Archive: Faculty

385 Articles

News Story

Vouching for Democracy: New Report Examines the Seattle Program Fighting Big Money’s Influence on Politics 

A new report co-authored by Brian McCabe examines Seattle's Democracy Voucher Program, which gives every registered voter vouchers with which they can directly fund candidates in…

September 23, 2024

News Story

New Research Reveals Link Between Belief in the American Dream and Opportunity Hoarding

New research from Professor Rebecca Ryan establishes a causal link between a personal belief in the American Dream and behaviors taken by parents to secure preferential…

September 16, 2024

News Story

Georgetown Awards 3 Early-Stage Associate Professors with New $100K Research Fund

Two of the inaugural winners of the Magis Prize, which comes with $100,000 in research funding to early-stage professors, are faculty members in the College of Arts & Sciences:…

September 5, 2024

News Story

How Omniculturalism Can Help Humanity Tackle Society’s Most Pressing Problems

Fathali Moghaddam is concerned about humanity’s ability to unite, on a mass scale, and address global concerns, from climate catastrophe to extreme wealth concentration, war…

August 14, 2024

News Story

Get to Know Interim Dean Andrew Sobanet

With the fall semester quickly approaching, Interim Dean Andrew Sobanet agreed to sit down with us for an introductory.…

August 12, 2024

News Story

Polling at a Crossroads: How Prof. Michael Bailey Wants to Choose the Right Path

Polling is fundamentally broken and must be fixed if Americans want to live in a healthy, functional democracy: That’s the premise of Georgetown professor Michael Bailey’s…

July 23, 2024

News Story

Dolphins in the Potomac? For This Georgetown Professor, It’s Her Life’s Work

Janet Mann's husband thought he could occasionally get her away from her research by getting a cottage down the Potomac River. Then the Georgetown professor found dolphins in…

June 10, 2024

News Story

The College of Arts & Sciences Celebrates Outstanding Students and Faculty at 2024 Tropaia Exercises

The Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences gathered in historic Gaston Hall to honor exceptional graduating seniors and outstanding faculty members at the 105th annual…

May 18, 2024

CAS Magazine: Faculty

Curious Little Things: Uncovering the Wide World of Insects with Martha Weiss

Cicadas that change ecosystems. Moths that remember being caterpillars. Spiders that cosplay ants. Entomologist and Professor Martha Weiss studies the colorful, crawly, and…

April 30, 2024

CAS Magazine: Faculty

Reaching into the Night: Exploring the Cosmos with Sarah Johnson

Whether in the farthest reaches of our solar system, her lab on the Hilltop or her New York Times bestselling book, Professor Sarah Johnson seeks out signs of life — and…

April 30, 2024