November 14, 2003: Volume 59, Number 10

Profs. Ball, Jain are MacArthur professors

Anupama Jain, assistant professor of English, and Erica Ball, assistant professor of history, have been named John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Assistant Professors, a fellowship that supports new and promising faculty members.

Jain, who joined Union in 2002, holds a bachelor's degree from Bryn Mawr College and master's and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her research and teaching interests include South Asian American literature and culture, postcolonial literature and theory, and Asian American literature and studies. She recently presented her research about the growing Indo-Guyanese community in Schenectady.

Ball, who joined the College in 2001, earned her bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University and her Ph.D. from the Graduate School and University Center of City University of New York.

Her research and teaching interests include early American social and cultural history, African American history, and U.S. women's history.

The College has recognized a total of  26 MacArthur Assistant Professors since 1982, after it received a grant from the John. D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Last year's recipients were Christine Henseler of modern languages and John Cramsie of history.

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