List of Colby College faculty

Jeremiah Chaplin, the founder and first president of the college.

This list of Colby College faculty includes current and former instructors and administrators of Colby College in Waterville, Maine, as well as a list of the endowed faculty positions.[1] As of 2025, Colby has 247 instructional employees.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

Humanities and Social Sciences

Name Position(s) Joined College Left/retired Alumnus/na? Reference
Neil Gross Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology and chair of the department of sociology 2015 active no [2]
Aaron R. Hanlon NEH/Class of 1940 Distinguished Associate Professor of the Humanities 2015 active no [3]
Tanya Sheehan Ellerton M. and Edith K. Jetté Professor of Art, chair of the Department of STS, and chair of the Humanities Division 2013 active no
Jennifer Yoder Robert Diamond Professor of Humanities 1996 active no [4]
Catherine L. Besteman Francis F. Bartlett and Ruth K. Bartlett Professor of Anthropology 1994 active no [5]
Debra Barbezat Mitchell Family Professor of Economics 1992 active no [6][7]
Sarah Willie-LeBreton Assistant Professor, African American Studies/Sociology/Women's Studies 1991 1995 no [8]
Kenneth A. Rodman William R. Cotter Distinguished Teaching Professor of Government 1989 active no [9]
James Rodger Fleming Visiting Assistant to Charles A. Dana Professor of STS 1988 2021 no [6][10]
Randy A. Nelson Douglas Professor of Economics and Finance 1987 active no [11]
Cheryl Townsend Gilkes John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies 1987 2022 no [6][12]
Patrice M. Franko Grossman Professor of Economics 1986 active no [13]
G. Calvin Mackenzie Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of American Government 1985 active no [14]
David W. Findlay Pugh Family Professor of Economics 1985 active no [6][15]
James W. Meehan Herbert E. Wadsworth Professor of Economics 1973 Emeritus no [6][16]
L. Sandy Maisel William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Government 1971 2021 no [17]
Thomas J. Morrione Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology 1971 active 1965 [6][18]
Jack D. Foner History 1969 1976 no [19]
Albion Woodbury Small Professor of political economy 1881 1888 1876 [20]

Natural Sciences

Name Position(s) Joined College Left/retired Alumnus/na? Reference
Andrea R. Tilden J. Warren Merrill Professor of Chemistry and Natural History active no [21]
Fernando Q. Gouvêa Carter Professor of Mathematics active no [22]
D. Whitney King Frank and Theodora Miselis Professor of Chemistry 1989 active no [23]
W. Herbert Wilson Leslie Brainerd Arey Professor of Biosciences 1990 2018 no [24]
F. Russell Cole Oak Professor of Biological Sciences 2016 no [25]
Robert A. Gastaldo Whipple-Coddington Professor of Geology 1999 2020 no [26]
Julie T. Millard Dr. Gerald and Myra Dorros Professor of Chemistry active no [27]
Charles Conover William A. Rogers Professor in Physics active no [28]
Robert T. Bluhm, Jr. Sunrise Professor of Physics active no [29]
Allen B. Downey Assistant professor of computer science 1997 2000 no
Gordon Enoch Gates Professor of biology 1948 1950 1919 [30]
Keith Devlin Carter Professor of Mathematics and Chair of Department of Math & Computer Science 1989 1993 no [31]
William T. Bovie Lecturer in science 1939 1949 no
Rutherford John Gettens Instructor in chemistry 1923 1927 no [32]
Marshman Edward Wadsworth Professor of mineralogy and geology 1885 1886 no
Theophilus C. Abbot Instructor in chemistry, history, Greek, and Latin 1845 1852 1853 [33]
Justin Rolph Loomis Professor of chemistry and natural history 1838 no [34]

