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Professor Peter Nardi’s New Book Fosters Critical Thinking Skills in an Era of Questionable Claims

Peter Nardi book cover - Critical Thinking, Tools for Evaluating Research

Claremont, Calif. (August 21, 2017)—Professor Emeritus of Sociology Peter Nardi’s new book, Critical Thinking: Tools for Evaluating Research, gives students the tools they need to analyze and interpret the vast quantities of information they process during their undergraduate years. The 168-page volume, published by the University of California Press, is a concise primer written for [Read More...]

August 21, 2017

In the News

Professor Rachel VanSickle-Ward talks about the US Congress’ agenda and how it could impact the Golden State on KPCC’s Take Two

KPCC

In the News

Professor Carmen Fought’s Disney princess research highlighted by National Geographic magazine

National Geographic

Press Releases

Pitzer College Media Studies Professor Ming-Yuen S. Ma Awarded 2016 Arts Writers Grant

Claremont, Calif. (December 16, 2016)—Pitzer College Professor of Media Studies Ming-Yuen S. Ma has been awarded a 2016 Creative Capital | Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant, which recognizes writers who address issues in contemporary visual art. The grant will support the research and development of Ma’s forthcoming book, There is No Soundtrack: Theorizing Aural Cultures [Read More...]

December 16, 2016

Alan Jones: Setting Minds in Motion

Professor Emeritus Alan Jones Setting Minds in Motion

June 21, 2016

Judith V. Grabiner: A Theory of Everything

Professor Emerita Judith V. Grabiner A Theory of Everything

June 21, 2016

Halford Fairchild: Changing Minds, Changing Lives

Professor Emeritus Halford Fairchild Changing Minds, Changing LIves

June 21, 2016

Dipannita Basu: Changing Our Understanding of Race, Place and Space

Professor Emerita Dipannita Basu On Race, Place and Space

May 23, 2016

Press Releases

Two Pitzer College Professors Selected as Getty Scholars

Claremont, Calif. (May 10, 2016)—Susan Phillips, associate professor of environmental analysis, and Ruti Talmor, assistant professor of media studies, will be among the 40 or more scholars selected from around the world to participate in the 2016-17 Getty Scholars program at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, beginning this fall for three months. While at [Read More...]

May 10, 2016

Press Releases

Pitzer Professor Brent Armendinger Named California Book Award Finalist

Claremont, Calif. (March, 30, 2016)—Professor Brent Armendinger’s book, The Ghost in Us Was Multiplying (Noemi Press, 2015), is selected as a finalist for the 2016 California Book Award in poetry. The 85th Annual California Book Awards ceremony will be held on Monday, June 13, 2016 at the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco. The [Read More...]

March 30, 2016