Faculty News and Notes

Professor of Philosophy Marlene Gerber Fried participated in a conversation on reproductive rights on “Difficult Dialogues: Voices from the Valley.” The program produced by sister Five College institution Mount Holyoke discusses complex social issues. Professor Gerber Fried is faculty director of CLPP, the Civil Liberties and Public Policy program at Hampshire.  

Hampshire College Professor Sara Greenberger Rafferty’s show at Rachel Uffner Gallery is featured in a four-page portfolio in a recent issue of Art in America magazine.

 In John Slepian's performance piece "Transcendence," the associate professor of art and technology uses his brainwaves, and a few essential pieces of equipment, to levitate off the ground.

Hampshire College Professor Marlene Gerber Fried was honored with the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) 2014 Felicia Stewart Advocacy Award.

Michael Klare, author and professor of Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College blogs for the Huffington Post on "Fossil-Fueled Republicanism" and its implications for the Keystone XL Pipeline and other issues.

The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm featuring illustrations from Associate Professor of Art Andrea Dezsö is currently  #1 on Amazon's bestseller list in the Mythology and Folktales literature section.

PopDev, the Population and Development Program at Hampshire College, is proud to announce the launch of the UN Women flagship report The World Survey of the Role of Women in Development: Gender Equality and Sustainable Development. The report has been presented to the UN General Assembly and translated into all six official UN languages.

Hampshire College Professor of Literary Journalism Michael Lesy was selected as keynote speaker for the 2014 Society for Photographic Education (SPE) Midwest regional conference.

Art and technology professor John Slepian's humorous conceptual performance/installation/video work, inspired by early conceptual art, makes the thinking of the artist visible.

The Daily Hampshire Gazette on how a single image led Professor of Film and Photography Abraham Ravett back to his birth country of Poland for his newest film project, Holding Hands with Ilsa.

Associate Professor of Computer Science Jaime Dávila, as part of a team of Hampshire College community members, is riding his bike to raise money for the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts.

Hampshire College Professor of Humanities Robert Emmet Meagher will celebrate the release of his book Killing From the Inside Out: Moral Injury and Just War on Wednesday, October 1, at 4:30 p.m. at the Red Barn at Hampshire College.      

Professor of Development Studies Betsy Hartmann received a Fulbright-Nehru Distinguished Chair award to spend four months in India during spring semester 2015.

Deborah Gorlin, co-director of Hampshire's Writing Program, has been awarded the 2014 May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize for her book, Life of the Garment (Bauhan Publishing).

A grand opening of the Robert Seydel Reading Room will showcase one of Hampshire’s most exciting new spaces on Friday, September 12, from 4 to 6 p.m.