Master of Arts in Liberal Studies
Graduate Faculty
The graduate faculty is drawn from the entire Reed College faculty. There is no set graduate curriculum, as courses and faculty members change each year. MALS students have access to all Reed faculty members they wish to consult about a particular question, interest, or course.
Faculty offering MALS courses, 2007-08
Jay Dickson
Associate Professor of English and Humanities
A.B. 1988 Harvard College. Ph.D. 1996 Princeton University. Reed College 1996–99, 2001–.
Academic interests: the novel, British modernism, Victorian literature, queer studies, postcolonial studies.
David Garrett
Associate Professor of History and Humanities
B.A. 1988 Yale University. M.A. 1991 Harvard University. M. Phil. 1993, Ph.D. 2002 Columbia University. Reed College 1998–.
Academic interests: Latin America and early modern Spain.
Kambiz GhaneaBassiri
Associate Professor of Religion and Humanities
B.A. 1994 Claremont KcKenna College. A.M. 1998, Ph.D. 2002 Harvard University. Reed College 2002–.
Academic interests: Islam.
Nigel Nicholson
Walter Mintz Professor of Classics
B.A. 1990 Oxford University. M.A. 1991, Ph.D. 1994 University of Pennsylvania. Reed College 1995–.
Academic interests: Greek and Latin literature, literary theory.
Roger Porter
Professor of English and Humanities
B.A. 1958 Amherst College. M.A. 1959, Ph.D. 1967 Yale University. Reed College 1961–.
Academic interests: modern drama, modern fiction, Shakespeare, autobiography as a literary form, nonfiction prose.
Dell Rhodes
Professor of Psychology, Emerita
B.A. 1969 Colorado College. M.A. 1971, Ph.D. 1975 University of California, Los Angeles. Reed College 1975–2006.
Academic interests: emotions, perception and attention, cognitive and social neuroscience.
Steven Wasserstrom
Moe and Izetta Tonkon Professor of Judaic Studies and the Humanities
B.A. 1978 Ohio State University. M.A. 1980, Ph.D. 1985 University of Toronto. Reed College 1987–.
Academic interests: Judaism.
Thomas Wieting view web page
Professor of Mathematics
B.S. 1960 Washington and Lee University. Ph.D. 1973 Harvard University. Reed College 1965–.
Academic interests: differential geometry and ergodic theory, history of science.