Faculty News

“Can student evaluations be made more representative? Testing alternative strategies,” by Professors Erica De Bruin, Ann Owen, and Stephen Wu, was recently published in the international journal Studies in Higher Education.

Professor of French Cheryl Morgan is the editor of a newly published special volume of Women in French Studies “Tu es drôle pour une fille:”: Funny Women in French from the Salon to YouTube (Vol. 10, 2024).

The Routledge Companion to Asian Cinemas, which features a chapter by Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures Zhuoyi Wang, has been honored with the NETPAC 1st Aruna Vasudev Award for Best Book on Asia. The award, presented by the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC), was announced on Feb. 18 at the 31st Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas.

Lisa Trivedi, the Christian A. Johnson Excellence in Teaching Professor of History, is co-editor of the scholarly book series ASIANetwork Books with Lever Press/UMichigan.

Shoshana Keller, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Russian and Eurasian History, presented work at the University of Illinois Central Asia Research Forum on February 19.

Assistant Professor of Chemistry Ryan Martinie and Nyaari Kothiya '23, along with collaborators at Pennsylvania State University, published an article in the journal Biochemistry.

Professor of East Asian Languages and Literature Zhuoyi Wang is the historical and comparative literature advisor for Shanghai Sonatas, the story of Jewish refugee musicians in Shanghai in the 1940s and how the unifying power of music brings cultures together.

Hamilton College Professor of Economics Erol Balkan and Professor of Sociology Stephen Ellingson, in collaboration with On Point for College, surveyed more than 200 members of the Myanmar, Bosnian, and Somalian communities in Utica, N.Y., in 2024 to ascertain the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, they examined the effects on refugee physical well-being, employment and finances, housing stability, youth education, and emotional well-being.

Associate Professor of Classics Jesse Weiner recently published a chapter in Ancient Necropolitics: Maltreating the Living; Abusing the Dead in Greek Antiquity, a new volume from Bloomsbury Academic, and presented two papers.

An article by Assistant Professor of Music Alex Bádue, was recently published online in a special issue of the peer-reviewed journal Studies in Musical Theatre.