Faculty
Research Partnership with Ashoka University
The Critical Writing Program, led by Valerie Ross, Director of the Marks Family Center for Excellence in Writing, has begun a new research collaboration with Ashoka University in India.
Seeing Clearly Through the Fog of War
In a new book, M. Susan Lindee, Janice and Julian Bers Professor of History and Sociology of Science, explores the interplay between scientific progress and violence in modern war.
Lessons Learned
After a year of teaching online, Penn Arts & Sciences faculty reflect on how they’ve made it work.
Bringing History to the Surface
Mantha Zarmakoupi, Morris Russell and Josephine Chidsey Williams Assistant Professor in Roman Architecture, conducts underwater surveys to map ancient travel and political intrigue.
Virtual Events Recap
Penn Arts & Sciences events continued to showcase student and faculty work in virtual settings during the spring semester.
Humans in the Loop
Benjamin Shestakofsky, Assistant Professor of Sociology, finds interconnections between humans and machines in the future of work.
Annual Awards Recognize Outstanding Teaching
The following faculty and graduate students were honored for their exceptional teaching in a year that demanded new approaches and technology along with tried-and-true pedagogic methods.
A Time of Transition
A Message from Dean Steven J. Fluharty, Dean and Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Professor of Psychology, Pharmacology, and Neuroscience.
Faculty Honors
More than 40 Penn Arts & Sciences faculty members have recently received notable honors. Here are just a few.
OMNIA Q&A: The Winners and Losers in Post-Socialist Europe
Kristen Ghodsee and Mitchell Orenstein, professors of Russian and East European Studies, discuss their new book, Taking Stock of Shock.
OMNIA Q&A: The Future of COVID-19
David S. Roos, E. Otis Kendall Professor of Biology, on COVID-19, variants, and vaccines.
OMNIA Q&A: Polarization and Policymaking
Matthew Levendusky, Professor of Political Science and Penny and Robert A. Fox Director of the Fels Institute of Government, on how hyperpartisanship interferes with democracy.
Al Filreis and the Power of Poetry
After Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem captured attention, the director of Kelly Writer’s House reflects on what poetry can do.
Humans in the Loop
Benjamin Shestakofsky, Assistant Professor of Sociology, finds interconnections between humans and machines in the future of work.
Amateur Music-Making in the Early Republic
In a new book, Glenda Goodman, Assistant Professor of Music, probes how hand-copying musical compositions and amateur performance shaped identity and ideas in the post-Revolutionary War period.