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, 2001; Program Coordinator, Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe, 2001-2002; Ph.D. candidate, Modern and Medieval Languages, Cambridge University, U.K.; Graduate tutor, departmental lecturer, Cambridge University, 2004-2006; Tutor, St. John’s College, 2006-.
TRAVIS S. COOK
B .A. Political Science, University of Maine, 1989; M.A. Political Science, Boston College, 1994; doctoral work, Political Science, University Loyola Unive rsity Chicago; Assistant Director, Social Philosophy and Policy Center, Bowling Green State University, 2000-2004; Tutor, St. John’s College, 2004-.
JOHN F. CORNELL
B.A., 1975, M.A., 1977, McGill University; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1981; McConnell Fellow, 1975-77; Fishbein Fellow, 1977-80; Searle Fellow, 1980-81; NEH Fellow, 1982; ACLS Fellow, 1983-84; Assistant Professor, Honors College, University of Oregon, 1981-83; Assistant Professor, History of Science, University of Georgia, 1984-85; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1985-; Visiting Assistant Professor of History of Science, University of Chicago, 1990.
KENNETH DAVIS
B.M. Education, Georgia State University, 1973; M.Div. Southwestern Theological Seminary, 1977; M.M. University of Tennessee, 1982; D.M.A. Conducting, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, Teaching Assistant, 1984; M.A. St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2002; Assistant Professor, Western Kentucky University, 1984-89; Professor, Texas Tech University, Director of Choral Activities, 1989-2000; Director of Humanities, Honors College, 2000-2005; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2005-.
MATTHEW K. DAVIS
B.A., St. John's College, Annapolis, 1982; M.A. in Philosophy, Dalhousie University, 1984; Ph.D. Candidate in Philosophy and Classics, University of Pittsburgh, 1985- 87; Ph.D. in Political Science, Boston College, 1995; Killam Fellow, 1983-84; Earhart Fellow, 1990-91; Bradley Fellow, 1993-96; Bradley Fellow, University of Toronto, 1996-98; Donner Fellow, 1997-98; Special Projects Editor, Books in Canada, 1997-98; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1998-; Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Classics, Carthage College, 2002; Assistant Dean, 2003-05; Visiting Scholar, Boston College, 2005-06.
JANET A. DOUGHERTY
B.A., Yale College, 1974; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University, 1980; Teaching Fellow in Government at Harvard College, 1976-78, 1979-80; French Government Fellowship, 1978-79; Assistant Professor of Political Science, Stonehill College, 1908-82; Tutor, St. John's College, Annapolis, 1982-85; Santa Fe, 1985-.
JACQUES ANTOINE DUVOISIN B.A., 1980, St. John's College, Annapolis; M.A., 1984, Ph.D., 1992, The Catholic University of America, University of California, Irvine, 1987-91; Knights of Columbus Fellow, 1981-84; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1997-.
MICHAEL EHRMANTRAUT
B.A., Political Theory and International Relations, Michigan State University; Ph.D. Political Science, Boston College, 2001; Bradley Foundation Post-doctoral Fellowship, Boston College, 2002, Visiting Scholar, Boston College, 2003-2004; Tutor, St. John’s College, 2005-.
ELIZABETH S. ENGEL
B.A., Pomona College, 1967; M. Phil., 1971, Ph.D., Philosophy, 1973, Teaching Assistant, 1969, Yale University; Teacher, Shimer College, 1971-73; Assistant Professor of Philosophy, California State University at Humboldt, 1973-75; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1975-.
CHARLES N. FASANARO
B.S., Chemistry, Manhattan College, 1965; M.A.R. with Distinction, ILIFF School of Theology, Colorado, 1980; Ph.D., Philosophy of Religion, University of Denver / ILIFF, 1983; Schlessman Scholarship for the Study of Philosophy and Religion, 1980-82; Jonathan M. Daniels Fellow, 1982 Post-doctoral Fellow, Philosophy, University of Colorado, 1983-84; Program Ombudsman and Assistant to the Director, Writing Program, University of Colorado, 1986-91; Associate Professor, Center for Philosophy and Religion, Colorado, 1986; Professor, Center for Philosophy and Religion, Colorado, 1990; Project Leader (GS-13) for the Mine and Tracker Dog Project, Vietnam, 1969; President, New Subasio Institute, and Prior, New Subasio Monastic Community, 2000; Master Scholar, University of Denver, 2003; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1991-; Assistant Dean, 2002-2003.
