Press Releases Professor Barbara Junisbai Elected to Board of Society Devoted to Studying Central EurasiaPitzer College Associate Professor of Organizational Studies Barbara Junisbai has been elected to the board of the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS). CESS is the first global organization dedicated to studying Central Eurasia through interdisciplinary and international lenses.October 19, 2021
Press Releases Roots of Resistance"Roots of Resistance: A Story of Gender, Race, and Labor on the North Coast of Honduras," by Pitzer College Professor Suyapa Portillo Villeda ’96, has just been released by University of Texas Press and is available online now. April 21, 2021
Press Releases Pitzer Professor Judith V. Grabiner Wins American Mathematical Society’s Whiteman PrizeThe American Mathematical Society (AMS) added another chapter to the storied career of Pitzer Professor Judith V. Grabiner when it named her the winner of its 2021 Albert Leon Whiteman Memorial Prize. The Whiteman Prize, awarded every three years, recognizes “notable exposition and exceptional scholarship in the history of mathematics.”March 5, 2021
Press Releases Caregiving and Political Engagement in the Era of COVIDProfessor of Political Studies and Pitzer College alumna Rachel VanSickle-Ward ’99 and three other researchers have received a $30,000 grant from the Center for American Women and Politics for their proposed research project “Conceptualizing Caregiving and its Consequences for Attitudes and Engagement.”February 9, 2021
Press Releases Pitzer College Professor Tarrah Krajnak Wins Award for Documentary WorkThe product of seven years’ worth of Tarrah Krajnak’s work documenting a turbulent period in the history of Lima, Peru, and its impact on her life have garnered the Pitzer College associate professor of art the 2020 Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize.December 4, 2020
Press Releases New Book by Pitzer Professors Provide Insights on Hillary Clinton’s LegacyRachel VanSickle-Ward ’99, professor of political studies at Pitzer College, has co-edited The Hillary Effect: Perspectives on Clinton’s Legacy, a book of 40 essays, three contributed by Pitzer professors, organized around five primary dimensions of Hillary Clinton’s influence.August 6, 2020
Press Releases Pitzer Professor Brent Armendinger’s Book Named Poetry Award FinalistStreet Gloss by Brent Armendinger, professor of English and world literature, is among five finalists for the 2019 California Book Award in Poetry.July 10, 2020
In the News Professor Bill Anthes provides expert commentary for American Public Media’s Marketplace Morning Report segment “National Gallery acquires its first major painting by a Native American artist”"National Gallery acquires its first major painting by a Native American artist"Marketplace Morning Report, 07.03.20
Press Releases Pitzer College Professor Brinda Sarathy Awarded a 2020 ACLS FellowshipBrinda Sarathy, professor of environmental analysis and director of the Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability at Pitzer College, has been awarded a prestigious 2020 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowship. April 22, 2020
Press Releases Research by Pitzer College’s W.M. Keck Science Professor on Genome Conflict Publishes in Leading Science JournalA study co-authored by Patrick Ferree, W.M. Keck Science Associate Professor of Biology, has been published in the academic journal Science Advances, a member of the prestigious Science family of academic journals.April 6, 2020
