Faculty News and Notes

 Lisa Trivedi 86F to give lecture in honor of Prof. Susan Tracy's retirement.

Author and Five College professor Michael Klare will address the trends facing the global community in his lecture, “World on Edge: War and Peace in the Climate Change Era,” at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at Hampshire College.

Hampshire alum and former faculty member Robin Coste Lewis has won the 2015 National Book Award for Poetry.

Prof. Andrea Dezsö was recently nominated for the 2016 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA), which describes itself as the “world’s largest children’s literature award.”

Professor Johnson, professor of Asian studies and politics and director of the Hampshire College China Exchange Program, is interviewed in the Boston Globe regarding China's recent policy shift.

Professor Roelofs has been awarded a Curriculum Diversification Grant by the American Society of Aesthetics.

The Amherst Bulletin reports on Abraham Ravett's newest documentary, Holding Hands with Ilsa, and the unlikely meeting that changed the film's trajectory.

Robin Coste Lewis is a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award for Poetry

Professor David Kelly insisted he didn't want a retirement party, but he's getting a virtual party instead as his retirement story has now been shared by hundreds of media outlets.

Hampshire College pays tribute to Mathematics Professor David Kelly’s fascination with the number 17.

Research by Economics Professor Omar Dahi and Yasser Munif, a sociologist at Emerson College, focuses on how Syrians are adapting to the transformation of their society.

"¡Presente! The Young Lords in New York," is curated by Hampshire Prof. Wilson Valentín-Escobar at the Loisaida Inc. as part of a three part series focusing on the Puerto Rican nationalist group the Young Lords.

"How do you make sense of the world in the light of modern science?" he asks. For starters, don’t be bound by tradition.

On a field-study in Thailand, Human Biology Professor Megan Dobro and her students work with Thai teens to empower them around critical sexual health issues.

The honor will recognize those who exemplify the Hampshire College philosophy professor’s “bold stance and brave leadership in abortion funding and advocacy.”