American Constitutional Law: The First Amendment This course focuses on the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the first amendment freedoms of speech, press, and religion. After starting with the ...

Who runs the world? Microbes! I’m a molecular microbial ecologist, meaning I use molecular biological techniques to ask questions and gain insight into microbial ecology. The lab’s current research ...

Sarah Stroup has taught at Middlebury since 2008 and is the incoming director of the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Research. During her 2025-26 sabbatical year, she was a senior visiting fellow ...

James L. Fitzsimmons received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2002. He taught at several institutions before coming to Middlebury and has held writing fellowships at Dumbarton Oaks Research ...

My research focuses on using geochronology, remote sensing, and modeling to understand the timing and rates of surface processes. Much of my work involves cosmogenic dating and optically stimulated ...

Professor Morrison began teaching at Middlebury College in 2003, just before completing her Ph.D. in religious studies from Stanford University. She teaches classes on the Buddhist tradition and ...

Therese Banks is Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies. She holds a Ph.D. in French from Harvard University, and is excited to join Middlebury College in Fall 2023. Her research ...

John Schmitt is Professor of Mathematics and has been at Middlebury College since 2005. He received his B.A. from Providence College, his M.S. from the University of Vermont, and a Ph.D. from Emory ...

In this introduction to ecology and evolutionary biology we will cover the topics of interspecific interactions (competition, predation, mutualism), demography and life-history patterns, succession ...

What is your gender and how do you know? In order to answer this question, we need to consider how gender is known through biology, psychology, consumer capitalism, and our everyday embodiment. We ...

A survey of Greek history from Homer to the Hellenistic period, based primarily on a close reading of ancient sources in translation. The course covers the emergence of the polis in the Dark Age, ...

Throughout the history of the United States, Americans have created a complex set of meanings pertaining to the environments (wild, pastoral, urban, marine) in which they live. From European-Native ...