OMNIA looks back on books from three faculty whose contributions to the conversation on race and social justice have stood the test of time.
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
By Susan Ahlborn, Blake Cole, Loraine Terrell, and Lauren Rebecca Thacker
Illustrations by Noa Denmon
“I get a huge kick out of finding out stuff about stuff and sharing it with others,” says Professor of Biology Philip A. Rea, whether it’s a research finding, a piece of music, or a new way of seeing something through one of his photographs.
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
By Susan Ahlborn
Megan Robb of the Department of Religious Studies published a book on an early-20th-century newspaper that was influential in creating a shared Muslim identity in South Asia.
Thursday, July 22, 2021
By Lauren Rebecca Thacker
Marci Hamilton, Fels Institute of Government Professor of Practice, takes a stand against what she calls the Church of Scientology's "cruel" arbitration process.
Thursday, July 22, 2021
Translation is an art that allows us to communicate across cultural difference.
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
By Lauren Rebecca Thacker
Illustrations by Marina Muun
Zachary Lesser, Edward W. Kane Professor of English, used ghosts, holes, and scrapes to learn more about how Shakespeare’s work was seen in his own time.
Thursday, July 22, 2021
By Susan Ahlborn
In his new book, Cheikh Anta Babou, Associate Professor of History, captures the vitality of the Senegalese Murid diaspora.
Thursday, July 8, 2021
By Karen Brooks
In two classes, Rahul Mukherjee, Dick Wolf Associate Professor of Television and New Media Studies, is looking at the big picture of our digital life.
Thursday, December 3, 2020
By Susan Ahlborn
Benjamin Shestakofsky, Assistant Professor of Sociology, finds interconnections between humans and machines in the future of work.
Thursday, January 28, 2021
By Duyen Nguyen
Madeleine Joullié makes molecules and waves, leaving her mark in her specialty, her institution, and the lives of her students.
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
By Susan Ahlborn
Photography by Eric Sucar, University Communications
Jolyon Thomas, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, recently co-authored an article in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion titled, “Why Scholars of Religion Must Investigate the Corporate Form.”
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
By Katelyn Silva
