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Faculty and Advisers

Identifying an Adviser

To learn more about the program, or to identify an adviser for the concentration in health, science, and society, please choose from our list of program faculty below. For an adviser, you should contact a professor who is affiliated with a department similar to your major or main interests. If your major adviser is part of the HSS program, then that person more easily could serve as your concentration adviser.

Program Faculty

Social Sciences

International Development, Community, Environment
  • Ellen Foley

    Professor, Sustainability and Social Justice

    Ellen Foley is a medical anthropologist whose research addresses the social production of disease with a focus on how intertwined global, national, and local social forces shape vulnerability to disease, health status, and access to medical care, particularly in sub-Saharan […]

Psychology
  • Dr. Addis is currently interested in theory and research related to men's mental health. In his work he focuses on links between the social learning and social construction of masculinity, and the way men experience, express, and respond to problems […]

  • Dr. Cardemil received a B.A. from Swarthmore College in 1993 and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1994 and 2000, respectively. He was subsequently at Brown University, where he completed his predoctoral internship in 2000, followed […]

  • James Cordova

    Professor, Psychology

    Department Chair, Psychology

    Dr. Córdova received a B.A. from the University of New Mexico in 1989 and a M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Washington at Seattle in 1992 and 1996, respectively. He has been at Clark since 2002. The goal of Dr. Córdova's […]

  • Dr. Overstreet earned her B.A. in psychology from Smith College and Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Connecticut. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University’s Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA). She joined Clark University in […]

Sociology
  • Ms. Merrill received a B.A. from Bowdoin College in 1984 and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Brown University in 1988 and 1991, respectively. She was later a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, also at […]

  • Rosalie Torres Stone

    Associate Professor, Sociology

    Department Chair , Sociology

    Rosalie A. Torres Stone focuses on a theoretical foundation and research studies in health disparities. Her empirical work in mental health and health disparities extends existing conceptual frameworks by including socioeconomic and cultural-specific factors in examining health outcomes and access […]

Natural Sciences

Biology
  • Nathan Ahlgren

    Associate Professor, Biology

    Professor Ahlgren is a marine microbial ecologist. He is interested in understanding how environmental factors and interactions between microbes and viruses shape the evolution, diversity, and structure of microbial communities. Marine microbial communities are extremely diverse and control globally important […]

  • Denis Larochelle

    Professor, Biology

    Medical Careers Director, Biology

    Cytokinesis, the process by which a cell constricts at the equator to ultimately divide into two daughter cells remains poorly understood. My primary interest has been to identify the proteins/genes involved in both the mechanics and the regulation of this […]

  • Néva Meyer

    Associate Professor, Biology

    Néva Meyer is an associate professor in the Biology Department at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Her research addresses questions of annelid and spiralian development with the goal of gaining a better understanding of how animal body plans evolved […]

  • Deborah Robertson

    Professor, Biology

    Department Chair, Biology

    My research program investigates the physiological ecology and the evolution of nitrogen metabolism in marine diatoms and other ecologically important groups of marine algae. In many marine environments, nitrogen availability is an important factor regulating primary productivity. By characterizing the […]

  • Associate Professor Justin Thackeray is a geneticist whose current research interest lies in understanding mechanisms of growth factor signaling pathway regulation, using the model system Drosophila melanogaster. His main focus has been investigating phospholipase C-gamma (PLC-gamma), which is a key […]

Chemistry
  • Chuck Jakobsche (pronounced "Jacob-She") is a broadly experienced creator, educator, researcher, and leader. He earned an undergraduate degree in chemistry at Williams College in 2004. He began graduate school in organic chemistry at Boston College, and then he complete his […]

  • Arundhati Nag

    Assistant Professor, Chemistry

    Professor Nag's lab develops unique peptide or peptidomimetic macrocycles using robust chemical reactions and Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis. Macrocycles, with molecular weights of approximately 1000, bridge the gap between small molecules and proteins, in terms of size and composition. Chemical […]

Humanities

English
Philosophy
  • Prof. Derr received a B.A. from Seattle University in 1972 and a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame in 1976. He has been at Clark since that time. He is a research professor with the George Perkins Marsh Institute and with […]