Faculty News

A co-written essay by Professor of Philosophy Russell Marcus and Ashley Scheichet ’25, "A Contemporary Connections Option for Early Modern Syllabus Diversification," was recently published in Teaching Philosophy, the premiere journal for the scholarship of teaching and learning in philosophy.

In the days following the passing of country music legend Dolly Parton on Aug. 25, media outlets reached out to the Hamilton College John and Anne Fischer Professor of Fine Arts in Music, Lydia Hamessley, for her expertise as an author of two books about the singer and her songs.

Hamilton welcomes 40 new faculty members for the 2026-27 academic year, including six tenure-track professors in Economics, French and Francophone Studies, Government, German/Russian/Italian/Arabic, History, and Mathematics and Statistics.

Heidi M. Ravven, professor and director of Jewish Studies, gave an invited presentation on "Spinoza and Freud on Moral Responsibility and Law," at the Center for Philosophy, Psychology, and Psychiatry, Norton College of Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, on Aug. 18.

An article co-authored by Associate Professor of Mathematics Jose Ceniceros and Angel Apollos '26 appears in the Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications. The paper is titled "Pointed Racks and Their Applications to Braid Theory." After graduating, Apollos began a Ph.D. program in mathematics at Louisiana State University (LSU).

Professor of French and Francophone Studies Martine Guyot-Bender will spend this fall in Cambodia studying the country’s emerging art-house cinema and teaching screenwriting at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, after having been selected for the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. Her research will explore how a new generation of Cambodian filmmakers represents a society still navigating the legacy of the Khmer Rouge while moving toward modernization.

Pavitra Sundar, professor of literature and director of cinema and media studies, published an article titled “Text, Technology, Time Bent: Cripping Access with Jay Afrisando and Simoné Goldschmidt-Lechner” in a special issue of Cinéma and Cie focused on disability, media, and accessibility.

Assistant Professor of Theatre Emily K. Harrison recently directed a production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest at the Theater at Woodshill, a professional, not-for-profit summer theatre in Sauquoit, N.Y. The production included design expertise from Mike Revenaugh, instructional designer in digital innovation at Burke Library.

National and regional news organizations regularly interview Hamilton faculty, staff, alumni, and students for their expertise and perspectives on current events, and to feature programs and activities on campus. News topics included coverage of art, tennis, federal workers, housing issues, among others.

Tara McKee, the Elizabeth J. McCormack Professor of Psychology, along with collaborator Adam Lalor '04, vice president of neurodiversity research and innovation at Landmark College, presented a poster titled ""I'm Not Like Everyone Else" at the 2026 conference of the Association on Higher Education and Disability in July.