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Faculty and Staff Notes

Yveline Alexis raises funds to support organizations in Haiti

Yveline Alexis is part of a team that planned a fundraiser for Ayiti Community Trust. We raised funds to help support organizations based in Haiti that are headed by Haitians.  in multiple language formats. 

Abby Aresty presents at conference

Conservatory Technical Director and Lecturer Abby Aresty and Rachel Gibson '20 presented a workshop on STEAM education and experiential, community-engaged learning at the 2020 AAC&U Transforming STEM Higher Education Conference.

Henrique Veras presents research

Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics Henrique Veras gave a virtual presentation of his paper, "Wrong Place, Wrong Time: The Long-Run Effects of In-Utero Exposure to Malaria on Educational Attainment in Brazil" at Skidmore College on October 28, 2020. On November 6, 2020, Veras presented virtually "Pull Up a Chair: Municipal Council Size and Local Taxes in Brazil" at the annual NEUDC conference (North East Universities Development Consortium) at Dartmouth University. This paper is joint with 91直播 Associate Professor of Economics Evan Kresch and economics research assistant Meredith Walker '22.

Hsiu-Chuang Deppman publishes book on Chinese cinema

Professor of Chinese and Cinema Studies Hsiu-Chuang Deppman published a new book, (University of Hawaii Press). Two of the most stylized shots in cinema鈥攖he close-up and the long shot鈥攅mbody distinct attractions. The iconicity of the close-up magnifies the affective power of faces and elevates film to the discourse of art. The depth of the long shot, in contrast, indexes the facts of life and reinforces our faith in reality. Each configures the relation between image and distance that expands the viewer鈥檚 power to see, feel, and conceive. 

Jennifer Fraser presents at Society for Ethnomusicology conference

On October 23, 2020, Jennifer Fraser presented a paper titled 鈥淭eaching as Scholarship or, How My Students Have Made Me a Better Ethnomusicologist,鈥 as part of a panel, 鈥淓thnomusicology as a Liberal Art: Pedagogy, Disciplinarity, and Institutionalization at the Educational Crossroads鈥 at the annual Society for Ethnomusicology conference. Fellow panelists included Jeffers Engelhardt at Amherst College, Morgan Luker at Reed College, and Whitney Slaten at Bard College. Several 91直播 alumni participated as part of the audience, including Alicia Lola Jones, faculty at Indiana University and Christian James, graduate student, at Indiana University. 

Kara Leaman featured in interview series

Kara Leaman was a guest speaker on an episode of , a virtual public interview series. She spoke on her research on George Balanchine鈥檚 ballets. 

Kristina Mani interviewed in two articles

Kristina Mani was on the Chilean plebiscite. Mani was also interviewed and quoted in another article about the . 

Bridget Flynn presents at conference

Bridget Flynn presented at the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education鈥檚 (AASHE鈥檚) virtual Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education. Flynn was joined by colleagues from UPenn, Trust, and AASHE for the session "Catalyzing Sustainable Communities through Change Management."

Chanda Feldman publishes poems

Assistant professor Chanda Feldman published two poems, "It was the middle of February" and "That was the end of summer鈥 in , Volume 33/ Number 1.  

Dustin Evatt-Young awarded for dissertation

Associate Director of the Career Development Center Dustin Evatt-Young awarded the by Appalachian State University. His dissertation titled "White Scripts in Higher Education: White Administrators Navigating Racial Equity and Inclusion Efforts" examines how whiteness manifests in the various behaviors, interactions, and decisions of white higher education administrators.