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Selected Faculty Publications
David Bachman (Mathematics), Advanced Calculus Demystified, (McGraw-Hill, 2007).
Nigel Boyle (Political Studies), “Neo-liberalism and Labor Market Policy in Britain and Ireland: Ideational Coalitions and Divergent Policy Trajectories” in A. Denzau, T. Willett and R. Roy (eds.) Neo-Liberalism: Ideas, Interests and Global Economic Change, (Routledge, 2007).
José Calderón (Sociology & Chicano/a Studies), Race, Poverty, and Social Justice: Multidisciplinary Perspectives Through Service Learning, Editor, (Stylus Publishing, 2007).
Scot Gould (Physics), “Tensile Properties of Silk from Endemic New Zealand Spiders,” Textile Research Journal (2007).
Judith V. Grabiner (Mathematics), “Why Should Historical Truth Matter to Mathematicians? Dispelling Myths and Promoting Maths,” Bulletin of the British Society for the History of Mathematics (2007).
Laura Harris (Black Studies & English and World Literature), “Queer Black Feminism: The Pleasure Principle,” Feminist Review 54 (1996) was translated and reprinted in (co-directrice Hélène Rouch) la Bibliothèque du Féminisme, (Editions L’Hartmattan, 2007).
“Confessions of the Pillow Queen: Sexual Receptivity & Queer Femininities,” in Mary MCauliffe and Sonja Tiernan (eds.) Tribades, Tommies, and Transgressives: Lesbian Histories, Volume I, (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2007).
Adrian Pantoja (Political Studies and Chicano Studies), “Puerto Rican Exceptionalism?: A Comparative Analysis of Transnational Ties Among Puerto Rican, Mexican, Salvadoran and Dominican Migrants,” with Louis DeSipio, Latino Politics: Identity, Mobilization and Representation (2007).
Norma Rodriguez (Psychology), “Unraveling the Complexities of Familism and Acculturation: Central Constructs for People of Mexican Origin,” American Journal of Community Psychology, with C. Bingham Mira, N.D. Paez and H.F. Myers, (2007).
Claudia Strauss (Anthropology), “Blaming for Columbine: Conceptions of Agency in the Contemporary U.S.,” Current Anthropology (2007).
Zhaohua Irene Tang (Biology), “Phosphorylation by SR kinases regulates the binding of PTB-associated splicing factor (PSF) to the pre-mRNA polypyrimidine tract.” FEBS lett 581(2), 223-32, with Ching-Jung Huang, Ren-Jang Lin and Philip W. Tucker, (2007).
Rudi Volti (Sociology), An Introduction to the Sociology of Work and Occupations: Continuity and Change in the Twenty-first Century (Pine Forge Press, 2007).
Kathleen S. Yep (Sociology & Asian American Studies) “Intellectual Praxes and the Politics of Analyzing Sport,” Sociology of Sport Journal, (2007).
Phil Zuckerman (Sociology), “Atheism: Contemporary Numbers and Patterns,” Michael Martin (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Atheism, (Cambridge University Press, 2007).
Faculty Recognition
Bill Anthes (Art History) received a Rockefeller Humanities Fellowship, “Theorizing Cultural Heritage,” Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, 2007.
Jennifer Armstrong (Biology) received an NSF grant: “RUI: Analysis of the role of CHD1 in chromatin structure and transcription.” $303,878.00 funding recommendation. She also received, in collaboration with Rayna Brooks, a Scripps College Mellon Foundation Grant for their project titled “The Fly Eye: The Role of the Brahma Complex in the Development of the Fly Visual System.”
José Calderón (Sociology & Chicano/a Studies) was selected to a three-year term on the American Sociological Association (ASA) Practice of Sociology Committee; he was also elected president of the ASA Latino/a Section and elected to a twoyear term to the ASA’s Committee on Sections. He received a grant of $5,000 from the Gilkbarg Foundation for student projects and a partnership with the Pomona Day Labor Center. He was selected as “Democrat of the Year” by the 59th Assembly District.
Paul Faulstich (Environmental Studies) was reappointed to the National Screening Committee of International Education for review of Fulbright Fellowship applications. He also was appointed to the Board of Directors of the California Wilderness Coalition, the only organization dedicated to protecting California's wild places and native biodiversity on a statewide level.
