Dear College Faculty and Staff,
As we close out the month of April, I am happy to introduce to you the new faculty who will be joining us this fall!
Come September 2, we will be welcoming nine of ten tenure track faculty and two lecturers across 11 different departments to campus. One tenure track hire will start with us in the Fall of 2023.
I am extremely excited that six of these new faculty members were part of our first successful cluster hire in Race, Inequality, and Social Justice as part of our ongoing support of Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the College! The cluster includes faculty in Anthropology, Child Studies, Classics, Communication, History, and Religious Studies, all of whom research and teach about diversity and equity issues in their fields. They will be meeting regularly throughout the year as a cohort to share their work and to connect with other DEI scholars and teachers on campus.
Please join me in congratulating and welcoming our new faculty colleagues!
Daniel
PS: Here’s a poem we academics can appreciate…
Prof of Profs
BY GEOFFREY BROCK
For Allison Hogge, in memory of Brian Wilkie
I was a math major—fond of all things rational. It was the first day of my first poetry class. The prof, with the air of a priest at Latin mass, told us that we could “make great poetry personal,”
could own it, since poetry we memorize sings inside us always. By way of illustration he began reciting Shelley with real passion, but stopped at “Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!”— because, with that last plosive, his top denture popped from his mouth and bounced off an empty chair.
He blinked, then offered, as postscript to his lecture, a promise so splendid it made me give up math: “More thingth like that will happen in thith clath.”
Source: Poetry (July/August 2008)
New Assistant Professors
(Updated September 1, 2022)
Isaura Cruz Anthropology
Migration and health, indigenous Mexican migrants, transnational P'urepecha communities, cardiovascular and metabolic conditions, biocultural methods, genomics and epigenomics.
Danielle Heitmuller Art & Art History
Experienced in animation, illustration, motion graphics, and visual effects. Filmmaker, author, and creator of experiential art.
Meaghan Deegan Chemistry & Biochemistry
Inorganic and organometallic synthesis, small molecule activation, porous metal-organic materials, gas storage and separation.
Brita Bookser Child Studies
Early care and education equity; educational access, inclusion, and quality; anti-racist and liberatory pedagogies; early education and child care policy; mixed methods research.
Nicholas Lindberg Classics
Ancient Greek democracy, Hellenistic political and cultural history, Environmental history.
Guillermo Rodriguez Communication
Narrative film and television production, race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality in narrative cinema, the horror genre, Spanish, Latin American and Latinx cinema, American cinema and television, Eastern European cinema, video games, neuroscience and film, film studies, critical and literary theory, continental philosophy, Gothic literature, and surrealism.
Mateo Carrillo History
Modern Mexico, transnational migration, environmental and agricultural history, land tenure, built environment, race/citizenship.
Shamil Asgarli Mathematics & Computer Science
Number theory, algebraic geometry, and combinatorics with emphasis on finite fields.
Chi-Yun Hsu Mathematics & Computer Science (Starting 2023/24)
Number Theory. p-adic modular forms, geometry of eigenvarieties, Galois deformations, and Iwasawa theory.
Bryson White Religious Studies
Intersection of protestant eschatologies as racial formation, anti-black racism, and the construction of the carceral state.
New Lecturers
(Updated September 1, 2022)
Michele Sieglitz Communication
Katelyn Byington Mathematics & Computer Science
Applied mathematics, fluid dynamics
Tony Rivera Music
Harmoniemusik: Re-imagining Classical-Era Opera Transcriptions for Modern Performance. Guest conductor, and International music arranger and lecturer.
Jeff Steele Philosophy
Medieval Philosophy, History of Ethics, Philosophy of Religion
Matthew Harrigan Political Science
U.S. Politics, including Congress and the Presidency
Jui Bhagwat Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Erik Sunderman Theatre and Dance
Production Management, Theatrical Technical Director, Technical Designer, Carpenter Lead/trainer, Mechanical Designer, Theatrical Automation Designer, Sound Engineer, Sound Designer, Theatrical Technician, Technology in the Arts Enthusiast. I really enjoy working with students in bringing art to life.
Mukta Sharangpani Women's & Gender Studies
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To The Bone
April 29-30, May 5-7, 8 PM; May 1 & 8, 2 PM | Fess Parker Studio Theatre
Examine the nature of equality and justice through this gritty play about exploited Latina immigrants in a chicken processing plant. This contemporary American drama gives audiences a close-up look into the complex lives of the invisible workforce that puts food on our tables.
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Polytopes, Triangulations, and Lattice-Point Enumeration
3:50 PM | O'Connor Hall #207
The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science welcomes Andrés R. Vindas Meléndez, Ph.D. from UC Berkeley.
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Envisioning Indigenous Futures: Contemporary Art, Decolonization, Climate Justice
4 PM | Zoom
Join the Center for the Arts and Humanities for talks by artist Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, and Lakota) and scholar T.J. Demos (Center for Creative Ecologies, UC Santa Cruz). Discussion and Q&A to follow.
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BAMA 6: The Objectivity of My Desire
7:30 PM | Zoom
Jo Hardin. Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at Pomona College. will discuss how algorithms and statistical models play a role in your everyday life, whether you know it or not. Hosted by the Department of Mathematics & Computer Science.
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Music at Noon: Jeff Hanson Film “The Return”
Noon | Music Recital Hall
The Return is a short film directed by SCU Alumnus Niko Baumbach with a musical score by SCU Faculty Member Jeffrey Hanson. Years after the disappearance of her sister on a camping trip, Amy returns to the same forest to find closure. This time, however, she checks into a mysterious inn.
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Search for What Matters: Erick Berrelleza, S.J.
Noon | Williman Room, Benson Center
Erick Berrelleza, S.J. (Sociology) will share what matters to him and why. Sponsored by the Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education.
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Gerald and Sally DeNardo Lectureship in the Health Sciences
7:30 PM | Music Recital Hall
Adia Benton, Ph.D., examines the political, economic, social, and historical dynamics shaping disease emergence, official and community responses to epidemics, and the narratives arising from these dynamics.
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Celebrating Mozart
5:30 PM | Music Recital Hall
Skip Rush Hour traffic for Mozart’s Birthday Celebration! Enjoy a free concert featuring a mix of song, opera, and instrumental works performed by students and faculty as a glimpse into Mozart’s genius. The inherent wisdom in Mozart’s scores speaks across generations and touches on topics of love, laughter, loss and hope.
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