Santa Fe Faculty

Mark Roosevelt

President, Santa Fe

mark.roosevelt(at)sjc.edu

BA, Harvard College, 1978; JD, Harvard Law School, 1983; Massachusetts State Representative [State Legislature] 1986–94; Adjunct Professor of Politics and Director of Gordon Public Policy Center, Brandeis University, 1995–2001; President and CEO, Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives, 1997–2003; Managing Director, Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education, 2003–05; Adjunct Professor, Heinz School of Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, 2007–10; Superintendent, Pittsburgh Public Schools, 2005–10; President, Antioch College, 2011–16; President, St. John’s College Santa Fe, 2016–present.

Sarah H. Davis

Dean of the College in Santa Fe

sarah.davis(at)sjc.edu

BA, Philosophy and Anthropology, Harvard University, 1999; MA, Anthropology, 2007, and PhD, Anthropology, 2011, Emory University; Teaching Assistant and Instructor in Cultural Anthropology, Emory University, 2004, 2005, 2009; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2012–present, Dean, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2023–present.

Judith I. Adam

judith.adam(at)sjc.edu

BA, 1986, MA, 1989, Political Science, University of Alberta; PhD, 1996, Political Science, Boston College; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1996–present; Assistant Dean, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2005–08.

Seth Appelbaum

seth.appelbaum(at)sjc.edu

BA, St John’s College, Annapolis, 2009; MA, Philosophy, 2013, and PhD, Philosophy, 2015, Tulane University; Visiting Assistant Professor, Philosophy, Bellarmine College, 2015–16; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2017–present.

Jan Arsenault

jan.arsenault(at)sjc.edu

BA, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1982; MA, University of Denver Counseling Psychology, 1989; Diploma in Analytical Psychology, CG Jung Institute of Santa Fe, 2006; Tutor, St. John’s College, 1996–present: Assistant Dean, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2014–17.

Lindsay Atnip

lindsay.atnip(at)sjc.edu

BA, 2005, MA, Master’s Program in the Social Sciences, 2009, PhD, Committee on Social Thought, 2019, University of Chicago; Postdoctoral Scholar, Humanities and Social Change Center, University of California-Santa Barbara, 2019–21; Lecturer, Basic Program of Liberal Education for Adults, University of Chicago, 2015–22; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2022–present.

Philip Bartok

philip.bartok(at)sjc.edu

BS, Physics, University of Connecticut, 1992; Physics Instructor, Denver Institute of Technology, 1995; MA, Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 2004; PhD, Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 2004; Tutor, St. John’s College, Sante Fe, 2003–present.

Guillermo Bleichmar

guillermo.bleichmar(at)sjc.edu

BA, English Literature, Columbia University, 1997; PhD, Comparative Literature, Harvard University, 2007; Harvard University Teaching Fellow, 2001–05; Tutor, St. John’s College, 2009–present.

Anthony James Carey

james.carey(at)sjc.edu

St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1963–65; BA, University of North Carolina, 1967; MA, 1973, PhD 1998, Graduate Faculty, The New School for Social Research; U.S. Marine Corps, 1967–69; Graduate Study in Music, University of North Carolina, 1969; Part-time Instructor in Philosophy, East Carolina University, 1974-78; Part-time Instructor in Philosophy, North Carolina Wesleyan College, 1976–78; Tutor, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1979–83, Santa Fe, 1984–present; Dean, 1986–91, 1996–2000; Acting President, 2000. Distinguished Visiting Professor of Philosophy, United States Air Force Academy (2004–07; 2009–14; 2016–21; 2024).

David Carl

david.carl(at)sjc.edu

BA, Philosophy, Pomona College, 1990; MA, Philosophy, Claremont Graduate School, 1991; PhD, Comparative Literature, University of California at Davis, 2000; Lecturer in Philosophy, California State University San Bernardino, 1991–93; English Instructor, Wuppertal, Germany, 1992; Philosophy and Religion Instructor, Diablo Valley College, 1993–95; Poet in Residence, Shakespeare and Company Bookstore, Paris, France, 1998; Comparative Literature Instructor, UC Davis, 1995–2000; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2000–present; Assistant Dean, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2008–10; Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, 2012–16.

