Faculty and Staff

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

Holger Elischberger
Professor
B.A., University of Wurzburg, 1993
M.A. University of Wurzburg, 1998
Ph.D. University of North Carolina, 2004
Appointed 2005

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

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

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

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

                           Shanti Madhavan-Brown, 
                           Assistant Professor
                           B.A. Albion College,  2015
                           M.A. Central Michigan University, 2019
                            Appointed 2020

Ryan Selleck, 
Assistant Professor
B.S. University of Michigan, 2009
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2016
Appointed 2020

Mareike Wieth
Chair and Professor
B.A. Kenyon College, 1999
M.A. Michigan State University, 2001
Ph.D. Michigan State University, 2005
Appointed 2005

Schara Swan
Department Secretary
Phone: 517/629-0279

Faculty Emeriti

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

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.