{"id":2270,"date":"2020-03-31T19:46:38","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T19:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/admissions\/?page_id=2270"},"modified":"2025-11-20T21:44:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T21:44:32","slug":"meet-our-professors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/admissions\/admitted-students\/meet-our-professors\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Our Professors"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"introduction block-container\" >\n    <div class=\"introduction__content\">\n    \t        \t<p class=\"introduction__copy\">Welcome to our Mac community! Here, professors introduce themselves, with views into their classrooms, studios, labs, and departments. Get a glimpse into the many academic opportunities at Macalester. <\/p>\n    \t    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"video-embed block-container\" >\n\t    <div class=\"video-embed__container\">\n    \t<div class=\"embed-container\">\n    \t    \t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Academics at Macalester\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aN3JhgTZNXg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> \n    \t<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"card-group block-container card-group--3\" >\n            <div class=\"card-group__header-container\">\n            <div class=\"card-group__header-inner\">\n                <div class=\"base-lockup\">\n                                            <span class=\"base-lockup__label\">MAC PROFESSORS<\/span>\n                                                                <h2 class=\"base-lockup__heading\">Meet your collaborators, advisors, and mentors<\/h2>\n                                                        <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"card-group__cards-container\">\n                    <article class=\"card-group__card\">\n                \n                <div class=\"callout-video-player__image-wrap\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/190\/2021\/12\/Walter-Greason_1024.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Walter Greason\" class=\"callout-video-player__image\">\n                                                            <modal-button\n                class=\"callout-video-player__button base-video-modal-button base-video-modal-button--default\"\n                modal-id=\"video-modal--1664604044\"\n            >\n                        <discernible-content>Open Modal<\/discernible-content>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-video-modal-button__icon\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/icon-play.svg\">\n                    <\/modal-button>\n                    <base-window-width tag=\"div\">\n                        <template slot-scope=\"window\">\n                            <modal-container\n                                :mode=\"Math.sign(window.width - 768) === 1 ? 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'show' : 'if'\"\n                                modal-id=\"video-modal--1137568802\"\n                                class=\"base-video-modal\"\n                            >\n                                <div class=\"base-video-modal__video\">\n                                    <player-loader\n                                        use-modal\n url=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tvv2zYfMbyc\"\n                                        player-id=\"video-modal--1137568802\"\n                                    ><\/player-loader>\n                                <\/div>\n                                <template slot=\"modalButton\">\n                                    <discernible-content>Close Video<\/discernible-content>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-video-modal-button__icon-close\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/icon-close.svg\">\n                                <\/template>\n                            <\/modal-container>\n                        <\/template>\n                    <\/base-window-width>\n                <\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"card-group__card-inner\">\n                    <h3 class=\"card-group__card-headline\">Art Professor Chris Wilcox<\/h3>\n                                            <p class=\"card-group__card-copy\">Share in Professor Wilcox&#8217; enthusiasm for painting and color, and imagine the experiences and inspirations that will drive your masterpiece. <\/p>\n                                                        <\/div>\n            <\/article>    \n                    <article class=\"card-group__card\">\n                \n                <div class=\"callout-video-player__image-wrap\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/190\/2021\/12\/Ton-Varberg_1024.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Tom Varberg\" class=\"callout-video-player__image\">\n                                                            <modal-button\n                class=\"callout-video-player__button base-video-modal-button base-video-modal-button--default\"\n                modal-id=\"video-modal--1199062989\"\n            >\n                        <discernible-content>Open Modal<\/discernible-content>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-video-modal-button__icon\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/icon-play.svg\">\n                    <\/modal-button>\n                    <base-window-width tag=\"div\">\n                        <template slot-scope=\"window\">\n                            <modal-container\n                                :mode=\"Math.sign(window.width - 768) === 1 ? 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Flow alongside Professor Aguilar-San Juan in studies of Bruce Lee, martial arts, and other lessons that America&#8217;s past has to offer. <\/p>\n                                                        <\/div>\n            <\/article>    \n                    <article class=\"card-group__card\">\n                \n                <div class=\"callout-video-player__image-wrap\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/190\/2021\/12\/Patrick-Schmidt_1024.jpg\" alt=\"Macalester Professor Schmidt\" class=\"callout-video-player__image\">\n                                                            <modal-button\n                class=\"callout-video-player__button base-video-modal-button base-video-modal-button--default\"\n                modal-id=\"video-modal--206388610\"\n            >\n                        <discernible-content>Open Modal<\/discernible-content>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-video-modal-button__icon\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/icon-play.svg\">\n                    <\/modal-button>\n                    <base-window-width tag=\"div\">\n                        <template slot-scope=\"window\">\n                            <modal-container\n                                :mode=\"Math.sign(window.width - 768) === 1 ? 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