Alison Chapman

alison.chapman(at)sjc.edu

BA Honors, English Literature, Trinity College at the University of Toronto, 2009; PhD, English Literature, Harvard University, 2017; Harvard University Teaching Fellow, 2011–17; Preceptor, Harvard College Writing Program, 2017–20; Tutor, St. John’s College, 2020–present.

Christine Chen

christine.chen(at)sjc.edu

BA, magna cum laude, Wellesley College, Russian Studies, 1999; 1998–99, Yale University; MA, Harvard University, Regional Studies: Russia, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, 2001; Program Coordinator, Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe, 2001–02; PhD candidate, Modern and Medieval Languages, Cambridge University, U.K.; Graduate tutor, departmental lecturer, Cambridge University, 2004–06; Tutor, St. John’s College, 2006–present.

Christopher Cohoon

christopher.cohoon(at)sjc.edu

B.A., Philosophy and Mathematics, Mount Allison University, Canada, 2002; M.A., Liberal Arts, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2004; M.A., Philosophy, Stony Brook University, 2009; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada Doctoral Fellow, 2007–10; Chercheur Invité, Université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris IV, 2009–10; Ph.D., Philosophy, Stony Brook University, 2016; Faculty Fellow in the Humanities, University of King’s College, Dalhousie University, Canada, 2013–16; Senior Faculty Fellow in the Humanities and Associate Director, Foundation Year Program, University of King’s College, Dalhousie University, Canada, 2016–19; Tutor, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 2019–20; Santa Fe, 2020–present.

Janet A. Dougherty

janet.dougherty(at)sjc.edu

BA, Yale College, 1974; MA, PhD, Harvard University, 1980; Teaching Fellow in Government at Harvard College, 1976–78, 1979–80; French Government Fellowship, 1978–79; Assistant Professor of Political Science, Stonehill College, 1980–82; Tutor, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1982–85; Santa Fe, 1985–present.

Jacques Antoine Duvoisin

jacques.duvoisin(at)sjc.edu

BA, 1980, St. John’s College, Annapolis; MA, 1984, PhD, 1992, The Catholic University of America; Knights of Columbus Fellow, 1981–84; Visiting Fellow, University of London, School for Advanced Studies, Institute of Philosophy, Fall 2009; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1997–present.

Michael Ehrmantraut

michael.ehrmantraut(at)sjc.edu

BA, Political Theory and International Relations, Michigan State University; PhD Political Science, Boston College, 2001; Bradley Foundation Post-doctoral Fellowship, Boston College, 2002, Visiting Scholar, Boston College, 2003–04; Tutor, St. John’s College, 2005–present.

Natalie Elliot

natalie.elliot(at)sjc.edu

BA Honors, Political Science, 2002, and MA, Political Science, 2004, University of Alberta; PhD, Political Science, University of North Texas, 2009; Teaching Fellow, Department of Political Science and Honors College, University of North Texas, 2009–10; Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, Southern Methodist University, 2010–11; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2011–present; Research Fellow, Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions, Spring 2014; Lecturer, Hutton Honors College, Indiana University, 2014–15; Creative Writing Teaching Fellow, University of Montana, 2018–20. MFA, Fiction, University of Montana, 2020; Senior Writer, Santa Fe Institute, 2022; Guest Artist-in-Residence, Woodward Residency, Queens, New York, 2023.

David Forrest

david.forrest(at)sjc.edu

Jazz Piano Studies, Oberlin Conservatory, 1999; BA, History and Music, University of Southern California, 2003; MA, Music Theory, Harvard University 2018; PhD, Music Theory, Harvard University, anticipated 2023; Media and Design Fellow, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University, 2017–22; Teaching Fellow, General Education Program, Harvard College, 2019–21; Teaching Fellow, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2022–present.

