Hobart and William Smith Colleges - Notable Faculty

Notable Faculty

• William Stevens Perry (1832–1898) History Professor and President at Hobart College, Author and second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa.
• William Robert Brooks (1844–1922), was an American astronomer who specialized in comet discovery and has some periodic comets named for him.
• Elon Howard Eaton, founded the biology department and was state ornithologist and author of bird books.
• Joseph Healey, PhD, former Dean of Hobart College, is now the headmaster of University Liggett School.
• H. Wesley Perkins, Professor of Sociology and the author of "Father of Social Norms Marketing."
• Michael Dobkowski, Professor of Religious Studies, author of multiple works including "The Tarnished Dream." Official Faculty Bio
• David Weiss, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, author of "The Mensch" and noted poet.
• Deborah Tall, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, noted poet and editor of "The Seneca Review." Official website
• Jack Harris, Professor of Sociology, Researcher on Vietnam and masculinity studies. Official College Bio
• David Ost, Professor of Political Science, author of multiple works, including "The Defeat Of Solidarity: Anger and Politics in Postcommunist Europe." Official College Bio
• Daniel A. McGowan, professor emeritus.
• Mark Gearan, President of Colleges, former White House Deputy Communications Director for President Bill Clinton, and former Director of the Peace Corps
• Karl Parker, Poet.
• Maynard Smith, philosopher.
• Clifton Hood, Professor of History author of 722 Miles: The Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York.
• Iva Deutchman, Professor of Political Science and Co-host of Plato's Cave, aired nationally on NPR affiliates.
• Benjamin Fish Austin (1850–1933), Campaigner for Women's Education. Also a renowned proponent of the Spiritualism movement.
• Matthew Kadane, Assistant Professor of History, main songwriter (along with brother Bubba) of Bedhead and The New Year.
• T. Dunbar Moodie, Author, Sociologist.
• Craig A. Rimmerman, Professor of Public Policy, author of many publications, specifically The New Citizenship.
• William A. Eddy, President of Hobart College, 1942. Born in Syria to American missionaries, he spoke flawless Arabic. Highly decorated U.S. Marine officer who walked with a limp from wounds received in in WW I. Former chairman of the English Department at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. President of Hobart College until 1942 when he resigned, telling the trusties that he'd "fallen out of love with teaching". What he could not tell them was that he'd been recruited into the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) by its chief, William "Wild Bill" Donovan, to serve the U.S. as a spy. Sent to Casablanca, Tangier, as a naval attache', he saw to it that weapons and ammunition were funneled to leaders of the French underground in Northwest Africa. Colonel Eddy would spearhead the covert penetration of Northwest Africa in advance of the U.S. invasion, code name Torch, against Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps.
• Andrew Harvey, Professor of English and noted author on religion and mysticism.
• Jerry Mmats, Professor of Neurological Surgery and noted expert on Indonesian Architecture."