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Faculty Directory

Hamilton's faculty members are active and accomplished scholars and dedicated teachers. In the classroom, the lab, the studio and beyond, professors are engaged in the intellectual and cultural lives of their students.

This directory includes an alphabetical listing of current Hamilton faculty members and information about their areas of expertise and teaching experience. You can also search by name or area of study below.

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  • William Pfitsch

    Associate Professor of Biology Emeritus (retired)
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    wpfitsch@hamilton.edu
    Expertise
    the biology, ecology, physiological ecology and physiology of plants; community, ecosystem and invasive plant ecologies; habitat restoration; tropical and alpine ecologies; biology teaching

  • Catherine Waite Phelan

    Professor of Communication Emerita (retired)
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    cwphelan@hamilton.edu
    Expertise
    philosophy of communication, media and society; First Amendment law and how the digital revolution alters the nature of community and identity

  • Deidre Pierson

    Associate Director of Athletic; Interim Director, Associate Professor of Physical Education
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    315-859-4791
    Email:
    dpierson@hamilton.edu

  • Fiorella Pizzolon

    Assistant Professor of Economics
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    pizzolon@hamilton.edu
    Expertise
    Macroeconomics, monetary and fiscal policy, and international economics

  • Alexandra Plakias

    Chair, Associate Professor of Philosophy
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    Phone:
    315-859-4920
    Email:
    aaplakia@hamilton.edu
    Expertise
    moral psychology, metaethics, and social epistemology

  • Jeffrey Pliskin

    Associate Professor of Economics
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    Phone:
    315-859-4143
    Email:
    jpliskin@hamilton.edu
    Expertise
    profit sharing and flexible workplace practices and their effects on firm performance; prior information and biased estimation methods

  • Deborah Pokinski

    Associate Professor of Art History Emerita (retired)
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    dpokinsk@hamilton.edu
    Expertise
    American art and architecture, especially of the late 19th and early 20th centuries; modern art; women in art

  • Lindsey Pruett

    Assistant Professor of Government
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    Phone:
    315-859-4979
    Email:
    lpruett@hamilton.edu
    Expertise
    Comparative politics, African politics

  • Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz

    Professor of Comparative Literature Emerita (retired)
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    nrabinow@hamilton.edu
    Expertise
    Greek tragedy; feminist criticism; reception and performance of tragedy; teaching yoga and classics to underserved populations, especially prisoners

  • Peter Rabinowitz

    Carolyn C. and David M. Ellis '38 Distinguished Teaching Professor of Comparative Literature Emeritus (retired)
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    prabinow@hamilton.edu
    Expertise
    narrative theory, including its application to music; 19th- and 20th-century fiction, including Proust and detective fiction; 19th- and 20th-century classical music, especially opera, piano and orchestral music

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