Faculty Publication: A Conversation among Scholar-Activists about Transnational Solidarity
Lin Li, James P. Storer Assistant Professor of Asian History, with co-authors Sona Kazemi, Wang Zheng, and Yi-Chun Tricia Lin, have published "Resisting Multiple Empires, Cultivating Transnational Solidarity: A Conversation among Feminists-of-Color Scholar-Activists," in International Feminist Journal of Politics, September 2025. DESCRIPTION Framed around the concept of “multiple empires,” the discussion examines how various imperial formations – US, Chinese, and Iranian – collude in suppressing feminist and queer resistance.
Faculty Publication: A Conversation among Scholar-Activists about Transnational Solidarity
Lin Li, James P. Storer Assistant Professor of Asian History, with co-authors Sona Kazemi, Wang Zheng, and Yi-Chun Tricia Lin, have published "Resisting Multiple Empires, Cultivating Transnational…
22.10.2025 18:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Faculty Publication: The Collected Poems of Daniel Mark Epstein
Daniel Mark Epstein, Distinguished Visiting Lecturer in IPHS, has published Constellations: The Collected Poems of Daniel Mark Epstein, with LSU Press. DESCRIPTIONDaniel Mark Epstein’s poetry has been in the public eye for nearly sixty years, since the magazine publication of the poems in his groundbreaking first book, No Vacancies in Hell (1973). Constellations collects, for the first time, the nine books of poems published by a modern master of lyric, dramatic, and narrative poetry.
Faculty Publication: The Collected Poems of Daniel Mark Epstein
Daniel Mark Epstein, Distinguished Visiting Lecturer in IPHS, has published Constellations: The Collected Poems of Daniel Mark Epstein, with LSU Press. DESCRIPTIONDaniel Mark Epstein’s poetry has been in the public eye for nearly…
20.10.2025 18:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Faculty Publication: The karma of this place
Joy Brennan, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, has published "The karma of this place" in The Imminent Frame, August 27, 2025. SUMMARY The moral problem attendant on many deployments of the concept of karma is that it has been used to “blame the victim.” That is, karma has been used to explain the suffering of those who are victims of events—like social oppression, disease, war, and famine—as in fact of their own making.
Faculty Publication: The karma of this place
Joy Brennan, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, has published "The karma of this place" in The Imminent Frame, August 27, 2025. SUMMARY The moral problem attendant on many deployments of the concept of karma is that it has been used to “blame the…
13.10.2025 17:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Faculty Publication: Tracking devices impact sparrow flight
Natalie Wright, Associate Professor of Biology, with co-authors Katherine Crawford K'22, Olivia Rataezyk K'24, and Abigail Garcia K'24 have published "Tags temporarily decrease takeoff velocity and trajectory in Passer domesticus (House Sparrow)" in Ornithology, September 16, 2025. ABSTRACT We examined how mock tracking devices impact takeoff flight velocity, wingbeat frequency, trajectory, and change in body mass using 84…
Faculty Publication: Tracking devices impact sparrow flight
Natalie Wright, Associate Professor of Biology, with co-authors Katherine Crawford K'22, Olivia Rataezyk K'24, and Abigail Garcia K'24 have published "Tags temporarily decrease takeoff velocity and trajectory in Passer domesticus (House…
03.10.2025 14:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Faculty Publication: ‘Not about Orthodoxy and Faith’
David Maldonado Rivera, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, has published "‘Not about Orthodoxy and Faith’: Eunomian Polemic, the Valences of Asceticism, and Ethnic Argument in Philostorgius’s Church History" in Discipline, Authority, and Text in Late Ancient Religion: Essays in Honour of David Brakke, edited by Ellen Muehlberger and Bradley K. Storin. BOOK DESCRIPTION This collection of essays on religious practice in the Mediterranean, Near East, and Middle East (ca.
Faculty Publication: ‘Not about Orthodoxy and Faith’
David Maldonado Rivera, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, has published "‘Not about Orthodoxy and Faith’: Eunomian Polemic, the Valences of Asceticism, and Ethnic Argument in Philostorgius’s Church History" in Discipline, Authority, and…
01.10.2025 15:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Faculty Publication: Beyond Plot: Sentiment Analysis & Narrative Structure
Katherine Elkins, Professor of Comparative Literature and Humanities, has published Beyond Plot: How Sentiment Analysis Reshapes Our Understanding of Narrative Structure in The Journal of Cultural Analytics, volume 10, issue 3, September 2025. ABSTRACT Sentiment analysis, particularly with the advent of large language models, is reshaping our understanding of narrative. Emotional arcs in both fictional and non-fictional narratives surface latent structures that challenge traditional notions of plot and character.
