Faculty and Staff Notes
Kara Yoo Leaman publishes in Journal of Music Theory
July 8, 2021
Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Aural Skills Kara Yoo Leaman published an article titled "Musical Techniques in Balanchine's Jazzy Bach Ballet" in the Spring 2021 special issue (on dance and music) of the Journal of Music Theory.
Olesya Ivantsova publishes paper on Bertolt Brecht
July 8, 2021
Visiting Assistant Professor of German Olesya Ivantsova published a paper in the online journal Communications of the International Brecht Society discussing Bertolt Brecht’s reflections on the written word’s presence in the city space.
Vladimir Ivantsov chairs North American Dostoevsky Society essay contest
July 8, 2021
Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian Vladimir Ivantsov has organized and chaired the 2020-21 North American Dostoevsky Society Undergraduate Student Essay Contest. The Contest is designed to recognize outstanding undergraduate essays focused on the works of Fyodor Dostoevsky. More on this can be found on the official blog of the North American Dostoevsky Society.
Abby Aresty presents on course with Rachel Gibson '20 at conference
June 29, 2021
TIMARA Technical Director and Lecturer Abby Aresty and Rachel Gibson '20 presented their course, "Crafting Sound: Simple Sonic Interfaces for Education and Creation," at the international virtual Interaction Design and Children ACM conference. Gibson, Aresty, and Ian Moo '21 also presented their works-in-progress paper, "Apples and Oranges: Comparing Crafty Sonic Circuits for Electronics Education," at IDC.
Al Evangelista debuts new dance performance work in D.C. festival
June 29, 2021
Assistant Professor of Dance Al Evangelista debuted "Dragon Fruit," a new performance work as part of The Spill by Excessive Realness. The evening of new works was hosted by Washington, D.C.-based Dance Place's Gaze Festival.
Sergio Gutiérrez Negrón reviews book
June 29, 2021
Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies Sergio Gutiérrez Negrón reviewed Poets, Philosophers, Lovers: On the Writings of Giannina Braschi, edited by Frederick Luis Aldama and Tess O'Dwyer for World Literature Today.
Franne Kamhi coauthors paper in Journal of Experimental Biology
June 22, 2021
Franne Kamhi, visiting assistant professor of neuroscience, coauthored the paper "Minding the gap: Learning and visual scanning behaviour in nocturnal bull ants," in the Journal of Experimental Biology.
Abby Aresty presents award-winning paper with Rachel Gibson '20
June 21, 2021
Abby Aresty, technical director and lecturer in TIMARA, and Rachel Gibson '20 presented their paper "Changing GEAR: The Girls Electronic Arts Retreat's Teaching Interfaces for Musical Expression" virtually at the New Interfaces for Musical Expression in NYU Shanghai, June 14-18, 2021. The paper has won an award (Learn to Play/Play to Learn) and honorable mention (Pamela Z diversity award) at the New Interfaces for Musical Expression conference.
Allegra Hyde receives fellowship at Sewanee Writers' Conference
June 21, 2021
Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Allegra Hyde will be a Walter E. Dakin Fellow in fiction at the Sewanee Writers' Conference this summer.
Ben Schiff featured in Fine Woodworking magazine
June 21, 2021
Emeritus Professor of Politics Ben Schiff's woodworking is published in Fine Woodworking magazine online.