JAMES P. FORKIN
B.A., St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1980; M.S., Vegetable Crops, University of California-Davis, 1986; M.A., Political Science, University of California-Davis, 1986; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1990-.
GRANT H. FRANKS
B.A., St. John's College, Annapolis, 1977; J.D., Harvard Law School, Cambridge, M.A., 1980; Associate, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, CA, 1980-83; Clerk to Judge Cecil E. Poole, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, San Francisco, CA, 1983-84, Associate, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, CA, 1984-88; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1988-.
BARRY E. GOLDFARB
B.A., Yale University, 1975; M.A., University of Chicago, 1978; M.A., University of Cincinnati, 1981; Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, 1986; Visiting Lecturer, University of Southern California, 1986-88; Assistant Professor, The Pennsylvania State University, 1988-92; Language Coordinator and Lecturer, The Johns Hopkins University, 1992-93; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1993-.
MICHAEL GOLLUBER
B.A., Liberal Arts, Sarah Lawrence College, 1988; M.A. , Philosophy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1991; Ph.D., Philosophy, Tulane University, 1998; Instructor of Philosophy, Southwestern University, 1996-98; Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Xavier University of Louisiana, 1998-2000; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 2000-.
PATRICIA M. GREER
B.A., College of Notre Dame of Maryland, 1966; M.A., Writing Seminars, Johns Hopkins University, 1967; Teaching Fellow, University of Southern California, 1968-69; M.A., St. John's College, Annapolis, 1995; Ph.D., History of Religions, University of Virginia, 2002; Dupont Writing Fellowship, 2000-01; Adjunct Instructor, History of Asian Religions, University of Virginia, 1999; Visting Lecturer, Sanskrit Epics, Sweet Briar College, 1999; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 2001-.
JONATHAN HAND
B.A., Government, Harvard University, 1981; Teacher, Colorado Springs School, 1984-86; Graduate Student, Political Science, Yale University, 1987-89; Visiting Student, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, 1994-95; Ph.D., Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago, 2002; Lecturer in the College, University of Chicago, 1998-2002; Visiting Assistant Professor, Political Science, Furman University, 2002-03; Tutor, St. John’s College, 2003-.
TOPI HEIKKERÖ
M.Th., Theological Ethics and Philosophy of Religion, 2000, University of Helsinki; Researcher & doctoral candidate, Center for Social Ethics, University of Helsinki, 2002—2007; Visiting Scholar, Colorado School of Mines, 2003—2004; M.A., Theoretical Philosophy, 2005, University of Helsinki; University Lecturer in Ethics, Department of Systematic Theology, University of Helsinki 2007;
Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2008—.
CLAUDIA A. HONEYWELL
B.A., University of Chicago, 1986; Account Executive, American Bankcard Services, Woodland Hills, CA, 1987-88; M.A., 1991, Ph.D., 1993, Classics and Modern Greek Studies, University of Minnesota; Surveyor, Kavousi/ Thriphti Archaeological Survey, Crete, 1990; Mochlos Archaeological Excavation, Crete, 1991; Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics, Cornell College, 1993-94; Tutor, St. John's College, 1994-.
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STEPHEN FREDERICK HOUSER
B.A., St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1979; San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 1980-82; M.A., University of Virginia, 1989; Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1990; President's Fellow, University of Virginia, 1987-90; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1983-.
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FRANK R. HUNT
St. John's College, Annapolis, 1971-73; Cornell University, 1973-74; B.A., New York University, 1976; M.A., 1980, Ph.D., 1985, The Catholic University of America; Editor, Catholic University of America Press, 1980-86; Lecturer, Marymount University of Virginia, 1985-86; Editor, Princeton University Press, 1987-89; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1990-.
JESSICA JEROME
B.A., University of California at Berkeley,1993; Anthropology, University of Chicago, M.A., 1995, Ph.D., 2003; Visiting Assistant Professor, DePaul University, 2002-2003; Postdoctoral Fellow, MacLean Center for Bioethics, University of Chicago Hospitals, 2003-04; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2005-.
