In this course we will learn how we came to know that we live in a galaxy that is distinct from the other hundreds of billion galaxies in the observable Universe – a fact that only became accepted in ...

For 110 years Middlebury Language Schools has offered Immersion Programs and Graduate Programs. More than 1400 students find success with us each summer. Who enrolls in the Language Schools? Immersion ...

In this introduction to ecology and evolutionary biology we will cover the topics of interspecific interactions (competition, predation, mutualism), demography and life-history patterns, succession ...

My research focuses on using geochronology, remote sensing, and modeling to understand the timing and rates of surface processes. Much of my work involves cosmogenic dating and optically stimulated ...

Game theory is general in scope and has been used to provide theoretical foundations for phenomena in most of the social and behavioral sciences. Economic examples include market organization, ...

James L. Fitzsimmons received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2002. He taught at several institutions before coming to Middlebury and has held writing fellowships at Dumbarton Oaks Research ...

Sarah Stroup has taught at Middlebury since 2008 and is the incoming director of the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Research. During her 2025-26 sabbatical year, she was a senior visiting fellow ...

What is your gender and how do you know? In order to answer this question, we need to consider how gender is known through biology, psychology, consumer capitalism, and our everyday embodiment. We ...

Throughout the history of the United States, Americans have created a complex set of meanings pertaining to the environments (wild, pastoral, urban, marine) in which they live. From European-Native ...

B.A. Smith College; Ph.D. University of California Berkeley Areas of Interest: Interdisciplinary research focused on the intersection of human geography, conservation science, environmental politics, ...

An introduction to the writing of poetry, short fiction, and nonfiction through analysis of writings by modern and contemporary poets and prose writers and regular discussion of student writing.

Professor Morrison began teaching at Middlebury College in 2003, just before completing her Ph.D. in religious studies from Stanford University. She teaches classes on the Buddhist tradition and ...