Editing Williams College (section)

===Faculty===
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Notable former and present faculty include:
*[[Colin Adams (mathematician)|Colin Adams]], mathematics professor and knot theorist, 2003 recipient of the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teachers
*[[Andrea Barrett]], [[National Book Award]] winning author and [[MacArthur Fellow]]
*[[Gene H. Bell-Villada]], fiction writer, critic of Latin American literature, and historian of [[aesthetics]]
*[[Olga Beaver]], professor of mathematics
*[[Robert Huntley Bell]], professor of English
*[[Edward Burger]], mathematics professor, 2010 recipient of the prestigious Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching
*[[James MacGregor Burns]], professor of political science, founder of the modern field of [[leadership studies]]
*[[Franklin Carter]],  professor of Germanic and Romance languages
*[[Raymond Chang (professor)|Raymond Chang]], who has written high school and college textbooks in [[chemistry]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Chang, Raymond |title=Chemistry |url=https://archive.org/details/chemistry00chan_0 |url-access=registration |edition=6th |location=New York |publisher=McGraw Hill |year=1998 |isbn=0-07-115221-0}}</ref>
*[[Rónadh Cox]], the Brust Professor of Geology and Mineralogy
*[[Andrea Danyluk]], professor of computer science
*[[Emile Despres]], professor of economics, a former advisor on German economic affairs at the U.S. Department of State
* [[Satyan Devadoss]], award-winning mathematician and current Fletcher Jones Chair of Applied Mathematics and professor of computer science at the [[University of San Diego]]
*[[Charles B. Dew]], author and [[Ephraim Williams]] Professor of American History
*[[S. Lane Faison]], professor of art history, one of the most famous American art historians with many of his former students forming the "Williams Art Mafia"
*[[Steven Fein]], professor of psychology, notable social psychologist
*[[Stephen Fix]], professor of English
*[[Keith Fowler]], who founded and directed professional repertory theaters in Virginia, and was later chief of directing at the [[Yale School of Drama]] and head of directing at the [[University of California, Irvine]]
*[[Robert Gaudino]], former professor of political science
*[[Chris Gibson (New York politician)|Chris Gibson]], former United States Congressman (New York) and current president of [[Siena College]]
*[[Louise Glück]], winner of the 1993 [[Pulitzer Prize]] in poetry and 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature
*[[Darra Goldstein]], Russian professor, founding editor of ''[[Gastronomica]]'' (2012 [[James Beard Foundation Award|James Beard]] Best Publication) and author of award-winning cookbooks including ''The Georgian Feast'' (1994 [[International Association of Culinary Professionals|IACP]] Julia Child Award) and ''Fire and Ice'' (2016 IACP Best International Cookbook nominee)
*[[Kermit Gordon]] of the economics department, who became Director of the United States Bureau of the Budget (now the [[Office of Management and Budget]]) during the administrations of [[President of the United States|Presidents]] [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].<ref>{{cite web| title =Kermit Gordon (#86)| publisher =John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum| url =http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives/Archives+and+Manuscripts/fa_gordon.htm| access-date =2007-07-20| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20071031020755/http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives/Archives+and+Manuscripts/fa_gordon.htm| archive-date =October 31, 2007| url-status =live}}</ref>
*[[Neil R. Grabois]], professor of mathematics, former president of [[Colgate University]]
*[[Harlan Hanson]], former professor and director of the [[Advanced Placement]] program from 1965 to 1989:<ref>{{cite web |last=DiYanni |first=Robert |title=The History of AP Program |url=http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/21502.html |year=2008 |publisher=CollegeBoard.com |access-date=July 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705050030/http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/21502.html |archive-date=July 5, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Pamela E. Harris]], professor of mathematics, specializing in combinatorial algebra
*[[John Haskell Hewitt]], professor of classical languages 
*[[Alan Hirsch (professor)]], professor of political science
*[[Mark Hopkins (educator)]], famous educator and theologian
*[[Jason Josephson Storm]], professor and chair of religion <ref>{{cite web | title= Jason Josephson Storm | publisher = Williams College | url=https://religion.williams.edu/faculty/jason-josephson | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711170615/https://religion.williams.edu/faculty/jason-josephson/ | archive-date=2022-07-11| date=November 28, 2022}}</ref>
*[[Saul Kassin]], professor of psychology
*[[Elizabeth Kolbert]], staff writer at ''[[The New Yorker]]'' and winner of the 2015 [[Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction]] for her book ''[[The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History]]''
*[[Susan Loepp]], award-winning mathematician
*[[John William Miller]], professor of philosophy
*[[Steven J. Miller]], mathematician and textbook author
*[[Frank Morgan (mathematician)|Frank Morgan]], the Webster Atwell '21 Professor of Mathematics and former vice president of the [[American Mathematical Society]]
*[[Clara Claiborne Park]] (1923–2010), author who raised awareness of autism, and was, among her colleagues, perhaps the best essayist—literary critic—during her time.<ref>Hevesi, Dennis. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/health/13park.html "Clara Claiborne Park, 86, Dies; Wrote About Autistic Child"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321131938/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/health/13park.html |date=March 21, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 12, 2010. Retrieved July 13, 2010.</ref>
*[[Paul Park]], science-fiction author
*[[Jay Pasachoff]] in the [[astrophysics]] department, who used solar eclipse observations to study the sun<ref>{{cite web | title = Jay Pasachoff | publisher = Williams College | url = http://www.williams.edu/Astronomy/people/jpasachoff/ | access-date = 2007-07-20 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071011222407/http://www.williams.edu/Astronomy/people/jpasachoff/ | archive-date = October 11, 2007 | url-status = live }}</ref>
*[[Peter Pedroni]], professor of economics
*[[William Pierson Jr.]], painter and art historian
*[[Morton Schapiro]], professor of economics and current president of [[Northwestern University]]
*[[Frederick L. Schuman]], professor of history
*[[Jim Shepard]], novelist and writer
*[[Glenn Shuck]], assistant professor of religion
*[[Theodore Clarke Smith]], professor of American history and educational reformer
*[[John E. Stambaugh]], professor of classics
*[[Joanne Stubbe]], professor of chemistry and winner of the 2020 [[Priestley Medal]]
*[[Barbara Takenaga]], award-winning artist
*[[Mark C. Taylor (philosopher)|Mark Taylor]], who studied with [[Jacques Derrida]] and taught religion classes at Williams before moving to [[Columbia University]].<ref>{{cite web | title =Seulemonde Conversation with Professor Mark C. Taylor | publisher =University of South Florida:College of Arts and Sciences | url =http://www.cas.usf.edu/journal/taylor/taylor.html | access-date =2007-07-20 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070607131058/http://www.cas.usf.edu/journal/taylor/taylor.html | archive-date =2007-06-07 | url-status =dead }}</ref>
*[[Alan White (American philosopher)]], professor of philosophy
*[[William Wootters]], theoretical physicist known for proving the [[no cloning theorem]]
*[[Safa Zaki]], McCoy professor of psychology and current president of [[Bowdoin College]]
*[[Markes E. Johnson]] Emeritus professor at geosciences department.