faculty and staff

Noel Garrett

Entrepreneurship Pathway Coordinator, Dean of Academic Support, Executive Director of the Academic Resource Center, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics

Joining Connecticut College in 2013, Noel serves as both the Dean of Academic Support and the Director of the Academic Resource Center. As dean, he oversees the Academic Resource Center and the writing center. Noel serves as a liaison between the Dean of the College and faculty regarding areas that have to do with student academic success.

Core Faculty & Staff

Cheryl Banker

Senior Associate Director of the Hale Center for Career Development; Pre-Law and Pre-Business Adviser

cheryl.banker@conncoll.edu

Nakia Hamlett

William Meredith Assistant Professor of Psychology

Child, adolescent and young adult mental health • Complex trauma • Ethnic minority and underserved populations • Child development and developmental psychopathology • Personality disorders • Psychological assessment • Clinical risk assessment and management • Positive behavioral support plans

nhamlett@conncoll.edu

S. James Lee

Professor of Computer Science, Co-Chair of the Computer Science Department

Avatars • Computer graphics and visualization for interactive applications such as computer games, virtual reality environments, autonomous interactive characters, museum installations

slee10@conncoll.edu

Gary Parker

Professor of Computer Science

Artificial intelligence • Cognitive science • Autonomous agent learning • Colony robotics • Evolutionary robotics • Genetic algorithms • Multi-legged robots • Interactive video games

parker@conncoll.edu

William Tarimo

Jean C. Tempel '65 Associate Professor of Computer Science

Educational Technology (EdTech) • Computer-supported pedagogy • Agile teaching • Affective computing • Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning • Applied Robotics • Web and mobile development • IT entrepreneurship

wtarimo@conncoll.edu

Andrea Wollensak

Professor of Art

Social design and collaborative community ventures • Mapping and visualizing data • Digital poetics • Site-specific installation works • Digital Fabrication • Design History and Graphic Design • Book Arts and Typography

ajwol@conncoll.edu