Meet Central Faculty & Staff
Cynthia Mahmood
Title: Frank Moore Chair of Anthropolgy and Professor of Anthropology
Expert in:Political asylum and human rights issues
Previously taught at:University of Notre Dame and University of Maine
Eric Jones
Title:Director of Academic Resources and Class Dean
Expertise: “The Simpsons” episodes
Responsibilities: Connecting students to campus resources and advising them on major decisions
Mark Johnson
Title: Ruth & Marvin Denekas Endowed Chair in Science and Humanities and Professor of Mathematics/Computer Science
Book: “A Concise Introduction to Programming in Python”
Advice for students: Learn about business and entrepreneurship at Central, too.
Russ Goodman
Title: Professor of Mathematics
Research Area: Sports analytics
Passions: Family, soccer and math
Ellen Du Pre
Title: Professor of Biology
Research: Studying the effects of triclosan on heart rate and metabolism
You can find her: Working with students to count the heart rates of zebrafish in Vermeer Science Center
Mark Barloon
Title: Senior Lecturer of History
Passion: American military history
Fun Fact: His classes often travel to American battlefields like Gettysburg and Antietam
Timothy Olin
Title: Assistant Professor of History
Fun Fact: The best part of being a historian? Travel! Olin lived in four countries while completing his dissertation — Austria, Hungary, Romania and Serbia — and served in Kyrgyzstan with the Peace Corps.
Russ Benedict
Title: Professor of Biology
Fun fact: Dr. Benedict is a bat lover and expert.
You can find him: Digging in the dirt at Central’s 79-acre field station