News Stories Alum’s Chai Start-Up Has Personal Roots and a Sustainable Vision August 7, 2025 | by Mark C. Anderson Ani Joshi leverages skills she built at the Middlebury Institute to create the only ...

Jason Blazakis is a professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS) where he focuses on threat financing, sanctions, violent extremism, and special operations related research.

Fulya Pinar, Visiting Assistant Professor of AnthropologyMigration and Social Justice: Power, Place, and Human Experiences. This course examines migration through bottom-up approaches, drawing on ...

Akhil Rao joined the Economics faculty as an Assistant Professor in the fall of 2019. His primary research interests are in environmental and computational economics, with a focus on outer space and ...

Professor Davis began teaching at Middlebury College in 2001. In 2019 he was appointed to the George Adams Ellis Chair of Liberal Arts. Previously, he served the College as Assistant Provost and then ...

Ioana Uricaru, Professor of Film and Media Culture at Middlebury College, was born in Romania and grew up during the country’s communist dictatorship, experiencing the violent anti-government uprising ...

Laurie Essig is Professor of Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies at Middlebury College. She is a sociologist who teaches courses on how power shapes our bodies and our desires Her courses include ...

Elsa Mendoza joined Middlebury in the fall of 2021. She teaches classes on the history of slavery, capitalism, and African American life in the early United States. Her research focuses on the lives ...

Laura Burian, Professor of Chinese/English translation and interpretation and C.V. Starr Professor in Linguistics and Language, earned her MA in Chinese Translation and Interpretation program at the ...

Andrea Robbett, Professor of EconomicsResearch in Behavioral and Experimental Economics In this seminar we will consider current research topics in behavioral and experimental economics. Although the ...

Since joining Middlebury College in 2011, Damascus Kafumbe has dedicated his career to expanding the understanding of global musical traditions through innovative pedagogy, research, and creative ...

Jacobo Sefami, Ph.D. - Middlebury School of Spanish Director. He directed the University of California’s education abroad program in Madrid, Spain (2003-2005).