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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 44 endowed faculty positions.[1] As of 2013, Colby employs 216 instructional faculty members, approximately 90% whom hold a doctorate or other terminal degree.[2]

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Arts and Humanities

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Name Position(s) Joined College Left/retired Alumnus/na? Reference
Julia Piera Director of the Colby Program in Spain 2013 active no [3]
Rachel Isaacs Dorothy "Bibby" Levine Alfond Assistant Professor in Jewish Studies 2010 active no [4]
David M. Freidenreich Pulver Family Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies 2008 active no [5][6]
William Chapman Nyaho Visiting assistant professor of music 2007 2007 no [7]
Adrian Blevins Associate professor of English 2004 active no [8][9]
Tilar J. Mazzeo Clara C. Piper Associate Professor of English 2004 active no [7][10]
Debra Spark Professor of English 2003 active no [11]
Wesley McNair Visiting professor of creative writing 1999 2004 no [12][13]
Joseph R. Reisert Harriet S. Wiswell and George C. Wiswell Jr. Associate Professor of American Constitutional Law 1997 active no [7][14]
Suisheng Zhao Associate professor of government and East Asian politics 1993 1998 no [15]
Kerill N. O'Neil Julian D. Taylor Associate Professor of Classics 1992 active no [7][16]
Elizabeth D. Leonard John J. and Cornelia V. Gibson Professor of History 1992 active no [7][17]
Jill P. Gordon Charles A. Dana Professor of Philosophy 1991 active no [18]
Lee Feigon Professor of history and chair of East Asian studies 1990 ?? no [19]
Hanna M. Roisman Arnold Bernhard Professor in Arts and Humanities, Professor of Classics 1990 active no [7][20]
Steven Saunders Charles A. Dana Professor of music 1990 active no [7][21]
Adrianna Paliyenko Charles A. Dana Professor of French 1989 active no [22]
Jennifer Finney Boylan Professor of English 1988 2014 no [23][24]
Cedric Gael Bryant Lee Family Professor of English 1988 active no [7][25]
Richard Russo Professor of English 1994 no [26]

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Elizabeth Harris Sagaser Associate professor of English 1994 active no [27]
John A. Rice (musicologist) Visiting assistant professor of music 1988 1990 no
Irina Livezeanu Assistant professor of history 1987 1991 no [28]
Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh Crawford Family Professor of Religion 1986 active no [7][29]
Tamae K. Prindle Oak Professor of East Asian Language and Literature 1985 active no [7][30]
Michael A. Marlais James M. Gillespie Professor of Art 1983 active no [7][31]
Jorge Olivares Allen Family Professor of Latin American Literature 1982 active no [32]
David L. Simon Ellerton and Edith Jette Professor of Art 1981 active no [33]
Robert S. Weisbrot Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Teaching Professor of History 1980 active no [7][34]
Richard Beeman William R. Kenan Professor of American history 1979 1980 no [35]
Anthony di Bonaventura Director of the Colby Piano Institute 1978 2003 no
Ira Sadoff Arthur Jeremiah Roberts Professor of Literature 1976 active no [36]
Peter B. Harris Zacamy Professor of English 1974 active no [7][37]
Marion Brown Professor of music 1973 1974 no
Paul S. Machlin Arnold Bernhard Professor of Arts and Humanities 1984 2012 no [7][38][39]
Laurie E. Osborne NEH/Class of 1940 Distinguished Professor of Humanities 1990 active no
Jonathan M. Weiss NEH/Class of 1940 Distinguished Professor of Humanities 1972 Emeritus no [40]
Charles W. Bassett Lee Family Professor of English and American Studies 1969 2000 no [41]
Susan Kenney Chair, Humanities Division 1968 1996 no [42]
Hubert C. Kueter Professor of German 1965 1997 no [43]
Adel Heinrich Professor Emeritus of Music 1964 1988 no [44]
Paul Langdon Ward Professor of history 1951 1953 no [45]
Thomas McGrath (poet) Professor of English 1940 1941 no [46]
Shailer Mathews Assistant professor of rhetoric and instructor of elocution 1887 1890 1884 [47]
Samuel Francis Smith Professor of modern languages 1834 1842 no
Thomas Jefferson Conant Professor of Languages 1827 1833 no [48]

