Current Faculty Mentors

Current Faculty Mentors

Rachel Buurma

Associate Professor

On Leave - Fall

English Literature

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8666
  2. Eugene M. and Theresa Lang Performing Arts Center 302
  3. Office Hours: Wednesday 12:30-2 in LPAC 302 and by appointment.
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Micheline Rice-Maximin

Associate Professor Emerita

Emeritus Modern Languages & Literatures-French & Francophone Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8680
Micheline Rice-Maximin

Tariq al-Jamil

Associate Professor

On Leave - Fall

Religion

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8054
  2. Pearson Hall 205
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Nina Johnson

(she-her-hers-herself)

Associate Professor of Sociology

Department Chair, Sociology & Anthropology

Sociology & Anthropology-Sociology

Black Studies

Peace & Conflict Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-5773
  2. Kohlberg Hall 247
  3. Office Hours: Mondays, 4:00-7:00pm
Professor Nina Johnson

Grace Ledbetter

Professor

On Leave - Spring

Classics

Philosophy

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8372
  2. Trotter Hall 204
  3. Office Hours:  Please email gledbet1@swarthmore.edu for zoom link; on leave Spring 2026

Interests: Plato, Ancient Philosophy, Greek poetry

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Maya Nadkarni

Associate Professor of Anthropology

Sociology & Anthropology-Anthropology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8111
  2. Kohlberg Hall 244
  3. Office Hours: By appointment
    Tuesdays,  11:00am- noon, 1:00- 2:00pm
     
Professor Maya Nadkarni