General contact: Phone: 507 222 5748 / Email: cs@carleton.edu
Chair
Amy Csizmar Dalal
Bio
Chair of Computer Science
Professor of Computer Science
Professor of Computer Science
Office:
Olin Hall 301B
Phone:
507 222 5632
Email:
adalal@carleton.edu
Research interests: computer networks, human-computer interaction
Faculty
Eric Alexander
’10
Bio
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Off Campus: Winter 2026
Office:
Olin Hall 317
Phone:
507 222 4170
Email:
ealexander@carleton.edu
Research interests: data visualization, digital humanities, human-computer interaction, natural language processing
David Liben-Nowell
Bio
Associate Provost
Professor of Computer Science
Professor of Computer Science
Office:
Laird Hall 133
Phone:
507 222 4300
Email:
dln@carleton.edu
Research interests: computational social science, algorithms, social networks
David Liben-Nowell is serving Carleton College in the role of Associate Provost for a three-year term (ending June 30, 2025).
David Musicant
Bio
Professor of Computer Science
Off Campus: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
Office:
Olin Hall 321
Phone:
507 222 4369
Email:
dmusicant@carleton.edu
Research interests: machine learning, data mining, computer science education
Layla Oesper
Bio
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Office:
Olin Hall 319
Phone:
507 222 4458
Email:
loesper@carleton.edu
Research interests: computational biology, algorithms
Jeff Ondich
Bio
Professor of Computer Science and Winifred and Atherton Bean Professor of Science, Technology, and Society
Office:
Olin Hall 301A
Phone:
507 222 4364
Email:
jondich@carleton.edu
Research interests: natural language processing, computer security, software design and development, social and legal implications of computer technology
Jean Salac
Bio
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Office:
Olin Hall 339
Phone:
507 222 4812
Email:
salac@carleton.edu
Research Interests: Computing Education, Digital Youth, Human-Centered Computing
Anya Vostinar
’12
Bio
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Office:
Olin Hall 323
Phone:
507 222 5138
Email:
vostinar@carleton.edu
Research interests: artificial life, symbiosis, evolution education
Staff
Michael Tie
Bio
Technical Director in Computer Science
Technical Director in Mathematics & Statistics
Technical Director in Mathematics & Statistics
Emeriti Faculty
David Appleyard
’61
Lloyd P. Johnson Norwest Professor of Mathematics, Computer Science and the Liberal Arts, Emeritus
Phone:
507 222 4360
Email:
dappleya@carleton.edu
Jack Goldfeather
Bio
William H. Laird Professor of Mathematics, Computer Science and the Liberal Arts, Emeritus
Richard Nau
Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, Emeritus
Phone:
507 222 4360
Email:
rnau@carleton.edu