Faculty News

Assistant Professor of Dance and Movement Studies Casey Avaunt recently performed in the inaugural three-day Naples International Dance Festival at the Norris Center in Naples, Fla.

Assistant Professor of Digital Arts Anna Huff recently presented “Channelers: AI, authorship, mysticism and meaning making in creative practice and pedagogy” at the 113th annual conference of the College Art Association (CAA).

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. February’s news topics included varied subjects from President Barack Obama’s upcoming visit to campus to the possible economic and political effects of decisions made by President Donald Trump.

“Can student evaluations be made more representative? Testing alternative strategies,” by Professors Erica De Bruin, Ann Owen, and Stephen Wu, was recently published in the international journal Studies in Higher Education.

Professor of French Cheryl Morgan is the editor of a newly published special volume of Women in French Studies “Tu es drôle pour une fille:”: Funny Women in French from the Salon to YouTube (Vol. 10, 2024).

The Routledge Companion to Asian Cinemas, which features a chapter by Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures Zhuoyi Wang, has been honored with the NETPAC 1st Aruna Vasudev Award for Best Book on Asia. The award, presented by the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC), was announced on Feb. 18 at the 31st Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas.

Lisa Trivedi, the Christian A. Johnson Excellence in Teaching Professor of History, is co-editor of the scholarly book series ASIANetwork Books with Lever Press/UMichigan.

Shoshana Keller, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Russian and Eurasian History, presented work at the University of Illinois Central Asia Research Forum on February 19.

Assistant Professor of Chemistry Ryan Martinie and Nyaari Kothiya '23, along with collaborators at Pennsylvania State University, published an article in the journal Biochemistry.

Professor of East Asian Languages and Literature Zhuoyi Wang is the historical and comparative literature advisor for Shanghai Sonatas, the story of Jewish refugee musicians in Shanghai in the 1940s and how the unifying power of music brings cultures together.