Knox College Faculty - Academics - Knox College Knox College Faculty They’re scholars, performers, scientists, and working artists. But above all, they’re teachers. Majors & Minors First-Year Preceptorial Power of Experience Majors & Minors Immersion Experiences First-Year Preceptorial Research & Creative Work Study Abroad & Off-Campus Study Internships Civic Engagement Registrar Academic Calendar Catalog Knox College Faculty Current Endowed Chairs at Knox Academic Resources & Support Umbeck Science-Mathematics Center Renovation Seymour Library For every professor at Knox, there are 11 students, our classes average 14 students, and our institutional ethos is that we're all capable of contributing to the project of moving the world forward. What does that mean for you? It means you will be heard, you will be seen, your professors will know your name, and you'll know theirs. And that's just the start. What comes next is this: Your professors will know you as a whole person, see you in shows or at the Gizmo or at a poetry reading. They'll invite you to join (or start) research projects, they'll encourage you to apply for fellowships or internships or study abroad , they'll help you think through (and create your own) options. They'll cook meals at their house and invite the entire class for dinner. They'll provide unusually thorough, thoughtful recommendations (because they know you so well) for graduate school and future employers. They'll be lifelong colleagues, friends, and sources of inspiration. Yes, they're that good; and yes, they matter that much. Where Everybody Knows Your Name Not only will you be taught by leading scholars in their fields, your professors will know your name, you'll know theirs, and that's just the start. 96% of Faculty have their Ph.D. 14 Average Class Size 11:1 Student-Faculty Ratio Watch Our Faculty in Action “You get a lot of time to get your hands dirty. We do a lot of dissections.” Nicholas Gidmark, Associate Professor of Biology Look inside Nick’s skeletal anatomy lab Recent Publications One of the reasons our professors are excellent teachers is because they are students, too. Here are the most recent publications from Knox faculty. The Constitution of Conflict: How the Supreme Court Undermines the Separation of Powers Race and Place: School Desegregation in Prince George’s County, Maryland Taylor Swift and the Philosophy of Re-recording: The Art of Taylor's Versions Faculty Publications 2023-2024 Knox Professors Share What Inspires Them Many larger state schools have programs in literary translation, but they are not typically taught to undergraduates. Many of our students are already bilingual heritage speakers who are interested in practical application for their skills. Robin Ragan Professor of Modern Languages (Spanish) Meet Professor Ragan Philosophy is awesome! Art is awesome! Talking about both together is super awesome! Brandon Polite '03 Professor & Chair of Philosophy Check out Professor Polite's Book on Taylor Swift If you're writing poems, you're creating the narrative of your life, you know, you're explaining stuff to yourself, and you want to know that you're choosing well what you make into a monument. Every poem is a monument in the narrative that you're making. Gina Franco Professor of English Meet Professor Franco