Faculty News

Tara McKee, the Elizabeth J. McCormack Professor of Psychology, along with collaborator Adam Lalor '04, vice president of neurodiversity research and innovation at Landmark College, presented a poster titled ""I'm Not Like Everyone Else" at the 2026 conference of the Association on Higher Education and Disability in July.

Associate Professor of Digital Arts Anna Huff and a team of collaborators completed and presented to a select audience "Channelers 3.0," during a University of Washington hosted residency this summer.

Assistant Professor of Anthropology Hannah Lau was a co-author on a paper on which Nandini Subramaniam ’22 was first author. Former faculty member Colin Quinn was another co-author on “A histological approach to mortuary variability in Early Bronze Age Transylvania” in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences.

Head Men’s and Women’s Golf Coach and Associate Professor of Physical Education Lauren Cupp ’07 captured both a state and national golf championship in the same week.

Russell Marcus, the Christian A. Johnson Professor of Teaching Excellence, presented new research, “Learning Moments,” and received the AAPTs Award of Merit at the 50th anniversary workshop-conference of the American Association of Philosophy Teachers at Eastern Michigan University, July 22-26.

Professor of Africana Studies Nigel Westmaas delivered the keynote address at a public conference hosted by the University of Guyana.

Language Center Director Claire Frances co-authored the article "Validating a Can-Do Self-Assessment Tool: Validity, Utility, and Student Reflections" in the journal Second Language Research & Practice.

Nhora Lucia Serrano, director of academic technology, teaching, and research services, and Susan E. Kirtley, (Portland State University), co-authored the Ms. Magazine op-ed "Supergirl's Long Fight to Escape Superman's Shadow."

Katherine H. Terrell, the Margaret Bundy Scott Professor of the Humanities in Literature and Creative Writing, presented a paper at the International Conference of Medieval and Renaissance Scottish Language, Literature, and Culture, held at Bristol University (England) on July 5 to 9.

“Pleistocene record of a dynamic, fluctuating lacustrine margin from the Turkana Basin, Kenya,” co-authored by Associate Professor of Geosciences Catherine (Cat) Beck, appears in the October issue of Quaternary Science Reviews from Elsevier.