Tim Barnum, assistant professor of chemistry; Mary Carroll '86, the Dwane W. Crichton Professor of Chemistry; Joanne Kehlbeck, professor of chemistry; Lee Pedzisa, assistant professor of chemistry; Ellen Robertson, associate professor of chemistry; Yijing Stehle, assistant professor of mechanical engineering; Tengteng Tang, assistant professor of mechanical engineering; and Christopher Whitehead, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Assistant Professor of Chemistry, participated in the American Chemical Society (ACS) Spring 2026 conference in Atlanta from March 22 - 26. Students who participated included Khadija Amir 26; Phoebe Barnes '26; Antonia Soto Carillo '27; Oliver D'Anna '26; Laura Fradkin '27; Alex Medeiros '27; Vasilisa Palkova '27; Ewan Pavoni '27; Erik Roberts '26; Emma Townsend '26; and Armaan Uppal '26.
Kristin Bidoshi, Megan Ferry and Michele Ricci Bell of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures recently co-presented at the conference, “Innovative Approaches to Language Education” at Colgate University. Their presentation, “Language in the Present Tense: Putting the Spotlight on Career Readiness Skills,” shared their progress and findings stemming from the MLA Pathways Grant that they received for the current academic year.
Jeff Corbin, the Florence B. Sherwood Professor of Life Sciences, was a panelist in a webinar sponsored by the International Association of Plant Taxonomists and the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation. The webinar covered four different topics related to global initiatives to benefit plant conservation. Corbin's presentation was entitled, “Confronting invasive species: Coordinated initiatives to close pathways of introduction.”
Mark Dallas, professor of political science, participated last month in a workshop at the University of California, Berkeley, on “Geoeconomics and Tools of Economic Statecraft in a World of Transition.” Hosted by the Berkeley Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation Study Center, the event brought together former government officials, think tank experts and academics.
Lori Marso, the Doris Zemurray Stone Professor of Modern Literary and Historical Studies, considers feminist philosopher Manon Garcia’s book “Living With Men: Reflection on the Pelicot Trial” in an essay published in Los Angeles Review of Books. For Manon Garcia, philosopher and author of several books on feminism, sex and consent, the experience of sitting through the Gisèle Pelicot trial left her with one central question: “How can we live with men?” Marso draws on this book, Gisèle Pelicot’s own memoir, the Epstein documents, and debates in 1970s feminism to talk about sexual violence, misogyny and today's “manosphere.” Content warning: This story discusses sexual assault in detail.
Jillmarie Murphy, the William D. Williams Professor of English and director of Interdisciplinary Studies presented on “Behavioral Neurobiology and Human-Nonhuman Animal Attachments," for an Academic Spotlight event with College Relations March 26. Her talk focused on her current book project, “Anthrozoology: Neuroscience & Human-Nonhuman Animal Attachments (HNAA) in Trans-Atlantic Literary Naturalism.” The book examines, in part, the neurobiological characteristics of attachment bonding and the ways in which early life experiences, such as trauma, injury, neglect and loss, shape brain development and can contribute to emotional dysregulation for both human and nonhuman species.
Catherine Walker, associate professor of psychology, recently published "Examining Within-Session and Between-Session Change in Exposure-Meal- Related Distress During Intensive Outpatient Treatment for Eating Disorders" in the International Journal of Eating Disorders, with co-authors Meichai Chen ('19), Erin Reilly, Julie Morison and Lisa Anderson.
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