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FACULTY IN THE NEWS Corey R. Freeman-Gallant, professor of biology, co-authored a paper, “Molecular parallelism in signaling function across different sexually selected ornaments in a warbler,” in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Heather Hurst ’97, associate professor of anthropology, was interviewed by Smithsonian, National Geographic (France), American Archaeology, and El País about her co-authored article, “An early Maya calendar record from San Bartolo, Guatemala,” in Science Advances. Andrew M. Lindner ’03, associate professor of sociology, published “Does Protest ‘Distract’ Athletes From Performing? Evidence From the National Anthem Demonstrations in the National Football League,” co-authored by Brianna Cochran ’18, in the Journal of Sport & Social Issues, and “America’s Most Divided Sport: Polarization and Inequality in Attitudes about Youth Football,” in Social Problems.
MLK SCHOLAR Eunice S. Ferreira, associate professor of theater, has been appointed a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for 2022-2023. MIT established the program to enhance and recognize the contributions of outstanding scholars. Ferreira was nominated and selected by an institute-wide committee for the prestigious visiting professorship. She is one of eight MLK Scholars who will engage in the life of the university through teaching, research, and other scholarly interactions with the MIT community during the coming academic year.
FACULTY BOOKS Paul Benzon, assistant professor of English, published a new book: “Archival Fictions: Materiality, Form, and Media History in Contemporary Literature” (University of Massachusetts Press: 2021). The book explores how writers have constructed a speculative history of media technology through formal experimentation. William S. Lewis ’94, professor of philosophy, has published a new book, “Concrete Critical Theory: Althusser’s Marxism” (Brill Academic Publishers, 2021), which makes contributions to Althusser studies, Anglo-American political philosophy, and current debates in the philosophy of the social sciences. David A. Snider, lecturer of arts administration, published the new book “Managing Arts Organizations” (Rowman & Littlefield, January 2022). Snider provides a playbook for navigating arts management in a new era and seeks to inspire a new generation of arts managers.
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Rebecca McNamara, associate curator at the Tang Teaching Museum, and Sara Lagalwar, associate professor of neuroscience, discussed the exhibition “Radical Fiber: Threads Connecting Art and Science” during an interview on WAMC’s “Roundtable.” Pushkala Prasad, Zankel Professor of Management for Liberal Arts Students, published “True Colors of Global Economy: In the Shadows of Racialized Capitalism” in the journal Organization. Minita Sanghvi, associate professor of marketing, was elected Saratoga Springs commissioner of finance. Rodrigo Schneider, assistant professor of economics, published “The effect of presidential election outcomes on alcohol drinking” in Economics & Politics. A.J. Schneller, assistant professor of environmental studies, is a lead author on the article “Urban ecojustice education: Transformative learning outcomes with high school service learners,” in the Journal of Environmental Education, along with Gabe Feldman-Schwartz ’22, Isabel Beard ’20, Andrew Rhodes ’20, Brandon Wilson Radcliffe ’20, Audrey Erickson ’20, and Isaac Bardin ’20. Jeff Segrave, professor of health and human physiological sciences, published the book chapter “The Driving Force of the Olympic Movement toward International Peace” in “Looking Towards the Future with Hope,” which was commissioned and published by the International Olympic Committee. Gregory Spinner, teaching professor of religious studies, appeared on the BBC show “Context” to discuss the decision by a Tennessee county school board to ban Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, “Maus.”
