Faculty-Staff Achievements

Yelena Biberman-Ocakli, assistant professor of political science, published the article "Will the United States and China Keep India and Pakistan from Going to War?" in the Texas National Security Review. It is part of a roundtable on the future of South Asia.

Robert Boyers, professor of English, published a new book, “The Tyranny of Virtue: Identity, The Academy & The Hunt for Political Heresies” (Scribner) and is holding a series of public events to promote the book. Boyers is also scheduled for half-hour or hour-long interviews and podcasts for The New Yorker magazine, First Things magazine, NPR’s “The Roundtable” with Joe Donahue and PBS’s “The Open Mind."

Marta Brunner, college librarian, co-authored an article, “Assessing Library Competencies for the Future: The LibGOAL Toolkit for Success,” in Against the Grain.

 

Kris Covey, visiting assistant professor of environmental studies, presented on a research panel at the Climate Underground summit on Caney Fork Farms in Carthage, Tennessee. Zoe Pagliaro ’20, who conducted research at the farm over the summer, also attended. He also recently presented at the National Geographic Society's Global Rainforest Convening in Washington, D.C.

Dan Curley, associate professor of classics, published his first book of poetry, “Conditional Future Perfect” through Wolfson Press (University of Indiana, South Bend).

 

Joan Ann Swanson, assistant professor of education studies, and geosciences major Rachel Adamsky ’20 co-authored a paper, “The Impact of Indigenous Knowledge to Aid in Understanding of Western Science Concepts through Video and Supplemental Material,” which Adamsky presented at the September 2019 Geological Science of America Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona.

 

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