Our Faculty · Lafayette College Faculty at Lafayette College are renowned leaders in their respective fields, exceptional teachers and dedicated mentors. I am eager to help my students experience the joy of learning about the world. I have found that students learn the most from an engaging learning environment in which they constantly interact with their peers as well as the professor and apply the concepts learned from the class to real-world examples. Il Hyun Cho associate professor of government and law and asian studies View profile My approach to teaching is to present topics in a logical and organized fashion while connecting them to real-world applications, making the content more relevant and relatable. … As an instructor, I work hard to establish trusting and productive relationships with students and establish an environment where students feel comfortable and supported. Melissa Gordon assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering View profile I tell stories through images, static or moving, often using performance to ground them. My influences represent a broad swath of interests that include abstraction, politics, humor, feminism, and art history. … By calling into question how we understand history and the elusive nature of truth, my work reveals the subjectivity of both. Karina Aguilera Skvirsky professor of art View Profile Working with undergraduates in the research lab is the most rewarding aspect of my position. While I could perform the experiments myself, it is much more enjoyable to work with students. Chip Nataro marshall r. metzgar professor of chemistry View profile I am passionate about helping students understand that struggle is not a sign of incapability. In fact, productive struggle is a necessary part of achieving their goals. I am interested in thinking about how we teach this kind of mindset to offer even more value to our students. Daniel Sabatino associate professor of mechanical engineering View profile As students come from diverse backgrounds, it is important for them to learn to engage with one another’s thoughts and ideas on a level of civility and mutual respectfulness, especially when discussing a subject as potentially contentious as religion. I try to impart this conviction through the atmosphere of openness I cultivate in my classroom. Eric Ziolkowski head of religious studies department View profile I joined Lafayette because I loved that I could teach undergraduates in a multidisciplinary department and engage in a broader community of learning that reached across the College. I’m interested in many different subjects and am lucky enough to be able to learn from colleagues all across campus. Caroline Lee professor of sociology View profile I’m a geologist who specializes in volcanoes. I want to know why and how magma bodies form, evolve, destabilize, and erupt. … It’s exhilarating to see students have that first ‘aha!’ moment in research—whether it happens on the side of a volcano in Iceland, looking down a microscope in my lab, or plotting data to test a hypothesis. Tamara Carley associate professor of geology View profile Susan Averett Paul Barclay Michael Bertucci Zoe Boekelheide Alexander Brown Mike Butler Tamara Carley Il Hyun Cho Justin Corvino Dana Cuomo Caleb Gallemore Katherine Groo Trent Gaugler Joaquín Gómez-Miñambres Melissa Gordon ’11 Henry Hallock Brett Hendrickson Justin Hines Eric Ho Christa Kelleher ’08 Jennifer Kelly Tim Laquintano Caroline Lee Meghan Masto ’03 Bruce Allen Murphy Lauren Myers Chip Nataro Michael A. Nees David Nice Chris Phillips Mary Roth Daniel Sabatino Karina Aguilera Skvirsky Lindsay Soh Jia Tao Carlos Tavares Jorge Torres Susan Wenze Yih-Choung Yu Eric Ziolkowski Aspiring physician-scientist and geologist win Goldwater Scholarships Two-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Maggie Rose named as 2026 Reunion entertainment From the locker room to the boardroom Aspiring physician-scientist and geologist win Goldwater Scholarships Historian and author Friederike Baer to present Max Kade Distinguished Lecture Honoring the exceptional work of Lafayette faculty at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures In the media: Prof. Amy Guisinger offers views on inflation metrics on Marketplace In the media: Prof. Tamara Stawicki’s research featured in Nature In the media: Local nonprofits helped by Prof. Gabrielle Kelenyi’s Writing & Community Engagement course Can tiny zebrafish help hearing loss in humans? Testing the waters The power of Lafayette: Mathematics meets basketball Our Pulse Our People