WILLIAM S. KERR
B.S., Oklahoma State University, 1974; University of Illinois Graduate Fellowship, 1975-76; M.S., Economics, University of Illinois-Urbana, 1976; Graduate Study in Economics, University of Chicago, 1976-77; University of Colorado Graduate Fellowship, 1983-87, M.A., Classics, University of Colorado-Boulder, 1985; Graduate Study in Ancient Philosophy, Trinity Hall, Cambridge University, 1987-88; Reynolds Fellowship, 1988-89; Instructor in Latin, University of New Mexico-Los Alamos, Summer 1985; Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Colorado- Boulder, Summer 1990; Certificate, Chinese Language Education Program, Providence University, Shalu, Taiwan, 1998; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1989-
T. ANDREW KINGSTON
A.B., English, Kenyon College, 1995; Ph.D., Philosophy and Music, The University Professors Program, Boston University, 2003; Lecturer, English, Boston University, 2001-02; Visiting Instructor, Integrated Program in Humane Studies, Kenyon College, 2001-02; Adjunct Instructor, Jazz Piano, Kenyon College, 2001-02; Instructor, Writing Program, Boston University, 2002- 03; The University Professor’s Program Post-Doctoral Fellow, Boston University, 2003-04; Instructor, Core Curriculum, Boston University, 2004-05; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2005-.
PHILIP LECUYER
B.A., Colorado College, 1966; Merton College, Oxford University, 1969; Studies in Biology, University of New Mexico, 1970-72; Boettcher Scholar, 1962-66; Perkins Scholar, 1963-66; Rhodes Scholar, 1966-69; Danforth Graduate Fellow, 1966-72; Woodrow Wilson Fellow (honorary), 1966; Tutor, English Literature, Summer Humanities Institute, Colorado College, 1968; Tutor, Biology and Chemistry, Institute of Social Research and Development, University of New Mexico, 1971-72; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1972-.
DAVID LAWRENCE LEVINE
University of Pennsylvania, 1962; A.B. St. John's College, Annapolis, 1967; M.A. 1969, Ph.D. 1975, The Pennsylvania State University; Woodrow Wilson Fellow 1967-68; NDEA Fellow (Honorary) 1967-70; University Graduate Fellow, The Pennsylvania State University 1969-70; Independent Research, Centre Universitaire International, Paris, 1970; Language Study, Goethe Institut, West Germany 1970-71; Instructor in Philosophy, University of Maryland, West Germany, 1971; Teaching Assistant and Instructor in Philosophy and Humanities, The Pennsylvania State University, 1968-69, 1971-75; Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Oklahoma State University, 1975-80; Associate Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Oklahoma State University, 1980-88; Fellowship Research Grant, Earhart Foundation, 1984-85; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1986, 1988-, Assistant Dean, 1997, Director of the Graduate Institute, 1997-2001; Dean, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 2001-2006.
CHARLOTTE GRAY MARTIN
B.A., University of Colorado, 1972; Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Dankstipendium, University of Freiburg, 1972-73; Ph.D., Classics and Comparative Studies, Boston University, 1979; Teaching Fellow, Boston University, 1975-78; Visiting Lecturer, Colorado College, 1978-79; Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, Spring, 1980; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1980-.
RICHARD A. MCCOMBS, II
B.A., B.S., Fordham University, 1990; Loyola Fellow, Fordham University, 1990- 92; M.A., Fordham University, 1992; Teaching Fellow, Fordham University, 1992-94; Instructor, Marist College, 1995, Tutor, Rose Hill College, 1996-98; Instructor, University of South Carolina, 1999; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1999-; Ph.D., Fordham University, 2000.
DAVID MCDONALD
B.A., St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1995; Graduate Research Assistant, Theoretical Biology & Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1995-96; Programmer, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, 1996-98; Applications Developer, PE Informatics, Santa Fe, NM, 1998-99; Manager of Technical Services, Panorama Point Web Development, Santa Fe, NM, 1999-2001; Senior Technician, Theoretical Biology & Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2001-2007; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 2005--
FREDERICK MONSMA
B.A., St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1982; Ph.D., Philosophy, Boston College, 2003; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2005-.
