Faculty (page 4)
In the Media: Professor of Art Ken Gonzales-Day Featured in Chicago Sun Times for Smithsonian Exhibit
The Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery is currently showing about 20 works from a series by Professor of Art Ken Gonzales-Day, as featured in The Chicago Sun Times.
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Scripps College Announces Dr. Taro Yamane Chair in Economics
Scripps College recently received a $1.5 million gift to establish the Dr. Taro Yamane Chair in Economics.
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Scripps College History Professor Corey Tazzara Publishes Book on the Birth of Modern Free Trade
Corey Tazzara, assistant professor of history at Scripps College, recently announced his new book, The Free Port of Livorno and the Transformation of the Mediterranean World, has been published by Oxford University Press.
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Spotlight on Faculty: Leila Mansouri, Assistant Professor of English
This fall, four new tenure-track faculty members joined Scripps College, including two at the W.M. Keck Science Department. The Claremont Colleges also welcome one visiting assistant professor. As part of our ongoing series on Scripps’ faculty, the Office of Marketing and Communications recently sat down with Leila Mansouri, who joins the College as assistant professor of English.
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Spotlight on Faculty: James Garrison, Visiting Assistant Professor of Africana Studies
James Garrison, a Consortium for Faculty Diversity Fellow and visiting assistant professor in the Intercollegiate Department of Africana Studies, began a one-year appointment in fall 2017 at The Claremont Colleges, with Scripps College as his home campus.
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Professor Kevin Williamson’s Solo Show Lauded By LA Dance Chronicle
Scripps College Assistant Professor of Dance Kevin Williamson’s solo dance show Still or I’ve Been Choreographed received high praise from dance critic Jeff Slayton in his recent LA Dance Chronicle column.
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Professor Emerita Kitty Maryatt’s Latest Printing Press Work
Scripps College Professor Emerita Kitty Maryatt ’65 is continuing to work on printing press material and recently completed a piece that follows a challenging press technique, as highlighted in Fine Books Magazine.
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Professor Emerita Gayle Greene Gives Memoir Presentation
Scripps College Professor Emerita Gayle Greene discussed her new book Missing Persons: A Memoir on November 1 at an event sponsored by the Intercollegiate Feminist Center at The Claremont Colleges.
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Biologist Melissa Coleman Featured in Current Biology Journal
Associate Professor of Biology Melissa Coleman is featured in the Oct. 9, 2017 issue of Current Biology about her work as a neuroscientist at the W.M. Keck Science Department of Scripps College, Claremont McKenna, and Pitzer College.
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Scripps Magazine: Focus on the Faculty: Susan Rankaitis, Fletcher Jones Chair in Studio Art
“I don’t call it retirement, I call it downsizing from two careers to one,” says Susan Rankaitis. This past July, Rankaitis, who joined Scripps’ Art Department in fall 1990 as the Fletcher Jones Chair in Studio Art, began two years of phased retirement. She will no longer teach classes but will continue to write letters of recommendation for her advisees and colleagues. She will also be devoting significantly more time to her own art practice.
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