Faculty and Staff Notes

Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Emily Barton reviewed Kiran Millwood Hargrave's novel "The Mercies" for the New York Times.

Associate Professor of Anthropology Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway gave an invited lecture titled "Figure (of Personhood) Drawing: Pictorial Representations of Signing and Signers in Nepal" on February 15, 2019 at The University of Michigan.

Professor of Mathematics Robert Bosch gave a talk about "Opt Art" at Google's New York City office on January 23, 2020.

Associate Professor of Economics Viplav Saini published an essay, "The Balancing Acts of Vijay Seshadri," in the American Poetry Review. 

Alice Blumenfeld, visiting assistant professor of dance, was awarded an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award for 2020 in the choreography category.

Alysia Ramos, assistant professor of dance, was awarded an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award for 2020 in the choreography category.

Robin Beth Schaer, visiting assistant professor of creative writing, was awarded an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award for 2020 in the poetry category.

Assistant Professor of Physics Jillian Scudder was interviewed about statistical methods in science versus political reporting for the piece "Here's how to read election news like a scientist" published on Live Science.

Professor of Politics Stephen Crowley gave a talk on his research and recorded a podcast at the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Russian & East European Studies.

Associate Professor of Sociology Greggor Mattson gave an invited lecture at the University of Kentucky's Geography Department on February 7, 2020. Titled "Queer Places Without Queer Politics: Small City Gay Bars," the talk drew upon Mattson's research on recent changes in American gay bars, a project that has included several Oberlin undergraduate research assistants.