Faculty and Staff Notes

Alicia Smith-Tran Presented Research Paper with Coauthor Jackie Oh

April 6, 2023

Jackie Oh, fourth-year sociology and biology double-major, presented a research paper with coauthor Alicia Smith-Tran, assistant professor of sociology, at the North Central Sociological Association Annual Meeting in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The paper is titled, "The Physician Biography Video: A Tool for Shaping a Personal and Institutional Public Image."

Amy Berg Interviewed on NPR Podcast

April 6, 2023

Assistant Professor of Philosophy Amy Berg was interviewed about effective altruism by the NPR podcast The Indicator from Planet Money.

Cynthia Taylor Paper Published in "ACM"

April 6, 2023

Associate Professor of Computer Science Cynthia Taylor published a paper titled "How Do I Get People to Use My Ideas?: Lessons from Successful Innovators in CS Education" in the Proceedings of the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE).

Matthew Rarey Delivered the 2023 Stern Lecture

April 6, 2023

On March 20, Associate Professor of Art History Matthew Rarey delivered the 2023 Stern Lecture at the Newcomb Art Department at Tulane University in New Orleans. Rarey's talk, "Atlantic Slavery and the Ethics of Cartography: Brazil, 1763," is based on recent archival research in Brazil and Portugal, and forms part of his in-progress book manuscript about eighteenth-century colonial maps of maroon communities in South America and the afterlives of these maps in the work of contemporary Black artists and land rights activists in Brazil.

Zeb Page Paper Published in "Journal of Metamorphic Geology"

April 6, 2023

Professor of Geosciences Zeb Page recently published a paper in the Journal of Metamorphic Geology in collaboration with geochemists from England and Scotland entitled "A rutile and titanite record of subduction fluids: Integrated oxygen isotope and trace element analyses in Franciscan high-pressure rocks."

Tim Weiss Receives Rave Reviews for New Album of Missy Mazzoli Works

March 27, 2023

Tim Weiss’ newest recording on the BIS label, Missy Mazolli: Dark With Excessive Bright, includes several instrumental pieces by the formerly opera-focused Mazolli, with featured performances by violin soloist Peter Herresthal. Weiss leads Norway’s Arctic Philharmonic in four works on the recording. For six seasons, Weiss was artistic director of the Arctic Philharmonic Sinfonietta and he continues to be a regular guest. The album has garnered a number of rave reviews.

The Strad (free e-newsletter subscription needed) writes that “musicians from the Arctic Philharmonic provide rich, detailed support in Dark with Excessive Bright,” while the “ensemble truly comes into its own in three recent works – Sinfonia (from Orbiting Spheres), These Worlds in Us and Orpheus Undone – which receive vividly etched, expertly paced accounts.”

The Arts Fuse credits Weiss’ direction in These Worlds in Us: “Unfolding essentially like a set of variations, its pulsing, turbulent textures and captivating sense of musical space are strongly etched by Tim Weiss and the Arctic Philharmonic.”

Allegra Hyde Short Stories Published

March 22, 2023

Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Allegra Hyde published a short story titled "A Whale Tale" in the Rainbow Issue of The Fairy Tale Review, an issue dedicated to queer contemporary fairy tales. She also published a short story titled "Democracy in America" in The Massachusetts Review that reimagines Alexis de Tocqueville's journey through America through a speculative, near-future lens.

Josh Davidson Paper Pblished in "Findings"

March 22, 2023

Josh Davidson recently had a paper published in the open access journal Findings titled "A One-seat ride coverage ratio using administrative origin-destination data" that develops new spatial metrics for public transit accessibility.

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