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Faculty Profiles

Meet the Simon’s Rock faculty. It’s an introduction we know you’ll find inspiring.

Ask a Rocker about Simon’s Rock faculty. Go ahead — we’ll wait.

You see, Rockers have a lot to say about how incredibly brilliant, talented, and caring their advisors and professors are. They’ll go on at length, because of the lengths professors here go for their students.

 
Miha Habič

The Goal is to Find a Good Puzzle

Miha Habič
Professor of Mathematics
 
 
 
Ben Krupka portrait

Art Studio as Sanctuary

Ben Krupka
Professor of Ceramics, Sculpture, 3D Design
 
 
 
David Franco

Making Language Class Playful

David Franco
Professor of French and Spanish
 
 
Francisca Oyogoa portrait

Seeing Students as ‘Kindred Spirits’

Francisca Oyogoa
Professor of Sociology and African American Studies
 
 
Maryann Tebben in office

Teaching at the Intersection of Food, Culture, and Community

Maryann Tebben
Professor of French/Francophone and Food Studies
 
 

 

Mike Bergman portrait

We’re Moving Science Forward

Michael Bergman
Professor of Physics
 
 
Katie Boswell portrait

Cultivating a Heightened Appreciation for Human Diversity

Katie Boswell
Professor of Anthropology
 
 
Chris Coggins portrait

Trekking across the sacred groves of China for the chance of a lifetime

Chris Coggins
Professor of Geography and Asian Studies
 
 
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You’ll call your professors by their first names, you’ll meet for coffee and run into them in town or at the dining hall, or at a concert. You’ll come to think of them — and they’ll think of you — as especially bright and interesting colleagues.

Our professors don’t just teach fascinating classes; they advise, collaborate, counsel, nurture, and mentor. They’re practicing experts in their fields, which means they’re doing the work, too, not just assigning it.

— Raspberry ’08

“I would definitely say that professor-student relationships are a lot closer just because of the size,” says Raspberry ’08. “I mean there are only about 400 of us. So it makes these relationships easier to develop. You could start with just a topic in class. You come to the professor, ‘you know, I’m really interested in this’ and then you start talking. It’s really easy. You’re just having a conversation…Our professors don’t just teach fascinating classes; they advise, collaborate, counsel, nurture, and mentor. They’re practicing experts in their fields, which means they’re doing the work, too, not just assigning it. They’re committed to excellent teaching, and they’re absolutely dedicated to their students.”