Faculty and Staff Notes

Oberlin College Dance Department is sponsoring a panel on Contact Improvisation at the Dance Studies Association conference in Buenos Aires. This is in direct response to assisting Argentinian dance scholars who are deeply affected by the new austerity policies being put in place by their new president Javier Milei.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics Amanda Zadorian is a contributor to "Costs of Non-Enlargement - a Foresight Report on EU Enlargement and Neighbourhood" (published by Visegrad Insight and Zeit-Stiftung Bucerius). It argues that Europe's interests are best served by bringing Ukraine and its neighbors into the European Union as full members. The report launches this month with events in Brussels and Berlin. Download the report here.

Assistant Professor of Politics Joshua Freedman contributed to the Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum roundtable on Michelle Murray’s book, The Struggle for Recognition in International Relations.

Head of the Conservatory Library Kathleen Abromeit and Public Services Librarian Grace Elliott presented, "Stop Being a Fatphobe: Bringing a Larger Conversation to Critical Information Literacy" at the annual meeting of the Midwest Music Library Association.

Head of the Conservatory Library Kathleen Abromeit presented on the panel, "It Takes Time: Perspectives on Leadership, Career Development, and Job Transitions" at the annual meeting of the Music Library Association.

Professor Emeritus of Religion Margaret Kamitsuka has published "Vulnerability, Recognition, and the Ethics of Pregnancy: A Theological Response" in the feminist philosophy journal Hypatia. She analyzes how notions of vulnerability and grievability are mobilized in Christian anti-abortion writings and in feminist philosophy.

Associate Professor of Politics David Forrest recently interviewed sociologist John Arena. The interview centers on Arena's new book Expelling Public Schools: How Antiracist Politics Enable School Privatization in Newark. The book and the interview offer a deep dive into the politics of public education in Newark and debates over the role of antiracism in contemporary progressive movements.

Assistant Professor of German Jessica Resvick has been awarded a grant from the German Academic Exchange Service. This summer, she will travel to Cologne to research portrait photographer August Sander's depictions of social "types" in German society. This work is part of a larger book project titled From Stereotype to Isotype: Media, Individuality, and Society.

Danforth Professor of Politics Emerita Sonia Kruks has published a paper, "Old Age and the Question of Authenticity," in the edited volume, Simone de Beauvoir and Politics: A Toolkit (ed. Schoonheim and Vintges, Routledge, 2024).

Emeritus Professor of English Sandra A. Zagarell coauthored the article, "An Unpublished Tale About African American Poetry: Alice Dunbar-Nelson's 'The Grievances of the Books' (1897)" published in American Literary History, Volume 36, Issue 1, Summer 2024, pp. 51-73.