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.
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
Other
References
- ^ Colby College Endowed Chairs: http://www.colby.edu/campaign/endowment/chairs.cfm
- ^ "Neil Gross".
- ^ "Aaron Hanlon". Colby College. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
- ^ "Jennifer A. Yoder · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "Catherine Besteman".
- ^ 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
- ^ "Debra A. Barbezat · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/assets/images/sociology-anthropology/WILLIE-LEBRETON_CV_2016.pdf
- ^ "Kenneth A. Rodman · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ colby.edu
- ^ "Randy A. Nelson · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "Cheryl Townsend Gilkes · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "Patrice M. Franko · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "G. Calvin Mackenzie · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "David W. Findlay · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "Meehan, James W.,, Jr. · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "L. Sandy Maisel · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "Thomas J. Morrione · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "April 2000 – AHA".
- ^ "Guide to the Albion W. Small Papers 1904-1924". lib.uchicago.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "Andrea R. Tilden · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "Fernando Q. Gouvêa's Home Page". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "D. Whitney King". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "Wilson, W. Herbert,, Jr. · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "F. Russell Cole · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "Robert A. Gastaldo · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "Julie T. Millard · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "Charles Conover · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "Bluhm, Robert T.,, Jr. · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ 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
- ^ Academic CV, Accessed at: https://web.stanford.edu/~kdevlin/OnePageVita.pdf
- ^ The Chesapeake Chemist, Vol 5 No. 1, p1. 1949. Accessed at: http://maryland.sites.acs.org/Chesapeake%20Chemist/Archives/1949/cc-jan-1949.pdf
- ^ Colby College (1909). General Catalogue [of the Officers and Graduates] of Colby College. p. 15. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "Read-Only". web.colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "Wheaton, Longtime Athletic Dept. Administrator, To Depart | News | The Harvard Crimson". thecrimson.com. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
- ^ "Laura Halldorson Named Division I Women's Hockey Coach of the Year - University of Minnesota Official Athletic Site". gophersports.com. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "Colby Mourns Passing of Former Head Coach Jim Wescott - NESCAC". nescac.com. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "Jack Kelley (b.1927) hockey statistics and profile at hockeydb.com". hockeydb.com. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "Bangor Daily News - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3105&context=colbyecho
- ^ "Sharon L. Corwin · College Directory · Colby College". colby.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ Karen Oh. "Colby Magazine, Summer 2003 | On Campus". Archived from the original on October 3, 2003. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "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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