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Pitzer Professor Wins Grant to Hold 2015 Workshop on “Political Subjectivities”
Claremont, Calif. (November 25, 2014)—Pitzer College Professor of Anthropology Claudia Strauss and two co-principal investigators received a Lemelson/Society for Psychological Anthropological Conference Fund grant from the American Anthropological Association’s Society for Psychological Anthropology to hold a workshop on “Culture and Political Subjectivities” at Columbia University in May 2015. The two-and-a-half day workshop will cover anthropological
[Read More...]Pitzer College Professor Leah Light Elected President of APA Division
Claremont, Calif. (June 16, 2014)—Pitzer College Professor of Psychology Leah Light has been elected president of the American Psychological Association’s Division 3: Experimental Psychology. Next year, Light will serve as president-elect before assuming her post as president. An expert in memory and aging, Light’s courses at Pitzer include Memory, Psychological Statistics and Ethical Issues in
[Read More...]Pitzer College Professor of Spanish Ethel Jorge Named AATSP Teacher of the Year
Claremont, Calif. (May 23, 2014)—Pitzer College Professor of Spanish Ethel Jorge has been named Outstanding Teacher of the Year by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP). The AATSP Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award for college-level educators is given to exceptional teachers of Spanish or Portuguese who have been members of
[Read More...]Pitzer College and Robert Redford Announce Breakthrough Fossil Fuel Divestment-Climate Action Model
Integrated Sustainability Plan Includes Targeted Reinvestment and Accelerated Carbon Footprint Reduction Claremont, Calif. (April 12, 2014) — Pitzer College’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved a new Fossil Fuel Divestment-Climate Action Model during a special trustee meeting on Saturday, April 5. Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley and Trustees Robert Redford and Donald Gould made the
[Read More...]Pitzer College President to Speak at TEDxFulbright in DC
Claremont, Calif. (April 1, 2014) – Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley will speak at TEDxFulbright at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 5 at the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington DC. Trombley, who was appointed by President Barack Obama to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board in 2013, will present a talk titled
[Read More...]Pitzer College Art Professor Tim Berg Receives Center for Cultural Innovation Grant
Claremont, Calif. (March 27, 2014) — Pitzer College Associate Professor of Art Timothy Berg is one of 11 Los Angeles County artists to be awarded in the Center for Cultural Innovation’s first round of 2014 Artists’ Resource for Completion (ARC) grants. The grant supports the creation of a new sculpture by Berg and his wife
[Read More...]Pitzer in the ’60s: A Conversation with William Russell Ellis, Former Pitzer Sociologist
Claremont, Calif. (March 13, 2014)—As part of its 50th Anniversary celebration, Pitzer College presents “Pitzer in the ’60s: A Conversation with William Russell Ellis.” An emeritus professor of architecture at UC Berkeley, Ellis taught sociology at Pitzer from 1966 to 1969 and was the first full-time African-American instructor at The Claremont Colleges during a pivotal
[Read More...]Emerita Professor of Writing Jacqueline Levering-Sullivan Pens Follow-up to Award-Winning Book
Claremont, Calif. (March 12, 2014) – Pitzer College Assistant Professor Emerita of Writing Jacqueline Levering Sullivan has authored A Less Than Perfect Peace, a sequel to her award-winning Annie’s War (Eerdmans, 2007). Published by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, the book will be available on March 28. In A Less than Perfect Peace, four years
[Read More...]Pitzer Professor’s New Book Parses the Language of Legislation
Claremont, Calif. (March 6, 2014)—Pitzer College alumna and Associate Professor of Political Studies Rachel VanSickle-Ward ’99 examines why some laws are vague while others are written in unequivocal language in her new book The Devil Is in the Details: Understanding the Causes of Policy Specificity and Ambiguity (SUNY Press). “All laws have a policy story
[Read More...]Conference Tackles Water Scarcity and Searches for Solutions
Claremont, Calif. (February 26, 2014)—The Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability at Pitzer College is co-sponsoring Water Scarcity and Solutions: Global and Local, a day-long conference featuring water professionals and environmental experts, including Pitzer professors Brinda Sarathy and Branwen Williams, and alumnus Char Miller ’75. The conference, organized by Claremont-based think-tank The American Institute
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