Faculty
Elizabeth Conlisk
… Elizabeth Conlisk received her B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and M.S. and Ph.D. in epidemiology from Cornell University. She has a wide range of public health experience at local, state, national, and … agencies, including the North Carolina Department of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, …
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Faculty
Robert Goodman
… Robert Goodman Robert Goodman, professor emeritus of architecture, received his B.Arch. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Massachusetts, and the …
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News
Jamie Citron 01F Named to Biden-Harris Administration
… Obama White House staff member and longtime director of development strategy at the Obama Foundation. Citron began … including special assistant to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Citron also …
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Faculty
Jane Couperus
… Jane Couperus Dr. Jane W. Couperus, professor emerita of developmental cognitive neuroscience, received her B.A. in … with a minor in neuroscience from the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota. Her primary research interests are in the …
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Faculty
Cynthia Gill
… Cynthia Gill Cynthia Gill, associate professor of physiology, received her B.S. in biology from the University of North Carolina and her Ph.D. in neuroendocrinology from the University of Virginia. Professor Gill did postdoctoral research at the …
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Hampshire College to Admit a Spring 2020 Class in January
… Class in January Board Vote Restores Longstanding Practice of Spring and Fall Admissions for New and Transfer Students … reinstating the College’s longstanding admissions practice of allowing students to begin or transfer in either semester. The College’s leadership team and the Board of Trustees coordinated closely through the summer to restore …
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Choosing China
… German. She wanted to master the language, with the goal of one day teaching it to others as a second language. All that changed, however, when the directors of a local language school came to teach a TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) certification course at Hampshire. Hansen …
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Div III Participates in Harvard Linguistics Colloquium
… from his Div III thesis, entitled "The Nature and Process of Metaphorical Interpretation." In it, he synthesizes … literary theory in order to present an original analysis of metaphorical expressions. While it might seem that … did have to make a decision. He submitted an abstract of his Div III thesis both to Harvard's colloquium and to the …
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Div III Profile: Isaiah Mann, GlowLime Games, and Defender's Light
… leaving a legacy beyond his academic work. Mann is one of several cofounders of GlowLime games, a collective that enables Five College … would thrive long after he left the College. “The goal of GlowLime,” Mann says, “has always been to promote strong …
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College Innovators Supported by Roddenberry Foundation Gift
… Supported by Roddenberry Foundation Gift The impact of a recent $100,000 gift by alum Eugene "Rod" Roddenberry … has already been felt at Hampshire. But the main goal of that gift is to help students make an even bigger impact … annual grants that aid in development and field-testing of prototypes of student designs, support student start-ups, …
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For Div I Student Arlo Zwicker, Hampshire College’s Orchards and Gardens are Their Classroom
… into my own work. I learned more in the last two months of my senior year teaching myself about mycology than I ever … able to teach myself and have support in doing that kind of self-directed learning rather than teaching myself and … have a few projects going on. Can you talk about some of that work? I’m mostly working on permaculture design …
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Alum Derry Noyes Delivers Miniaturized Iconic American Art to Our Mailboxes
… not be a household name, her projects involving the work of artists Alexander Calder, Georgia O’Keeffe, Isamu Noguchi, … former faculty member from Yale introduced her to the idea of designing stamps, Noyes was hesitant at first. “As a designer, you have a mindset of what you might be designing, and working with postage …
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Dean Couperus Creating National Model for Teaching Brain Imaging
… recently awarded to a team including Jane Couperus, dean of the School of Cognitive Science and associate professor of developmental cognitive neuroscience. The NSF awarded …
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The Hawaiian Charter School Movement
… Charter School Movement Growing up on the big island of Hawaii, Alima Catellacci had firsthand experience in the … and traditions, it remains a challenge that a number of educators on the islands are committed to. "I saw a … 2000," she says. Kanu O Ka ?Aina, in Catellacci's hometown of Kamuela, was the first of those schools. Catellacci spent …
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Faculty
Daphne Lowell
… Daphne Lowell Daphne A. Lowell, professor emerita of dance and movement studies, and member of the Five College Dance Department, holds a B.A. in … and an M.F.A. in modern dance from the University of Utah. She is co-founder-director of Contemplative Dance …
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News
A Message on the Pittsburgh Shooting from Mim Nelson, David Ko, and Ellen Bernstein
… Dear Hampshire College Community, The tragedy at the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh claimed the life of eleven Jewish people at the synagogue, and injured others. …
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New Students at Hampshire Join a Conversation on Race and Justice
… a Conversation on Race and Justice How does the legacy of slavery continue to shape, and even haunt, the understanding of race, gender, and power in contemporary society? That … Chris Tinson will deliver a public lecture on “The Fact of Captivity: Twelve Years a Slave and the Afterlife of …
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Faculty
Alan Hodder
… Alan Hodder Alan Hodder, professor emeritus of comparative religion, holds a B.A. from Harvard College in … an M.T.S. from Harvard Divinity School in the history of religion; and an M.A. and Ph.D. in the study of religion from Harvard University. Before coming to …
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Listening and the Brain
… in hearing loss. "I was intrigued by how low levels of hearing perception can affect everything else in life," he … Music, Brain, and Development with Neil Stillings, dean of the School of Cognitive Science at Hampshire. In that class, students …
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Notable Alumni
Suzanne Perkins 85F P18
… a developmental cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Michigan studying how poverty and child maltreatment affect brain development. She was a teacher of students with disabilities, mostly associated with abuse … advocacy for people living with disabilities as a member of the IDEA board of the U of M Disability, Equity, and …
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Honorary Degrees for Chuck and Polly Longsworth
… involved from the beginning in the creation and leadership of what was to be a new kind of college. Chuck was the first employee of Hampshire, charged (he then worked for Amherst College) …
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Alum Benjamin Mako Hill 99F Awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award
… Mako Hill 99F, an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington, received a National Science Foundation Faculty … research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. Hill’s research …
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Admissions Counselor
David H. Matheson P11 P13
… as a senior partner. He was the founder and global leader of the firm’s health care practice. Dave managed the Boston … the BCG Executive Committee. Dave is currently the chair of Pharos Global Health. He served on the boards of PLAN International/Childreach, where he was Chairman, US …
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Hoe Down
… Hoe Down Abigail Meisel The annual summer conference of the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) will … conference will center on four specific themes: the use of glyphosate and pesticides in conventional farming, seed … health. Sandor Katz, who helped catalyze a broad revival of food fermentation (kombucha, anyone?) will be the keynote …
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Carol Varney Elected Alumni Trustee
… Mike Medeiros Carol Varney ’90F was voted in as one of the College’s two elected alumni trustees last spring, … says she plans to draw on her work as executive director of the Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC)—and her experiences as … college student—to serve Hampshire. Varney brings years of nonprofit experience: she’s been on the boards of the Bay …
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