LYNDA LAMSON MYERS
B.A., St. John's College, 1971; M.A., University of North Carolina, 1975; M.A., 1991, Ph.D., 1996, Catholic University of America; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1977-; Director of the Graduate Institute in Liberal Education, 1985-88.
LAURENCE NEE
B A., Political Science, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1992; M.A., 1994, Ph.D., 1998, Politics, University of Dallas; J.D., School of Law, Northwestern University, 2003; Adjunct Professor of Politics, University of Dallas, 1996-2000; Adjunct Instructor of Political Science, University of North Texas, 1998-99; Adjunct Professor of Law and Political Science, John Cabot University, 2005; Adjunct Professor of Political Science, American University of Rome, 2005; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2005-.
FRANK N. PAGANO
A.B., Cornell University, 1969; Ph.D., Boston College, 1981; Assistant Professor of Political Science, 1975-81, Director of the Division of Liberal Learning, 1980-83, Associate Professor of Political Science, 1981-83, University of New England; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1983-; Director of the Graduate Institute, 2001-2004.
BRUCE M. PERRY
B.A., Greek, 1973, M.A, Classics, 1975, Ph.D., Classics, 1983, University of Washington; Ph.D. Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, 1995, University of Pennsylvania; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1990-.
PETER PESIC
A.B., Harvard University, 1969; M.S., 1970, Ph.D., 1975, Stanford University; Danforth Graduate Fellow, 1969-75; Research Assistant and Associate, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 1970-75; Lecturer, Stanford University, 1976-80; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1980-; Musician-in-Residence, 1984-; Dorr Lecturer, University of North Carolina, 2003.
ERIC POPPELE
University of Chicago, 1979-80; B.A., St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1989; M.S.E., Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, 1991; Associate Engineer, Montgomery Watson, 1992-93; Environmental Engineer, Hinds Environmental, Inc., 1994-98; licensed Professional Engineer, New Mexico, 1997-; Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2006; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2003-.
MICHAEL DAVID RAWN
B.S., Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1974; M.S., Mathematics, Brown University, 1977; Undergraduate Study in Mathematics Education, University of New Orleans, 1979-80; Graduate Study in Mathematics, Clarkson University, 1983-86; Ph.D., Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 1991; Instructor, University of New Orleans, 1977-80; Assistant Professor, Western, Zaire, 1980-82; Visiting Assistant Professor, St. Lawrence University, 1983-86; Assistant Professor, Manchester College, 1988-92; Tutor, St. John's College, 1993-.
JULIE REAHARD
B.A., English, Michigan State University, 1980; M.A., Old Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Nevada, Reno, 1984; Ph.D., Comparative Literature, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1991; Teaching fellow, Department of English, University of Nevada, Reno, 1981-84; Instructor, Department of English, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1987-88; Instructor, College of General Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 1988-89; Graduate Work, Literary Theory, University of Pennsylvania, 1988-91; Post Doctoral Research, History of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992-93; Associate Professor, English Department, Providence University, Shalu, Taiwan, 1996-98; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1993-.
EMILY RENA-DOZIER
B.A., Reed College, English, 1999; M.A., 2003 and Ph.D., 2006, University of Chicago, English Language and Literature; Core Humanities lecturer and writing instructor, University of Chicago, 2004-2006; Instructor, Harold Washington College, 2005; Tutor, St. John’s College, 2006-.
ARCELIA RODRIGUEZ
B.A., 1997, M.A., 2005, Ph.D. 2006, Government & Politics, University of Maryland at College Park; Ph.D.; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 2008-
MARK ROLLINS
A.B. Princeton University, 1977; M.A., Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1986, 1991; Teaching Fellow in Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1978-83, and 1987; Teaching Fellow in the Core Curriculum, Harvard University, 1984-86, 1987, 1991- 92, and 1995-97; Associate Research Professor, Instituto de Investigaciones Filosoficas, UNAM, Mexico City, 1988-91; Assistant Professor of Philosophy, American University in Bulgaria, 1992-95; Senior Analyst, education and family support policy, Abt Associates, Cambridge, MA, 1997-98; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Honors Seminar, Emerson College, Boston, MA., 1998; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1998-.
