Faculty News

This year, we celebrate 10 faculty members whose years of teaching have left a lasting mark on the Hamilton community. Retiring in June are Mark Bailey (computer science), Erol Balkan (economics), Sally Cockburn (mathematics), Ella Gant (art), Patty Kloidt (physical education), Cheryl Morgan (French), Quincy Newell (religious studies), Onno Oerlemans (literature), Margie Thickstun (literature), and Bruce Walczyk (dance).

Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies Amy Marvin co-organized a free community screening of the film Lingua Franca (Isabel Sandoval, 2019) at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 1.

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. April’s news topics included coverage of a new Hamilton partnership with several prestigious graduate schools to a faculty member’s debut novel, among others.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature and Creative Writing Patrick Joseph Caoile was invited to speak at Berry College (Georgia) as part of the David James Poissant Prose Reading Series in March.

To commemorate the completion of his “Avant-Doc Trilogy,” Professor of Cinema and Media Studies Scott MacDonald recently presented “Birth, Earth, Screen, Sky,” at the Anthology Film Archives with students, alumni, and filmmakers in attendance.

Provost and Dean of Faculty Ngonidzashe Munemo recognized 10 faculty members with Dean’s Scholarly Achievement Awards in three categories — career achievement, early career achievement, and notable year — at the May 5 faculty meeting.

Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies Jack Martínez-Arias has published a new book titled Literature and Mining in the Andes: A Reading of Extractivist Imaginaries (Literatura y minería en los Andes. Una lectura de los imaginarios extractivistas, Ediciones MYL).

Andrew Cook, visiting assistant professor of psychology, published a journal article titled “Do people forget your name? Your face might be the problem: The effect of cue memorability on recall of associations” in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 

Associate Professor of Physics Viva Horowitz, with collaborators in the Alemán Group at the University of Oregon, published a paper on designing and building networked resonant systems.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Classics Ian N. Mills published an open-access article titled "Canonizing Paul's Epistle to the Laodiceans: Paratextual Negotiations of Authority and Authenticity" in the Journal of the Bible and its Reception.