Faculty Publication: Beyond Plot: Sentiment Analysis & Narrative Structure
Katherine Elkins, Professor of Comparative Literature and Humanities, has published Beyond Plot: How Sentiment Analysis Reshapes Our Understanding of Narrative Structure in The Journal of Cultural Analytics, volume 10,…
29.09.2025 18:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Faculty Publication: False Promises
Ric Sheffield, Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Legal Studies, has published False Promises: The Struggle for Black Voting Rights in 1800s Ohio, with Swallow Press. DESCRIPTION In False Promises, the fight for Black voting rights in Ohio comes alive through narratives of men of color who defied the state’s nineteenth-century restrictions on suffrage. Though ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment ostensibly extended the franchise, state election laws still forced men of color into a perilous struggle for full citizenship. Ric S. Sheffield depicts their courage and determination, revealing their humanity through stories of sacrifice, resistance, and hope.
Faculty Publication: False Promises
Ric Sheffield, Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Legal Studies, has published False Promises: The Struggle for Black Voting Rights in 1800s Ohio, with Swallow Press. DESCRIPTION In False Promises, the fight for Black voting rights in Ohio comes alive through…
26.09.2025 14:51 — 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Faculty Performance: Before an Immense Sky
Kora Radella, Assistant Professor of Dance, is premiering a duet, Before an Immense Sky, with music by Ross Feller, Professor of Music, at the Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival on September 26th & 27th, 2025 at 7:30 PM. Before an Immense Sky is danced by Kenyon seniors Dasha Aminia and Diego Connolly and is one of eight dances chosen out of 169 festival submissions.
Faculty Performance: Before an Immense Sky
Kora Radella, Assistant Professor of Dance, is premiering a duet, Before an Immense Sky, with music by Ross Feller, Professor of Music, at the Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival on September 26th & 27th, 2025 at 7:30 PM. Before an Immense Sky is…
24.09.2025 16:06 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Faculty Publication: la piedra de amolar
Víctor Rodríguez Núñez, Professor Emeritus of Spanish, has just published a new book, the nineteenth in his career as a poet, la piedra de amolar (the grinding stone), with RIL Editores. The work was presented on June 20 at the Documenta bookstore in Barcelona, and will have a second presentation on October 21 at the Universidad de Los Andes in Santiago, Chile.
Faculty Publication: la piedra de amolar
Víctor Rodríguez Núñez, Professor Emeritus of Spanish, has just published a new book, the nineteenth in his career as a poet, la piedra de amolar (the grinding stone), with RIL Editores. The work was presented on June 20 at the Documenta bookstore in…
22.09.2025 19:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Faculty Publication: Daniel Davis and his Manual of Magnetism
Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr., Professor Emeritus of Physics, has published "Daniel Davis, Jr., and his Manual of Magnetism" in the American Journal of Physics, June 2025. ABSTRACT In the preface to his 1842 Manual of Magnetism, the Boston scientist and manufacturer of electrical apparatus, Daniel Davis, Jr., wrote, “Magnetism and Electricity have become related sciences within such a short a period, and their growth has been so rapid, that many important facts which have been observed have not been collected in any scientific treatise, and the amount of unwritten knowledge has been constantly increasing.” His book served as a companion to the apparatus that he manufactured, and it supplied the scientific background to experiments using these instruments. This paper traces the development of some of these instruments and explains their operation, showcasing their ingenuity and inspiring demonstrations for contemporary physics classes.
Faculty Publication: Daniel Davis and his Manual of Magnetism
Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr., Professor Emeritus of Physics, has published "Daniel Davis, Jr., and his Manual of Magnetism" in the American Journal of Physics, June 2025. ABSTRACT In the preface to his 1842 Manual of Magnetism, the Boston…
17.09.2025 16:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Faculty News: A Twist on Ancient Technology
Bruce Hardy, J. Kenneth Smail Professor of Anthropology, will give a talk titled "A Twist on Ancient Technology: Fiber, String, and More" for the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Human Origins Today series on September 18, 2025. SUMMARY The early archaeological record consists primarily of two things- stones and bones. And yet, we know that the material culture of the past had to be predominantly organic in nature.