THOMAS SCALLY
B.A., St. Mary's College of California, 1967; M.A., Boston College, 1970; Ph.D., Boston College, 1971; Assistant Professor, University of Santa Clara, 1970-71; Assistant Professor, St. Mary's College of California, 1971-74; Assistant Professor, California State University at Humboldt, 1975; Department Chairman (Philosophy), Champlain Regional College, Quebec, Canada, 1975-87; Lecturer, Institute for Social Theory, York University, Toronto, Canada and Perugia, Italy, 1980-84; Visiting Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1987-89; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1990-.
GREGORY SCHNEIDER
B.A., Philosophy, University of Dallas, 1990; M.D., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1995; Resident Physician, Family Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1995-1998; M.L.A., Liberal Arts, Southern Methodist University, 2005. Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Medical Ethics, and Literature and Medicine at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, 1998-2004; M.F.A. Candidate, Science and Natural History Filmmaking, Montana State University, 2004-; Tutor, Saint John’s College, 2005-.
MARK SINGLETON
Diplôme d’Études Européennes Intégrées (Lettres Modernes) Stendhal University, Grenoble, France, 1994; B.A., English and French Combined Honours (First Class), Birmingham University, U.K., 1995; M.Phil in European Literature (Distinction), Cambridge University, U.K., 1998; Education coordinator, Alice Project, Sarnath, India 1998-2001; Yoga Instructor 1997-; Research Assistant, Dharam Hinduja Institute of Indic Research 2003-4; Ph.D candidate, Divinity, Cambridge University 2002-6; Tutor, St. John's College, 2007-
JAY SMITH
B.A., St. John's College, 1977; M.A., Philosophy, Marquette University, 1979; Ph.D., Philosophy, Fordham University, 2002; Environmental Protection Agency, 1986-89; Environmental Consultant, 1990-2000; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 2001-.
DAVID EDWARD STARR
B.A., Gordon College, 1962; M.A., 1966, Ph.D., 1972, Boston University; Graduate Assistant in Philosophy, Boston University, 1963-64; Teaching Intern, Boston University College of Basic Studies, 1964-66; Instructor in Philosophy, University of Rhode Island, 1966-71; Tutor, St. John's College, Annapolis, 1972-80, Santa Fe, 1982-, Director of The Graduate Institute in Liberal Education, Santa Fe, 1980-82.
JOSEPH WALTER STERLING
B.A., St. John's College, Annapolis, 1993; Jacob K. Javitts Fellow, U.S. Dept. of Education, 1993-97; M.A. Philosophy, Emory University, 1997; Doctoral Candidate, Philosophy, Emory University, 1997-; Philosophy Instructor, Loyola College in Maryland, 1997-99; Philosophy Instructor, Gwynedd-Mercy College, 1999-2000; Intellectual Heritage Instructor, Temple University, 1999-2000; Adult Learning Instructor, Project H.O.M.E., Philadelphia, 2000-03; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 2003-.
EDWARD CARY STICKNEY
B.A., St. John's College, Annapolis, 1975; M.A., Philosophy, Albert-Ludwigs Universitaet, Freiberg, W. Germany, 1979; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1980-; Director of The Graduate Institute, 1994-97.
SUSAN STICKNEY
B.A., SUNY-Binghamton, 1970; Fulbright Scholar, Freiburg, Germany 19970-71; M.A., University of Michigan, 1972; German teacher, Olney Friends School, 1972-1975; Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany, 1975-1980; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1985; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1992-.
CALEB THOMPSON
B.A., Philosophy, Clark University, 1984; M.A., Philosophy, University of Virginia, 1990; Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Virginia, 1994; Alumni Dissertation Fellow, 1993-94; Postdoctoral Fellow, SUNY at Buffalo, 1994-96; Hourani Lecturer, SUNY at Buffalo, 1994-95; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1996-.
LISE VAN BOXEL
B.A. Honors, High Distinction, English Specialist, Political Science Major, Trinity College, The University of Toronto, 1992; M.A., High Distinction, Political Philosophy, Boston College, 1995; Ph.D., Political Philosophy, The University of Toronto, 2006; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 2001 - .
STEPHEN R. VAN LUCHENE
B.A., Arizona State University, 1969; M.A., 1971, Ph.D., 1973, University of Notre Dame; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1973-, Director of Admissions, 1979-81, Director of The Graduate Institute in Liberal Education, 1982-85; Dean, 1991-1996.
