Faculty News

Director and Curator of Special Collections and Archives Christian Goodwillie and Professor of Religious Studies S.B. Rodriguez-Plate recently attended the New York State History Conference in Albany.

Professor of French and Francophone Studies Martine Guyot-Bender recently attended the 34th installment of Côté Court, the longest-running short film festival outside of Paris.

An article by Tae Hyun Lim, Data Science/Analysis Research Librarian, was published in the 2025 volume of Scientific Data (Nature).

Hamilton President Steven Tepper announced the promotion of three faculty members to the rank of professor, as approved by the College’s Board of Trustees at its June meeting. They include Abhishek Amar (Asian Studies), Tara McKee (Psychology), and Katheryn Doran (Philosophy), who will retire later this month as professor of philosophy emeritus.

Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Aaron Strong co-authored a United Nations report on ocean acidification.

In an email to the Hamilton community on June 16, Dean of Faculty Ngoni Munemo announced the death of Professor of Art Rand Carter on June 12.

“The Jewish Museum of New York in a Global Context,” by Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History Michael Feinberg, was recently published in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia on Religion.

Associate Professor of History Mackenzie Cooley is one of nine winners of the 2025 Dan David Prize. Winners are awarded $300,000 each to recognize their contribution to the study of the human past and to support their future endeavors, making it the largest history prize in the world.

Professor of Philosophy Russell Marcus recently published an essay, "Free Speech and the Philosophy Classroom: The Wrong Question," on the APA blog. In the essay, he argues that free speech rights are inadequate to the task of improving conversations across disagreement in our classrooms and helping students to learn and grow.

Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies Jessica Burke and several Hispanic Studies students recently presented on “Language Study as a Gateway to the Humanities.”