Faculty and Staff Notes
Kirk Ormand Organizes and Co-Chairs Panel
January 9, 2020
Professor of Classics Kirk Ormand organized and co-chaired a panel at the meeting of the Society for Classical Studies (Jan. 2-5, Washington DC), in collaboration with Kristina Milnor of Barnard College / Columbia University. Ormand's panel, titled "Lesbianism before Sexuality" consisted of five scholars from the US and UK, each of whom presented a paper investigating different aspects of female homoerotic desire in ancient Greece and Rome. Sandra Boehringer of the Université de Strasbourg offered a response.
Jason Haugen and Amy Margaris Present
January 8, 2020
Jason Haugen, associate professor of anthropology, and Amy Margaris, associate professor of anthropology, presented at the 2020 Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America in New Orleans, LA. Their poster was titled, “Faculty placements into Linguistics PhD programs across the US and Canada: Market share and gender distribution.”
Sebastiaan Faber Co-Authors Analysis
January 8, 2020
Professor of Hispanic Studies Sebastiaan Faber co-authored a piece in the Nation analyzing the Spanish parliment's vote to install its first progressive coalition government in more than 80 years.
Stephen FitzGerald Publishes Paper
January 6, 2020
Professor of Physics Stephen FitzGerald published the paper "Hydrogen Isotope Separation within the Metal−Organic FrameworkCu(I)-MFU‑4l" in the Journal of Physical Chemistry. The paper included work from three Oberlin students' honors projects.
John Duca Presents Paper on Financial Stability, Chairs Conference Session
January 5, 2020
Danforth-Lewis Professor of Economics John Duca presented a financial stability paper, “The Double Real Estate Bubble of the Mid-2000s and the Great Recession: How a Retreat from Reasonable Regulation Led to a Minsky Moment” at the conference Minsky at 100: Revisiting Financial Instability honoring the 100th birthday of Hyman Minsky, held Dec. 16-17, 2019, at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, Italy. Duca also chaired a conference session.