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Professor of History Paul Josephson was a guest on the podcast The Red Line in an April 5 episode titled "War in the Arctic," which focused on Russia's hypersonic missile program. "Russia is rolling out Arctic divisions, new bases and groundbreaking new missiles, which threaten the US naval dominance across the world's oceans," the podcast's intro states. "Are these new missiles going to make carriers obsolete or are they just the next step in the rapidly changing landscape?"
Professor of History Paul Josephson was a guest on the podcast The Red Line in an April 5 episode titled "War in the Arctic," which focused on Russia's hypersonic missile program. "Russia is rolling out Arctic divisions, new bases and groundbreaking new missiles, which threaten the US naval dominance across the world's oceans," the podcast's intro states. "Are these new missiles going to make carriers obsolete or are they just the next step in the rapidly changing landscape?"
Associate Professor of Psychology Erin Sheets has a newly published paper out. "Daily Interpersonal and Noninterpersonal Stress Reactivity in Current and Remitted Depression" was published in Cognitive Therapy and Research March 23. The paper's primary findings were that currently depressed individuals demonstrated greater emotional reactivity to daily perceived stress and daily negative events, relative to previously depressed and never depressed individuals. Additionally, currently depressed participants were particularly sensitive to interpersonal negative events.
Loren McClenachan, the Elizabeth and Lee Ainslie Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, and three of her senior environmental studies students collaborated on a paper published in the journal Spire, the Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainability.
The paper, "Youth perceptions of climate change and climate action in Waterville, Maine," was completed by seniors in McClenachan's Domestic Policy capstone course: Mariel Ferragamo '20, Melody Larson '20, and Peter Brown '20. The paper shows that even though "students associated the current state of the environment with more negative than positive emotions, the Maine environment was perceived more positively than that of the globe," according to the paper's abstract. However, "Students in Waterville appear to be invested in the issue of climate change, and they have an important voice to contribute to the discourse regarding action and policy."
In the weeks after leaving campus due to the coronavirus, Meghan Hurley '20 wrote an essay titled "Physical, social or emotional distancing?" for the Concord Monitor. "In our small Colby community, we had our own shared experiences. Physical closeness was such a habitual part of that. While we don’t need to be together to know what each other is experiencing, it does help," Hurley wrote from her home in New Hampshire. "The transfer of that relationship to the virtual world changes it, but doesn’t necessarily weaken it. I’ve been lucky enough to have rich virtual conversations, where the mutual fear of drifting apart has pulled me closer to people."
Robinson and Nguyen ’20 Coauthor Paper on Climate Change Adaptation in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Stacy-ann Robinson and Cindy Nguyen '20 coauthored the paper "Differential climate change impacts and adaptation responses in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles" to be published in Caribbean Geography. In reviewing the recent literature, the paper finds that climate change impacts and adaptation responses in the Lesser Antilles vary widely, with islands mainly coping with climate effects on coastal ecosystems and sectors. In discussing its results, the paper presents three potential drivers of differential impacts and responses across the sub-region and highlights the need to address uneven adaptation research.
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Stacy-ann Robinson has been elected vice chair of the Caribbean Geography Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers. In her role, Robinson will assist the chair and conduct and supervise elections. She will become chair for 2021/2022 when the association holds its general meeting in New York.
Joseph Reisert, Colby's Harriet S. Wiswell and George C. Wiswell Jr. Associate Professor of American Constitutional Law, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article titled "Janet Mills says she will order out-of-staters to quarantine for 2 weeks while visiting Maine." Reisert was tapped to comment on the legality of closing the Maine-New Hampshire border, something that "could be challenged under the 14th Amendment, which says states cannot 'abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States,'” Reisert said.
Joseph Reisert, Colby's Harriet S. Wiswell and George C. Wiswell Jr. Associate Professor of American Constitutional Law, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article titled "Janet Mills says she will order out-of-staters to quarantine for 2 weeks while visiting Maine." Reisert was tapped to comment on the legality of closing the Maine-New Hampshire border, something that "could be challenged under the 14th Amendment, which says states cannot 'abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States,'” Reisert said.
In the Spring 2020 issue of the Maine Arts Journal, Professor of Art Véronique Plesch has a piece on Amanda Lilleston, visiting assistant professor of art, who teaches printmaking at Colby. Plesch also wrote the introduction to this special issue on Macro/Micro, and, with the assistance of editorial interns Sabina Garibovic ‘22 and Andrew MacDonald ‘21, edited the issue.