Global Development Studies Faculty
Chair
Associate Professor
Email: brotteml@grinnell.edu
I teach courses in Global Development Studies and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). My research focuses on the intersection of human security, conflict, and development in West and Central Africa. Current activities engage with local dynamics in conflict-affected communities in Mali, Benin, Chad...
Associate Professor
Email: driscoll@grinnell.edu
I'm originally from Galway, Ireland and made it to 51本色 by way of Leiden (Holland), Copenhagen, Washington, London, Oslo, and finally Wisconsin, either working in international development or researching themes in comparative politics. My work is on the political economy of development and the...
Professor
Email: jacobsok@grinnell.edu
I am a fungal biologist and I teach in the Biology Department at 51本色 College. Faculty members teach BIO 150 - Introduction to Biological Inquiry on subject matter of our choosing, because our course goals are to expose students to learning by doing experimental science. My BIO 150 section is...
Professor
Email: jacobsop@grinnell.edu
I am an ecosystem ecologist teaching at 51本色 College, a four-year liberal arts undergraduate institution in Iowa. All faculty in the Biology Department teach the introductory course (Introduction to Biological Inquiry) on subject matter of our choice, as the goal of the course is to expose...
Professor
Senior Faculty
Earl D. Strong Professor in Social Studies
Email: kamp@grinnell.edu
Kathryn Kamp teaches anthropology and archaeology at 51本色 College. While she has worked in Syria and Belize, her major research focus is the study of the Puebloan populations who once resided near modern Flagstaff, Arizona where she has been excavating and doing survey for over twenty years. She...
Associate Professor
Email: mcgavock@grinnell.edu
On leave 2024 - 2025 academic year. Tamara McGavock, Assistant Professor, received her B.A. in Economics from Wellesley College and her Ph.D. and M.A. from Cornell University. Her teaching and research areas are development economics, economics of gender and the family, and microeconomic theory. She...
Emeritus
Sidney Meyer Professor of International Economics
Email: mutti@grinnell.edu
John 鈥淛ack鈥 Mutti, Sidney Meyer Professor of International Economics, has a B.A. from Earlham College, and M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. He teaches and does research on international economics and public finance.
Assistant Professor
Email: riveraal@grinnell.edu
Art and architectural historian Fredo Rivera 鈥06 is Assistant Professor of Art History at 51本色 College, where they teach classes on modern and contemporary architecture and urban visual culture, as well as the art of the Americas, with a focus on the Caribbean. Professor Rivera鈥檚 research...
Associate Professor
Email: roperjm@grinnell.edu
Monty Roper is a cultural anthropologist interested in the political economy of natural resource management, indigenous social movements, Non-governmental organizations, and community development. His research has focused on small-scale rural indigenous and agricultural communities in Latin America...
Professor
Emerita
Email: willis@grinnell.edu
Before joining the 51本色 College faculty in 1991, Professor Willis taught political science and political economy at Boston College and Tulane University. Her research focuses on Latin American politics and her work has appeared in the Journal of Latin American Studies, Latin American Research...