Athletics

Name Position(s) Joined College Left/retired Alumnus/na? Reference
Blaise MacDonald Men's ice hockey coach 2012 active no
Lori Gear McBride Women's basketball coach 2004 2010 no
Timothy Wheaton Harold Alfond Director of Athletics 2015 2017 no [35]
Laura Halldorson Women's ice hockey coach 1989 1986 no [36]
James Wescott Men's track and cross-country coach 1978 2003 no [37]
Jack Kelley Men's ice hockey coach 1976 1977 no [38]
John Winkin Men's baseball coach, director of athletics 1954 1974 no
Lee Williams Men's basketball coach 1946 1965 no [39]
Bill Millett Coach, "Mr. Colby" 1929 1948 1929 [40]
Harold McDevitt Men's baseball coach, director of athletics 1909 1910 no

Other

Name Position(s) Joined College Left/retired Alumnus/na? Reference
Sharon L. Corwin Carolyn Muzzy Director of the Colby College Museum of Art and chief curator 2006 active no [41]
Robert B. Downs Librarian 1929 1931 no
Peyton R. Helm Vice president for college relations 1988 2003 no [42]
Ninetta May Runnals Dean of women
Professor of mathematics and education		 1920 1949 yes [43]

References

  1. ^ Colby College Endowed Chairs: http://www.colby.edu/campaign/endowment/chairs.cfm
  2. ^ "Neil Gross".
  3. ^ "Aaron Hanlon". Colby College. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  4. ^ "Jennifer A. Yoder · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  5. ^ "Catherine Besteman".
  6. ^ a b c d e f Colby College Faculty, published online 2008, accessed at: http://www.colby.edu/academics_cs/catalogue/2007_2008/faculty/0608faculty.cfm Archived 2008-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Debra A. Barbezat · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  8. ^ https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/assets/images/sociology-anthropology/WILLIE-LEBRETON_CV_2016.pdf [bare URL PDF]
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  12. ^ "Cheryl Townsend Gilkes · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  13. ^ "Patrice M. Franko · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  14. ^ "G. Calvin Mackenzie · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  15. ^ "David W. Findlay · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  16. ^ "Meehan, James W.,, Jr. · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  17. ^ "L. Sandy Maisel · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  18. ^ "Thomas J. Morrione · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
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  22. ^ "Fernando Q. Gouvêa's Home Page". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  23. ^ "D. Whitney King". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  24. ^ "Wilson, W. Herbert,, Jr. · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  25. ^ "F. Russell Cole · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  26. ^ "Robert A. Gastaldo · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  27. ^ "Julie T. Millard · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  28. ^ "Charles Conover · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  29. ^ "Bluhm, Robert T.,, Jr. · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  30. ^ Smithsonian Institution Archives, 96-111, Gates, G. E (Gordon Enoch) 1897-, Gordon Enoch Gates Papers, c. 1931 – 1979. Accessed at: http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_252139
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  32. ^ The Chesapeake Chemist, Vol 5 No. 1, p1. 1949. Accessed at: http://maryland.sites.acs.org/Chesapeake%20Chemist/Archives/1949/cc-jan-1949.pdf
  33. ^ Colby College (1909). General Catalogue [of the Officers and Graduates] of Colby College. p. 15. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  34. ^ "Read-Only". web.colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  35. ^ "Wheaton, Longtime Athletic Dept. Administrator, To Depart | News | The Harvard Crimson". thecrimson.com. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  36. ^ "Laura Halldorson Named Division I Women's Hockey Coach of the Year - University of Minnesota Official Athletic Site". gophersports.com. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  37. ^ "Colby Mourns Passing of Former Head Coach Jim Wescott - NESCAC". nescac.com. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  38. ^ "Jack Kelley (b.1927) hockey statistics and profile at hockeydb.com". hockeydb.com. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  39. ^ "Bangor Daily News - Google News Archive Search".
  40. ^ https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3105&context=colbyecho [bare URL]
  41. ^ "Sharon L. Corwin · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  42. ^ Karen Oh. "Colby Magazine, Summer 2003 | On Campus". Archived from the original on October 3, 2003. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  43. ^ "A People's History of Colby College: Activism and Social Justice Since 1813 – Ninetta M. Runnals". Colby College. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
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