Archive: Faculty Research
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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
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Hidden Movements of Small Songbird Have Important Climate Change Implications
State-of-the-art tracking technology reveals previously unknown long-distance movements of Kirtland’s warblers during mating season that have important conservation and climate…
August 20, 2020
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Professor Writes Play About Wells-Barnett, Addams as Critique of White Feminism
Bitter Flower, a play by Jennifer Natalya Fink, professor in the Department of English at Georgetown and Director of the Program in Disability Studies, will debut as an online…
August 19, 2020
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Georgetown Professor Heads Study that Discovers a New Key to Unlocking Winding Spins
An international team led by Kai Liu, professor and McDevitt Chair in the Department of Physics, has now discovered a new key that unlocks winding spins, which can be used to…
August 14, 2020