Faculty and Staff Notes
Cindy Frantz Quoted in "Guardian" Article
Professor of Psychology and Environmental Studies Cindy Frantz was quoted in the April 2025 Guardian article “Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say.”
Francesca Chubb-Confer Gives Talk and Keynote Address
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion Francesca Chubb-Confer gave talks about her scholarly work on the poet, philosopher, and Muslim modernist thinker Muhammad Iqbal: at the University of Minnesota (“The Ghazal Guides the Way: Iqbal, Rumi, and the Poetics of Inspiration”) and a keynote address in Urdu for the community-run Urdu Institute of Schaumburg, Illinois.
Sam Adams Presented Award at 2025 Curatorial Forum
Sam Adams, the Ellen Johnson ’33 Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, joined 57 curators from 13 countries for the 2025 Curatorial Forum, hosted by Independent Curators International and EXPO Chicago. Adams was presented with the Barbara Nessim Curatorial Travel Award, given annually to one curator in recognition of their work advancing the work of woman-identifying artists.
Steven Volk Articles Published in "The Nation" and "The Routledge Companion to Cultural Text and the Nation"
Articles by Emeritus Professor of History Steven Volk were published in The Nation (”Chile in Their Hearts,” April 29, 2025) and The Routledge Companion to Cultural Text and the Nation (“Constituting the Nation: Chile’s Constitution and the Reimagination of National Identity,” New York: Routledge, 2025), edited by Sheera Talpaz and Anuradha Dingwaney.
Yumi Ijiri Coauthored Article Published in " Applied Physics Letters-Materials"
Yumi Ijiri, Francis D Federighi Professor in Natural Sciences/Professor of Physics, coauthored the article "Metal-organic chemical vapor deposition of MgGeN2 films on GaN and sapphire" in Applied Physics Letters-Materials, with collaborators from Case Western Reserve University and Ohio State University.
Andrew Macomber Recent Article Published in "Japanese Journal of Religious Studies"
Assistant Professor of East Asian Religions Andrew Macomber published a translation of an article in Japanese for the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, "The Cultural Meaning of Setsuwa: Ono no Takamura’s Journey to Hell and Back."
John Duca Coauthors Article with Franklin Sanchez-Colburn ’25
An article by Robert S. Danforth and Ben W. Lewis Professor of Economics John Duca and Franklin Sanchez-Colburn ’25 has been accepted by the Journal of Financial Stability. This article, "What Drives U.S. Corporate Private Equity? An Historical Perspective," arose from a private reading (independent study) course that Franklin had initiated with this professor.
Kathy Abromeit Receives Award from the Music Library Association
Conservatory Library Head Kathy Abromeit receives Best of Chapters Award from the Music Library Association. "Stop Being a Fatphobe: Bringing a Larger Conversation to Critical Information Literacy" was coauthored with Grace Elliott and was delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Music Library Association on March 18.
Sheila Miyoshi Jager Gives Book Talk at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Professor of East Asian Studies Sheila Miyoshi Jager gave a talk on April 18 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on her forthcoming book with Jiyul Kim, The Korean War: A Local History (Cambridge University Press).
Shuming Chen Coauthored Article Published in "Journal of the American Chemical Society"
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Shuming Chen has published an article, "Ligand-Controlled Regioselective Dearomative Vicinal and Conjugate Hydroboration of Quinolines," in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Her coauthors include Elizabeth Barta ’26 as well as collaborators from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Merck & Co.