Faculty & Staff

Faculty and Staff contact information for the Neuroscience concentration.

Faculty

Seth Chin-Parker

Associate Professor

chinparkers@denison.edu

740-587-5462

Barbara Fultner

Chair of Black Studies

Professor of Philosophy and Women's & Gender Studies

The Maria Theresa Barney Chair of Philosophy

fultner@denison.edu

740-587-6330

Franne Kamhi

Assistant Professor

kamhif@denison.edu

740-587-6775

Susan Kennedy

Associate Professor

kennedys@denison.edu

740-587-6676

Matt Kretchmar

Professor

The George R. Stibitz Distinguished Professorship of Mathematics

kretchmar@denison.edu

740-587-6721

Peter Kuhlman

Associate Professor

kuhlman@denison.edu

740-587-6698

740-587-5894

Nestor Matthews

Professor

Chair of Neuroscience

matthewsn@denison.edu

740-587-5782

Heather J. Rhodes

Professor

Chair of Health, Exercise, and Sport Studies

The Julian H. Robertson Jr. Endowed Professorship

rhodesh@denison.edu

740-587-6788

740-587-8612

Emeriti Faculty

Frank Hassebrock

Professor Emeritus

hassebrock@denison.edu

740-587-6677

Spotlights

Professor Eric Liebl and Hannah Swahn '16

Just follow the molecules

“Every piece of data tells us something and points to a new question,” says biologist and geneticist Eric Liebl.

How We Learn

Data Analytics 101: Much More Than Coding

Data Analytics is more than a great skill — it's a foundational way of seeing and understanding.

Where We Go

Alumnus Start-Up Bridges Science, Health and Business

Inspired to help patients suffering from the effects of depression, an alumnus doctor and CEO finds a new way.

How We Learn

NERD’s without Borders: A Neuroscience Education “Free for All”

Students in the Advanced Neuroscience Seminar create YouTube videos and corresponding TED-ED Lessons, free for everyone everywhere.

Lyric Jorgenson ’00 fell in love with neuroscience, and now she’s staff lead for the BRAIN Initiative at the National Institutes of Health.

Where We Go

She has science writing on the BRAIN

Lyric Jorgenson '00 fell in love with neuroscience, and now she's staff lead for the BRAIN Initiative at the National Institutes of Health

What's Happening

Student News, Faculty, Recognition & Accolades

Neuroscience students explore big ideas in podcasts

A class assignment led Sophia Sobota ’24 to interview a scientific hero and win an all-campus journalism prize.

University News

Denison receives $650,000 NSF grant to aid low-income STEM students

The National Science Foundation has awarded Denison $650,000 to enable talented low-income students to pursue majors and careers in STEM fields.

In the News

Dr. Sophia French on Neonatal Neuroscience

Dr. Sophia French '11, a child neurologist at Oregon Health and Science University, explains a new study about alcohol/tobacco use while pregnant.

See All

Water polo to become Denison’s 27th varsity sport

Tyler Green ’28 building on an award-winning debut

Denison welcomes Class of 2029

Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Seth Chin-Parker

Barbara Fultner

Franne Kamhi

Susan Kennedy

Matt Kretchmar

Peter Kuhlman

Nestor Matthews

Heather J. Rhodes

Emeriti Faculty

Frank Hassebrock

Spotlights

Just follow the molecules

Data Analytics 101: Much More Than Coding

Alumnus Start-Up Bridges Science, Health and Business

NERD’s without Borders: A Neuroscience Education “Free for All”

She has science writing on the BRAIN

What's Happening

Neuroscience students explore big ideas in podcasts

Denison receives $650,000 NSF grant to aid low-income STEM students

Dr. Sophia French on Neonatal Neuroscience