Faculty and Staff Notes

John Congdon and Will Gravitt Present at Conference

August 4, 2019

Major Gifts Officer John Congdon '90 and Senior Major Gifts Officer Will Gravitt presented at the annual Major Gift Conference (MaGiC ) on connecting with possible donors and measuring the effectiveness of a fundraising operation.

Eve Sandberg Presents Paper

August 2, 2019

Professor of Politics Eve Sandberg presented the paper “Populism and Its Challenges in Zambia” at the 2019 annual International Studies Association (ISA) conference in Toronto.

Sebastiaan Faber Writes Article, Gives Interview

August 2, 2019

Professor of Hispanic Studies Sebastiaan Faber coauthored the article "Will Spain Follow Europe’s Right-Wing Populist Trend?" in the Nation and was interviewed on the Real News Network about Spain's political impasse.

Eve Sandberg and Bara Watts Participate in Workshop

August 1, 2019

Professor of Politics Eve Sandberg and Director of Entrepreneurship Bara Watts were invited participants in a two-day pedagogical workshop on Social (Justice) Impact Entrepreneurship in the Liberal Arts: Curricular & Co-curricular Innovations & Connections. The workshop was sponsored by the American Association of Liberal Arts Colleges (AALAC) and hosted at Mount Holyoke College. Other participants included faculty and administrators from: Swarthmore, Middlebury, Wesleyan, Macalester, Grinnell, Smith, Holyoke, and the University of Massachusetts.

Holly Handman-Lopez and Matthew Wright Collaborate on Musical

July 30, 2019

Professor of Theater Matthew Wright and Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Holly Handman-Lopez collaborated on 33 1/3, a new musical, at Dobama Theater in Cleveland. Wright directed and Handman-Lopez choreographed 33 1/3, which won the Playwrights Guild of Canada Stage West Pechet Family’s Best New Musical Award. This world premiere production ran from June 27 to July 14, 2019.

Bob Bosch Presents Paper

July 24, 2019

Professor of Mathematics Bob Bosch presented a paper titled “Exploring Szpakowski’s Linear Ideas” at the 2019 Bridges Conference in Linz, Austria. The paper was coauthored by Abagael Cheng ‘20 and Ari Smith ‘19.

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