Archive: Faculty Research

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Professor Examines Pandemic’s Mental Health and Income Toll on Children and Families

Georgetown professor Rebecca Ryan says the COVID-19 pandemic has caused dramatic increases in income loss and food insecurity for over 200 low-income families living in rural…

January 26, 2021

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Professor Curates Smithsonian Exhibit That Examines Impact of Young Women on Society Through Intersectional Lens

Mireya Loza, an associate professor in the Department of History, participated in the curation of an exhibit currently on display in the Smithsonian National Museum of American…

December 18, 2020

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Physics Professors Study Magnetism in 3 Dimensional Nanoscale Networks for Next Generation Information Storage

Three-dimensional (3D) assemblies of nanoscale magnets offer unique opportunities to explore magnetic phenomena in intriguing and complex configurations, with vast potentials to…

December 17, 2020

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New Book by Linguistics Professor Gives New Insights to Field of Cognitive Science

David Lightfoot, a professor in the Department of Linguistics and co-director of the PhD-level Interdisciplinary Concentration in Cognitive Science, recently published Born to…

November 23, 2020

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Spanish and Portuguese Professor Publishes Book on Noted Sociologist Orlando Fals Borda

Joanne Rappaport, a professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, published Cowards Don’t Make History in October of this year. The book follows the research-activist…

November 16, 2020

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Working Together: Professor and Alumnus Co-Edit Book After Four-Year Collaboration

Peter C. Pfeiffer and Nathan T. Tschepik (C’18) co-edited Meanings of Modern Work in Nineteenth- and Twenty-First-Century German Literature and Film, which just appeared with…

November 5, 2020

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Chemistry Professor Awarded Prestigious Fulbright Global Scholarship for Research on Reduction of Greenhouse Gases

YuYe J. Tong, a professor in the Department of Chemistry and director of the Environmental Metrology & Policy Program, was awarded a competitive Fulbright Global Scholar Award…

October 20, 2020

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Professor, Political Journalist Doyle McManus Discusses Role of Moderator in Presidential Debates

After the kickoff of the presidential debates last week, we sat down with Doyle McManus, director of the Journalism Program, reporter for the Los Angeles Times and panelist in…

October 6, 2020

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Emanuela Del Gado Elected as 2020 Fellow of the American Physical Society

Emanuela Del Gado, a Provost’s distinguished associate professor in the Department of Physics has been elected as a 2020 Fellow of the American Physical Society. Less than one…

September 28, 2020

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Two Sociology Professors Teach Course that Examines Impacts of COVID-19 on Society

Due to the vast and pervasive effects of COVID-19, two sociologists are offering a new course about the social impacts of pandemics. This fall, Katharine Donato, interim chair of…

September 1, 2020