Faculty Spotlights

Our faculty are top teachers, scholars, and researchers who work closely with each other and with students in the vigorous pursuit of learning. They share newly created knowledge with the campus community and beyond.

Suzy Nelson

Students at this age are really open to change. They’re trying to put together a lot of different pieces, such as what they’re learning in the classroom and how it intersects with who they are as people. They want to change the world. They care about promoting human understanding. Their idealism is just exciting to be around. READ MORE

Douglas Hicks

I love my work because I get to make connections across departments, ideas, and disciplines, and also to connect academic programs to IT, the library, museums, and athletics. It’s not just organizational work — it’s intellectual work about how we meet our educational goals. READ MORE

Padma Kaimal

They can be beautiful and they can be terrifying — the duality of Hindu goddesses inspired Padma Kaimal’s new book, Scattered Goddesses: Travels with the Yoginis. But Kaimal wasn’t always drawn to these female icons. READ MORE

Zhou Tian

Born in Hangzhou, China, Zhou Tian began studying music composition as a middle-school student at the Shanghai Conservatory. He earned his bachelor’s degree at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, a master’s at Juilliard, and a doctorate at the University of Southern California. Tian arrived at Colgate in 2011. READ MORE

Learn More

You can learn more about our faculty, or contact a faculty member, by utilizing the following resources:

• Contact directory
• Colgate in the media
• New faculty members for 2012 (pdf)