Faculty News: A Twist on Ancient Technology
Bruce Hardy, J. Kenneth Smail Professor of Anthropology, will give a talk titled "A Twist on Ancient Technology: Fiber, String, and More" for the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Human Origins Today series on September 18, 2025. SUMMARY The…
15.09.2025 16:43 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Faculty Publication: The mitochondrial trans-2-enoyl-coA reductase is necessary for mitochondrial homeostasis in C. elegans
Peter Kropp, Assistant Professor of Biology and Harvey F. Lodish Faculty Development Chair in the Natural Sciences, with co-authors Katherine Spilsbury K'25, Jing Wu, and Michael Reidy, has published "The mitochondrial trans-2-enoyl-coA reductase is necessary for mitochondrial homeostasis in C. elegans" in Genetics, August 19, 2025. ABSTRACT Fatty acids function not only as signaling molecules and for energy storage, but also as essential cofactors for mitochondrial enzymes.
Faculty Publication: The mitochondrial trans-2-enoyl-coA reductase is necessary for mitochondrial homeostasis in C. elegans
Peter Kropp, Assistant Professor of Biology and Harvey F. Lodish Faculty Development Chair in the Natural Sciences, with co-authors Katherine Spilsbury K'25, Jing Wu, and…
11.09.2025 18:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Faculty Publication: Dear Vase Already Shattered Against the Fragile Floor
Michael Leong, Robert P. Hubbard Assistant Professor of Poetry, has published a new collection of poetry, Dear Vase Already Shattered Against the Fragile Floor, with Black Square Editions. SUMMARY Dear Vase Already Shattered Against the Fragile Floor is the third volume in a projected pentalogy that draws on literary collage, formal constraint, and rhetorical complication to concentrate, transform, and re-release the contingencies of chaos.
Faculty Publication: Dear Vase Already Shattered Against the Fragile Floor
Michael Leong, Robert P. Hubbard Assistant Professor of Poetry, has published a new collection of poetry, Dear Vase Already Shattered Against the Fragile Floor, with Black Square Editions. SUMMARY Dear Vase Already…
09.09.2025 16:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Faculty Exhibition: Serious Play
Karen Snouffer, Professor Emerita of Art, has an exhibition titled "Serious Play" at Hammond Harkins Galleries in Columbus, Ohio, from September 5th to 30th, 2025. ARTIST STATEMENT The abstract, two- and three-dimensional works in this show reveal the processes I utilize repeatedly while working in the studio, not unlike that of young children who play seriously, full of intense focus, willing to experiment, mine the imagination and even fail (whatever that may mean to a child).
Faculty Exhibition: Serious Play
Karen Snouffer, Professor Emerita of Art, has an exhibition titled "Serious Play" at Hammond Harkins Galleries in Columbus, Ohio, from September 5th to 30th, 2025. ARTIST STATEMENT The abstract, two- and three-dimensional works in this show reveal the processes I…
03.09.2025 16:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Faculty Publication: ‘Downtown Lowell is a Fun Place to Be’
Henry Tonks, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for the Study of American Democracy and the Department of History, has published “‘Downtown Lowell is a Fun Place to Be’: Postindustrial Regeneration and the Making of the ‘New Liberals,’ 1974–1992” in Modern American History, July 2025. ABSTRACT In the 1970s, deindustrialization and urban decay forced national, state, and local policymakers to focus more intensely on public-private partnerships as mechanisms of economic regeneration.
Faculty Publication: ‘Downtown Lowell is a Fun Place to Be’
Henry Tonks, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for the Study of American Democracy and the Department of History, has published “‘Downtown Lowell is a Fun Place to Be’: Postindustrial Regeneration and the Making of the ‘New Liberals,’…
01.09.2025 16:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Faculty Exhibition: Branching Out
Manami Ishimura, Assistant Professor of Studio Art, has an exhibition with Kristen Tordella-Williams titled "森をつかむ、つつむーBranching Outー" at the Shiga Kogen Roman Museum from July 13 to September 29, 2025. The exhibition explores the intersections of labor, craft, and technology, mainly using Uchiyama washi paper. Both artists invited community participation and amassed communal memories of the landscape for the exhibition.
Faculty Exhibition: Branching Out
Manami Ishimura, Assistant Professor of Studio Art, has an exhibition with Kristen Tordella-Williams titled "森をつかむ、つつむーBranching Outー" at the Shiga Kogen Roman Museum from July 13 to September 29, 2025. The exhibition explores the intersections of labor, craft,…
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Faculty Publication: The Influence of Federalist Society Affiliation on Senator Voting in Federal Judicial Nominations
Zachary McGee, Assistant Professor of Political Science, with co-authors Christine C. Bird and Jonathan M. King, has published The Influence of Federalist Society Affiliation on Senator Voting in Federal Judicial Nominations in The Journal of Law and Courts, August 15, 2025. ABSTRACTWe argue affiliation with an American conservative legal movement key player, the Federalist Society (FedSoc), provides a low-cost, high-information cue to senators voting on nominees.
