List of Middlebury College faculty

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The following is a list of notable Middlebury College faculty, including current and former faculty. For a list of Middlebury alumni, refer to the list of Middlebury College alumni.

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Notable faculty

Selected Middlebury faculty
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Robert Frost, Professor of Poetry at Middlebury's Bread Loaf School of English and a major influence on the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
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Jim Douglas, 80th Governor of Vermont, Middlebury College Executive in Residence
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Bill McKibben, author and environmentalist, Schumann Distinguished Scholar

Arts

Humanities and literature

Languages

Natural sciences

Social sciences

Fellows in Residence

Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

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