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
Press Releases Redford Conservancy Director Brinda Sarathy Awarded Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence FellowshipPitzer College Professor of Environmental Analysis and Director of the Director of the Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability, has received a Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship to conduct her research “Best Practices in Municipal Solid Waste Management: A Case Study from Kodaikanal, India” over the 2020-21 academic year.February 19, 2020
Press Releases Pitzer Professor Phil Zuckerman Authors Seventh Book on Sociology and SecularityClaremont, Calif. (July 25, 2019)—Pitzer College Professor Phil Zuckerman’s seventh book, What It Means to Be Moral: Why Religion is Not Necessary for Living an Ethical Life (Counterpoint Press) will be released on September 20, 2019. Zuckerman teaches sociology and founded the secular studies program at Pitzer College In What It Means to Be Moral: [Read More...]July 25, 2019
Spotlights National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies honors professor emeritus José Z. CalderónJosé Z. Calderón, Pitzer College professor emeritus of sociology and Chicano/a and Latino/a studies, has been named the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) 2019 Scholar, the organization’s lifetime achievement award. April 5, 2019
Press Releases Nigel Boyle Named a Fulbright Global Scholar to Research Liberal Arts Colleges in Pakistan, Vietnam and GermanyNigel Boyle, dean of faculty and vice president for academic affairs, has been named a Fulbright Global Scholar through a senior Fulbright grant for 2019-20. Next year, he will undertake three extended research trips to Pakistan, Germany and Vietnam as part of a research project focused on new liberal arts colleges.March 21, 2019
Spotlights Mother Nature’s Signal FlaresChar Miller ’75 teaches in the Environmental Analysis Program at Pomona College. In this piece for the Spring/Summer 2018 Participant, he writes, "My first brush with the life-threatening nature of western wildfires came on a sizzling-hot day in October 1973."July 27, 2018
Press Releases Pitzer Professor Halford Fairchild and Students Publish a Primer on PeaceClaremont, Calif. (May 24, 2018)—Social Psychology and World Peace: A Primer, a new book co-edited by Pitzer College Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Africana Studies Halford Fairchild and his wife, Heather Feigá Fairchild. The book is a compilation of 75 chapters, 56 of which were written by Pitzer students. In spring 2016, Fairchild challenged his [Read More...]May 24, 2018
Press Releases Professor Claudia Strauss’s New Book Takes an Anthropological Approach to PoliticsClaremont, Calif. (May 24, 2018)–Pitzer College Professor of Anthropology Claudia Strauss’s new book, Political Sentiments and Social Movements: The Person in Politics and Culture, explores how ordinary people construct political meanings, form political identities and engage—or don’t—in politics. Strauss co-edited and contributed a chapter to the anthology, which is published by Palgrave MacMillan. Political Sentiments [Read More...]May 24, 2018
Press Releases Pitzer Professor Carina Johnson Wins Two Prestigious FellowshipsClaremont, Calif. (May 15, 2018)—Pitzer College Professor of History Carina Johnson has been awarded two major fellowships: the Berlin Prize at the American Academy in Berlin for fall 2018, and a fellowship at the Institute of Advanced Studies, School of Historical Studies, in Princeton, NJ, for spring 2019. Both awards will support her project Homefront [Read More...]May 15, 2018
Press Releases Pitzer Professor Daniel A. Segal Selected for Palestinian American Research Center SeminarMarch 28, 2018 - Pitzer College Professor Daniel A. Segal has been accepted to participate in the Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) US Faculty Development Seminar on Palestine this summer. March 28, 2018
