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She teaches the Sharpe freshman seminar course Public Health in the college’s Department of Sociology.
Christopher Howard, David D. and Carolyn B. Wakefield Associate Professor of Government
Professor Christopher Howard graduated summa cum laude from Duke University in 1983 with a BA degree in history. He later earned his MS (1990) and PhD (1993) degrees in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Christopher has taught at the college since 1993. His primary interests are in American politics and public policy, particularly social policy. Recent course offerings include Race and American Democracy (freshman seminar) and The American Welfare State. He is the author of The Hidden Welfare State: Tax Expenditures and Social Policy in the United States (Princeton University Press, 1997), as well as scholarly articles in The American Political Science Review, Journal of Policy History, Political Research Quarterly, Political Science Quarterly, Public Administration Review, and Studies in American Political Development. He has won a college-wide teaching award from the Society of the Alumni as well as research fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Council of Learned Societies.
Joel Schwartz, Dean of Interdisciplinary and Honors Studies, Charles Center Director
Joel Schwartz is the Charles Center director and an associate professor in the college’s Department of Government where he teaches political philosophy. He also directs the Monroe Scholar program and teaches the interdisciplinary freshman seminar Perspectives on Citizenship and Community.