Grant H. Franks

grant.franks(at)sjc.edu

BA, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1977; JD, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, 1980; Associate, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, CA, 1980–83; Clerk to Judge Cecil E. Poole, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, San Francisco, CA, 1983–84, Associate, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, CA, 1984–88; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1988–present.

Michael Golluber

michael.golluber(at)sjc.edu

BA, Liberal Arts, Sarah Lawrence College, 1988; MA, Philosophy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1991; PhD, Philosophy, Tulane University, 1998; Instructor of Philosophy, Southwestern University, 1996–98; Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Xavier University of Louisiana, 1998–2000; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2000–present; Assistant Dean, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2017–21.

Michael W. Grenke

BA, University of Chicago, 1988; PhD, Boston College, 1994; Lecturer, University of New Hampshire, 1993; Postdoctoral Fellow, Boston College, 1993–94, 1996; Visiting Assistant Professor in Political Science, Michigan State University, 1995; Tutor, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1997–2023; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2023–present.

Charlie Gustafson-Barrett

charlie.barrett(at)sjc.edu

BA, Sarah Lawrence College, 2006; MA, Philosophy, Tulane University, 2010; Guest Faculty in Philosophy, Sarah Lawrence College, 2013–14; PhD, Philosophy, Tulane University, 2018; Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Xavier University, 2018–21; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2021–present.

Claudia Hauer

claudia.hauer(at)sjc.edu

BA, University of Chicago, 1986; MA, 1991, PhD, 1993, Classics and Modern Greek Studies, University of Minnesota; Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics, Cornell College, 1993–94; Tutor, St. John’s College, 1994–present; Distinguished Visiting Professor, United States Air Force Academy, 2010–12; 2014–17.

Topi Heikkerö

topi.heikkero(at)sjc.edu

MTh, Theological Ethics and Philosophy of Religion, University of Helsinki, 2000; MA, Theoretical Philosophy, University of Helsinki, 2005; PhD, Social Ethics, University of Helsinki, 2009; Researcher, Center for Social Ethics, University of Helsinki, 2002–07; Visiting Scholar, Colorado School of Mines, 2003–04; University Lecturer in Ethics, Department of Systematic Theology, University of Helsinki 2007; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2008–present.

Joshua Hudelson

joshua.hudelson(at)sjc.edu

Deep Springs College, 2001–03; BA, Anthropology, Columbia University, 2006; MA, Digital Musics, Dartmouth College, 2011; PhD, Music, New York University, 2018; Visiting Assistant Professor, American University of Beirut, 2018–19; Postdoctoral Fellow, Orient-Institut Beirut, 2019–20; Tutor, St. John’s College, 2022–present.

Frank R. Hunt

frank.hunt(at)sjc.edu

St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1971–73; Cornell University, 1973–74; BA, New York University, 1976; MA, 1980, PhD, 1985, The Catholic University of America; Editor, Catholic University of America Press, 1980–86; Lecturer, Marymount University of Virginia, 1985–86; Editor, Princeton University Press, 1987–89; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1990–present.

Mahmoud Jalloh

mahmoud.jalloh(at)sjc.edu

BS, Physics and Philosophy, Northeastern University 2017; Visiting Student Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, 2016; PhD, Philosophy, University of Southern California 2023; Teaching Fellow, St. John’s College 2023-Present.

T. Andrew Kingston

thomas.kingston(at)sjc.edu

AB, English, Kenyon College, 1995; PhD, Philosophy and Music, The University Professors Program, Boston University, 2003; Lecturer, English, Boston University, 2001–02; Visiting Instructor, Integrated Program in Humane Studies, Kenyon College, 2001–02; Adjunct Instructor, Jazz Piano, Kenyon College, 2001–02; Instructor, Writing Program, Boston University, 2002–03; The University Professor’s Program Post-Doctoral Fellow, Boston University, 2003–04; Instructor, Core Curriculum, Boston University, 2004–05; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2005–present.

