Faculty News

Ann Owen, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of Economics, presented a summary of her research on gender diversity on bank boards of directors at an American Bankers Association (ABA) Open Forum on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in October. Her research titled “The performance benefits of a more gender-diverse board of directors,” is available online and will be in print in the ABA Banking Journal in January.

Visiting Professor of History Ty Seidule’s schedule has been interwoven with major diversity, equity, and inclusion presentations, media interviews, and U.S. Naming Commission Army base ceremonies this semester. Seidule has also presented at military institutions, museums, universities, churches, and conferences, and has written in and been quoted by major national outlets including The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

Professor of Philosophy Russell Marcus and Catherine Schmitt ’24 are the co-authors of an article appearing in the fall 2023 issue of APA Studies on Teaching Philosophy, a publication of the American Philosophical Association.

Assistant Professor of Sociology Stephanie A. Dhuman recently published an article titled “‘Why Can’t We Have Some Kind of Unity?’ Cultural Contention Amongst Puerto Rican and Black Residents in Southern Suburbia” in the journal Sociology of Race and Ethnicity (SRE).

Pavitra Sundar, associate professor of literature, participated in a roundtable on the topic of music, sound, and protest at the Annual Conference on South Asia in Madison, Wisc., from Oct. 18-21.

Associate Professor of Government Erica De Bruin and Clara Harding '23 co-authored an article published in the Summer/Fall issue of Political Science Educator, the newsletter of the American Political Science Association's Education Section.

Assistant Professor of History Mackenzie Cooley presented “The Trouble with Simples: A Professor’s Unfinished Pharmacopeia in Enlightenment Venice” in a recent lecture at New York University.

Associate Professor of Classics Jesse Weiner is the co-editor of a new book and presented a paper at the annual meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States.

Shoshana Keller, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Russian and Eurasian History, hosted a conference of the Upstate New York historians of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia on Oct. 14.

President David Wippman is the co-author of “How to Cancel Cancel Culture (or Not),” a book review published recently by The Messenger.