Faculty and Staff Notes

Sergio Gutiérrez Negrón Publishes Essay and Delivers Talk

October 25, 2021

Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies Sergio Gutiérrez Negrón recently published a review-essay of Peruvian writer Claudia Ulloa Donoso's Pajarito, and delivered a talk on Mexican independence as part of the University of Buffalo's Hispanic Heritage at the Intersections of Culture and Crisis series.

Stephen Crowley Gives Book Talk at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars

October 25, 2021

Professor of Politics Stephen Crowley gave talk on his book, Putin's Labor Dilemma, at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars in Washington, DC.  Watch a video of the event here.

Todd Ganson Gives Talk at University of Basel, Switzerland

October 25, 2021

Professor of Philosophy Todd Ganson gave the talk, "Not All Sensory Systems are Information Channels," at the conference “Green Intelligence? Debating Plant Cognition” at the University of Basel, Switzerland.

Count Me In with Della and Deanna Interviews Susan Colley

October 22, 2021

Andrew & Pauline Delaney Professor of Mathematics Susan Colley was interviewed on Count Me In with Della and Deanna, a podcast about “Broadening the understanding of what it means to be a mathematician.” Colley shares her story and discusses the influence of a strong educational beginning, the importance of effective communication, and the value of daily intentional efforts to recharge and reset.

Stiliana Milkova Coedits Special Issue of Reading in Translation

October 19, 2021

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature Stiliana Milkova coedited a special issue of the online journal Reading in Translation on Italian writer Domenico Starnone. The issue contains 13 essays, translations, reviews, and an exclusive interview with Starnone. 

Essay by T.S McMillin Published in the Review of International American Studies

October 18, 2021

An essay by Professor of English T.S McMillin, was recently published in the Review of International American Studies. His contribution, "Strangers Still More Strange": The Meaning of Rivers Bedeviled, is part of a special issue on Rivers of the Americas. A meditation on steamboats, rivers, and Herman Melville's The Confidence-Man, McMillin's article proposes that literature, and especially fiction, can play an important role in sorting out truth, even in a supposedly post-truth world.

Jenny Garcia Appointed to Political Research Quarterly Editorial Team

October 18, 2021

Assistant Professor of Politics Jenny Garcia has been appointed to the editorial team of Political Research Quarterly, the flagship journal for the Western Political Science Association.

Robin Beth Schaer's poem adapted for chamber choir

October 18, 2021

A commissioned musical adaption of Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Robin Beth Schaer's poem “Holdfast” was composed by Matthew Recio and was  performed on October 23 and 24 by the vocal chamber choir Stare at the Sun in Chicago.

Emily Barton contributes to NJ Monthly article

October 15, 2021

Associate Professor of Creative Writing Emily Barton contributes to a NJ Monthly article on author G. Willow Wilson.

Story by Hal Sundt Long-listed as a Notable Essay

October 15, 2021

The story “Pythons of the Everglades” by Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing and Communication Hal Sundt ’12, which was published in The Bitter Southerner, was long-listed as a notable essay in "The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2021." This story was made possible in part because of a Grant-in-Aid from Oberlin.

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