Please join Associate Dean Beth S. Wenger as she engages in brief conversations with leading faculty in the School of Arts & Sciences across the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Each short video features a distinguished faculty member in a distinct field discussing:

  • 3 recommendations for first-year students
  • 2 pieces of advice for graduate students in each faculty member's particular field
  • 1 thing they know now that they wish they had known when they were in graduate school

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Deborah A. Thomas is the R. Jean Brownlee Professor of Anthropology. To learn more about her, click here.

 

Hanming Fang is the Joseph M. Cohen Term Professor of Economics. To learn more about him, click here.

 

Rudra Sil is a Professor of and Director of Graduate Studies in Political Science. To learn more about him, click here.

 

Wendy Roth is a Professor of Sociology and the Graduate Chair of Sociology at SAS. To learn more about her, click here.

NATURAL SCIENCES

Mia Levine is an Associate Professor in Biology. To learn more about her, click here.

 

Karen I. Goldberg is a Vagelos Professor of Energy Research in Chemistry. To learn more about her, click here.

 

Ravi Sheth is a Professor of Physics and the Graduate Chair of Physics & Astronomy. To learn more about him, click here.

 

Sara Jaffee is a Professor and Department Chair of Psychology. To learn more about her, click here.

HUMANITIES

Margo Crawford is the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Professor for Faculty Excellence in English, as well as the Department Chair of English. To learn more about her, click here.

 

Benjamin Nathans is the Alan Charles Kors Endowed Term Associate Professor of History. To learn more about him, click here.

 

Glenda Goodman is an Associate Professor in Music. To learn more about her, click here.

 

Jolyon Thomas is an Associate Professor and Graduate Chair of Religious Studies. To learn more about him, click here.