Faculty and Staff

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  • Drew Christopher

    Professor

    B.B.A., Stetson University, 1992
    M.B.A., Southern Methodist University, 1994
    M.S., University of Florida, 1996
    Ph.D., University of Florida, 1999 Appointed 2001

    Email: achristopher@albion.edu

  • Holger Elischberger

    Professor

    B.A., University of Würzburg, 1993
    M.A., University of Würzburg, 1998
    Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 2004
    Appointed 2005

    Email: helischberger@albion.edu

  • Andrea Ploucher Francis

    Associate Professor

    B.S., Colorado State University, 2001
    M.A., Michigan State University, 2006
    Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2010
    Appointed 2010

    Email: afrancis@albion.edu

  • Eric Hill

    Associate Professor

    B.A., Oglethorpe College, 2004
    M.A., Arizona State University, 2007
    Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2010
    Appointed 2010

    Email: ehill@albion.edu

  • Tammy Jechura

    Associate Professor

    B.S., Bowling Green State University, 1994
    M.A., 1999, Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2002
    Appointed 2004

    Email: tjechura@albion.edu

  • Shanti Madhavan-Brown

    Assistant Professor

    B.A., Albion College,  2015
    M.A., Central Michigan University, 2019
    Ph.D., Central Michigan University, 2022
    Appointed 2020

    Email: sabrown@albion.edu

  • Mareike Wieth

    Chair and Professor

    B.A., Kenyon College, 1999
    M.A., Michigan State University, 2001
    Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2005
    Appointed 2005

    Email: mwieth@albion.edu

Faculty Emeriti

  • Barbara Keyes

    Professor

    B.A., College of Wooster, 1970
    M.A., Bowling Green State University, 1973
    Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 1976
    Appointed 1975, Retired 2021

  • W. Jeffrey Wilson

    Professor Emeritus

    B.A., Haverford College, 1977
    M.A., University of California at Los Angeles, 1978
    Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles, 1983
    Appointed 1999, Retired 2020

  • William Hayes

    Professor Emeritus

    B.A., University of North Carolina, 1956
    Ph.D., Princeton University, 1961
    Appointed 1973, Retired 2000

  • David Hogberg

    Professor Emeritus

    B.A., Alma College, 1959
    M.S., Lehigh University, 1961
    Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1968
    Appointed 1966, Retired 1999

In Memory

  • Philip Hostetler

    Professor Emeritus

    1932 – 2018
    B.S., 1960, M.S., 1963, Ph.D., Purdue University, 1964
    Appointed 1964, Retired 1999

    Read more about Hostetler’s impact at Albion.