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Lacanian Psychoanalysis and Mother-Child Relationships
… Toni Morrison's Beloved , and I became overwhelmed by the idea of a mother killing her children out of love, or … death by her own hand as more honorable and just than the death her children might meet at the hands of another," she says, explaining how she began …
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Faculty
Lynn Miller
… Lynn Miller Lynn Miller, professor of biology, was one of the 'founding faculty' of Hampshire. His Ph.D. (biology) is from Stanford. He taught and studied at the University of Washington, the American University of Beirut, and the University of …
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March 7-8: Five College Queer Gender and Sexuality Conference
… and Sexuality Conference Hampshire College will host the Five College Queer Gender and Sexuality Conference on March 7 and 8. The conference, entering its fifth year, is student-led and … and class in a specifically queer context," says one of the event's student organizers, Abigail Carpenter-Winch 10F. …
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President Ed Wingenbach Interviewed in Boston Business Journal on Hampshire’s Untraditional Path Back to Success
… recently spoke with Boston Business Journal on how the College successfully pivoted from its crisis in 2019. Under Wingenbach leadership, the College has since launched a robust fundraising effort, … into one that further pushes traditional boundaries. From the article: "We've done this extensive work to try to …
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Faculty
Nancy Lowry
… in organic chemistry, and began teaching at Hampshire in the fall of 1970. She coordinated women and science events at Hampshire and published articles concerning the scientific education of women. Her interests include the shapes and functions of organic molecules; …
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Laurie Nisonoff
… professor emeritus of economics, holds a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.Phil. from … Fellowship in women's studies, and in 1993-94 a fellow of the Five Colleges Women's Studies Research Center. She has been an editor of the Review of Radical Political Economics , recently editing …
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Sarah Partan
… Wesleyan University and her Ph.D. in animal behavior from the University of California, Davis. Her research interests are in the areas of animal social behavior and communication. She is … displays to use in field playback experiments that combine the rigor of laboratory experiments with the natural setting …
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Laura Wenk
… curriculum and assessment, is a founding faculty member of the Childhood, Youth, and Education Program at Hampshire College supporting college students in examining the relationships among cognition, development, and instruction. She is also the curriculum director for the Collaboration for Excellence …
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A Hampshire Education is More Challenging, Independent, Community-Based – National Survey Shows
… Courtmanche In a widely used national survey measuring the quality of a higher education, responses by students … than an education from hundreds of comparison colleges. The annual National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) … nationwide each year to assess two critical features of the quality of a higher education: the amount of time and …
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Board Member
Catherine Smith 71F
… Smith 71F Chair Business Operations Catherine Smith joined the Board in 2019. She recently served as the Commissioner of Connecticut’s Department of Economic and … economic activity and expansion of business presence in the state. Prior to her service as Commissioner of the DECD, …
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Div III Profile: Flannery Weiss Drafts Sex Health Education Curriculum
… it while pursuing a future in education administration. The project began with research among Five College students … subject: how it’s taught and its larger ramifications. In the Hampshire library, she read journal and news articles on … change, as well as government documents, among them the annual House Appropriations Bill. Her 88-page thesis …
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Notable Alumni
Walter Greenleaf 75S
… Greenleaf, a behavioral neuroscientist, is a pioneer in the medical application of virtual-environment technology … expert known internationally as an early pioneer in the medical application of virtual environment technology. He … Virtual Human Interaction Lab. Greenleaf also serves as the director of technology strategy at The National Mental …
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Faculty
Judith Mann
… Judith Mann, professor emerita of art, holds a BSc from the State University of New York at Buffalo and an M.F.A. from the University of Massachusetts. She taught at Mount Holyoke College, the University of Rochester, and the Nova Scotia College of …
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Rita Edelman: A Vanished World
… in a one-person exhibition titled A Vanished World . The show will run from June 20-August 15, 2013. There will be a reception with the artist on Saturday, June 22 from 5-7 p.m. This event is free of charge, and the public is invited. Edelman makes large, abstract, …
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May 5 update to community
… and was asked as a precaution to remain in isolation until the student is no longer contagious to others. This is being … measure; there is no confirmation at this point that the student is suffering from H1N1 influenza A. The student was asked to remain in isolation based upon our …
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Stargazing with Samuel Singer 00F
… who recently earned a doctorate in science education from the University of Wyoming, says that he has started fundraising online, with the hope of raising enough money to build a large public … in high school. "It was that project that ended up being the spark for my Division II and III projects," he says. …
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Update on Bon Appétit
… As we're expecting to enroll 550 - 650 students next fall, the College will continue to provide dining options three … meals a day on weekends, but will shift dining services to the Bridge Café, Kern Café, and the HampStore, and expand the capacity of these locations. …
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Board Member
Mike Plenty 01F
… Chair Audit and Risk Management Mike Plenty 01F serves as the contract administration manager for the office of the chief financial officer in the Department of Homeland …
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Staff
Howard Wein 93F
… LLC, an advisory and venture firm serving both the local and global hospitality communities. He is an … included senior vice president of food and beverage for the Morgans Hotel Group, chief operating officer for Starr … healthy food transition. He has just recently opened The Alvah Stone restaurant at the Montague Book Mill. Howard …
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Notable Alumni
Dr. Vanessa Northington Gamble 70F
… Gamble is University Professor of Medical Humanities at The George Washington University. A physician, scholar, and … Dr. Gamble is an internationally recognized expert on the history of American medicine, racial and ethnic … In 2021 she was nominated by President Joe Biden to the National Council on the Humanities. Notable Alumni … Dr. …
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Faculty
Aaron Berman
… from Columbia University. He is particularly interested in the history of Jewish and Arab nationalisms, as well as … and intellectual history. His publications include Nazism, the Jews and American Zionism, as well as articles on the Holocaust and Zionism. His current project looks at the …
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Deborah Gorlin
… received a B.A. from Rutgers University and an M.F.A. from the University of California, Irvine. A writing instructor at … 1992, she has also taught at other area colleges and at the University of California, Irvine. She has published both … experience. Her book of poems, Bodily Course, won the 1996 White Pine Press Poetry Prize. Deb Gorlin is poetry …
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Alejandro Cuellar 00S
… Alejandro Cuellar 00S Alejandro Cuellar, co-director of the writing program and senior faculty associate, received … Hampshire College and his M.F.A. in fiction writing from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His writing … American/Caribbean immigrant narratives. He has taught at the UMass Amherst, Smith College, and Holyoke Community …
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Aimee Aubin's Division III is a Gift
… her summer employer offered her full-time work at the expense of her last year of college. After briefly considering the offer, Aubin declined. "It really made me enter the year looking at it as a gift. It allowed me to not …
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Hampshire College’s Michael Klare Discusses Geopolitics in a Post Fossil-fuel World with ABC Radio National
… of peace and world security studies and director of the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies (PAWSS). Klare is currently a visiting fellow at the Arms Control Association in Washington, D.C. and advises other organizations in the field. Listen to the full Future Tense podcast . Faculty …
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