Faculty and Staff Notes
Stephen Crowley Interviewed by BBC World Service
January 10, 2024
Professor of Politics Stephen Crowley was interviewed by the BBC World Service about how the war is affecting Russia's economy.
Eboni Johnson Elected New President of Oberlin City Council
January 3, 2024
STEM Librarian and Head of the Science Library Eboni Johnson was elected on January 2, 2024, as the new President of Oberlin City Council. Her dedication to education and community service promises a bright future for the city.
Jackie Zubin Begins One-Year Term as NAFSA Conference Planner
January 3, 2024
Jackie Zubin begins one-year term as NAFSA: Association of International Educators Region VI (Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio) Conference Planner and will be planning the 2024 regional conference in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Josh Whitson Begins Two-Year Term with NAFSA Trainer Development Training Team
January 3, 2024
Josh Whitson begins a two-year term with NAFSA: Association of International Educators' Trainer Corps program as a member of the Trainer Development Training Team.
Sheila Miyoshi Jager Book Reviewed in The Wall Street Journal
January 3, 2024
Stephen R. Platt reviewed Professor of East Asian Studies Sheila Miyoshi Jager's latest book, The Other Great Game: The Opening of Korea and the Birth of Modern East Asia (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2023), in The Wall Street Journal (22 Dec 2023).
Stephen Crowley Contributed Opinion Essay
January 3, 2024
Stephen Crowley contributed an opinion essay to The Hill entitled “Futile Military Solutions Cannot Solve Political Problems.” He wrote about “The Long-Run Challenges to Economic Growth and Social Stability in Russia” for the Russian Analytical Digest. His commentary, “After a Ceasefire, Would Russia Simply Fight Again?” in “War on the Rocks.”
Anna Lordan Facilitated Virtual Workshop
December 20, 2023
Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Anna Lordan facilitated a workshop on Listening to Silence: An Experiential Exploration through Contemporary Ukrainian Poetry, as part of the series "Silence: practices, experiences and rituals" offered through Jagiellonian University, Kraków, on December 19.
Yveline Alexis Presenter at The Caribbean Digital Conference
December 20, 2023
Yveline Alexis was invited to Yale University for The Caribbean Digital conference to present on Caribbean Studies and social justice. She, along with scholars from Jamaica, Antigua, Ireland, Puerto Rico, Belize, and Trinidad & Tobago discussed digitizing projects like Irish slaveowners in Cuba, the presence and destruction of colonial records, and how Caribbeans archive their stories.
David Forrest Book Named a 2023 "Outstanding Academic Title"
December 6, 2023
David Forrest's book, A Voice but No Power: Organizing for Social Justice in Minneapolis (University of Minnesota Press, 2022), has been named a 2023 "Outstanding Academic Title" by Choice.
Shuming Chen Recent Coauthored Articles Published
December 6, 2023
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Shuming Chen has recently published three articles with Oberlin student coauthors. “Chemoselective Quinoline and Isoquinoline Reduction by Energy Transfer Catalysis Enabled Hydrogen Atom Transfer” was published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition with Kyogo Nagashima ’24 and collaborators from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. “Pd/IPrBIDEA-Catalyzed Hydrodefluorination of gem-Difluorocyclopropanes: Regioselective Synthesis of Terminal Fluoroalkenes,” appeared in the Journal of the American Chemical Society with Zachary Cheng ’25 and collaborators from Renmin University of China. Most recently, “Nitrene-Mediated Enantioselective Intramolecular Olefin Oxyamination to Access Chiral γ-Aminomethyl-γ-Lactones,” was published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. with Clayton Ritter ’23 and collaborators in Marburg, Germany.