Social Sciences

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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 [49]
Jennifer Yoder Robert Diamond Professor of humanities 1996 active no [50]
Catherine L. Besteman Francis F. Bartlett and Ruth K. Bartlett Professor of Anthropology 1994 active no [51]
Debra Barbezat Mitchell Family Professor of economics 1992 active no [7][52]
Sarah Willie-LeBreton Assistant Professor, African American Studies/Sociology/Women's Studies 1991 1995 no [53]
Kenneth A. Rodman William R. Cotter Distinguished teaching professor of government 1989 active no [54]
James Rodger Fleming Visiting Assistant to Charles A. Dana Professor of STS 1988 2021 no [7][55]
Randy A. Nelson Douglas Professor of Economics and Finance 1987 active no [56]
Cheryl Townsend Gilkes John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies 1987 2022 no [7][57]
Patrice M. Franko Grossman Professor of Economics 1986 active no [58]
G. Calvin Mackenzie Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of American Government 1985 active no [59]
David W. Findlay Pugh Family Professor of Economics 1985 active no [7][60]
James W. Meehan Herbert E. Wadsworth Professor of Economics 1973 Emeritus no [7][61]
L. Sandy Maisel William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Government 1971 2021 no [62]
Thomas J. Morrione Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology 1971 active 1965 [7][63]
Jack D. Foner History 1969 1976 no [64]
Albion Woodbury Small Professor of political economy 1881 1888 1876 [65]

Natural Sciences

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Name Position(s) Joined College Left/retired Alumnus/na? Reference
Andrea R. Tilden J. Warren Merrill Professor of Chemistry and Natural History active no [66]
Fernando Q. Gouvêa Carter Professor of Mathematics active no [67]
D. Whitney King Frank and Theodora Miselis Professor of Chemistry 1989 active no [68]
W. Herbert Wilson Leslie Brainerd Arey Professor of Biosciences 1990 2018 no [69]
F. Russell Cole Oak Professor of Biological Sciences 2016 no [70]
Robert A. Gastaldo Whipple-Coddington Professor of Geology 1999 2020 no [71]
Julie T. Millard Dr. Gerald and Myra Dorros Professor of Chemistry active no [72]
Charles Conover William A. Rogers Professor in Physics active no [73]
Robert T. Bluhm, Jr. Sunrise Professor of Physics active no [74]
Allen B. Downey Assistant professor of computer science 1997 2000 no
Gordon Enoch Gates Professor of biology 1948 1950 1919 [75]
Keith Devlin Carter Professor of Mathematics and Chair of Department of Math & Computer Science 1989 1993 no [76]
William T. Bovie Lecturer in science 1939 1949 no
Rutherford John Gettens Instructor in chemistry 1923 1927 no [77]
Marshman Edward Wadsworth Professor of mineralogy and geology 1885 1886 no
Theophilus C. Abbot Instructor in chemistry, history, Greek, and Latin 1845 1852 1853 [78]
Justin Rolph Loomis Professor of chemistry and natural history 1838 no [79]

Athletics

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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 [80]
Laura Halldorson Women's ice hockey coach 1989 1986 no [81]
James Wescott Men's track and cross-country coach 1978 2003 no [82]
Jack Kelley Men's ice hockey coach 1976 1977 no [83]
John Winkin Men's baseball coach, director of athletics 1954 1974 no
Lee Williams Men's basketball coach 1946 1965 no [84]
Bill Millett Coach, "Mr. Colby" 1929 1948 1929 [85]
Harold McDevitt Men's baseball coach, director of athletics 1909 1910 no

Other

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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 [86]
Robert B. Downs Librarian 1929 1931 no
Peyton R. Helm Vice president for college relations 1988 2003 no [87]
Ninetta May Runnals Dean of women
Professor of mathematics and education		 1920 1949 yes [88]

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