Faculty Research Presentations
Faculty members will share informal talks on their current research. Discover the breadth of a liberal arts education by exploring subjects you have not studied before!
Three 45-minute sessions start at 9:00, 10:00, and 11:00 a.m.
Group 1: 9:00–9:45 a.m.
- Good Water in Bad Times: New York/Fiji/Singapore
Martha Kaplan (Anthropology and Asian Studies), Blodgett Hall 105 - The Banana Republic’s Capital: Boston, the United Fruit Company, and the Landscape of Empire
Joseph Nevins (Geography), Ely Hall 200 - German Fairy Tales and the Discovery of Imaginative Play
Elliott Schreiber (German Studies and Global Nineteenth Century Studies), Olmsted Hall 162 - The Economics of Immigration Policy
Sarah Pearlman (Economics), Olmsted 266 - Physical Models: Testing Cognitive Hypotheses with Autonomous Biorobots
John Long (Cognitive Science and Biology), Olmstead Hall 273 - Vampires, Monks, and Holy Fools: The Mystical in Russia and Eastern Europe
Charles Arndt III (Russian Studies), Rockefeller Hall 200 - Carceral Christianity: Religion's Role in Prisons and Policing
Klaus Yoder (Religion), Rockefeller Hall 203 - Graphs, Geometry, and Gerrymandering
Daryl DeFord (Mathematics and Statistics), Rockefeller Hall 210 - A Late Roman Law about Prostitutes; or How to do History with Ancient Legal Evidence
Carl Rice (Greek and Roman Studies), Rockefeller Hall 300
Group 2: 10:00–10:45 a.m.
- The Long Arc of China's Environmental Program
Yu Zhou (Geography), Ely Hall 200 - Studying Biological Mechanisms of Social Behavior
Bojana Zupan (Psychological Science and Neuroscience and Behavior), Olmsted 162 - The Behavioral Economics of Trust and Climate Change
Benjamin Ho (Economics), Olmsted Hall 169 - "This is a True War Story"
Robert Brigham (History), Olmsted 266 - How Minds Meet in Conversation
Claire Augusta Bergey (Cognitive Science), Olmstead Hall 273 - Doing Justice to the Classics: Greco-Roman Antiquity and White Nationalism
Curtis Dozier (Greek and Roman Studies), Rockefeller Hall 200 - Protean Practices: old and new techniques to erase Jewish suffering
Ágnes Vető (Jewish Studies), Rockefeller Hall 203 - PICTURING THE TWILIGHT ZONE: Mystical Tales from St. Petersburg Illustrated
Dan Ungurianu (Russian Studies), Rockefeller Hall 210 - What Can We Learn from Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle?
Bryan Van Norden (Philosophy), Rockefeller Hall 300 - Women Warriors of the Middle Ages
Nancy Bisaha (History and Medieval Renaissance Studies), Swift Hall 101
Group 3: 11:00–11:45 a.m.
- Social Fabric: Quilts and American Studies
Lisa Collins (American and Native American Studies), Art Library Seminar Room 4 - What is Single Crystal X-ray Crystallography and How it Helps us Figure U(ranium) Out
Joseph Tanski (Chemistry), Bridge Building 217 - From Philosophy to Environmental Studies: A Journey
Jeff Seidman (Philosophy and Environmental Studies), Ely Hall 200 - Explosive Volcanic Eruption Triggers
John Zayac (Earth Science), Ely Hall 204 - Ritual, Brain, and Belief: The Cognitive Science of Religion
Ken Livingston (Cognitive Science), New England 206 - Overseas Filipina Writers and their Reproductive Irrealism
Alden Marte-Wood (English), Olmsted 266 Jesus And Me: An Observant Jew Teaches Jesus Marc Michael Epstein (Religion, Jewish Studies), Rockefeller 200 - Women in Russian Arts: The Power & The Glory
Farida Tcherkassova (Russian Studies), Rockefeller Hall 203 - The Vice-Presidential Curse: Why (Allegedly) Incumbent Vice-Presidents
Lose General Presidential Elections Richard Born (Political Science), Rockefeller Hall 210 - Online Ghosts, Glitches & UFOs: Is Seeing Believing?
Christopher White (Religion), Rockefeller 300