Faculty News

Doran Larson, the Edward North Chair of Greek and Greek Literature and Professor of Literature and Creative Writing, recently presented in a panel discussion on prison writing hosted by the University at Buffalo (UB) Prison Studies Certificate program.

At the recent NERCOMP Annual Conference, Nhora Serrano, director of academic technology, teaching & research services, and Alex Wohnsen, senior research librarian for academic initiatives & experiential learning, presented a poster titled "Kirkland Zine Fest 2024: National Grants for Local Impact."

Assistant Professor of Theatre Emily K. Harrison was recently awarded two shared 2025 Westword Best of Denver™ Awards in the Arts and Entertainment Category for her contributions to the World Premiere of Eyes Up, Mouth Agape, produced by Buntport Theater Company (Denver).

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. March’s news topics included varied subjects from gambling during March Madness to a possible third term for President Donald Trump.

Erin Giffin's publication, Early Modern Replicas of the Holy House of Loreto: Translating Space (Routledge, 2025), is the first comprehensive, cross-cultural study of three-dimensional structural replicas of the Santa Casa, or Holy House of the Virgin Mary, constructed over the 16th through 19th centuries.

Assistant Professor of Biology Peter Guiden was recently named an associate editor of the peer-reviewed journal Ecological Solutions and Evidence.

Professor of Africana Studies Heather Merrill recently published "AfroItalian (Be)longings and Innocent Betrayals," an article she was invited to write for Oxford Intersections: Racism by Context, edited by Meena Dhanda.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Classics Ian N. Mills published an article titled “Marcion as Textual Critic? Heresiological Rhetoric and the Conventions of Roman Scholarship” in the Journal of Early Christian Studies (JECS).

Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies Jack Martínez Arias oversaw the critical edition of Junín (1930), a poetry collection by Enrique Bustamante y Ballivián. This edition brings back a long-overlooked work that explores the effects of large-scale mining on Indigenous Andean lands.

Associate Professor of Philosophy Alexandra Plakias was recently selected to be a Marc Sanders Foundation (MSF) 2025 Media Fellow.