Judith V. Grabiner (Mathematics) was a Visiting Scholar at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Leeds, England, 2006-07. She is listed in Who's Who in America, 2007.
Jim Hoste (Mathematics) continues in his role as principal investigator of the National Science Foundation Mathematics REU Site at the Claremont Colleges, 2005-08. He has also been appointed Chair of the Committee on the Profession of the American Mathematical Society, 2007-08.
Leah Light (Psychology) received the 2007 Baltes Distinguished Research Achievement Award from Division 20 (Adulthood and Aging) of the American Psychological Association.
Ronald Macaulay (Linguistics) was appointed an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Department of English Language at the University of Glasgow for the next three years.
Don McFarlane (Biology) was awarded a Mellon Foundation Career Enhancement Grant for his project titled “Creating Inter-College Undergraduate Research Affiliations at the Firestone Reserve, Costa Rica.”
Kathryn Miller (Art/Environmental Studies) was awarded a public art commission for the City of Ventura for the design and implementation of artwork for the Pepper Tree Corner Park.
John Milton (Computational Neuroscience) as co-PI, was awarded a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation in support of their effort to develop an innovative undergraduate curriculum in biology during the next five years. With co-PIs Lissette de Pillis, T. Gregory Dewey, Art Lee and Mario Martelli.
Adrian D. Pantoja(Political Studies & Chicano/a Studies) received a Blais Challenge Fund Grant from Claremont Graduate University, “The Effects of Media Framing on Attitudes toward Undocumented Immigrants.” With Jennifer Merolla.
Dan Segal (Anthropology & History) was elected to a threeyear term as secretary of the American Anthropological Association.
Sharon Snowiss (Political Studies) has been appointed Secretary-Treasurer of the Conference for the Study of Political Thought.
Zhaohua Irene Tang (Biology) received additional funding for summer student research to supplement her existing NSF grant.
Anna Wenzel (Chemistry) was awarded an ACS-PRF Grant to support her work in the asymmetric preparation of nitrogen compounds.
Emily Wiley (Biology) received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award (top 5 percent were funded) for “Investigating Heterochromatin Assembly Through Histone Deacetylases Principle Investigator.” This award, in the amount of $654,000 for five years, will support her research on how genetic information is turned on and off correctly, and establish the Joint Science Department as a center for undergraduate involvement in genome research.
Kathleen S. Yep (Sociology & Asian American Studies) was selected as a Faculty Fellow for the California Campus Compact–Carnegie Foundation Faculty Fellows Service- Learning for Political Engagement Program.
Phil Zuckerman (Sociology) became an associate editor for the journal Sociology of Religion.
Nationally Recognized Intercultural & Language Education Programs
A Pitzer College student chats with the grandmother of her host family during her Pitzer in Darjeeling study abroad program.
Through the study of language, culture and firsthand experience in communities worldwide, Pitzer's Study Abroad programs integrate constructive learning with social responsibility. Beginning with the Pitzer in Nepal program in 1974, Pitzer offers programs in Botswana, China, Ecuador, India, Italy, Japan and Costa Rica. Pitzer College offers thirty-five exchange programs in Argentina, Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Mexico, Morocco, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Turkey and the United States.
- The majority of graduating seniors in 2007 participated in Study Abroad programs.
- In 2006-07, 151 Pitzer students studied in twenty-six countries and 87 percent of those going abroad studied one of sixteen foreign languages.
- In 2006-07, 77 percent of students studying abroad completed an independent research project.
- In 2000, Pitzer initiated the first community-based Spanish program in the country. The program integrates intensive classroom instruction with practical learning experiences in the local Spanish-speaking community.
- Pitzer offers individualized instruction in Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTL's) before going abroad (Turkish, Finnish, Zulu, and Thai).
- Pitzer's Program in American College English (PACE) trains international students in intensive academic English and American studies and is recognized by the American Association of Intensive English Programs (AAIEP), the Japan Foundation for International Education (JFIE), the Latin American Scholarship Program for American Universities (LASPAU at Harvard) and the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates as one of the most effective language programs in the United States.