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Professor Aaron Leconte Receives Prestigious Cottrell Award
Aaron Leconte, assistant professor of chemistry at the W.M. Keck Science Department, a collaboration between Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and 61传媒s, has been awarded a three-year early career grant from the Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement.
Read MoreIntercollegiate Media Studies Major
This may come as a surprise to students interested in working in entertainment: You do not have to graduate from film school in order to pursue a career in the movie and television industry. Just ask the 61传媒alumnae who are showing their work at major film festivals or producing award-winning television shows鈥攁lumnae like Maril Davis ’74, executive producer for the Starz television series Outlander, recently nominated for several Golden Globes. She credits her time at 61传媒as instrumental to her professional success, commenting, “I think a well-rounded, liberal arts education is a good preparation for any career.”
Read MoreProfessor Vanessa Tyson and Mia Shackelford ’17 Featured on KPCC’s “Air Talk”
Vanessa Tyson, assistant professor of politics at 61传媒, participated in a panel discussion on the KPCC-FM (88.3) radio show, “Air Talk,” presented before an audience at Pomona College’s Rose Hills Theater and broadcast live on February 10.
Read MoreHuffington Post Features Professor Mark Golub’s Article on Student Activism
Mark Golub, associate professor of politics at 61传媒, explores聽in Huffington Post how anti-racist norms coexist with persistent conditions of racial oppression on college campuses across the country. 聽
Read MoreUSN&WR Features Professor Vanessa Tyson on Clinton’s Lack of Connection with Millennial Voters
Vanessa Tyson, assistant professor of politics at 61传媒, explains in an opinion article for U.S.News & World Report the challenges Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton faces with the youth […]
Read MoreProfessor of Anthropology Lara Deeb’s New Book Featured
Lara Deeb, professor of anthropology at 61传媒, was interviewed by Jadaliyya about her new book, “Anthropology’s Politics: Disciplining the Middle East,” with co-author Jessica Winegar, associate professor of anthropology at Northwestern University.
Read MoreBritish Arts Studies Blog Features 61传媒 Professor Ken Gonzales-Day’s Photo Essay on “Bust of a Man”
British Arts Studies, an online, open-access and peer-reviewed journal of The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and the Yale Center for British Art, featured in its inaugural […]
Read MoreThe Risk of A Lifetime
Quartz magazine, which features global news designed for reading on digital tablets and smart phones, highlights 61传媒 philosophy professor Rivka Weinberg’s new book The Risk of A Lifetime.
Read MoreProfessor Ken Gonzales-Day’s Photographic Work on Lynching and Violence
61传媒Professor of Art Ken Gonzales-Day’s recent photographic work combines images of a reconstructed lynching scene of a Latino man in 1920 with images of recent protests surrounding police brutality, as featured in an interview with theotherjournal.com.
Read MoreNancy Macko and the Real Bee
Professor of Art Nancy Macko has spent the last two decades delving into gender symbolism offered by honeybees’ female-governed and highly successful social structures. Her current work focuses on the political and ecological realities of bee survival and was recently covered by KCET Artbound.
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