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Tölölyan Honored as Preeminent Scholar of Diaspora Studies
Khachig Tölölyan was named a preeminent scholar of diaspora studies. (Photo by Bill Burkhart) Khachig Tölölyan, professor of letters, professor of English, was honored as the preeminent scholar of...
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Grimmer-Solem Authors Learning Empire
Erik Grimmer-Solem, professor of history and German studies, is the author of a new book, Learning Empire: Globalization and the German Quest for World Status, 1875-1919, published by Cambridge...
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Angle Guest-Edits Special Issue of Contemporary Chinese Thought
Stephen Angle Stephen Angle, Mansfield Freeman Professor of East Asian Studies, professor of philosophy, has had a number of recent publications. Angle is the editor of “The Adolescence of Mainland New...
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Greenhouse ’73, P’08 Lectures on the Past and Future of American Labor
Steven Greenhouse ’73, P’08 discussed his book, Beaten Down, Worked Up, in the College of Letters Library. (Photo by Simon Duan ’23) Steven Greenhouse ’73, P’08, author of Beaten Down, Worked Up: The...
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Wesleyan Honors 8 Retiring Faculty
Eight Wesleyan faculty members are retiring at the end of the 2019–20 academic year. They include: RICHARD ADELSTEIN Woodhouse/Sysco Professor of Economics (2010–2020) Professor of Economics...
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Wesleyan Offering Wealth of Resources for Remote Teaching, Learning
Bonnie Solivan, academic technologist for Information Technology Services, led a Moodle training for faculty and instructional staff who are teaching remotely. A recording of the workshop, and several...
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Scholars Explore the Theme of “Dirt” Through Center for the Humanities Series
During the Center for the Humanities Lecture Series, nine scholars explored the theme of “Dirt” throughout the fall 2020 semester. The theme explored the material ecologies and symbolic currencies of...
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New Visiting Faculty Bring Vast Academic Interests from High Altitude...
Several new visiting faculty and scholars attended New Faculty Orientation in August. (Photo by Olivia Drake) Nineteen visiting faculty, including fellows, scholars, and postdoctoral researchers, join...
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New, Ongoing Faculty are Experts on Japanese Pedagogy, Costume Design,...
This fall, Wesleyan welcomes 43 new faculty to campus of which 24 are ongoing members of the campus community. Fourteen are tenure-track, eight are professors of the practice, two are adjunct, and 19...
View ArticleMartha Gilmore Wins Claudia J. Alexander Award
Martha “Marty” Gilmore, the George I. Seney Professor of Geology and professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, has been awarded the 2022 Claudia J. Alexander Prize from the Division for Planetary...
View ArticleWesleyan and edX Announce Partnership
Wesleyan University and edX, a leading global online learning platform from 2U, Inc. announced Wesleyan as the newest member of the global edX partner network, joining hundreds of top institutions...
View ArticleStrength in Numbers and the Power of Microbes: Meet Raquel Bryant
For most people, microbes are something to be observed under a microscope, but for Raquel Bryant, Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, they provide insight into the way that the...
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Kauanui Given Lifetime Achievement Award
J. Kehaulani Kauanui Professor of American Studies J. Kēhaulani Kauanui has been recognized with the American Indian History Lifetime Achievement Award, given by the Western History Association...
View ArticleWesleyan in the News: March 2023
Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth ’78 wrote an op-ed on academic freedom for Times Higher Education after the restrictive laws passed recently in Florida, which control what content is appropriate to...
View ArticleKoeppel Fellow Jacqueline Rabe Thomas on the importance of community-based...
Community-based, data-driven stories are Koeppel Fellow Jacqueline Rabe Thomas’ bread-and-butter. Instead of walking into a pitch meeting with a defined story arc, as is often required in the modern...
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The Impact of Action Teaching
Scott Plous At the first Faculty and Staff Lunch Talk following the COVID-19 pandemic, held April 4, Professor of Psychology Scott Plous stood before the assembled group of faculty and staff to discuss...
View ArticleWesleyan Students Present at NEURON Conference
Wesleyan students from four research labs in the Neuroscience and Behavior program (NS&B) attended the 36th annual Northeast Undergraduate and Graduate Research Organization for Neuroscience...
View ArticleWesleyan to Participate in Generative AI Research Project
Wesleyan University will be participating in a research project to explore the potential—and pitfalls–of generative artificial intelligence as a teaching and research tool. Wesleyan joins 19 other...
View ArticleLecture Explores Impact of 1970 Black Panther Trials on Connecticut Juries
Professor of Government Sonali Chakravarti connected the 1970 Black Panther trials held in New Haven to important jury reforms taking place in Connecticut today. Chakravarti delivered her lecture on...
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Raquel Bryant on Eight-Week Research Expedition in Waters of Greenland
A team of scientists from different corners of the field, all with unique backgrounds and countries they call home, tucked onto a vessel in the middle of the Northwest Atlantic for two months. It could...
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