Princeton Review Names MA’s Best Professors

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Thursday, April 05, 2012

Leah Michaels, GoLocalWorcester Contributor

A mathematics professor from Worcester Polytechnic Institute has been named one of the country’s top professors in The Best 300 Professors, a new guidebook by the Princeton Review. John Goulet is one of 39 Massachusetts professors to make the list, which was compiled by the Princeton Review with help from RateMyProfessors.com and students and administrators at the various colleges.

This is the first time that Princeton Review has created such a book, which was released on April 3.

“We developed this project as a tribute to the extraordinary dedication of America's undergraduate college professors and the vitally important role they play in our culture, and our democracy,” said Robert Franek, Princeton Review's Senior VP/Publisher and author of the Company's flagship college guide, The Best 376 Colleges. “One cannot page through this book without feeling tremendous respect for the powerful ways these teachers are enriching their students' lives, their colleges, and ultimately our future as a society."

The book contains profiles of each chosen professor and of the schools at which they teach, although neither the schools nor the professors are ranked in it.

Mount Holyoke College not only topped the list of top Massachusetts professors, but with 13 selected professors, the school boasts the highest number of professors on the list of any school in the country. Massachusetts’ representation overall is impressive, with 13% of the professors coming from the state.

The best profs in Massachusetts: 

Arnie Arluke- Northeastern- Sociology 

Susan R. Barry- Mount Holyoke College- Biology

Richard Capobianco- Stonehill College- Philosophy

Javier Corrales- Amherst College- Political Science

Jane F Crosthwaite- Mount Holyoke College- Religion

Susan Daniels- Mount Holyoke College- Theater

David Denby- Tufts University- Philosophy

Vinnie Ferraro- Mount Holyoke College- International Studies

Rachel Fink- Mount Holyoke College- Biology

Amy Frary- Mount Holyoke College- Biology

Rachel Gans-Boriskin- Northeastern University- Communications

John B. Geddest- Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering- Mathematics

Mary Glaser- Tufts University- Mathematics

John Goulet- Worcester Polytechnic Institute- Mathematics

Jared Green- Stonehill College- English

Tekla A. Harms- Amherst College- Geology

James Hartley- Mount Holyoke College- Economics

Panayotis Kevrekidis- University of Massachusetts at Amherst- Mathematics

Chris Kingston- Amherst College- Economics

Brad Lehman- Northeastern University- Engineering

Walter Lewin- Massachusetts Institute of Technology- Physics

N. Gregory Mankiw- Harvard College- Economics

Sam Mitchell- Mount Holyoke College- Philosophy

Dr. Sri Mukherjee- Harvard College- English (Writing)

Stephen Pennell- University of Massachusetts at Lowell- Mathematics

Dr. Constantine Pleshakov- Mount Holyoke College- International Studies

Stan Rachootin- Mount Holyoke College- Biology

Christopher Rivers- Mount Holyoke College- Foreign Language (French)

Paul Rockwell- Amherst College- Foreign Language (French)

Catherine Sanderson- Amherst College- Psychology

Alan Schroeder- Northeastern University- Journalism

Mark Somerville- Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering- Engineering

Erl Sorensen- Bentley University- Mathematics

Sarah Spence Adams- Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering- Mathematics

Ronald S. Thomas- Northeastern University- Business

Eleanor Townsley- Mount Holyoke College- Sociology

Akila Weerapana- Wellesley College- Economics

Craig Woodard- Mount Holyoke College- Biology

Nizar Zaarour- Northeastern University- Mathematics
 

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