Faculty and Staff Notes
Emily Barton Contributes to Article
May 21, 2020
Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Emily Barton contributed to a Yahoo News article on the future of college education.
Bara Watts Writes Guest Blog about Innovation
May 12, 2020
Bara Watts, director of entrepreneurship, wrote a guest blog titled "The time to innovate is now" for Crain's Cleveland Business.
Alice Blumenfeld's Poem Published
May 7, 2020
Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Alice Blumenfeld's poem "Trajectories" was published online in Stance on Dance.
Andrea McAlister Gives Webinars on Teaching During COVID-19
May 6, 2020
Associate Professor of Piano Pedagogy Andrea McAlister gave two webinars for the Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy on the topic of teaching during COVID-19. The webinars were titled "Teaching Collegiate Class Piano Online" and "Effective Teaching in Challenging Times and Beyond." McAlister also contributed to the special COVID-19 issue of Piano Magazine.
Roberto Hoyle and Helen He ’20 Publish
May 5, 2020
Assistant Professor of Computer Science Roberto Hoyle and Helen He ’20 published "Privacy and Activism in the Transgender Community" at the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Conference on Computer-Human Interaction.
Alice Blumenfeld Interviewed
April 29, 2020
Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Alice Blumenfeld was interviewed on her artistic practice in flamenco as part of the Ohio Dance Virtual Festival.
Shari Rabin Gives Workshop
April 29, 2020
Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Religion Shari Rabin gave a training workshop on nineteenth-century Jewish migration for docents at the National Museum of American Jewish History.
Andrea Gyorody and Matthew Francis Rarey Receive Curatorial Awards for Excellence
April 28, 2020
Andrea Gyorody, Ellen Johnson ‘33 Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, and Matthew Francis Rarey, assistant professor of art history, have both received 2020 Curatorial Awards for Excellence from the Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) for their Allen Memorial Art Museum exhibition “Afterlives of the Black Atlantic.” On view since August 2019, “Afterlives” has been chosen by the AAMC as the best exhibition this past year at an organization with an operating budget of under $5 million.
Stiliana Milkova Publishes Essay
April 24, 2020
Stiliana Milkova, assistant professor of comparative literature and Italian, published an essay in the Michigan Quarterly Review, reflecting on the pandemic, translation, and the myths of reading and creativity.
Kristina Mani Writes for World Politics Review
April 23, 2020
Associate Professor of Politics Kristina Mani wrote in World Politics Review that Latin America's militarized response to the COVID-19 crisis will likely expand the political influence of the military and bring new challenges to the protection of human rights.