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Hampshire a Top-40 College for Alums Earning a Doctorate, Federal Data Reveals
… rank Hampshire College #39 nationwide by percentage of graduates who advance to earn a doctorate, close on the … faculty advisers and receive written evaluations instead of grades. According to the most recent census from the National Science Foundation’s Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED), released in 2017, which tracks …
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Jan. 22-Feb. 28: Barbara Norfleet Photography Exhibition
… 28: Barbara Norfleet Photography Exhibition An exhibition of new work by photographer Barbara Norfleet, DRINK: The Pleasures and Perils of Alcohol , will be in the Jerome Liebling Center at … February 28. DRINK features Norfleet's early photographs of social gatherings, reimagined through collage as a …
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I Am My Div III and My Div III Is Me.
… university more than Division III, the primary occupation of every student's last year. At the four other Five College … to ask, "What's your Div III?" but with only a vague idea of how it's different from a senior thesis. In my four years … in spring. In a class I took my first year, Professor of Humanities Bob Meagher explained the Ancient Greek concept …
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Area Of Study
Computer Science
… Computers and other digital technologies are extensions of the human mind and increasingly have more or less capable minds of their own. You are here Sitewide Search Our computer … for learning and creativity, and as powerful catalysts of intended and unintended social transformation. The …
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Area Of Study
Psychoanalytic Studies
… and changing field through coursework; build a portfolio of work across courses; and can choose to pursue a final … to Feminine Discourse Comparing Understanding and Views of Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to Psychoanalysis …
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Depicted Space
… Meninas . Enigmatic, Velázquez’s painting depicts members of the Spanish court of King Philip IV and has compelled generations of artists for many reasons — one of which is the complex use …
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Faculty
Lee Spector
… Lee Spector Lee Spector, professor emeritus of computer science, holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Maryland and a B.A. in philosophy from Oberlin College. … and evolution. He is also interested in the use of technology in music and other arts. His recent research …
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Faculty
Annie Rogers
… Annie Rogers Annie Rogers, professor emerita of psychoanalysis and clinical psychology, received her B.A. … University. She comes to Hampshire after fifteen years of teaching and doing research at Harvard University. … Professor Rogers has conducted studies on a range of topics including girls’ psychological development and …
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Faculty
Kristen Luschen
… Kristen Luschen Kristen Luschen, Five College professor of education studies, received her B.A. and M.A. in sociology from the State University of New York at Buffalo. She received her doctorate in cultural foundations of education and a certificate of advanced study in women's …
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Area Of Study
Legal Studies
… or community organizing. Student Project Titles Legality of Domestic Spying: Explorations of the NSA Eavesdropping Program Imagining and Policing the … and the State American Taxes Changing Concepts of Juvenile Delinquency The Road to Hell: Reform and Control …
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Board Member
Juana Schurman 72F
… 2021. She is an attorney and senior vice president of Oracle America, Inc., serving as its global head of employment law. Juana is a past president and former board member of the Bay Area Ethics and Compliance Association, a member …
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Artist Residency Celebrates Freedom and Creativity in Music
… Creativity in Music Giovana Romano Sanchez On the stage of the Hampshire College Music and Dance Building, a group of students sat with their instruments in a circle, and were … did that every day and you tried to find the other side of your sound?” asked Nicole Mitchell, award-winning flutist …
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Campus Exhibit Commemorates Black Panther Party and Young Lords Party
… Party A new exhibit on campus brings new focus to the work of two of the most important grassroots political organizations in … Young Lords Party. The exhibit Power and Memory: 50 Years of Struggle, Shared Legacies of Resistance, is an assemblage …
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Acclaimed Comics Journalist Featured as Hampshire Writer in Residence
… the public. Sacco is a Guggenheim fellow and a recipient of the Eisner Award and the American Book Award. In the spirit of a war correspondent, he often chronicles events in areas of the world where intense political, ethnic, cultural, and …
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April 15: Eric N. Schocket Memorial Lecture on Class and Culture
… Professor Spivak is a literary theorist and co-founder of the Institute of Comparative Literature and Society at Columbia University, where she holds the rank of University Professor. She is best known for her 1988 essay …
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Hampshire Alum Dr. Vanessa Gamble Nominated to National Council on the Humanities
… Vanessa Northington Gamble, M.D, Ph.D. 70F, a member of Hampshire's first entering class, to The National Council … the Humanities . Dr. Gamble serves as University Professor of Medical Humanities, Professor of Medicine, and Professor of Health Policy and American …
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Five Hampshire College Science Students Receive Coppinger Grants
… Professor Emeritus Ray Coppinger was a founding member of the Hampshire faculty and a leader in establishing the … Grants are competitive, based on the intellectual merit of proposed work, and judged by the deans of cognitive science and natural science. The funded projects …
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Marlene Gerber Fried Honored with APHA Advocacy Award
… annual meeting in New Orleans. Dedicated to the memory of reproductive health expert Dr. Felicia Stewart, the award … by the Population, Reproductive, and Public Health Section of the APHA. It recognizes individuals who have demonstrated a strong commitment to advocacy on behalf of reproductive health and rights. Professor Gerber Fried is …
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Third Annual Engage! Day Focused on Anti-racism, Social Justice, and Inclusion
… on Anti-racism, Social Justice, and Inclusion Hundreds of Hampshire students, staff, and faculty gathered for the College’s third annual Engage! Community Day of Education on Thursday, October 24. Classes were cancelled … members were invited to workshops and events with the goal of strengthening relationships, celebrating diversity, and …
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Hampshire Student Murphy Hunn Bridges History and Craft through Metalworking
… Div III project—building a historically accurate suit of metal armor. What drew you to Hampshire? And metalworking? … respects craft. They understand that there's work outside of only sitting and thinking. It’s not that those things … aren’t important, but Hampshire really values the practice of art as well. For your Div II project, you designed and …
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Writing Comics About Monsters and God
… something in me could also open itself up to the presence of God.” So Horvath decided to write – and draw – what was in their mind. Based on their own experiences and studies of gender, sexuality, and religion, they produced the graphic novel And Then the Moon Touched My Face , part of their Division III project “Tender Creatures.” “It’s an …
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Int'l Science Journal Publishes Student's Bee Immunity Research
… in order to strengthen their immune system: the nectar of certain flowers contains chemicals that bolster a bee’s defense against parasites. That was the finding of research conducted by Hampshire alum Olivia Masi Biller … PLOS One. The research came directly from a chapter of Biller’s Division III thesis project. This study is …
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Hampshire's Cristina Peña and Walker Staples Will Read in Five College PoetryFest
… to the public. PoetryFest celebrates the quality and range of student poetry with two writers representing each of the Five College schools—Hampshire, Amherst, Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The inspiration of Lorna Peterson, …
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Staff
A. Kim Saal 70F
… A. Kim Saal 70F Northampton, Massachusetts Kim Saal is one of two elected alumni trustees. In 2014 he was named president and chief executive officer of the Cooley Dickinson Physician Network at Cooley Dickinson … in Northampton, Massachusetts. Previously, he was chief of cardiology at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge and a …
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Area Of Study
Anthropology and Archaeology
… and Archaeology Anthropology and Archaeology Students of archaeology and anthropology at Hampshire College engage in a study of the dimensions of humanity. You are here Sitewide Search Through courses in …
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