Archive: Faculty

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Performing Arts Welcomes Newest Faculty Member, Award-Winning Composer Carlos Simon

Carlos Simon, award winning composer and musician, was welcomed to the Department of Performing Arts this past fall as a new member to their staff. Since starting his position,…

March 30, 2020

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History and Science: Georgetown Professor Shows Why Collaboration Across Disciplines Important

Professor Kathryn de Luna is one of four faculty members in the Department of History to participate in the new HyperHistory Hub as part of the Georgetown Humanities Initiative.…

March 16, 2020

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James Baldwin Play Marks New Trend in Classical Theater, Panelists Say

“It’s a huge-scale drama that requires a lot of economic resources,” said panelist Soyica Colbert, Idol Family Professor and professor of African American studies and…

February 27, 2020

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Book by Georgetown Professor Made into TV Mini Series

It’s not every day that your book is published, and it is an even more rare occurrence when it is adapted for the screen. For Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies professor…

February 26, 2020

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Facing Heartache on Valentine’s Day? Read a Poem

Elizabeth Velez (G’83) and her friend, alumna Mary Esselman (C’84, G’87), wrote The Hell With Love: Poems to Mend a Broken Heart (Warner Books, 2002) after Esselman…

February 14, 2020

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Professor to Research Spatial Information in Germany With Prestigious Humboldt Award

Philosophy professor Quill Kukla, a senior research scholar at the university’s Kennedy Institute of Ethics (KIE), is one of only 100 applicants around the world to receive the…

February 11, 2020

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Chemistry, History, Psychology: College Professors from Varied Disciplines Recognized as Provost’s Distinguished Professors

Since 2016, a small group of faculty are selected each year to receive the honor of the Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professors. These educators have made a huge impact in…

February 7, 2020

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Department Highlight – Mathematics & Statistics Professor Kimberly Sellers Creates Varied Research Opportunities for Students

If the movie Hidden Figures taught us anything, it is that there are often forces in the background working to make anything possible. Though the study of math and statistics is…

January 27, 2020

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Wu Receives Prestigious Distinguished Scholar Award by the Keats-Shelley Association of America

Department of English professor Duncan Wu was awarded the Distinguished Scholar Award by the Keats-Shelley Association of America at the Modern Language Association convention in…

January 17, 2020

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Three College Professors Honored at Faculty Convocation & Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Awards

Nathan Hensley (Department of English), Catherine Keesling (Department of Classics), and Manus Patten (Department of Biology) will receive the prestigious Dean’s Excellence in…

January 13, 2020