Four members of Hamilton's faculty recently received the Class of 1966 Career Development Award. Recipients are: Assistant Professor of Theatre Mark Cryer; Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish Soleded Gelles; Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature Melek Su Ortabasi; and Assistant Professor of Government Sharon Werning Rivera.
Cryer's grant will fund production of his play "99 Questions You've Always Wanted to Ask an African American"; Gelles will research "Markets, Cultures and Communities: Latin American Novels and Globalization"; Ortabasi's proposal is to develop a new course on the practice and theory of translation; and Rivera's project will develop new and creative pedagogical approaches to teaching the government department's introductory course in comparative politics, Government 112.
The Class of 1966 Career Development Award, established by the class on the occasion of its 25th reunion, provides a stipend and research funds for use during the summer of 2004 to "enhance the quality of undergraduate teaching at Hamilton." Eligibility is limited to untenured faculty holding tenure-track appointments.
