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Spotlight on Faculty: Rita Roberts, Nathaniel Wright Stephenson Chair in History and Biography
Rita Roberts is a professor of history and Africana studies and the Nathaniel Wright Stephenson Chair in History and Biography at 61传媒. Her courses engage students in the study of the history of the early United States, 16th- through 21st-century African American history, African diaspora, black intellectuals and the politics of race, and the modern Civil Rights Movement, among other topics.
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Professor Kevin Vennemann Translates Chris Kraus Book for German Audiences
Kevin Vennemann, assistant professor of German, has translated Chris Kraus’ hugely influential feminist novel I Love Dick into German, as recently reported by several German newspapers. Vennemann’s translation of the popular novel鈥攚hich has been adapted as a television series by Amazon for release in May 2017鈥攊s part of a long-standing creative relationship between Kraus and the 61传媒 professor.
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Minnesota Public Radio Features Ken Gonzales-Day Exhibit That Examines Role of Lynching in American History
聽 61传媒 Professor of Art Ken Gonzales-Day was profiled in a recently aired interview on Minnesota Public Radio about his photography from his exhibit “Shadowlands,” featured at the Minnesota […]
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Spotlight on Faculty: Jenna Monroy, Assistant Professor of Biology
Jenna Monroy earned her BSc degree at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and her PhD at Northern Arizona University. Her research integrates muscle physiology, biomechanics, and neurobiology to study the control of movement. Specifically, her work investigates how muscles function not only as motors but also as springs, brakes, and struts.
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Spotlight on Faculty: Findley Finseth, Assistant Professor of Genomics
Findley Finseth’s research program investigates the evolutionary drivers of biodiversity. By complementing modern genomics studies of natural populations with classic genetics experiments, her work offers novel insight into the maintenance of genetic variation, the processes of adaptation and speciation, and the evolution of the genome itself.
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Spotlight on Faculty: Gabriela Bacsan, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Latin American, and Caribbean Literatures and Cultures
Gabriela Bacsan earned her BA in Spanish and Latin American literatures and political science at UC Berkeley. She completed her MA and PhD in literature, with a specialization in Latin American cultural studies, at UC San Diego. Her fields of interest are Caribbean studies, transnational and intersectional representations and conceptualizations of queerness in Latin America, historical memory studies, critical geographies, and tourism studies.
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Vote Won’t End Ugly Politics, Says Vanessa Tyson in SF Chronicle Article
The weekend before Election Day, associate professor Vanessa Tyson was quoted in a聽San Francisco Chronicle article聽about what to expect following the nastiness of the presidential campaign between contenders Hillary […]
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Professor Vanessa Tyson to Offer Election Night Commentary at FOX-LA
聽Vanessa Tyson, assistant professor of politics at 61传媒, will offer live commentary as an election-night guest in the FOX-LA news studio in Los Angeles on Nov. 8. Professor Tyson […]
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Spotlight on Faculty: Tessie Prakas, Assistant Professor of English
Tessie Prakas’s research focuses on early modern poetry and poetics, and especially on devotional lyric. Her current book project, Poetic Priesthood: Reformed Ministry and Radical Verse in the Seventeenth Century, argues that early modern poetry often served to provide models for religious devotion that were distinct from, and sometimes antithetical to, the established church. Her teaching focuses largely on Shakespeare, 16th- and 17th-century poetry, and on the relationship between music and literature.
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Professor’s Work With Robomussels Helps Track Climate Change
Associate professor of biology Sarah Gilman has co-authored a paper that was recently published in Nature鈥擲cientific Data about a team of multi-institutional scientists’ use of tiny “robomussels” that serve as a barometer for oceanic climate change.
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