Faculty and Staff Notes

Professor of Mathematics Jeffrey Witmer was named editor in chief of the Journal of Statistics Education. Witmer was part of the group that launched the journal in 1992 and was an associate editor during the first years of the journal's existence. While Witmer has also served as editor for STATS magazine, this is his first position as editor in chief.

Associate Professor of Cinema Studies Rian Brown-Orso and Professor of Cinema Studies and English Geoff Pingree were invited guests to Columbia University's Institute for Research on African-American Studies on March 7, 2019 to speak about their documentary film, The Foreigner's Home.

Professor of Hispanic Studies Sebastiaan Faber participated in a segment on University of Pennsylvania's Knowledge@Wharton podcast.

Visiting Assistant Professor of History Jiyul Kim was quoted in an Agence France Presse (AFP) story about North Korean soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War.

Professor of Hispanic Studies Sebastiaan Faber was interviewed on the Real News Network about Spain's struggle for its identity as Catalan independence leaders face trial.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies Joshua Sperling wrote A Writer of Our Time: The Life and Work of John Berger. Sperling has held several talks about the book at locations including the London Review of Books, BOZAR, School of Visual Arts, McNally Jackson, and Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology Les Beldo published an article in American Ethnologist  about whalers, activists, and the power of the state in the Makah whaling conflict.

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.

Danforth-Lewis Professor of Economics John V. Duca spoke on January 9, 2019 at the MIT Enterprise Forum about the outlook for the national economy.

Danforth-Lewis Professor of Economics John V. Duca talked to the National Association of Credit Managers in Phoenix on February 20, 2019. Duca discussed the outlook for the national economy and consumer credit.