Scholarship Stories from 2021

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A sampling of our wide-ranging faculty scholarship

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December 21, 2021

In addition to their deep commitment to teaching, Colby’s faculty conducts groundbreaking research that garners attention and respect across a wide spectrum of disciplines. We’ve selected a sampling of stories from this year that reflects their innovative and impactful work.

The Personality Factor in Authenticity

Authenticity yields negative results for dark personalities

The Botany of Dominance

Gwynn Shanks’s performance art digs deep into colonialism

Banned But Still Toxic

Gail Carlson serves notice that chemicals in ski racers’ waxes still lurk at the starting line

Breaking the Bell Curve

Professor and student push limits of foundational math theorem

Lights, Camera, … Finance!

Amid the pandemic, Randy Nelson makes 100-plus videos to prepare students for financial literacy

What Adam Howard Has Learned

How two decades of scholarship have taught one professor—and his students—ways to disrupt privilege

How Eye Movement Could Unlock New Levels of Computer Security

Using artificial intelligence, professor and student work to improve accuracy of promising technology

Ordinary People’s Extraordinary Resistance

Arnout van der Meer’s new book illuminates everyday defiance in colonial Indonesia

Economics Research Contributes to Food Insecurity Solutions

Ben Scharadin investigates inequities related to food access to inform local and national public policy

Input and Collaboration Crucial to Success

Want a reminder of how our environmental consciousness has changed in the past 20 years? Consider Alison Bates then and now

National Campaign Demystifies the Humanities

Debunking myths about humanities degrees, Aaron Hanlon rethinks how we approach education

Highlights

At Colby’s 202nd Commencement, Messages of Triumph and Hope

In Last Lecture, Nadia El-Shaarawi Makes a Case for Interdependence