Archive: Faculty
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Ignatian Seminar Examines Effects of Sound on Society and Race, Builds Community from Afar
During a time when many students are isolated, Ben Harbert, a professor in the Department of Performing Arts, has worked to create unity and community in his Ignatian Seminar by studying one of our often overlooked senses: sound.
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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 for his collaborative research that examines more efficient and selective ways to convert the dominant greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) back to value-adding chemicals. The latter aims to help close a circular process for achieving zero greenhouse gas emissions.
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Social Impact Nonprofit Honors Disability Justice Advocate Lydia Brown (C’15) with 2020 Beacon Award
Los Angeles-based Social Impact Nonprofit Let’s Talk LD awarded Lydia Brown, faculty in the Disability Studies Program, this year’s Beacon Award for their work as an advocate, organizer, educator, attorney, strategist and writer.
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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 the 2000 and 2008 presidential debates to discuss the role of the moderator in the past and in coming weeks.
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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 percent of the society’s membership is recognized by their peers for election to the status of Fellow each year.
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If You’re Religious, You Might Be Seeing More Than You Know
People who can unconsciously pick up on complex patterns are more likely to believe in God as the creator of patterns of events in the universe, according to a new, multicultural study by Georgetown psychology professor Adam Green and his research team.
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New College Faculty for 2020-2021
Georgetown College is pleased to welcome 24 new full-time faculty members with primary appointments in 16 College departments and programs. This cohort will help enrich the student experience through their varied and nuanced areas of study.
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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 the Department of Sociology, and Becky Yang Hsu, professor of sociology, are co-teaching SOCI022, Social Problems: Pandemics and Society, a class that examines the consequences of the pandemic for social inequality.
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Performing Arts Department Adapts to Online Learning, Provides Space for Students to Heal and Grow
The Department of Performing Arts had planned for several events in the Spring 2020 semester, including a concert series, the continuation of the In Your Shoes Project and the theatre production of The Rover. After the transition to online learning due to COVID-19, the faculty and students not only continued with their assignments, but also found creative ways to adapt their projects to the new medium.
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COVID-19 Has Harmful Effects on Children in Low-Income Families, Researchers Find
Since the pandemic hit, nearly 50% of responding parents in a new study of low-income families said they had lost their jobs or had decreased work hours and experienced food insecurity, according to Georgetown psychology professor Anna Johnson.
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