David Levy

david.levy(at)sjc.edu

BA, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 2003; MA, Pennsylvania State University, 2005; PhD, Boston College, Department of Political Science, 2010; Visiting Assistant Professor, Emory University, Department of Political Science, 2011–12; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2012–present.

Allison D’orazio Levy

allison.levy(at)sjc.edu

BA, 2006, MA, 2008, Political Science, Boston College; PhD, 2015, Political Science, Boston College; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2015–present.

Obed Lira

obed.lira(at)sjc.edu

BA, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2010; AM, Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University, 2013; PhD, Romances Languages and Literatures, Harvard University, 2017; Graduate Prize Fellowship, Harvard University, 2011–15; Research Fellow, El Colegio de México, Mexico City, 2014; John H. Coatsworth Fellowship in Latin American History, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, 2015; Digital Humanities Summer Institute, University of Victoria, Canada, 2018; European Summer University in Digital Humanities, Universität Leipzig, Germany, 2021; C. Graydon and Mary E. Rogers Faculty Fellow, Bucknell University, 2017–20; Assistant Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies, Bucknell University, 2017–22; Faculty in Residence, Bucknell en España, Spain, 2022; Research Affiliate, Poetic Media Lab, Stanford University, 2019–22; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2022–present.

Kathleen Longwaters

kathleen.longwaters(at)sjc.edu

BA, English Literature and Zoology with distinction, University of Maine, 1987; MA, Eastern Classics, St. John’s College, 2007; MA, Liberal Arts, St. John’s College, 2009; PhD, South Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Texas, 2018. Mossiker Fellow 2012; FLAS Fellow 2013, 2014, 2016; Oslo-Austin Research Fellow, Norway, 2014; Fulbright-Nehru, India, 2015; UT Continuing Fellow 2017; Granof Dissertation Award, 2018. Instructor, University of Maine, 1983. Assistant Manager of Publications, CSEM 1987; Senior Cytogenetic Technologist, Genzyme, 1989–2005; Visiting Tutor, St. John’s College 2017–18. Tutor, 2019–present.

Erika Troseth Martinez

erika.martinez(at)sjc.edu

BA, English, Colby College, 1995; PhD, Linguistics, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 2009; Tutor, St. John’s College 2010–present.

Richard A. McCombs, II

richard.mccombs(at)sjc.edu

BA, BS, Fordham University, 1990; Loyola Fellow, Fordham University, 1990–92; MA, Fordham University, 1992; Teaching Fellow, Fordham University, 1992–94; Instructor, Marist College, 1995, Tutor, Rose Hill College, 1996–98; Instructor, University of South Carolina, 1999; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1999–present; PhD, Fordham University, 2000.

David McDonald

david.mcdonald(at)sjc.edu

BA, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1995; Graduate Research Assistant, Theoretical Biology & Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1995–96; Programmer, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, 1996–98; Applications Developer, PE Informatics, Santa Fe, NM, 1998–99; Manager of Technical Services, Panorama Point Web Development, Santa Fe, NM, 1999–2001; Senior Technician, Theoretical Biology & Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2001–07; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2005–present; Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, 2016–2020.

Maggie Evans McGuinness

meagan.mcguinness(at)sjc.edu

BA, Spanish Language & Literature/English Literature, Western Washington University, 2004; MFA, Poetry, Texas State University, 2007; PhD, American Literature/Poetics, University of Oregon, 2012; Teaching Assistant and Instructor in Literature and Composition, Texas State University, 2004–07; Instructor in Literature and Composition, University of Oregon, 2007–11; Dissertation Fellow, Center for the Study of Women in Society, 2011–12; Fellow, Oregon Humanities Center, 2012; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2015–present; Assistant Dean, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2021–present.

Joshua Mirth

BS, Hillsdale College, 2015; MS, Mathematics, Colorado State University, 2017; PhD, Mathematics, Colorado State University, 2020; Postdoctoral Research Associate, Computational Math, Science, and Engineering, Michigan State University, 2020-2021; Senior Data Science Analyst, Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, 2021-2023; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2023–present.

