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  1. Faculty Achievements

    Professor Rachel VanSickle-Ward ’99 co-authors Washington Post article “Most Americans want Congress to support child care and elder care, our research finds — even many Republicans”

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    Professor Barbara Junisbai Elected to Board of Society Devoted to Studying Central Eurasia

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    Faculty Achievements

    Professor José Zapata Calderón Recognized as a Community Leader and Scholar

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    Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis honored Pitzer College Professor Emeritus José Zapata Calderón during Hispanic Heritage Month for his decades of scholarship, activism, and community leadership. A longtime sociology and Chicano/a-Latino/a Studies professor at Pitzer, Calderón was recognized for his work connecting academic research with organizing, immigrant rights advocacy, and coalition-building across the Inland Empire and Los Angeles County. Solis highlighted his leadership roles with regional organizations, his founding of key research networks, and his numerous awards, including lifetime achievement recognition from the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies and the UFW’s “Si Se Puede” Award. Calderón has published more than 60 articles and the book *Lessons from an Activist Intellectual*. He joined Pitzer’s faculty in 1991, teaching and researching topics ranging from urban sociology to multi-ethnic coalitions and experiential learning.

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  4. College News

    Keck Professor Patrick Ferree Receives NSF Grant to Study a “Selfish” Chromosome

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  5. Research

    Professor José Z. Calderón Co-authors Paper on Intersectional Solidarity

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    Pitzer Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Chicano/a-Latino/a Studies José Z. Calderón recently co-authored an article that explores how movements predominately focused on one issue can coalesce across causes. The article, “Intersectional Organizing and Educational Justice Movements: Strategies for Cross-Movement Solidarities,” appeared in a special spring 2021 issue of The Assembly: A Journal for Public Scholarship on Education, published by the University of Colorado at Boulder’s School of Education.

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  6. In the Media

    Associate Professor Suyapa Portillo ’96 featured on KPFA’s “Rising Up with Sonali” radio show about the Biden Administration’s recent stance on immigration at the southern border.

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    In the Media

    Associate Professor of Chicano/a-Latino/a Transnational Studies Suyapa Portillo Villeda pens op-ed about root cause of Central American migration

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    • Chicanx/Latinx Student Affairs
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    Faculty Achievements

    Bird Pairs Practice Mind-Control to Create Dovetailing Duets

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    Professor Melissa Coleman explores the neuroscience behind coordinated birdsong

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    • Department of Natural Sciences
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    Publications

    Roots of Resistance

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    "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.

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    Student Achievements

    Documentary Produced by Pitzer Professor and Students Premieres at Outfest/Fusion Film Fest

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    "Crystal Diaries," a feature documentary produced over three semesters in Professor Gina Lamb’s Media Arts for Social Justice course, will premiere at the Outfest/Fusion Film Festival.

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