The school boasts more than 234 faculty members representing 16 countries. Faculty are true teacher scholars, balancing time spent in the classroom with research that contributes to a greater body of knowledge in their academic disciplines. They also develop strong relationships with their students, and mentor them throughout their time on campus.
Ovidiu Lipan was promoted to professor of physics. His research is focused on various aspects of the interplay between discrete and continuous models in theoretical physics, with a recent highlight on the connection between discrete and continuum electrodynamics.
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Maja White was promoted to professor of theatre & dance. She is a lighting and sound designer and has designed lighting for opera, theatre, and dance nationally and internationally. Her research falls in the study of how sustainable equipment and the evolution of technologies are changing the aesthetic of the live entertainment industry.
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Sonja Bertucci was promoted to associate professor of languages, literatures, & cultures. She is a filmmaker and her most recent feature-length documentary, The Diamond Couple (2024), is an intimate meditation on love, aging, and the transmission of memory. She is currently working on a new experimental project inspired by French writer Georges Perec’s Lieux.
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Kavitha Cardoza, assistant professor of journalism, has been awarded the American Mosaic Journalism Prize for her work as a freelance reporter. The highly selective prize is awarded to journalists who exemplify excellence in reporting on underrepresented communities in the United States.
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