Raoni Padui

raoni.padui(at)sjc.edu

BA Vassar College, 2003; MA Philosophy, Villanova University, 2005; PhD Philosophy, Villanova University, 2012; Adjunct Instructor, Villanova University, 2007-2011; Part-Time Faculty, University of New Mexico, Fall 2012; Tutor, St. John’s College, Spring 2013–present.

Frank N. Pagano

frank.pagano(at)sjc.edu

AB, Cornell University, 1969; PhD, Boston College, 1981; Assistant Professor of Political Science, 1975–81, Director of the Division of Liberal Learning, 1980–83, Associate Professor of Political Science, 1981–83, University of New England; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1983–present; Director of the Graduate Institute, 2001–04.

Peter Pesic

peter.pesic(at)sjc.edu

AB, Harvard University, 1969; MS, 1970, PhD, 1975, Stanford University; Danforth Graduate Fellow, 1969–75; Research Assistant and Associate, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 1970–75; Lecturer, Stanford University, 1976–80; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1980-present; Musician-in-Residence, 1984–present; Dorr Lecturer, University of North Carolina, 2003; Peano Prize, 2005; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2006–present; Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2007–08; Ronald James Alexander Memorial Lecturer on Musicology, Stanford University, 2008; Paul Leonard Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Nevada at Reno, 2009; Fellow, American Physical Society 2010- ; Visiting Scholar, Harvard University, 2010–12; Price/Webster Prize, 2012; Associate, Department of Physics, Harvard University, 2013- ; History of Science Society 2013 Joseph H. Hazen Education Prize.

Eric Poppele

eric.poppele(at)sjc.edu

University of Chicago, 1979–80; BA, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1989; MSE, Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, 1991; Associate Engineer, Montgomery Watson, 1992–93; Environmental Engineer, Hinds Environmental, Inc., 1994–98; Licensed Professional Engineer, New Mexico, 1997–2009; PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2006; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2003–present.

Aparna Ravilochan

aparna.ravilochan(at)sjc.edu

BA, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2012; Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, Malaysia, 2013; MA, 2017; PhD Candidate, Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago, 2019–present; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2021–present.

Julie Reahard

julie.reahard(at)sjc.edu

BA, English, Michigan State University, 1980; MA, Old Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Nevada, Reno, 1984; PhD, Comparative Literature, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1991; Teaching fellow, Department of English, University of Nevada, Reno, 1981–84; Instructor, Department of English, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1987–88; Instructor, College of General Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 1988–89; Graduate Work, Literary Theory, University of Pennsylvania, 1988–91; Post Doctoral Research, History of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992–93; Associate Professor, English Department, Providence University, Shalu, Taiwan, 1996–98; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1993–present.

Mark Rollins

mark.rollins(at)sjc.edu

AB, Princeton University (1977), PhD, Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley (1991). Teaching Fellow in Philosophy while at Berkeley; Teaching Fellow in the Core Curriculum, Harvard University for six years (last in 1997). Also taught at UNAM, Mexico City, the American University in Bulgaria, and elsewhere. Visiting Scholar, History of Science Museum, Florence Italy, 2005–06; Visiting Professor in Philosophy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 2012–12. Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1998–present.

Nathan Shields

BM, Music Composition, New England Conservatory of Music, 2006; MM, DMA, Music Composition, the Juilliard School, 2013; Faculty, Department of Music History, the Juilliard School, 2013-16; Associate Faculty, Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, 2013-present; Charles Ives Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2014; Fellow, Tanglewood Music Center, 2015; Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, St. Olaf College, 2016-17; Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2022-23; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2023-present.

Marsaura Shukla

marsaura.shukla(at)sjc.edu

BA, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1993; MPhil in Theology, Fordham University, 2000; PhD in Theology, University of Chicago, 2012; Martin Marty Fellow, 2006–07; Alma Wilson Fellow, 2007–08; William Rainey Harper Fellow, 2008–09; Lilly Teaching Fellow, 2010–11; Instructor, University of Chicago, 2006–11; Tutor, St. John’s College, 2012–present.

