Featured Faculty

Religious Studies
Areas of Expertise: Hebrew Language, Deuteronomy, Scripture and Environmentalism
Contact: srichter@westmont.edu or (805) 565-6168

Physics
Areas of Expertise: Experimental Particle Physics, Search for New Fundamental Particles; the ATLAS Experiment in Geneva, Switzerland, Higgs Boson, Dark Matter
Contact: bcarlson@westmont.edu or (805) 565-7015

Physics
Areas of Expertise: cosmic microwave background, astrophysics, origin science, the Simons Array in Chile.
Contact: jito@westmont.edu
Westmont Faculty: Westmont faculty hold doctoral degrees from many of the world's finest research universities. They regularly receive grants from sources such as the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, The American Chemical Society, the Templeton Foundation, and the Pew Charitable Trusts. Many faculty involve students directly in their scholarly research projects, providing opportunities for undergraduates distinct from the university setting.
- Art
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Communication Studies
- Computer Science
- Economics and Business
- Education
- Engineering Physics
- English
- French
- History
- Kinesiology
- Mathematics
- Modern Languages
- Music
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Religious Studies
- Sociology and Anthropology
- Spanish
- Theatre Arts
Art

Illustration, Painting, Drawing, Computer Graphics, Graphic Design

16th and 17th century Dutch and Flemish Art, Visual Arts and Christian Worship



Biology

Invertebrate Zoology; Gorgonian Corals; Marine Biology; Marine, Natural History: California, Galapagos Islands, East Africa, New Zealand; Animal Diversity; Marine Mammals of the Pacific Northwest to California




Physiological ecology of water relations; Evolution of altruism and moral systems; Theological implications of Darwinism.

Plant ecology, physiological ecology, environmental ecology, and restoration ecology.

Life-history evolution; comparative physiology; behavioral ecology; urban ecology; ecology, evolution, and conservation of snakes and lizards across California
Chemistry








Communication Studies

Organizational Communication, Dialogue, and Conflict & Reconciliation

Public Discourse, Argumentation and Advocacy, Communication Criticism

Interpersonal Communication, Health Communication, Research Methods
Computer Science

Data Analytics, Ubiquitous Computing, Human-Computer Interaction, Sustainability/Transition Informatics, Machine Learning, Sonorum Frostonium
Economics and Business

Unsuccessful settlement negotiations, antitrust policies, state and county incarceration rates, earnings inequalities, and the economic implications of antitrust and discrimination cases.





History of Economic Thought; Financial Markets; Christianity and Economics

Education

Educational Leadership, Secondary Education, Professional Teaching Dispositions
Her primary focus has been fostering conceptual understanding and appreciation for the teaching of mathematics.

History of American Education, Curriculum and Instruction in History/Social Studies

Engineering Physics

Aerospace Engineering Science, Engineering Mechanics, Innovation in Product/Systems Design
English

Early modern British literature and culture, especially poetry of the long eighteenth century; literature and the environment; and poetics of sustainability

Tom Stoppard and Contemporary Drama, 20th-Century Irish Literature, Shakespeare in Performance, Faulkner

Victorian literature, women writers, gender, and novels


Comparative literature; how literature offers rich approaches to environmental studies, medicine, theology, and visual arts.

Medieval literature, the history of emotions, death studies, law and politics in Middle English literature, sociolinguistic approaches to literature, Chaucer

Rhetoric and composition (history of rhetoric, epideictic rhetoric, minority and women’s rhetorics, rhetoric in Christian tradition, composition pedagogy and assessment, writing across the curriculum, writing center studies); postcolonial literature and theory (international fiction, literary nationalism, periodical studies)

French

History





The historical evolution of the U.S. political economy, slavery and abolition, US imperialism, drug addiction, Chinese migration and the Pacific world.
Kinesiology



Physical Therapy, Motor Behavior, Neurophysiology






Psychology/Sociology of Movement and Character and Leadership Development
Mathematics

Computational Harmonic Analysis, Data Science, Mathematics Education

Complex analysis; Theological and philosophical issues relating to mathematics




Modern Languages

20th-Century Latin American Novels; Contemporary Latin American Women Writers; Ekphrastic Writing; Cuban Literature


Spanish and 20th century Latin American literature, especially poetry

Music

Composition, Computer Aided Music, Music History, Music Theory


Philosophy


Ethics (especially Metaethics), Epistemology, Philosophy of Religion

Moral and Political Philosophy, Practical Ethics, Philosophy of Religion
Epistemology, Philosophy of Religion, Christian Apologetics

Physics



Political Science

International Politics, International Development, Empirical Political Research and International Conflict & Peace Building.

Political Theory, Constitutional Law, Political Theology, Religion and Politics, First Amendment Law

The role of public opinion in foreign policy, the politics of sport.
Psychology


Cognition, Emotion, Psychophysiology (HRV), Social Cognition



Religious Studies


Christian missiology, world religions, religion and globalization


New Testament, Second Temple Judaism, and war, family and violence in the Bible

Early Christian literature and theology; wealth and poverty in early Christianity; Greco-Roman medicine and early Christian healthcare

Hebrew Language, Deuteronomy, the Deuteronomistic History, Isaiah Archeology and the Bible, and American environmental practice.

Systematic and philosophical theology, moral theology, Old Testament
Sociology and Anthropology

Human Services, Sociological Practice, Sociology of Gender, Sociology of Violence, Trauma Recovery.

Sociology of Religion, Social Epidemiology, Life Course, Quantitative Methods.

Social media and digital technology, sociology of culture.

Teaching Interests: Sociology of Gender; Sociology of Race & Ethnicity; Sociology of Religion; Social Theory.
Spanish

20th-Century Latin American Novels; Contemporary Latin American Women Writers; Ekphrastic Writing; Cuban Literature

Spanish and 20th century Latin American literature, especially poetry

Research Interests: Spanish Golden Age Theater (‘comedia nueva’) and 20th century Peninsular Literature and Film.
Theatre Arts



Lighting and sound design, technical direction, production management, and color theory




Acting, Physical Theatre, Voice, Shakespeare, Clown, Actor Movement, Devised Theatre