Hobart and William Smith Colleges

As we welcome students back to our stunning lake side campus for the fall semester, in this edition of This Week in Photos, we introduce the newest members of the HWS community, the Classes of 2024, to their First Year Seminar professors. These faculty will familiarize students with the academic experience at the Colleges and serve as their advisors.

Professor of English Grant Holly will teach The History of Everything. (Note: all of the photos in this gallery were taken before the pandemic).

Professor of Religious Studies Etin Anwar will teach Facets of Islam.

Music and Ethics will be taught by Associate Professor of Music Katherine Walker.

Brandon B. Barile, Assistant Vice President and Dean of Student Engagement & Conduct, will teach Beyond the Straight and Narrow.

The Mindful Body will be taught by Professor of Dance Donna Davenport.

Professor of Physics Donald Spector will teach Einstein, Relativity and Time.

Associate Professor of English Laurence Erussard will teach Comparative Mythology.

Sustainable Living & Learning will be taught by Professor of Environmental Studies Darrin Magee.

Susan Pliner, Dean for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment & Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, will teach Metacognition & Social Justice.

Assistant Professor of History Sarah Whitten will teach Violence in the Sea of Faith.

Associate Professor of Men's Studies Chip Capraro will teach Golf Course Architecture.

Math and Metaphor will be taught by Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Jennifer Biermann.

Instructor of History Virgil Slade will teach Unfreedoms & the Problem of Race.

Professor of French and Francophone Studies Catherine Gallouët will teach Paris, Je T'Aime.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Robinson Murphy will teach Sustainable Living & Learning.

Associate Professor of Anthropology Christopher Annear will teach Hunger.

Ruth Shields, Associate Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, will teach Running Down a Dream.

Earth vs. Humans will be taught by Associate Professor of Geoscience David Kendrick.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Africana Studies James McCorkle 76, P20 will teach Interrogating Race: U.S. & S Africa.

Associate Professor of Classics Leah Himmelhoch will teach Archaeological Mysteries.

Associate Professor of Art and Architecture Michael Tinkler will teach Stealing Art, Saving Art.

Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Kristen Brubaker will teach Sustainable Living & Learning.

Comix to Graphix will be taught by Professor of Art and Architecture Lara Blanchard.

Associate Professor of Geoscience David Finkelstein will teach The Blue Planet.

Associate Professor of English Rob Carson will teach Britpop.

Lisa Cleckner, Director of the Finger Lakes Institute, will teach Watershed Moments in the FLX.

Professor of Religious Studies Richard Salter '86, P'15 will teach Genocide and the Modern Age.

Associate Professor of Philosophy Eric Barnes will teach Thinking Critically About God.