Ahmed Siddiqi

ahmed.siddiqi(at)sjc.edu

BA, Political Science, BS Economics, University of North Texas, 2010; MA, Government, University of Texas, 2014; PhD, Government, University of Texas, 2018; Marcus Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow, Emory University, 2018–21; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2021–present.

Kit Slover

cslover(at)sjc.edu.

B.A., St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2014; M.A., Philosophy, Emory University, 2018; PhD, Philosophy, Emory University, 2021; Instructor of Philosophy, Emory University, 2017–20; Visiting Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2020–21; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2022–present.

Jay Smith

jay.smith(at)sjc.edu

BA, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1977; MA, Philosophy, Marquette University, 1979; PhD, Philosophy, Fordham University, 2002; Environmental Protection Agency, 1986–89; Environmental Consultant, 1990–2000; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2001–present.

Nicholas Starr

nicholas.starr(at)sjc.edu

BA, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2002; MA, Political Science, Boston College, 2007; PhD, Political Science, Boston College, 2013; Lecturer and Fellow, Program on Constitutionalism and Democracy, University of Virginia, 2012-2014; Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Political Science, Emory University, 2014–15; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2016–present.

J. Walter Sterling

jwsterling(at)sjc.edu

BA, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1993; Jacob K. Javits Fellow, US Dept. of Education, 1993–97; MA Philosophy, Emory University, 1997; Doctoral Candidate, Philosophy, Emory University, 1997; MBA, University of Notre Dame, 2018; Philosophy Instructor, Loyola College in Maryland, 1997–99; Philosophy Instructor, Gwynedd-Mercy College, 1999–2000; Intellectual Heritage Instructor, Temple University, 1999–2000; Adult Learning Instructor, Project H.O.M.E., Philadelphia, 2000–03; Board member and teaching faculty, Rome Institute of Liberal Arts, 2008–present; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2003–present; Dean, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2011–14, 2018–2023.

Sarah Stickney

sarah.stickney(at)sjc.edu

BA, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 2004; Marchutz School of Art, student, 2004–05, studio assistant 2005–06; MFA, University of New Hampshire, 2010; Fulbright Grant for the translation of Italian poetry, Bologna, Italy 2010–11; Instructor, School for Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins, Bologna, Italy 2011–12; visiting professor, Deep Springs College, Deep Springs, California, 2017–19, Dean Deep Springs College, Deep Springs, California, 2018–2021; Tutor, St. John’s College 2013–present.

Annie Thompson

annie.thompson(at)sjc.edu

BA summa cum laude, English and Catholic Studies, University of St. Thomas, 2014; PhD, English Language and Literature, University of Virginia, 2022; Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor, Villanova University, 2022–23; Teaching Fellow, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2023–present.

Caleb Thompson

caleb.thompson(at)sjc.edu

Tufts University, 1980–1982; BA, Philosophy, Clark University, 1985; MA, Philosophy, University of Virginia, 1990; PhD, Philosophy, University of Virginia, 1994; Postdoctoral Fellow, SUNY at Buffalo, 1994–96; Hourani Lecturer, SUNY at Buffalo, 1994–95; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1996–present.

Krishnan Venkatesh

krishnan.venkatesh(at)sjc.edu

BA, English Literature, Magdalene College, Cambridge University, 1982; Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (on Shakespeare editions), University of Muenster, West Germany, 1982–86; Lecturer in British and American Literature, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China, 1986–89; Guest Lecturer in Film Analysis, North China Film and Broadcasting Institute, 1989; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1989-present ; Graduate Institute Director, 2004–09.

Paola Villa

paola.villa(at)sjc.edu

Laurea, Lingue e Letterature Straniere, Universtità degli Studi di Pavia, 2004; Doctoral candidate, Letterature Comparate, Università degli Studi di Torino, 2004–07; PhD, Italian and History of Science, Medicine and Technology (minor), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2017; Instructor in Italian, 2008–16 and Teaching Assistant in History of Science, 2014–16, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2020–present.

