Faculty-Staff Achievements

Yelena Biberman-Ocakli, associate professor of political science, published articles in the National Interest and the Hastings Bioethics Forum. She presented her research at the University of Virginia Karsh Institute of Democracy, the Upstate South Asia Workshop at Union College, Nanyang Technological University, and the National University of Singapore, as well participated in the MIT Wargaming Lab Summer Institute. In addition, she served as an academic associate at the Centre for Biomedical Ethics in Singapore.

Barbara Black, professor of English and the Tisch Chair in Arts and Letters, cohosted a session of the Aestheticism and Decadence Working Group, funded by the NY Humanities Corridor. The session, part of a multiyear series of online gatherings leading up to an international conference, featured guest speaker Dennis Denisoff from the University of Tulsa, who spoke of the neopaganism and queer ecology of Walter Pater. The next conference will be held at Cornell in fall 2025 with the theme “TransPater.” 

Hope Casto, associate professor of education studies, co-authored a research column in the American School Board Journal, titled "How to Engage Your Community."

Penny Howell Jolly, professor emerita of art history, has curated an exhibition for the Hyde Collection in Glens Falls: "Growing Up in a Renaissance Palazzo: Childhood in Italy, 1400-1600," open (10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursday-Sunday) until Jan. 5. Using artworks from the Hyde's own collections and loan objects from institutions such as the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Worcester Art Museum, Yale University, and Wellesley, the exhibit includes paintings, sculptures, prints, maiolica ware, armor, and a variety of other objects.

Pushkala Prasad, professor of management and business, gave a talk, "Decolonizing Research and Teaching in Management & Organization Studies: Reflections on a Formidable and Daunting Task," at the Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management in Chicago.

Charmaine Willis, visiting assistant professor of political science, published a book about the failure of economic sanctions, "Trading with Pariahs: Trade Networks and the Failure of Economic Sanctions," with co-author Keith Preble (Miami University). The book examines the impact of economic sanctions on target states by trading relationships through social network analysis, a method that has rarely been applied to the study of sanctions. The book focuses on sanctions against North Korea, Myanmar, and Iran.