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An honors economics student, Emma Marshall is working alongside economists and fellow research analysts at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

Mattea Koon accepted a USTA award to Austria. She was also selected for a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Germany.

Assistant Professor of Psychology Paul Thibodeau studies the social science behind “word aversion.”

Professor of History Carol Lasser has been named president-elect of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic.

Associate Professor Zeinab Abul-Magd’s first-hand knowledge of Egypt’s revolution and her yearly travels in the region make her a valuable resource for students interested in the Arab Spring and current events in the Middle East and North Africa.

The country’s top economists will come together in April to mark three milestones — the 100th anniversary of the economics major at Oberlin, the 70th anniversary of the graduation of Albert Rees ’43, and the 50th year of Professor Hirschel Kasper’s teaching at Oberlin.

Johnnetta Cole ’57 reflects on how she got from studying anthropology at Oberlin to being the director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art.