Faculty News

Professor of Religious Studies SB Rodriguez-Plate recently presented the Seguinland Institute’s “Good Life” invited lecture.

In an email to the Hamilton community on Nov. 5, Dean of Faculty Ngoni Munemo shared news of the death of George T. (Tom) Jones, the Elias W. Leavenworth Professor of Anthropology Emeritus.

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 varied subjects from gender bias to gun control. Links are provided, but some may require subscriptions to access content.

Associate Professor of Sociology Jaime Kucinskas co-authored a chapter in The Shape of Spirituality: The Public Significance of a New Religious Formation.

An article by Shreya Kanakiya, visiting assistant professor of geosciences, was published in the October 2024 issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research—Earth Surface.

During fall break, Associate Professor of Geosciences Catherine (Cat) Beck hosted the annual “all hands meeting” of researchers on the Turkana Miocene Project.

Associate Professor of Asian Studies Abhishek Amar was invited to speak at the conference, "Buddhist Art History in Medieval South and Southeast Asia: Innovations and Interactions." 

Their paper, “Can you mitigate gender bias in student evaluations of teaching? Evaluating alternative methods of soliciting feedback,” presents findings from their randomized experiment to assess whether either intervention can mitigate gender disparities in qualitative evaluation comments.

Assistant Professor of Theatre Tobin Ost's scenic design for Between the Lines, a musical that premiered Off-Broadway at Second Stage Theater in New York in 2022, has been released on the digital streaming media platform BroadwayHD.

Learn about just a few of our students’ and faculty members' accomplishments this summer and as the academic year gets underway.