Office of the Dean of Faculty
Office of the Dean of Faculty Office of the Dean of Faculty You are here Sitewide Search Resources and Information The Dean of Faculty's staff oversees matters related to academic affairs at Hampshire College. In addition, the office staff works with …
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Amy Teffer
Amy Teffer Amy is a Western Mass local artist-scientist-mom teaching Animal Behavior at Hampshire College. She earned her BSc and MSc from UMass Amherst in Fisheries Conservation and Management and Marine Science. She pursued her PhD in Biology at the …
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Student Investigates the Idea of Care Through Portraits of People and Their Emotional Support Animals
Student Investigates the Idea of Care Through Portraits of People and Their Emotional Support Animals For her final project in the course Care: Doing, Knowing, Being, transfer student Alysha Ras 22F presented 21 photographs of people with their emotional …
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College Bids Farewell to Retiring Professors
College Bids Farewell to Retiring Professors Hampshire said goodbye to two long-term professors, each of whom has earned emeritus status. After 40 years at the College, Alan Goodman stepped down from his role as professor of biological anthropology, where …
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Hampshire College Welcomes an Increasingly Large and Diverse Incoming Class
Hampshire College Welcomes an Increasingly Large and Diverse Incoming Class On August 31, under clear blue skies, 335 new students arrived on campus: 262 first-years and 73 transfers. The fall 2023 class represents a 22 percent increase from last year in …
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Professor Laela Sayigh’s New Study Reveals Major Discovery About Dolphin Communication
Professor Laela Sayigh’s New Study Reveals Major Discovery About Dolphin Communication Sayigh’s groundbreaking research — over 30 years in the making — indicates dolphins exhibit a behavior remarkably similar to humans when speaking to their children. …
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Spring Learning Collaborative Symposium Explores the Future of Art Making for Social Good
Spring Learning Collaborative Symposium Explores the Future of Art Making for Social Good Koby Leff 15F On March 14, Hampshire held its second Learning Collaborative Symposium, “Speculative Praxis,” a panel discussion on what art making can offer us as we …
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Recent Graduate Flynn Hibbs 17F on the Impact of Solar Development on Wildlife
Recent Graduate Flynn Hibbs 17F on the Impact of Solar Development on Wildlife Sara Draper, Sustainability Manager Flynn Hibbs’s 17F Div III combined experience in ecological research with an interest in sustainable development to produce valuable …
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Debbie Ampong 21F Brings Her World of Imagination to Life Through Multimedia Dance Piece
Debbie Ampong 21F Brings Her World of Imagination to Life Through Multimedia Dance Piece For her Div III, recent graduate Debbie Ampong 21F performed, choreographed, and animated a hip hop, interactive dance piece exploring the internal world of our …
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Sean Wilde 21F Brings Lambing Back to the Hampshire College Farm
Sean Wilde 21F Brings Lambing Back to the Hampshire College Farm For his Division III project, recent graduate Sean Wilde 21F designed and launched a sheep-breeding program at the Hampshire College Farm — bringing lambing back to campus for the first time …
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“Braiding Sweetgrass” is Hampshire College’s 2023 Common Read
“Braiding Sweetgrass” is Hampshire College’s 2023 Common Read Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer examines our relationship to the natural world through the dual perspectives of trained botanist and member of the Citizen Potowatomi Nation, …
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Introducing Assistant Professor of Game Design and Game Studies Jennifer Gutterman
Introducing Assistant Professor of Game Design and Game Studies Jennifer Gutterman Hampshire College is pleased to welcome a substantial cohort of new professors to campus to support its growing enrollment. Assistant Professor of Game Design and Game …
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Summer Housing
Summer Housing Summer Intersession Housing for Students Summer intersession housing is limited to Hampshire College students (currently without a financial hold on their student account) continuing from Spring 2026 to Fall 2026 sponsored by a Hampshire …
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Faculty Faculty You are here Sitewide Search Scholars. Scientists. Artists. Activists. Faune Albert 02F Co-director of the Writing Program and Faculty Associate Learn More Nathalie Arnold Professor of Anthropology, Literary Arts and African Studies Learn …
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Student Sculpts with “Collaborative” Biological Materials
Student Sculpts with “Collaborative” Biological Materials After growing tired of more traditional sculptural media, Nadja Mogilewski 20F sculpted with biomaterials and industrial hardware for her Div III project. At Hampshire College, every student …
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Hampshire College Welcomes Largest Incoming Class Since 2018
Hampshire College Welcomes Largest Incoming Class Since 2018 Anne Pinkerton 91F On August 25, we welcomed 275 new students to campus: 237 first-year and 38 transfer students. The fall 2022 class represents a 73 percent increase from last year in terms of …
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Hampshire Spring Dance Concert 2023
Hampshire Spring Dance Concert 2023 The Hampshire Dance Program will present the 2023 Spring Dance Concert on April 7 and 8. The event will feature student choreography that highlights dance as an expansive, inclusive, and incisive art form. Included will …
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Hampshire Welcomes Creative, Socially Minded, Ambitious Incoming Fall Class
Hampshire Welcomes Creative, Socially Minded, Ambitious Incoming Fall Class Karen Corday August 28 was a gorgeous, sunny, slightly crisp late-summer day on campus — perfect for welcoming the newest students to Hampshire College. The fall 2025 class of 168 …
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Molly Morin
Molly Morin Molly Morin is an artist working in sculpture and digital media. Morin has given invited lectures at the Center for Research Computing at the University of Notre Dame; The Society for Science, Literature and the Arts; and the National Academy …
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Ambar L. Hart González F21 Uses Fluorescent Microscopy to Study Protein Overexpression in Her Div III
Ambar L. Hart González F21 Uses Fluorescent Microscopy to Study Protein Overexpression in Her Div III For her final project, this Hampshire student is applying microscopy techniques to examine alpha-crystallin B, a protein associated with Alzheimer’s …
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Hampshire Student Seeks to Improve Accessibility in Basketball with a Speech–to–Sign Language Algorithm
Hampshire Student Seeks to Improve Accessibility in Basketball with a Speech–to–Sign Language Algorithm Driven to merge his passions — technology and social impact — Division II student Rupert Tawiah-Quashie built a tool to help officiate basketball games …
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Hampshire College Alum Will Meyer 10F Pivots from Local Journalism to Local Eats with Vegan Pizza
Hampshire College Alum Will Meyer 10F Pivots from Local Journalism to Local Eats with Vegan Pizza This alum “pizza’ed through” the pandemic. The result? A food truck that serves up delicious vegan pizza, proving how tasty local, sustainable, plant-based …
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Lorna Hunt Named Chief Information Officer for Hampshire College
Lorna Hunt Named Chief Information Officer for Hampshire College Hampshire is pleased to announce the appointment of Lorna Hunt, an information technology executive with more than 25 years’ experience in higher education, as chief information officer, a …
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Div III Student Forrest Fleur S23 Talks Drag and Environmental Justice
Div III Student Forrest Fleur S23 Talks Drag and Environmental Justice Sustainable Hampshire is the group on campus working on climate action and environmental justice. Intern Ash Richardson-White F23 sat down with student drag artist and transfer student …
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55th Anniversary Celebration
55th Anniversary Celebration October 17-19, 2025 Alums, students, faculty, staff, families, and friends of the College gathered on campus during the weekend of October 17–19 to celebrate Hampshire’s 55th anniversary in conjunction with Family & Friends …
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