KRISHNAN VENKATESH
B.A., English Literature, Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1982; Wissenschafflicher Mitarbeiter (on Shakespeare editions), University of Muenster, West Germany, 1982-86; Lecturer in British and American Literature, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China, 1986-89; Guest Lecturer in Film Analysis, North China Film and Broadcasting Institute, 1989; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1989- ; Graduate Institute Director, 2004- .
JACK V. WALES, JR.
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 1968; Ranch Hand, 1969-1974; Graduate Study in Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 1975-1978; Laboratory Instructor, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 1975-1978; Mathematics Teacher, The Thacher School, Ojai, California, 1978-2006; M.A., St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2000; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2007-.
EDWARD A. WALPIN
B.A., Political Science, Middlebury College, 1987; M.A., English, Middlebury College (Bread Loaf School of English), 1989; M.A., Political Science, Duke University, 1992; Ph.D., Political Science, Duke University, 1998; National Endowment for the Humanities Dissertation Grant, 1993-94; Exchange Fellow and Instructor, Institut für PolitischeWissenschaft, Friedrick-Alexander Universität, Erlangen, Germany, 1994-95; Fellow, Instructor, and Project Coordinator, Kenan Ethics Program, Duke University, 1997-98; Consultant, PBS Frontline, 1998-99; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1999-.
LLYD EWAN WELLS
B.A., Ancient Near Eastern Studies (Assyriology) and Natural Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, general and departmental honors, Phi Beta Kappa, 1999; M.S. Oceanography, University of Washington, 2001; Graduate Certificate, Astrobiology, University of Washington, 2006; Ph.D, Oceanography, University of Washington, 2006; National Merit Scholar, 1995–1999; Beneficial-Hodson Trust Scholar, Umm el-Marra, Syria, 1999; National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (declined, 1999); National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow, 1999–2002; National Science Foundation Integrated Graduate Education and Research Trainee, 2002–2005; Scholar in Residence, Center for Northern Studies, Sterling College, VT, 2006–2007; Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities, Penn Humanities Forum, University of Pennsylvania, 2007–2008; Visiting Faculty, Wagner Free Institute of Science, 2008; Associate, Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), 2008–; Tutor, St. John’s College, 2008–.
LINDA WIENER
B.S., Biology, University of Miami, 1977; M.S., Entomology, Colorado State University, 1979; Co-founder, Foundation for the Rediscovery and Protection of Trilobites, 1979; Ph.D., Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1981; Post-Doctoral Fellow, Linguistics, Harvard University, 1982-85; Entomology Associate, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 1982-85; Agribusiness Consultant, Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, MA, 1984-85; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1985-.
RUSSELL WINSLOW
B.A., 1997, Literary Studies, summa cum laude, University of Texas at Dallas; M.A., 2001, and Ph.D., 2006, Philosophy, Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research; Teaching fellow, Eugene Lang College, New York City, 2001-2005; Post-doctoral fellow at Fordham University College at Lincoln Center, 2006-2007; Book, Aristotle and Rational Discovery (Continuum International Press, 2007); Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 2007-
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KENNETH B. WOLFE
B.A., St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1994; M.A., Latin, University of California at Berkeley, 1996; Ph.D., Classics, University of California at Berkeley, 2000; Visiting Assistant Professor in Classics and Humanities, Reed College, 2000-02; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 2002-.
MICHAEL E. WOLFE
B.A., 1994, St. John's College, Santa Fe; Dupont Fellowship, 1994-95, President's Fellowship, University of Virginia, 1994- 97; M.A., History of Religions, University of Virginia, 1997; Assistant Director of Admissions, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1997-99; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1999-.
ALAN ZEITLIN
B.A. English University of California, Davis 1979, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa M.A. English (Creative Writing) University of California, Davis 1985 J.D. University of California, Berkeley 1987 Visiting student Hebrew University 1988-89 Graduate student in Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley 1990-92 Ph. D. Classics University of California Berkeley 1998; Lecturer: University of California, Berkeley, Spring 1999 Visiting Assistant Professor, Emory University, 1999-2000 Visiting Assistant Professor, Bard College, 2000-04, St. John’s College, 2005-.