Master of Arts in Liberal Studies
The Committee on Graduate Studies
Faculty members of the Committee on Graduate Studies serve as
advisers to MALS students, attend degree paper orals boards, assist
with the evaluation of initial and candidacy applications, and set
policies and curriculum for the program. Membership in the committee
varies from year to year. Members for the 2011–12 academic year include:
Walter Englert, chair
Omar and Althea Hoskins Professor of Classical Studies and Humanities
BA 1974 St. Mary's College. MA 1976 University of California, Santa Barbara. PhD 1981 Stanford University. Reed College 1981–.
Academic interests: Greek and Latin literature, ancient philosophy.
Mark Burford
Assistant Professor of Music
BA 1994 University of California, Santa Barbara. PhD 2005 Columbia University. Reed College 2007–.
Academic interests: music history.
David Garrett
Professor of History and Humanities
BA 1988 Yale University. MA 1991 Harvard University. MPhil 1993, PhD 2002 Columbia University. Reed College 1998–.
Academic interests: Latin America and early modern Spain.
Ülker Gökberk
Professor of German and Humanities
BA 1970, MA 1976 University of Istanbul. PhD 1986 University of Washington. Reed College 1986–.
Academic interests: 19th- and 20th-century literature, the novel, Thomas Mann, literary and cultural theory, the German phiiosophical tradition.
Virginia Hancock
Professor of Music
BA 1962 Reed College. MA 1963 Harvard University. DMA 1977 University of Oregon. Reed College 1991–.
Academic interests: music history, choral conducting.
Nathalia King
Professor of English and Humanities
BA 1978 University of Massachusetts, Amhert. PhD 1992 New York University. Reed College 1987–.
Academic interests: rhetorical and narrative theory, the novel, autobiography, gender studies, creative writing.
Thomas Wieting
Professor of Mathematics
BS 1960 Washington and Lee University. PhD 1973 Harvard University. Reed College 1965-.
Academic interests: differential geometry and ergodic theory.