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Kevin Williamson’s Safe and Sound Selected for LGBTQ Unbordered International Film Festival
Assistant Professor of Dance Kevin Williamson’s dance film Safe and Sound is an official summer 2021 selection of the LGBTQ Unbordered International Film Festival. In October 2019, Williamson performed the dance as a work-in-progress at Garrison Theater.
Read MoreIn the Media: Stacey Wood Discusses Britney Spears’ Conservatorship with the Guardian
Stacey Wood, Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology and professor of psychology, spoke to the Guardian about Britney Spears’ conservatorship, which Spears alleges has deprived her of her basic autonomy.
Read MoreIn the Media: Nicholas Kacher Discusses Rising Summer Gasoline Prices on KVCR
Assistant Professor of Economics Nicholas Kacher discusses California’s rising summer gasoline prices on KVCR, an NPR affiliate radio station.
Read MoreIn the Media: Stacey Wood and Tessa Solomon-Lane Explain the Neuroscience of Catfishing in Salon
Stacey Wood, professor of psychology and Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology, and Tessa Solomon-Lane, professor of biology in the W.M. Keck Science Department, explain how catfishers exploit basic human neuroscience in Salon.
Read MoreScripps College Honors Retiring Faculty
This spring, Scripps College honors retiring faculty and thanks them for their years of teaching and service.
Read MoreSpotlight on Faculty: Assistant Professor of Media Studies Jane Chang Mi
This fall, three new tenure-track faculty members joined Scripps College. As part of our ongoing series on Scripps’ faculty, the Office of Marketing and Communications sat down with Assistant Professor of Media Studies Jane Chang Mi to discuss her upcoming exhibitions, computational media, and Indigenous futures.
Read MoreSpotlight on Faculty: Aly Ogasian, Assistant Professor of Art
The Office of Marketing and Communications sat down with Aly Ogasian to discuss the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Arctic Circle, and road-tripping with a kayak. Ogasian teaches art and media studies at Scripps, and her broader interests include the intersection of the arts and sciences, aerospace, and territories of wonder.
Read MoreMichael Spezio Reviews New Book on Artificial Intelligence in Science Magazine
Associate Professor of Psychology Michael Spezio reviewed* Atlas of AI, a new book on the power, politics, and consequences of artificial intelligence, for Science magazine. “By taking power and materiality seriously and leaving aside questions of what intelligence is, Crawford maps answers to how AI is made and how we are trapped by its making,” Spezio writes.
Read MoreHao Huang and Rachel Huang Celebrate Billie Holiday with Berklee College of Music
Hao Huang, Bessie and Cecil Frankel Chair in Music and professor of music, and music faculty Rachel Huang were distinguished guest panelists at Berklee College of Music’s Billie Holiday Birthday Symposium.
Read MoreMary Routt Chair of Writing Joan Kane: Confronting Archetypes and Apocalypse in Literature
For writer Joan Kane, the 2021 Mary Routt Chair in Writing at Scripps, the connection forged between writers and readers is not only vital, but timely. This semester, Kane’s workshop syllabus is focused on themes of archetype and apocalypse across genres, with particular emphasis on works in translation and by Indigenous writers.
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