Faculty News

Consuming Catastrophe: Mass Culture in America’s Decade of Disaster, by Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication Tim Recuber, was published by Temple University Press last week.

Professor of French Joseph Mwantuali was an invited participant on a panel about “Sexual & Gender Violence” during the annual Congo Week conference in New York City on Oct. 15.

Assistant Professor of Literature and Creative Writing Pavitra Sundar presented "Voice, Body and a Sexy ‘Didi’” at an international conference on “Sound and South Asia” at the University of Michigan Oct. 7-8.

Visiting Professor of Art History Scott MacDonald presented “Taking Time to Look: The Landscape Films of Peter Hutton” at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site in Catskill, N.Y., on Oct. 9.

An opinion piece by Alan Cafruny, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Relations, was published by the Valdai Discussion Club on Oct. 12.

MathSciNet and Philosophia Mathematica recently featured reviews of Assistant Professor of Philosophy Russell Marcus’ book Autonomy Platonism and the Indispensability Argument (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015).

Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature and Creative Writing Nhora Lucía Serrano presented a paper at the 2nd Annual Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) in Columbus, Ohio, on Oct. 14.

Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Seth Schermerhorn recently published an article in the international, peer-reviewed journal Material Religion: The Journal of Objects, Art and Belief.

As a part of the new Alex Talks during family weekend, Assistant Professor of Chemistry Farah Dawood presented “Nanotechnology: Small Building Blocks that lead to Big Ideas.” Dawood began by giving the audience an idea about just how small a nanoparticle is in comparison to daily objects. A nanoparticle is 1 billionth the size of a meter, and can be seen using advanced microscopy.

Maurice Isserman, the Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History, was a member of a panel at the Oregon Cartoon Institute’s Underground USA symposium on Oct. 15.