Staff

Jennifer Chrisler

… Hampshire’s chief advancement officer from 2019 to 2024, and during her tenure launched the largest major fundraising … institutional support, where she leads fundraising, alumni and family relations, enrollment, financial aid, marketing and communications, public relations, and event services. …

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Faculty

Susan Darlington

… Susan M. Darlington, professor emerita of anthropology and Asian studies, received a B.A. in anthropology and history from Wellesley College and an M.A. and Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of …

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New Faculty Q&A with Jennifer Bajorek

… literature at the University of California Irvine and followed that with a postdoc in the rhetoric department … research in Cotonou, Benin. You have to ride a motorcycle, and you have to wear high heels. I can even get off a moving … twenty? Okay, thinking about what’s available in English and deliberately excluding books I’ve written about: Kathy …

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Board Member

Eddie Mandhry 97F

… co-founded by the former CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt and his wife Wendy. He is presently leading the Virtual … for Advanced Potential, a global network of researchers and practitioners working to advance the field of talent discovery and development, connecting more individuals from diverse …

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Professor Dorceta Taylor Brings Social Justice to Environmental Studies

… the color of wokeness. The very government agencies, NGOs, and foundations who promulgate environmental justice often … that begins in the classroom. “I’d look around my classes and wonder ‘where are all the other black students?’” said … Center is part of the College’s Cultural Village, and its new building was designed to meet Living Building …

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Cassidy Rappaport 12F Wins Charley Richardson Award

… Richardson Award Richardson, a labor union activist and educator who was a member of Hampshire’s first incoming … The award was established by his classmates, friends, and family to honor his dedication to organizing and building the collective voice and power of workers and

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Grads Urged to Nurture Community, Work for Justice at 2017 Commencement

… the “very sweet sound that brightens every spring” and marks a student's passing their Division III project, was … who had wrestled with difficult questions, recruited and collaborated with their faculty committees, and “ignored conventional approaches,” said President Lash, …

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Five College Program Offers Certificate in Reproductive Justice

… The Five College Program in Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice provides students an academic opportunity they … variety of disciplines across the Five College Consortium and addresses such diverse issues as access to reproductive health care, welfare policy, gender justice, and adoption. It also connects students with campus-based …

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Faculty

Robert Rakoff

… Robert Rakoff Robert Rakoff, professor emeritus of politics and environmental studies, received his B.A. from Oberlin College and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Washington. He taught at the …

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Students Win Top Design Prize at National Conference

… undergrads had just completed their first year of college, and the sixth had completed his second. Aldyn Markle, Claire Shillington, Karen Panke, Abbi Wilson, Joe McGlynn, and Matt Raymond had been part of the Integrated Sciences … green-building standard to supply its own electricity and water and treat its own wastewater. The centerpiece of …

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Div III Tests Boundaries

… Taliesin Nyala 07F In writing a play about Israel and Palestine, May graduate Sharon Goldberg (04F) sought to … The walls she hopes to dissolve are those between audience and actors, past and present, education and entertain-ment. Her desire to …

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Hampshire Student Receives Earl Ubell Grant To Support Div III Thesis

… of writing a thesis examining the medical use of cannabis and its legalization in Massachusetts in 2012. "My Division … the Massachusetts law within the past, present, and future of cannabis prohibition and legalization," said Condron. Named to honor the memory of …

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Hampshire Alumna Kate Browne 78F Builds Community Art

… Kate Browne 78F Builds Community Art Artist, writer, and director Kate Browne 78F recently built a 26-foot x … of a larger collaborative arts project that Browne created and has been working on since 2008, in which she builds giant cocoons with artists and townsfolk out of local materials. Each cocoon stands …

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Filmmaker's Panel on Islamophobia, Being Muslim in America

… Program, South Asian Studies, the Eqbal Ahmad Initiative, and their cosponsors announce “Islamophobia and Its Discontents,” a panel discussion, on Wednesday April … of Hampshire, who will address Islamophobia as racism, and Mehammed Mack (French and comparative literature), Smith …

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Project Changes Paper Purchasing Policy

… "The Effect of Post-Consumer Content on Paper Jamming and Malfunction in Printers and Convenience Copiers," science student and May graduate Vanessa Gravenstine field-tested her ideas …

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April 22: Earth Day – Regional Food System Strategies Panel

… Food System Strategies Panel Environmental educator and writer David Orr, Henry P. Kendall Foundation executive director Andrew W. Kendall, and CISA special projects director Margaret Christie will … in Franklin Patterson Hall’s Main Lecture Hall, is free and the general public is invited. A leading visionary and

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Statement by President Lash on Raising the Flag On Campus This Morning

… deeply held viewpoints. We are alarmed by the overt hate and threats, especially toward people in marginalized … families, or others for whom the flag represents service and sacrifice. We acted solely to facilitate much-needed … who hold the flag as a powerful symbol of national ideals and their highest aspirations for the country—including …

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Faculty

Junko Oba

… from International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Wesleyan University, where she trained as an ethnomusicologist and sound recording archivist. She teaches ethnomusicology, …

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Hampshire College Celebrates 50th Anniversary; Marks Major Contributions to the Innovation of Higher Education

… among them alums, families, community friends, donors, and former presidents and faculty members. Current staff, faculty, and students also participated in the festivities. Tours of …

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Division III Profile: Joslyn Studies the Philosophy of Abolitionist Frederick Douglass

… perspective on the life of the American activist and statesman Frederick Douglass, who was born into slavery and became a leading voice in the abolitionist and human rights movements. In 1945 Douglass published his …

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Staff

Rebecca Holland 77F

… is the assistant vice president for global standards and compliance for New York University, and previously served as NYU's deputy chief university … a Hampshire degree with a concentration in social and political history, she earned a J.D. from the Benjamin N. …

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Faculty

Monique Roelofs

… Netherlands; her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland; and was a postdoctoral fellow in the Pembroke Center at Brown University. She teaches and writes on aesthetics and feminist, critical race, postcolonial, and political …

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Christina Salway 00F: Redecorate, Reuse, Recycle

… Salway 00F: Redecorate, Reuse, Recycle Interior design and renovation projects by Christina Salway 00F featured in The New York Times , Boston Globe , and NBC's The Nate Berkus Show. By Michael Samuels 09F "When … alleys of my neighborhood," says Christina Salway 00F . "And then when I arrived at Hampshire, everyone was so …

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Alum Bob McCarthy Brings Hampshire Mojo to Hedge Fund Management

… “To create projects, you have to put a package together and make it happen,” says Bob McCarthy 72F. “That’s what I … his Division III year at the College, McCarthy researched and wrote a thesis about the economic impact of Gothic … them. That meant living in Chartres outside of Paris and researching in the library there and “convincing a …

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DEAFinitions Conference Draws Hundreds to Celebrate Deaf Culture

… DEAFintions, the weekend of March 24-25, to celebrate and learn about Deaf culture. The event has become important to the Deaf community in Western Massachusetts and beyond. “Deaf people often feel like they live in … of knowledge, 2) to build bridges between the Deaf and hearing communities, and 3) to raise awareness for the …

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