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TODAY - Humanities Seminar Faculty Fellows Presentation, April 15th 4pm

Date: 04-15-2025

Time: 04:00 PM

Location: Kelley Center Presentation Room

The Humanities Institute is pleased to announce the 2025 Ronald M. Davidson Humanities Seminar Faculty Fellows Presentations, taking place on Tuesday, April 15 at 4pm in the Kelley Center Presentation Room. Over the past two academic years, the Faculty Fellows have been developing innovative scholarly projects in the humanities and related fields, while mentoring a Student Fellow each year. During the event, they will present their projects, followed by a Q&A session and a time for fellowship. We invite you to join us in recognizing and celebrating the achievements of our faculty fellows. Light refreshments will be available.


 2023-2025 Faculty Fellows:

  • Nicholas Allred, PhD, Visiting Assistant Professor of English
“Character Under the Influence in Eighteenth-Century Britain”
  • Elizabeth Boquet, PhD, Professor of English
“Mark My Words: Breathlessness, Vocal Composition, and a Life Lived in Letters"
  • Laura Gasca Jiménez, PhD, Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures
"Language Access Policies and Minority Language Speakers in the United States: A Critical Exploration of the New York State Language Access Law”
  • Kimberly Gunter, PhD, Associate Professor of English
“Factory Floors, Church Pews, and Kitchen Sinks: Counterrhetorics of the South’s Women Apparel Workers, 1947-1994”
  • Shannon King, PhD, Associate Professor of History
"Made by Society Into Desperate Bigger Thomases: The Black Struggle to Deracialize Crime News in NYC"
  • Marice Rose, PhD, Professor of Visual and Performing Arts
“Venus Smiles Not: The Chimeric Receptions of Sanford Biggers’s Lady Interbellum”  


We are also excited to introduce the new cohort of Faculty Fellows for the 2025-2027 Humanities Seminar. Each fellow will be paired with a fresh group of Student Fellows, whom they will mentor as they undertake independent, advanced research projects within the humanities. Additionally, Fellows will receive guidance from Dr. Jennifer Adair, Seminar Chair and Associate Director of the Humanities Institute. 

 

2025-2027 Faculty Fellows: 

  • Carolina Añón Suárez, Assistant Professor of Modern Languages & Literatures
  • Daniel Libatique, Assistant Professor of English
  • Nels Pearson, Professor of English 
  • Sam Grimes, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
  • Sonya Huber, Professor of English
  • Upasana Dutta, Assistant Professor of English
Please join us in congratulating all our Fellows.

For more information, contact Ellen Gilmore / 6134 / egilmore@fairfield.edu