Core Faculty
Hannah Ryan (she, her, hers)
Assistant Professor of Art and Art History; Director of Gender and Sexuality Studies
Office Hours: Mondays, 1:00 – 3:00 (Fall, 2024) Sign up here!
View Profile →Andrea C Conger
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology; Director of Public Health Studies
Anna Kuxhausen
Professor of History and Russian Language and Area Studies
Office Hours: Mon 1:00-3:00; Tues 3:00-4:00. And by appointment. Zoom Link
View Profile →Juliet Patterson (she, her, hers)
Associate Professor of Practice in English; Director of Environmental Conversation
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 9:45am-11:00am or by appointment Click here for an appointment
View Profile →Joanne Quimby (she, her, hers)
Associate Professor of Asian Studies; Japanese Section Head
Office Hours: Fall 2024 office hours: Monday 2:30-4:00 pm; Tuesday 2:00-3:00 pm; Thursday 2:00-3:30 pm; and by appointment
Nancy Thompson (she, her, hers)
Professor of Art and Art History; Department Chair of Art and Art History
Trish Zimmerman (she, her, hers)
Associate Professor of Practice in Religion
Office Hours: M 1:00-2:00 pm in OM 330C or Friday 10:00-11:00 via Zoom Appointment
View Profile →Affiliated Faculty
Jessica M Benson (she, her, hers)
Associate Professor of Psychology
On sabbatical through January 2025. Click here to book an appointment
View Profile →Maggie A Broner (she, her, hers)
National Endowment for the Humanities Professor of Romance Languages – Spanish, Co-Director of CILA
Office Hours: Fall semester–Wednesdays 3:30-5:00 and by appointment
View Profile →Grace Cho (she, her, hers)
Professor of Psychology
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Mondays 1:00-3:00 pm, Wednesdays 10:00-11:00 am, and by appointment.
View Profile →Jenna Coughlin (she, her, hers / they, them, theirs)
Assistant Professor of Norwegian; Norwegian Section Head
Office Hours: Drop-in hours (Fall '24): Mondays 10:30-12 & Fridays 12:30-2 or email me to make an appointment
View Profile →Kari Lie Dorer (she, her, hers)
Professor of Norwegian; King Olav V Chair in Scandinavian-American Studies; Department Chair of Norwegian; Director of Nordic Studies
Louis K Epstein (he, him, his)
Associate Professor of Music – Musicology; Department Chair of Music
Dana Gross (she, her, hers)
Professor of Psychology
Office Hours: I will be teaching a study-abroad course during January Term. Please feel free to contact me at grossd@stolaf.edu. I will reply as soon as I am able. Visit my Booking Page to make an appointment.
View Profile →Sara Halpern (she, her, hers)
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
Office Hours: Mondays: 1:30-3:30 pm; Tuesdays 2-3:00 pm (all in HH216), and by appt. Link to Appointment/Booking Calendar
View Profile →Tim Howe (he, him, his)
Professor of History
Office Hours: M 1:00-2:00; T 1:15-2:15; TH 2:15-4:00 and by appointment.
View Profile →Charles Huff
Professor of Psychology
Office Hours: By appointment: huff@stolaf.edu
View Profile →Kiara Jorgenson (she, her, hers)
Associate Professor of Religion and Environmental Studies
Erica J Kanewischer
Associate Professor of Practice in Social Work and Family Studies; Department Chair of Social Work and Family Studies; Director of Family Studies
Office Hours: Mon: 10:00a-11:00a & 12:00p-1:00p, Tues: 2:00p-3:00p
Jennifer Kwon Dobbs (she, her, hers)
Professor of English; Associate Dean of Interdisciplinary and General Studies; Director of the Individual Major Program
Office Hours: MW 11:30 AM-12:30 PM and by appointment
View Profile →Diane C LeBlanc (she, her, hers)
Professor and Writer in Residence; Associate Dean of the First Year Experience and Sophomore Thriving; Director of Writing Program
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Monday 2:15 – 3:30 pm, Thursday 10:00 – 11:00am and 2:45 – 3:30 pm & by appointment. Schedule an Office Hour Appointment
View Profile →Jonathan T Naito (he, him, his)
Associate Professor of English; Associate Dean of Humanities
Office Hours: Mon 10:30-12:30, Weds 11:50-12:50, and by appointment
View Profile →Jonathan O'Conner (he, him, his)
Associate Professor of Spanish
Office Hours: On sabbatical leave for the 2024-2025 academic year.
View Profile →Beth Pettitt
Assistant Professor of Biology
Office Hours: Tues: 2-3:30pm; Thur: 2-3:30pm; or by appointment
Jean Porterfield (she, her, hers)
Associate Professor of Biology
Office Hours: I have lots of available meeting times in Fall semester. You can sign up for an appointment at this link.
View Profile →Hannah Ryan (she, her, hers)
Assistant Professor of Art and Art History; Director of Gender and Sexuality Studies
Office Hours: Mondays, 1:00 – 3:00 (Fall, 2024) Sign up here!
View Profile →Susan E Smalling
Professor of Social Work & Family Studies; Associate Dean of Social Sciences; Director of Faculty Inclusion & Belonging
Ariel Strichartz (she, her, hers)
Professor of Spanish; Department Chair of Romance Languages
Office Hours: (In-person, drop-in) Mondays & Wednesday 11-12; Tuesday 3-4. You may also make an appointment by emailing me.
View Profile →Mary Trull (she, her, hers / they, them, theirs)
Professor of English; Department Chair of English
Office Hours: Mon., Wed 10:00 – 11:00 am; Fri 12:00-12:45 pm
View Profile →Maria Vendetti (she, her, hers)
Associate Professor of Romance Languages – French; French Section Head; Director of Language Across the Curriculum