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Faculty Achievements

Staff Spotlight: CAPAS Director Linda Lam

Meet Linda Lam (she/her), the director of the Center for Asian Pacific American Students (CAPAS) at Pitzer

News Topics

• Faculty Distinctions
• Arts & Culture

Organization

• Center for Asian Pacific American Students
• Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies

Faculty Achievements

Los Angeles Times Publishes op-ed by Pitzer Professor and Robert Redford Conservancy Director Susan A. Phillips about warehouse takeover of the Inland Empire

"Los Angeles Times" publishes op-ed by Pitzer Professor Susan Phillips

News Topics

• Faculty Distinctions

Organization

• Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability

Faculty Achievements

Prime farmland in Ontario, Calif., is being overtaken by warehouses

Prime farmland in Ontario, Calif., is being overtaken by warehouses

News Topics

• Faculty Distinctions
• Climate & Environment

Organization

• Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability

Faculty Achievements

Linguistics Professor Carmen Fought quoted in Los Angeles Times columnist's op-ed about Anglicizing her Mexican last name.

Linguistics Professor Carmen Fought quoted in "Los Angeles Times"

News Topics

• Faculty Distinctions
• Race & Ethnicity

Organization

• Chicanx/Latinx Student Affairs

Faculty Achievements

Professor Barbara Junisbai Speaks about the Russian Invasion of Ukraine at UN Association Chapter

Professor Barbara Junisbai Speaks about the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

News Topics

• Faculty Distinctions
• Media
• Race & Ethnicity

Faculty Achievements

Pitzer Professor of Linguistics Carmen Fought quoted in USA Today article "What's behind 'The Dropout Elizabeth Holmes' low voice?"

Professor of Linguistics Carmen Fought quoted in "USA Today"

News Topics

• Faculty Distinctions
• Media

Faculty Achievements

Professor Suyapa Portillo Villeda on “Evoke LA”

Pitzer College Associate Professor of Chicano/a-Latino/a Transnational Studies Suyapa Portillo Villeda ’96 was a featured panelist in the inaugural event of “Evoke LA: The Heart and Soul of LA, reimagined”

News Topics

• Faculty Distinctions
• Race & Ethnicity

Organization

• Chicanx/Latinx Student Affairs

Faculty Achievements

Professor Emeritus Peter Nardi quoted in Silicon Valley weekly Metroactive article "Weird Science: Why we can’t stop craving crystals, dreading chemtrails and searching for Sasquatch"

Professor Emeritus Peter Nardi quoted in Silicon Valley weekly Metroactive article

News Topics

• Climate & Environment
• Education

Faculty Achievements

Community Psychology Journal Publishes Article by Pitzer Visiting Professor Jenny Escobar

Pitzer College Visiting Professor of Psychology Jenny Escobar explores how memory—and a shared spiritual connection with lost loved ones—can help survivors of state violence heal and seek justice

News Topics

• Faculty Distinctions
• Health

Organization

• Institute for Global/Local Action and Study (IGLAS)

Faculty Achievements

Professor Suyapa Portillo Villeda quoted in Los Angeles Times article about Xiomara Castro, the first woman president of Honduras

"Xiomara Castro, la primera mujer presidenta de Honduras, es un espejo para EE.UU. y América Latina"

News Topics

• Faculty Distinctions
• Race & Ethnicity

Organization

• Chicanx/Latinx Student Affairs