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Spotlight on Faculty: Nathalie Rachlin, Margaret McKenzie Distinguished Professorship in Modern Foreign Languages
Nathalie Rachlin, Margaret McKenzie Distinguished Professorship in Modern Foreign Languages, is Professor of French at Scripps College, where she teaches French literature, culture, and cinema, as well as a variety of courses for Scripps’ Core Curriculum in the Interdisciplinary Humanities.
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Professor Eric Haskell Presents “Easels in Eden” at Royal Academy of Arts, London
Eric Haskell, Professor of French and Humanities and Director of Clark Humanities Museum, presents his lecture, “Easels in Eden” Monet’s Gardening and Painting at Giverny,” at London’s Royal Academy of Arts.
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Spotlight on Faculty: Myriam J. A. Chancy, Hartley Burr Alexander Chair of the Humanities
Haitian-Canadian/American author and scholar Myriam J. A. Chancy was appointed in 2015 as the Hartley Burr Alexander Chair of the Humanities, Scripps College’s most prestigious, external endowed professorship.
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Mary W. Johnson Faculty Achievement Awards Winners for 2014–15 Announced
Scripps College recently announced the Mary W. Johnson Faculty Achievement Awards, honoring faculty for outstanding teaching and scholarship for the 2014–15 academic year. The awards are named in honor of […]
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Spotlight on Faculty: Susan Rankaitis, Fletcher Jones Chair in Studio Art
Susan Rankaitis holds the Fletcher Jones Chair of Studio Art at Scripps College. An artist herself, her works are most often defined as experimental photography or combined media. She has been included in over 100 museum exhibitions in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, and has been the recipient of three grants from the National Endowment for the Arts as well as a Flintridge Foundation Award in the Visual Arts and fellowships from the Avery, Borchard, Djerassi, Mellon and Graves Foundations. Rankaitis has been involved in collaborative projects with neuroscientist David Somers, dancer/choreographer John Pennington, biologist Robert Sinsheimer, poet Amy M. Wai Man and writer Paul Monette.
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Professor Aaron Leconte Receives Prestigious Cottrell Award
Aaron Leconte, assistant professor of chemistry at the W.M. Keck Science Department, a collaboration between Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges, has been awarded a three-year early career grant from the Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement.
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Professor Vanessa Tyson and Mia Shackelford ’17 Featured on KPCC’s “Air Talk”
Vanessa Tyson, assistant professor of politics at Scripps College, participated in a panel discussion on the KPCC-FM (88.3) radio show, “Air Talk,” presented before an audience at Pomona College’s Rose Hills Theater and broadcast live on February 10.
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Huffington Post Features Professor Mark Golub’s Article on Student Activism
Mark Golub, associate professor of politics at Scripps College, explores in Huffington Post how anti-racist norms coexist with persistent conditions of racial oppression on college campuses across the country.
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Spotlight on Faculty: Mary Hatcher-Skeers, Professor of Chemistry
Mary Hatcher-Skeers was appointed as the Sidney J. Weinberg, Jr. Chair in Natural Sciences in 2012 in recognition of her outstanding teaching and contributions to scholarship in the natural sciences.
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USN&WR Features Professor Vanessa Tyson on Clinton’s Lack of Connection with Millennial Voters
Vanessa Tyson, assistant professor of politics at Scripps College, explains in an opinion article for U.S.News & World Report the challenges Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton faces with the youth […]
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