Faculty Accomplishments
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A textbook written by Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Gail Carlson has been published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. Human Health and the Climate Crisis examines "both the direct and indirect human health impacts of climate change while uniquely exploring climate justice—the equitable protection of all people from climate impacts and the participation of all people in climate-related decision-making regardless of race/ethnicity, class, national origin, indigenous status and gender."
Professor of Creative Writing Debra Spark wrote the article "Career Pivots" about Yale alumni who have made a major career change later in life. "The pandemic gave us a gift," Spark writes. "Well, of sorts. A reminder of something we already know: we are all vulnerable; we must value what we have. Or, if we don’t value what we have, that we don’t 'have unlimited time to change,' as life coach Kirsten Parker ’11MFA notes."
Raffael Scheck, the John J. and Cornelia V. Gibson Chair in History, was interviewed for Netflix's new series WWII in Color: Road to Victory. He appears in three episodes, namely "Dunkirk," "the Invasion of North Africa," and "the Liberation of Paris."
Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie is a coauthor on a new paper in the journal Ecosphere, "Using remote sensing to monitor the spring phenology of Acadia National Park across elevational gradients." This study assesses the capability of satellite-detected phenology measurements to capture spring green-up in topographically complex environments. The authors compare two different approaches to modeling green-up from Landsat data over Acadia National Park, Maine; these satellite-detected measurements were ground-truthed by McDonough MacKenzie's extensive fieldwork observing leaf-out phenology on the ground over three mountains for four field seasons in Acadia. The research offers new tools for monitoring climate change impacts in remote, heterogenous landscapes where the resources or access for on-the-ground fieldwork may be limited.
Nichole Price, a senior research scientist at Bigelow Laboratory who holds a research faculty appointment at Colby, was honored with a Visionary Award from the Gulf of Maine Council. The award recognizes individuals who exhibit outstanding innovation, creativity, and commitment to protecting natural resources within the Gulf of Maine. "Through her leadership, expertise, and willingness to forge partnerships with government, industry, and non-profits, Nichole has expanded our understanding about complex environmental challenges and advanced innovative solutions for sustainable seafood in the Gulf of Maine," said the council in a press release.
Associate Professor of English Aaron Hanlon has been awarded a New England Humanities Consortium seed grant as a co-principal investigator on the project "Fact, Fiction, and Disinformation: A Computational Analysis of Fossil Fuel Writing Across Genres." Using a large dataset of published fiction about oil and coal, the team will analyze and compare the language of these fictional works, newspaper articles, op-ed pieces, amateur writing, and false information (including that disseminated by the fossil fuel industry) about fossil fuels.
Adam Howard, the Charles A. Dana Professor of Education, presented a paper at a featured symposium at the Australian Association for Research in Education Conference. His paper, "Secret Brotherhoods: Accessing the Hidden Worlds of Elite All-Boys Schools," was for the symposium "Elite private boys' schooling, feminism and gender justice: Reimagining research in a post #metoo world."
Professor of Art Véronique Plesch served as a member of the jury for the defense of Augustto Corrêa Cipriani’s doctoral thesis at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. In 2018-19, Cipriani (majoring in literary studies with a concentration in literary theory and comparative literature) spent six months at Colby conducting research under Plesch’s supervision. His thesis, “Contemporary Brazilian Writing: Handwriting in the Work of Guilherme Zarvos e Gustavo Speridão,” combines word and image studies, intermediality, and, in particular, graffiti as a framework for considering poems and visual works.
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Alison Bates has been invited to deliver remarks and conduct a panel discussion at a public webinar organized by Resources for the Future. The workshop, "Offshore Wind: Today’s Challenges and Tomorrow’s Opportunities,” will take place Thursday, Dec. 2, and is freely available to the public. Bates will share major lessons learned from her research and deliver remarks about developing local benefits alongside government, advocacy, industry, and university representatives. The event is contextualized within the current White House goals of meeting climate targets through offshore wind. More information about the event, including registration, can be found here.
Assistant Professor of Psychology Veronica Romero '09 and Margaret Hall '20 has coauthored a new paper, "Emotion in Motion: Investigating the Relationship between Interpersonal Motor Coordination and Emotional States," accepted in the Journal of Modern Psychological Studies, which focuses on undergraduate research. This paper came from the study Hall designed and conducted as part of Romero's seminar Collaborative Research in Human Movement.