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Faculty Profiles

  • Professor of Psychology Carrie Keating
    vlog Professor of Psychology and Chair of the Department of Psychology Carrie Keating told the Washington Post that she was, “almost slack-jawed with amazement by the end of President Trump’s news conference with Russian leader Vladimir Putin Monday.” Keating, whose research focuses on nonverbal and physiognomic elements of social dominance, influence, power, status, leadership, and […]
    July 17, 2018
  • Chemistry professor Ernie Nolen at the chalkboard
    To hear chemistry professor Ernie Nolen talk about it, understanding chemistry is the easiest thing in the world, once you enter the right frame of mind. “That’s who I am,” he says, pointing to a diagram of an organic molecule tacked to his office wall. Technically, he is correct — the molecules Nolen studies make […]
    June 5, 2018
  • Prof. Jacob Klein (left) with members of the spring 2018 St. Andrews Study Group in front of lake in Scotland
    “How we acquire our moral beliefs is one question. What makes them true, if they are true, is another.” For Associate Professor of Philosophy Jacob Klein, these difficult questions are at the core of the liberal arts education.
    May 8, 2018
  • Professor Ellen Kraly at the podium
    vlog Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies Ellen Percy Kraly has been named as one of the 2018 WCNY Makers: Women Who Make America, for her work with refugee populations in Utica, N.Y., and at the United Nations. “My teaching at colgate has always been connected communities and introduce our students to community leaders.  I […]
    April 4, 2018
  • Cartoon illustration of an ancient Athenian in a toga paint a piece of pottery
    Step back in time with Roy D. and Margaret B. Wooster Professor of the Classics Robert Garland as he shares what it was like in a day in the life of an ancient Athenian. This new animated video was produced by Ted-Ed. Garland’s academic work has been featured in Reader’s Digest, The Wall Street Journal […]
    March 16, 2018
  • Christian DuComb writing on blackboard
    On New Year’s Day 2003, Assistant Professor of Theater Christian DuComb saw his first Mummers’ Parade. Garish costumes and raucous noise drew him to the window of his Philadelphia apartment, where he was captivated by a living history of American performance styles that he believed extinct. The Mummer’s Parade has existed in some form since […]
    January 4, 2018