Faculty Publication: The Influence of Federalist Society Affiliation on Senator Voting in Federal Judicial Nominations
Zachary McGee, Assistant Professor of Political Science, with co-authors Christine C. Bird and Jonathan M. King, has published The Influence of Federalist Society Affiliation on…
26.08.2025 18:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Faculty Publication: Evaluating the World Health Organization Toxic Equivalency Factors of Dioxin-Like Compounds
Wade Powell, Professor of Biology, has published "Evaluating the World Health Organization Toxic Equivalency Factors of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins, Dibenzofurans, and Biphenylsfor Applicability to Amphibians using an In Vitro Ah Receptor Transactivation Assay" with co-authors Cameron H. Collins, Nonnie E. Cook, and Jon A. Doering in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. ABSTRACTThe World Health Organization (WHO) coordinated an expert meeting to streamline ecological risk assessments for complex mixtures of dioxin-like compounds (DLCs) by establishing 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD) equivalency factors (TEFs) for mammals, fishes, and birds.
Faculty Publication: Evaluating the World Health Organization Toxic Equivalency Factors of Dioxin-Like Compounds
Wade Powell, Professor of Biology, has published "Evaluating the World Health Organization Toxic Equivalency Factors of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins, Dibenzofurans, and…
22.08.2025 15:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Faculty Publication: The Case of Islamic Contributions to Mathematics and Science
Noah Aydin, Professor of Mathematics, has published "Let’s Teach More Accurate and Inclusive History! The Case of Islamic Contributions to Mathematics and Science" in the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, volume 15, issue 2 (July 2025). ABSTRACT Schools commonly teach a history of mathematics and science that is Eurocentric. This selective version of the history of science, called Classical Narrative by some, is rooted in colonial times and mindset, and has reinforced certain negative opinions about other cultures.
Faculty Publication: The Case of Islamic Contributions to Mathematics and Science
Noah Aydin, Professor of Mathematics, has published "Let’s Teach More Accurate and Inclusive History! The Case of Islamic Contributions to Mathematics and Science" in the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, volume 15,…
15.08.2025 18:45 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Faculty Publication: What’s Left Is Tender
Travis Chi Wing Lau, assistant professor of English, has published his first full-length collection of poems, What's Left Is Tender, with Small Harbor Publishing. SUMMARYWhat's Left Is Tender explores tenderness as an act, an affect, a relation, a sensation, a theory. In a series of lyric and formal experiments, this collection interrogates how tenderness is often at the very intersections of disability, queerness, and race and how often that tenderness can also simultaneously mean struggle, discomfort, and even trauma.
Faculty Publication: What’s Left Is Tender
Travis Chi Wing Lau, assistant professor of English, has published his first full-length collection of poems, What's Left Is Tender, with Small Harbor Publishing. SUMMARYWhat's Left Is Tender explores tenderness as an act, an affect, a relation, a…
07.08.2025 15:38 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Faculty Publication: Land use determines dust geochemistry in central Ohio, US
Ruth C. Heindel, Dorothy & Thomas Jegla Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, has published "Land use determines dust geochemistry in central Ohio, US" in Atmospheric Environment, with co-authors Sean Scott, Ansley Grider K'22 and Sadie Richards K'24. Abstract:Anthropogenic dust is often enriched in heavy metals and limiting nutrients, exacerbating the consequences of dust deposition and human exposure to dust.
Faculty Publication: Land use determines dust geochemistry in central Ohio, US
Ruth C. Heindel, Dorothy & Thomas Jegla Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, has published "Land use determines dust geochemistry in central Ohio, US" in Atmospheric Environment, with co-authors Sean Scott,…
04.08.2025 16:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Blacker Receives Dhira B. Mahoney Prize
Jean Blacker, Professor Emerita of French, has been awarded the 2025 Dhira B. Mahoney Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book in Arthurian Studies from the International Arthurian Society - North American Branch, for her book Arthur, Origins, Identities and the Legendary History of Britain. Arthur, Origins, Identities and the Legendary History of Britain addresses how Arthurian histories incorporating the British foundation myth responded to images of individual or collective identity and how those narratives contributed to those identities.
Blacker Receives Dhira B. Mahoney Prize
Jean Blacker, Professor Emerita of French, has been awarded the 2025 Dhira B. Mahoney Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book in Arthurian Studies from the International Arthurian Society - North American Branch, for her book Arthur, Origins, Identities and the…
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