Pomona College View Book [pdf]

Among the most
& Teaching
Learning
POMONA COLLEGE FACULTY
AND THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM
important relationships
you’ll make at Pomona are the ones you’ll form with your professors.
These extraordinary teachers and scholars have chosen Pomona—and
Pomona has chosen them—because they have a talent and a passion for
teaching bright undergraduate students, combined with a sophisticated
command of their disciplines. Their involvement in research, writing
and creative expression translates into fresh, lively instruction in the
classroom and laboratory. And by sharing the excitement—and the
occasional humility—of their own scholarly pursuits with their students,
Pomona professors encourage them to become not passive recipients of
knowledge, but active co-learners.
With a student-faculty ratio of 8:1 and an average class size of 15,
Pomona students get to know their teachers very well. About 85
percent of our faculty members live within five miles of the College, so
their time on campus isn’t limited to office hours. Discussions that
begin in the classroom often continue in hallways or over sandwiches at
the Sagehen Café, and sometimes lead both professor and student in
unexpected directions. “One of my students lent me her favorite B ➣