Faculty and Staff Notes

Oberlin College Press Managing Editor Marco Wilkinson's book, Madder, will be published by Coffee House Press.

Assistant Professor of Computer Science Cynthia Taylor published a paper in The International Computing Education Research Conference (ICER '19).

Professor of Hispanic Studies Sebastiaan Faber interviewed Visiting Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies and Creative Writing Joshua Sperling about his biography of John Berger. The conversation was published in the Brooklyn Rail.

Christina Neilson, associate professor of renaissance and baroque art history, authored  Practice and Theory in the Italian Renaissance Workshop, which was published by Cambridge University Press.

Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Emily Barton has a new short story, "Better," in Guernica.

Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Aural Skills Kara Yoo Leaman has been awarded the 2019-2020 Fellowship for the Study of Russia and Ballet, a joint fellowship of the NYU Center for Ballet and the Arts (CBA) and the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia. The CBA Fellowship Program invites scholars and artists to The Center to develop self-directed projects that expand the way we think about ballet’s history, practice, and performance.

Professor of Classics Kirk Ormand has been appointed the Benedict Distinguished Visiting Professor for the spring semester of 2021 at Carleton College. The Benedict Professorship brings scholars of national renown to Carleton for a limited appointment to teach courses in their areas of specialty. Ormand, who received his BA from Carleton, will offer his class on ancient Greek and Roman sexuality. Ormand will be on sabbatical leave for '20-21, and will return to Oberlin in the fall of 2021.

Professor of Dance Ann Cooper Albright gave a keynote talk at the Nordic Forum for Dance Research’s (NOFOD) annual conference which was held in Helsinki, Finland. Her essay “Life Practices” is the lead essay in the recently published Oxford Handbook of Improvisation in Dance.

Professor of Classics Drew Wilburn was quoted in an article in Atlas Obscura about the recent discovery of ritual objects and amulets at the site of Pompeii.

Professor of Comparative American Studies Wendy Kozol wrote an op-ed "The Disappearing Island: Censorship at Guantánamo Bay" for the blog, Reading the Pictures.