school of social science - Hampshire College

John B. Reid, Jr., professor of geology, has pursued
research on lunar surface and earth's interior at the
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the Geochronology
Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the Los Alamos
Scientific Laboratory. He received his Ph.D. from MIT. His
professional interests involve the study of granitic and
volcanic rocks as a means of understanding the chemical
evolution of the earth's crust; the evolution of the floodplains
of rivers, particularly that of the Connecticut River;
the evolution of coastal salt marshes; and acid rain impacts
on the New England landscape.
Steve Roof, visiting assistant professor of geology.
received his B.S. from the Universicy of California. Santa
Cruz, his M.S. from Syracuse University, and his Ph.D. from
the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His research
focuses on the nature of global climate change, especially
glacial-interglacial cycles. He is also interested in environmental
concerns and their solutions, sedimentary processes,
and the influence of glaciers and rivers on the landscape.
Lauret Savoy, adjunct associate professor of geology,
received her undergraduate education at Princeton University
and her graduate training at the University of California,
Santa Cruz (M.S.) and Syracuse University (Ph.D.) She is
also an associate professor of geology at Mount Holyoke
College. Lauret's research and teaching interests include 1)
human environmental history and history of ideas of
landscapes in western North America, 2) environmental
conditions and settings of modern and ancient oceans, and
3) climate change in western North America ..
Brian Schultz, dean of Natural Science and associate
professor of ecology and entomology, received a B.S. in
zoology, an M.S. in biology, and a Ph.D. in ecology from the
University of Michigan. He is an agricultural ecologist and
entomologist who does research at the Hampshire College
Farm Center and has spent a number of years in Central
America and the Caribbean studying methods of insect pest
control. He is also interested in statistical analysis, world
peace, and softball.
Lawrence}. Winship, associate professor of botany,
received his Ph.D. from Stanford University, where he
completed his dissertation on nitrogen fixation and nitrate
assimilation by lupines on the coast of California. He
continued his research on nitrogen fixation as a research
associate at the Harvard Forest of Harvard University, where
he investigated the energy cost of nitrogen fixation by
nodulated woody plants, particularly alders, His recent
research concerns the biophysics of gas diffusion into root
nodules and the mechanisms of oxygen protection of
nitrogenase. His other interests include the use of nitrogen
fixing ttees in reforestation and agriculture, particularly in
tropical Asia and developing countries. and the potential for
sustainable agriculture worldwide. He has taught courses and
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supervised projects in organic farming, plant poisons, plant
physiology, physiological ecology, soils, and land·use
planning. and he enjoys mountaineering. hiking, gardening,
Bonsai, and computers.
Frederick H. Wirth, associate professor of physics,
holds a B.A. from Queens College of CUNY and a Ph.D.
from Stonybrook University of SUNY. His research interests
center around laser physics. and holography. One of his main
goals at Hampshire is to create a laboratory program in the
physical sciences and an appropriate technology center to
help all students, regardless of their course of study, with
their increasingly probable collision with technological
obstacles, Professor Wirth is also a committed and experienced
practitioner of meditation who periodically offers
instruction in this discipline. He will be on sabbatical for the
academic year 1997-98.
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
Carollee Bengelsdorf, professor of politics, holds an
A.B. from Cornell, studied Russian history at Harvard, and
received a Ph,D. in political science from MIT, She is
interested in political development in Southern Africa and
other Third World areas, She has conducted research in
Algeria, Cuba. and Peru. and has been a school teacher in
Kenya and Honduras,
Aaron Berman, professor of history and dean of
advising, received his B.A. from Hampshire College. and
M.A. and Ph.D. in United States histoty from Columbia
University, He is particularly interested in the dynamics of
ideology and politics, the development of the American
welfare state. American ethnic history, American Jewish
histoty, and the histoty of Zionism and the Arab-Israeli
conflict. He will be on sabbatical all year.
Myrna M. Breitbart, professor of geography and urban
studies, has an A.S. from Clark University. an M,A. from
Rutgers, and a Ph.D. in geography from Clark University.
Her teaching and research interests include the ways in
which built and social environments affect gender, race, and
class relations; historical and contemporary issues of gender
and environmental design; urban social struggles and the
implications of alternative strategies for community development;
children and the urban environment; urban environmental
education as a resource for critical learning; indus[Cial
restructuring and its impact and communities; and the role
of the built environment in social change. Professor
Breitbart is also co-director of the Community Service
Scholars Project and has a strong commitment to community-based
learning,