Faculty News

Daniel Chambliss, the Eugene M. Tobin Distinguished Professor of Sociology Emeritus, gave the keynote address for a pre-conference at the American Sociological Association annual meeting.

A review of Awkward: A Theory, by Associate Professor of Philosophy Alexandra Plakias ’02, was published in the July 19 issue of The Times Literary Supplement (TLS).

Within weeks of the release of Reds - The Tragedy of American Communism by Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History Maurice Isserman, enthusiastic reviews of the book appeared along with two essays by the author in major national and international publications.

Professor of Art Robert Knight was recently awarded the Architecture, Culture and Spirituality Forum (ACSF) Lindsay Jones Memorial Fellowship.

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. July’s news topics included varied subjects from our carbon foot print to the presidential campaigns, conventions, and election.

Professor of Philosophy Russell Marcus gave the 2024 presidential address at the American Association of Philosophy Teachers biennial conference in July at Otterbein University (Ohio). His talk "Collaboration and Serious Engagement in the Philosophy Classroom" marked the second and final year of his presidency. Marcus has been an AAPT board member or committee chair since 2010, and served as vice president in 2021-22.

“Symmetry Parameters of Two-Generator Circulant Graphs,” co-authored by Professor of Mathematics and Statistics Sally Cockburn, was recently published in the journal Annals of Combinatorics.

“More Than You Can Know,” a film by Naomi Guttman, the Jane Watson Irwin Professor in the Humanities, was recently screened at the Manhattan Film Festival Expo and the Maine International Film Festival (Waterville). Guttman also participated in a filmmaker's panel at the Hamilton New York International Film Festival, where the film was screened.

Beginning with a review of how party presidential candidates are selected and ending with a discussion of “Veepstakes,” James S. Sherman Professor of Government Philip Klinkner published three essays on the presidential race in July in The Conversation.

Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies Claire Mouflard chaired a panel and presented a paper at the Council of European Studies conference in Lyon, France, in July. The theme of the conference was "Radical Europe: Violence, Emancipation, and Reaction."