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Faculty-Staff Achievements

April 5, 2023

Yelena Biberman-Ocakli, associate professor of political science, and Bernard Possidente, professor of biology, co-authored aScience journal letter entitled "CRISPR and Global Security" in response to Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna's article.

Jennifer Mueller, associate professor of sociology and director of the Intergroup Relations Program, co-authored “What’s Race Got to Do with It? Disrupting Whiteness in Cultural Capital Research,” which was published in Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. 

Laurie Rabinowitz, assistant professor of educations studies, made two paper presentations at the Association of Teacher Educators Conference in Jacksonville, Florida. Her first presentation was titled "Perspectives of In-Service Educators Prepared in Inclusive Teacher Education Programs on Enactments of Inclusion." The second presentation was called "Disability Sustaining Pedagogy: Lessons from Teachers with Disabilities for Teacher Educators." 

Bernardo Ramirez Rios, assistant professor of anthropology, has been named a distinguished scholar-in-residence at Wabash College for the 2023-2024 academic year. As scholar-in-residence, Rios will further his research on sports and culture and contribute to the Restoring Hope, Restoring Trust initiative 


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