Skidmore College - Scope Magazine Fall 2018

N E W S M A K E R S Orr, Mbugua: Christopher Massa; Campbell: Paul Hirsch SKIDMORE COLLEGE 5 Fresh leadership Michael Orr is Skidmore’s new dean of the faculty and vice president for academic affairs. Since 2011 he held the same post at Lake Forest College in Illinois, where he helped guide a major upgrade in science facilities and start the Institute on College Futures for regional liberal- arts colleges. He has won teaching prizes as an art historian at Wisconsin’s Lawrence University. His doctorate is from Cornell. Orr succeeds political scientist Beau Breslin, who served as DOF for five years, and social work professor Crystal Moore, who served as interim last semester. Sean Campbell is the new Collyer Vice President for Advancement. He was managing director of individual giving at University of Chicago Medicine since 2012. He also led a range of staff and volunteer fundraising, alumni engagement and parent programs for the Chicago Society and Bates College. Campbell holds a BA in journalism and communications from the University of Maine. He replaces associate VP and campaign director Kim Verstandig, who served as interim VP after Michael Casey moved to Trinity College last year. Martin Mbugua became Skidmore’s first-ever vice president for communications and marketing last fall. He was formerly assistant vice president for content and communications at Carnegie Mellon University and earlier director of media relations and university spokesperson at Princeton. He began his career as a journalist, for the New York Daily News and Queens Chronicle . He holds an MBA from the University of Delaware and a master’s in government, politics and international relations from St. John’s University. Mbugua replaces consultant Debra Townsend, who served as interim VP for two years. enrollees applications acceptance rate receiving Skidmore grant aid enrolled through Early Decision international students women domestic students of color men 680 10,797 27 % 47 % 50 % 10 % 64 % 25 % 25 36 % FRESHMAN FACTS U.S. states 35 countries $ FACULTY IN THE NEWS Skidmore faculty members are always publishing academic articles and joining colleagues across the country and the globe to share their scholarship. A sampling of faculty who made headlines last year: Cecelia Aldarondo, English, had her documen- tary Memories of a Penitent Heart aired July 31 on PBS television’s POV . Paul Arciero, health and human physiologi- cal sciences, contributed to a July Health article about snorting chocolate and a March Self story on fat-burning. Diana Barnes, Spanish, was part of the Aug. 22 New York Times story “Far from Winner’s Circle, Saratoga Track Workers Fear Deportation.” Catherine Berheide, sociology, appeared on National Public Radio’s Marketplace on Feb. 16, in a segment titled “What Does the Gender Wage Gap Sound Like?” Ian Berry, Dayton Director of the Tang Mu- seum, was quoted in the Dec. 1 New York Times article “Breaking Through Categories and Conven- tions at BAM” and in a Jan. 2 NPR story on painter Njideka Akunyili Crosby. Yelena Biberman, political science, co-au- thored a May 7 Washington Post story on Pakistani militants going into politics. Jennifer Delton, history, wrote “The Left’s Grand Delusion” in the July 28 Washington Post , where she also published an Aug. 22 opinion piece titled “When ‘Free Speech’ Becomes a Political Weapon.” Kristie Ford, sociology, was in the Oct. 31 New York Times story “In a Volatile Climate on Campus, Professors Teach on Tenterhooks.” Her new book is Facilitating Change through Intergroup Dialogue. Amy Frappier, geosciences, appeared on PBS television, as an expert in a Nova episode on “Killer Hurricanes” that aired Nov. 1. Rebecca Johnson, psychology, was interviewed about reading and eye-tracking for a Popular Science story, part of its spring 2018 issue on intelligence. David Karp, sociology, was quoted in the March 19 Men’s Health piece called “This Is How to Apolo- gize for Sexual Misconduct.” Christopher Mann, political science, was quoted in U.S. News and World Report ’s March 28 story “Vote…or Die?” Eric Morser, history, published a new book, The Fires of New England: A Story of Protest and Rebel- lion in Antebellum America. Charlie Samuels, art, saw his Virgin Blacktop: A New York Skate Odyssey , named best feature docu- mentary at the Paris Surf & Skateboard Film Festival. Linda Simon, English (emerita), published a new book, Lost Girls: The Invention of the Flapper, and wrote about flappers in the September Smithsonian . Sheldon Solomon, psychology, was inter- viewed on the BBC’s Why Factor, for a May 21 story on immortality.