Faculty and Staff Notes

John Duca Presents at IFABS 2021 Oxford Conference

September 17, 2021

Danforth-Lewis Professor of Economics John Duca presented "How New Fed Corporate Bond Programs Cushioned the Covid-19 Recession" at the virtual IFABS 2021 Oxford Conference, September 13-15, 2021.

Wendy Kozol publishes article about embodied learning

September 10, 2021

Professor of Comparative American Studies Wendy Kozol has published “‘Gonna Stomp some Rump’: Embodied Learning and the Politics of Pleasure in an American Studies Classroom” in American Studies Pedagogy: Resources for Teaching American Studies, ed. E. Duclos-Orsello, J. Entin, and R. Hill (University of Kansas Press, 2021). Featuring an impromptu moment in CAST 100 when she made all the students dance, this article explores embodied learning as a pedagogical practice that can foster student interrogations about how power, inequality, and difference operate both in the classroom and beyond.  

Jared Hartt publishes monograph on the English motet

September 7, 2021

Barker Professor of Music Theory Jared Hartt has published a monograph, The Dorset Rotulus: Contextualizing and Reconstructing the Early English Motet. Co-authored with Margaret Bent and Peter Lefferts, the study is the first in over 35 years devoted to the motet in England. Spurred by the recent discovery of an exciting new source of medieval polyphony, the book provides reconstructions and performable transcriptions of several early fourteenth-century motets—some previously unknown—and offers a new evaluation of the richness of the English repertory on its own terms.

New novel by Sergio Gutiérrez Negrón reviewed in Puerto Rican magazines

September 7, 2021

Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies Sergio Gutiérrez Negrón’s novel, Los días hábiles, has recently been reviewed in Puerto Rican magazines 80grados and El Roommate.

Stiliana Milkova organizes roundtable at Venice Film Festival

September 7, 2021

On September 3, Stiliana Milkova, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, co-organized and participated in "Elena Ferrante's Lost Daughters," a round table discussion at the 2021 Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on the occasion of the premier of the 2021 film "The Lost Daughter" starring Maggie Gyllenhaal. The event was part of the cultural association Isola Edipo.

Greggor Mattson discusses gay bars and resilience in Dallas Public Radio Interview

September 2, 2021

Associate Professor of Sociology Greggor Mattson was a featured guest on KERA Dallas Public Radio discussing why gay bars matter, how they have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and what their vulnerabilities and resilience tell us about their future.

Jennifer Blaylock discusses 'BlackBerry Babes' in journal article

September 2, 2021

Visiting Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies Jennifer Blaylock has published the article “‘Who wants a BlackBerry these days?’ Serialized new media and its trash” in the journal Screen. In the article, she looks at seriality and its connection to racial capital by discussing the Nigerian film series BlackBerry Babes (2011-12).

Rob Thompson gives testimony for Ohio Redistricting Commission

September 2, 2021

Professor Emeritus of Chemistry Rob Thompson gave testimony in front of Ohio’s Redistricting Commission on August 27 at Ohio State University, Mansfield. Thompson has been active with Fair Districts Ohio (www.fairdistrictsohio.org) and has presented to many groups about reapportionment, redistricting, and gerrymandering. The full statement can be found on the commission’s website.

The Ohio Redistricting Commission will draw the state’s House and Senate district maps, while the Ohio Legislature will draw the Congressional map. A citizens’ rally for fair districts is planned for Tuesday, September 21, at the State Capitol in Columbus. 

Todd Ganson publishes review of 'Representation in Cognitive Science'

August 27, 2021

Professor of Philosophy Todd Ganson has published a review of the book Representation in Cognitive Science in the journal Mind.

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