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Videos

Carmen Fought, Professor of Linguistics

Professor of Linguistics Carmen Fought talks about how special this semester at Pitzer will be. “To me, the point of Pitzer is the community, the way we all come together and support each other. It’s not about what room we’re in…at Pitzer, it’s about the people.”

Posted: Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Student Information Forum

Information about student support services at Pitzer College and Claremont College Services.

Posted: Monday, August 17, 2020

Interview with Jemma Lorenat, Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Keely Nguyen ’22

Keely Nguyen ’22 talks with Assistant Professor of Mathematics Jemma Lorenat about one of the classes that Professor Lorenat will teach in the fall on statistics through a social justice lens, and teaching students how to be informed media consumers.

Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Faculty Voices

Ruti Talmor, Associate Professor of Media Studies, Chair of Intercollegiate Media Studies

Ruti Talmor

Professor Talmor discusses teaching Media Studies production courses and overcoming the challenges of teaching hardware and software from afar. Students in Media Studies will also have access to an even wider array of professionals working in the field through a virtual version of the Cinematheque screening series.

Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Faculty Voices

Adrian Pantoja, Professor of Political Studies/Chicano Studies, Associate Dean

This semester Professor Pantoja will be teaching US. Politics: Resistance and Transformation. This course is uniquely framed through the lens of marginalized groups, and students will provide first-person accounts of local politics from their communities.

Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Faculty Voices

Tarrah Krajnak, Associate Professor of Art (Photography)

Associate Professor of Photography Tarrah Krajnak

Professor Krajnak is teaching two sections of a new course entitled Eco-Photography this coming semester. Tarrah’s student-centered approach to teaching and her enthusiasm for student work is unparalleled. In this course, students will make photographs/anthotypes at home using unconventional materials.

Posted: Friday, August 7, 2020
Faculty Voices

Sarah Budischak, Assistant Professor of Biology

This fall, Professor Budischak is teaching Disease Ecology and Evolution. Is there any topic more relevant at this time? In this course students will interview members of their communities to find out what they want and need to know about Covid-19. Then, they will engage with scholarly research and devise various presentation strategies to communicate their findings back to those communities.

Posted: Friday, August 7, 2020

Rachel VanSickle-Ward, Professor of Political Studies

Rachel VanSickle-Ward, professor of political studies

Rachel VanSickle-Ward, professor of political studies and a Pitzer alum, talks about how student engagement and leadership is a central part of a Pitzer education. Working together with students, fall 2020 is a powerful opportunity to think innovatively and creatively.

Posted: Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Phil Zuckerman, Professor of Sociology and Secular Studies

Phil Zuckerman, professor of sociology and secular studies, shares how faculty are learning new technologies, new platforms, new ways of conceiving content, and how to deliver that content creatively.

Posted: Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Tessa Hicks-Peterson, Assistant Vice President of Community Engagement

Tessa Hicks-Peterson

Tessa Hicks-Peterson talks about Pitzer College’s commitment to the values of social justice and intercultural understanding and how that will continue in the fall.

Posted: Friday, July 31, 2020

Paul Faulstich, Professor of Environmental Analysis

Professor Paul Faulstich

Paul Faulstich asks “Why return to Pitzer College in the fall?” His answer is simple: Pitzer needs you, you need Pitzer and the country needs us.

Posted: Thursday, July 30, 2020

Linus Yamane, Professor of Economics

Professor Linus Yamane

Linus Yamane talks about the decision to stay in college and continuing your education.

Posted: Thursday, July 30, 2020

Menna Bizuneh, Associate Professor of Economics

Professor Menna Bizuneh talks about the intersectionality of economics on sociology and politics, the Pitzer ethos and the importance of momentum.

Posted: Thursday, July 30, 2020

Nigel Boyle, Professor of Political Studies

Professor Nigel Boyle

Professor of Political Studies Nigel Boyle talks about the 29 years of experience he has had at Pitzer College, and how crises we face as a society have had a transformative effect on Pitzer’s educational objectives, cultural understanding, social justice and more.

Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Interview with Amanda Lagji and Leo Kajfez ’22

Leo Kajfez, Amanda Lagji

Assistant Professor of English and World Literature Amanda Lagji and English and World Literature and American Studies double major Leo Kajfez ’22 talk about what makes a Pitzer education distinctive.

Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Pitzer Student Forum, July 28, 2020

Student Forum Video

Hear about fall 2020 plans from President Oliver, VP for Student Affairs Mike Segawa, Student Senate President Becca Zimmerman, VP/Dean of Faculty Allen Omoto and VP for Admission & Financial Aid Yvonne Berumen.

Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Success In the Sciences (Keck Science Department)

With U.J. Sofia, Dean of Keck Science, Babak Sanii, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Susie Fang, Director of Pre-Health Advising. Given on July 29, 2020.

Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2020

PRAXIS in a Pandemic: How we will teach you art, photography, media studies, language and science in your living room

Teaching Forum 3

Professors Juanita Aristizábal (Modern Languages), Tim Berg (Art), Ruti Talmor (Media Studies), Tarrah Krajnak (Photography) and Sarah Budischak (Biology) talk about their innovative teaching plans for Fall 2020.

Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Elections, Prison Education, and Community Partners in Fall 2020: How to Leverage Online Classes for Social and Political Change

Teaching Forum 2

Explore community and civic engagement opportunities with professors Nigel Boyle (IGLAS director), Adrian Pantoja (Political Studies/Chicano Studies), Tessa Hicks-Peterson (Urban Studies) Kathy Yep (Asian American Studies) and Tricia Morgan (CEC Managing Director).

Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2020

General Forum on Teaching: Come Learn About Your Future in the Classroom This Fall Semester

Teaching Forum One

Meet professors Michelle Berenfeld (Classics), Darin Brown (Psychology), Carmen Fought (Linguistics), Maya Federman (Economics), Jemma Lorenat (Math), and Andre Wakefield (History).

Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2020
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