Faculty News

“A sharp-edged argument for de-commemorating traitors” is how Kirkus Reviews described A Promise Delivered - Ten American Heroes and the Battle to Rename Our Nation's Military Bases. Co-authored by Ty Seidule, the David H. and Ann L. Hinchcliff Professor of History, the book comprises the stories behind the individuals newly chosen to represent military bases previously named for Confederate soldiers.

Professor of Philosophy emeritus Katheryn Doran published an essay, “G.E. Moore and Roderick Chisholm: A Reply to Joshua Anderson,” in Southwest Philosophy Review, Vol. 41, No. 2 July, 2025.

Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies Amy Marvin recently participated in a trans community, film, and scholarship event across Buffalo and Syracuse.

Assistant Professor of Computer Science Sarah Morrison-Smith recently presented an invited talk for the Human Factors Seminar at Tufts University. She also demonstrated Pectogram in Denver, at the 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility.

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. October’s news topics included coverage of Lin Manuel Miranda’s Great Names appearance, Democratic Socialists and Secretary of War Hegseth, among others.

Russell Marcus, the Christian A. Johnson Excellence in Teaching Professor of Philosophy, recently presented a workshop to an interdisciplinary group of curriculum developers at the International Baccalaureate Organization in The Hague.

“The Institutionalization of Loyalty Traps under Trump’s Second Presidency,” by Associate Professor of Sociology Jaime Kucinskas, was recently published by the Israeli chapter of the International Society of Public Law – Israel (ICON-S).

“Relativistic collapse model with quantized time variables,” co-authored by Professor of Physics Emeritus Philip Pearle, was recently published in Physical Review A 112.

L'artiste saphique et sa muse, 2024, an oil on linen painting by Professor of Art Katharine Kuharic, is on display in Art Basel Paris through Oct. 26.

Professor of Religious Studies S.B. Rodríguez-Plate recently presented an invited keynote lecture titled “Carnal Cinema” at Amsterdam’s Vrije University.