Faculty and Staff Notes

Greggor Mattson Publishes Essay on COVID-19's Impact on Gay Bars

April 21, 2020

Associate Professor of Sociology Greggor Mattson published an essay about COVID-19's impact on gay bars for the Conversation. It was picked up by the AP Wire and republished on more than 40 news sites, including the Houston Chronicle, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Business Insider, and the San Francisco Chronicle

Julia Christensen Gives Presentation on Book and Project

April 20, 2020

Associate Professor of Integrated Media Julia Christensen, a LACMA Art + Technology Lab grant recipient, will gave a multimedia presentation at on Wednesday, April 22 about her project and forthcoming book, Upgrade Available (Dancing Foxes Press, Spring 2020), which examines how “upgrade culture” fundamentally impacts our experience of time.

Peter Dominguez Serves as Artistic Director of Richard Davis Foundation for Young Bassists Inc Conference

April 20, 2020

Professor of Jazz Studies and Double Bass Peter Dominguez was named artistic director of the Richard Davis Foundation for Young Bassists Inc annual conference. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the group could not meet in person for its 27th year, but instead created a Virtual Bass Orchestra. Listen to Dominguez's introduction and hear faculty and students play Duke Ellington's "Azure.” 

Hal Sundt Publishes Essay on Quarantine and the TV Show Frasier

April 17, 2020

Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing and Communication Hal Sundt published an essay on quarantine, space, and one of his favorite shows, Frasier, for the American Scholar.

Kirk Ormand Awarded Fellowship in Strasbourg

April 14, 2020

Professor of Classics Kirk Ormand has been awarded a fellowship at the Université de Strasbourg Institut d'Etudes Avancées / University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study (USIAS) for the fall of 2020, when he will be on leave. Ormand will use his time in Strasbourg to begin a book on archaic Greek invective poetry.

Sebastiaan Faber Interviewed on Spain's Efforts to Alleviate Economic Blow of COVID-19

April 13, 2020

Professor of Hispanic Studies Sebastiaan Faber was interviewed on the Real News Network about efforts in Spain to alleviate the economic blow of COVID-19 with a form of permanent income for the lowest-earning segments of society. 

Chanda Feldman Publishes Poem

April 10, 2020

Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Chanda Feldman published a new poem, "First Winter," in the latest issue of the Image Journal.

Rian Brown-Orso Gives Commentary

April 3, 2020

Rian Brown-Orso, associate professor of cinema studies, gave video commentary for CAN Journal that included her reflections about teaching art online during the time of COVID-19. 

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