Edward A. Walpin

edward.walpin(at)sjc.edu

BA, Political Science, Middlebury College, 1987; MA, English, Middlebury College (Bread Loaf School of English), 1989; MA, Political Science, Duke University, 1992; PhD, Political Science, Duke University, 1998; National Endowment for the Humanities Dissertation Grant, 1993–94; Exchange Fellow and Instructor, Institut für Politische Wissenschaft, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen, Germany, 1994–95; Fellow, Instructor, and Project Coordinator, Kenan Ethics Program, Duke University, 1997–98; Consultant, PBS Frontline, 1998–99; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1999–present; Assistant Dean, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2010–14; Interim Dean, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2014; Executive Director of Enrollment Management, 2016–17; Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, 2020–present.

Llyd Ewan Wells

llyd.wells(at)sjc.edu

BA, Near Eastern Studies (Assyriology) and Natural Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, general and departmental honors, Phi Beta Kappa, 1999; MS Oceanography, University of Washington, 2001; Graduate Certificate, Astrobiology, and PhD, Oceanography, University of Washington, 2006; Beneficial-Hodson Trust Scholar, Umm el-Marra, Syria, 1999; National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow, 1999–2002; Recipient, National Science Foundation Integrated Graduate Education and Research Traineeship, 2002–05; Scholar in Residence, Center for Northern Studies, Sterling College, VT, 2006–07; Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities, University of Pennsylvania, 2007–08; Visiting Faculty, Wagner Free Institute of Science, 2008; Associate, Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), 2008–present; Visiting Arctic Fellow, Institute of Arctic Studies, Dartmouth College, 2015–16; Tutor, St. John’s College, 2008–present.

Ron Martin Wilson

ron.wilson(at)sjc.edu

BA, New York University, Comparative Literature, 1998; Henry Luce Fellow, Japan, 1998; New York University, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), 2007–09; Fulbright Fellow, Japan, 2015; Ford Fellowship, 2016; Princeton University, Comparative Literature, 2020; President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 2020; St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2021–present.

Russell Winslow

russell.winslow(at)sjc.edu

BA, 1997, Literary Studies, summa cum laude, University of Texas at Dallas; MA, 2001, and PhD, 2006, Philosophy, Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research; Teaching fellow, Eugene Lang College, New York City, 2001–05; Post-doctoral fellow at Fordham University College at Lincoln Center, 2006–07; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2007–present.

Kenneth B. Wolfe

kenneth.wolfe(at)sjc.edu

BA, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1994; MA, Latin, University of California at Berkeley, 1996; PhD, Classics, University of California at Berkeley, 2000; Visiting Assistant Professor in Classics and Humanities, Reed College, 2000–02; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2002–present.

Michael Wehring Wolfe

michael.wolfe(at)sjc.edu

BA, 1994, St. John’s College, Santa Fe; Dupont Fellowship, 1994–95, President’s Fellowship, University of Virginia, 1994–97; MA, History of Religions, University of Virginia, 1997; MDiv, Religion, Columbia University, 2008; PhD, Religion, Columbia University, 2016; Assistant Director of Admissions, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1997–99; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1999–present.

Alan Zeitlin

alan.zeitlin(at)sjc.edu

BA English University of California, Davis 1979, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa MA English (Creative Writing) University of California, Davis 1985 JD University of California, Berkeley 1987 Visiting student Hebrew University 1988–89 Graduate student in Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley 1990–92 PhD Classics University of California Berkeley 1998; Lecturer: University of California, Berkeley, Spring 1999 Visiting Assistant Professor, Emory University, 1999–2000 Visiting Assistant Professor, Bard College, 2000–04, St. John’s College, 2005–present.

Amie Leigh Zimmer

amie.zimmer(at)sjc.edu

BA, Philosophy and English, University of New Mexico, 2012; MA, Philosophy, New School for Social Research, 2015; PhD, Philosophy, University of Oregon, 2021; Instructor, Philosophy, Seattle University, 2020–21; Visiting Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2021–22; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2022–present.