Social Sciences Faculty
Colby-Sawyer's social sciences and education professors are trained experts, educators and practitioners who have spent years studying, researching and working with groups and individuals.
They have published and presented on a variety of significant cultural topics and issues including developmental disabilities, criminology, gender and sexuality, addiction, abuse, poverty and economic inequality — and they invite you join in their research while encouraging you to make your own discoveries in subject areas that matter to you. Small classes help faculty get to know you as they advise you in academics as well as career planning and graduate school options.
Eric Boyer
Professor, School of Business & Social Sciences
603.526.3432 | eboyer@colby-sawyer.edu
Professor Boyer joined the faculty in 2008. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. He formerly served as a lecturer at the University of Minnesota and as an adjunct lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Saint Thomas University. Read more
Rosa Cho
Professor, School of Business & Social Sciences
| rosa.cho@colby-sawyer.edu
R. Todd Coy
Professor, School of Business & Social Sciences
603.526.3636 | rcoy@colby-sawyer.edu
Professor Coy joined the faculty in 2005. He earned his Ph.D. from Tufts University and his B.A. from the University of Houston. His teaching areas include biological psychology, drugs and behavior, human sexuality, research methods and statistics. His general research interests include the biological basis of behavior and psychopharmacology including nicotine and caffeine. Read more
Kathleen P. Farrell
Professor, School of Business & Social Sciences
603.526.3660 | kfarrell@colby-sawyer.edu
Joined the faculty in 2009. Honors B.A. in sociology from Trinity College; C.T. and Ph.D. in sociology from Syracuse University. Professor Farrell's primary research and teaching interests include gender and sexualities, with an emphasis on inequality studies. In her courses, Professor Farrell focuses on the interdisciplinary and practical implications of sociology. Read more
Craig Gallagher
Professor, School of Business & Social Sciences
603.526.3377 | craig.gallagher@colby-sawyer.edu
Professor Gallagher joined the faculty in 2024. He holds a PhD in history from Boston College, an MA in transnational history from Central Michigan University, and a BA (Hons) in history from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK, a city close to where he grew up in Scotland. Prior to coming to Colby-Sawyer College, he was an assistant professor at New England College, a lecturer at Saint Anselm College and a visiting assistant professor at Boston College. Read more
Amy Lyon
Professor, School of Business & Social Sciences
603.526.3658 | amy.lyon@colby-sawyer.edu
Amy Lyon joined the faculty in 2018 and landed her dream job as a full-time professor at her alma mater. She earned her master’s degree at Dartmouth College and her doctorate in educational leadership at New England College. After working for 33 years in the public-school setting, she is now “teaching teachers,” and is able to share her wealth of practical knowledge and experience with her students. Read more
Laura Krishnan-Mackie
Professor, School of Business & Social Sciences
603.526.3658 | amy.lyon@colby-sawyer.edu
Laura joined Colby-Sawyer in 2024. She received her MSW degree from Smith College and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. at Springfield College. Laura worked as a clinical social worker in community-based and university mental health settings for nearly a decade before entering higher education in social work in 2020. Read more
Russ Medbery
Professor, School of Business & Social Sciences
603.526.3870 | rmedbery@colby-sawyer.edu
Professor Medbery joined the faculty in 2001. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in exercise and sport science, an M.S. from Purdue University in kinesiology with a sport psychology specialization, and a B.S. from Trinity College in psychology. Read more
Mikaela Scozzafava
Professor, School of Business & Social Sciences
| mikaela.scozzafava@colby-sawyer.edu
Kate Turcotte
MSW Program Director,
Professor, School of Business & Social Sciences
603.526.3750 | kate.turcotte@colby-sawyer.edu
Professor Turcotte joined the Social Sciences and Education department in 2013. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of New Hampshire and teaches Introductory Sociology, Social Problems, Social Theory, Sociology Through Film and Race and Ethnic Relations. Professor Turcotte's areas of interest include poverty, issues associated with economic and social inequality, as well as individual and community well-being. Read more
Randy Hanson
Academic Dean, Professor, School of Business & Social Sciences
603.526.3657 | rahanson@colby-sawyer.edu
Joined faculty in 1996. BA from Washington University, St. Louis; MA and Ph.D. from Indiana University, Bloomington. Areas of teaching include modern Mexico, U.S. history, America in the 1960s, and revolutions and revolutionaries. Professor Hanson has presented a number of conference papers on topics such as the Catholic church in modern Mexico, the Harry S. Truman presidency and Latin American women's studies. Read more