Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Students learn microphone placement and audio capture methods during "Introduction to Music Production and Recording" with Instructor Dennis Mariano in a third-floor music room of the Gearan Performing Arts Center. The room is named in honor of Andreanna A. Doering ’84.

Professor of Practice and Director of HWS Debate Daniel Schonning ’16 discusses techniques in "Creative Writing."

Associate Professor of History Janette Gayle discusses the Great Migration during “African American History II.”

Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Chris Fietkiewicz leads “Computational Neuroscience.”

During an Admitted Student Day open house, students and their families examine a stream table with Associate Professors of Geoscience Tara Curtin and David Finkelstein.

Assistant Professor of History Virgil Slade and students in "Lives of Consequence" discuss nationalism.

Associate Professor of Psychological Science Daniel Graham works with students during a lab for the “Capstone in Perception.”

Associate Professor of French, Francophone and Italian Studies Kanate Dahouda helps a student in “French for the Professions.”

In this edition of This Week in Photos, we’ve selected some of our favorite photos of faculty doing what they do best – teaching and mentoring students. Here, Associate Professor of Sociology Kendralin Freeman assists students with a group activity during "Data Analysis."

Professor of Religious Studies Etin Anwar shares a laugh with Christina Mohonta ‘27, Christian Donnelly ‘25 and Alberto Garcia De La Puente Stanley ’25 during “Sustainability, Fashion & Justice.”

Professor of Art and Architecture Nick Ruth and students discuss different painting techniques in "Contemporary Painting."

Associate Professor of Practice Susan Cushman works with a student studying coevolutionary species interactions by identifying insect larvae found inside goldenrod galls during an “Ecology” lab.

Associate Professor of Economics Joshua Greenstein assists students with a problem set in "Statistics."

Professor of Spanish and Hispanic Studies Carolina Travalia helps students prepare for a mock debate in "Spanish for Conversation and Debate."

Hazel Rodriguez ’26 and Tabitha Weier ’25 work on a design project based around Odell’s Pond during “Architecture Design Studio” with Associate Professor of Art and Architecture Jeffrey Blankenship.

Outside Demarest Hall, Michelle Martin-Baron, Associate Professor of Gender, Sexuality and Intersectional Justice, works with students to make zines during a capstone class.