Mount Holyoke’s newest faculty bring innovative, interdisciplinary scholarship to the College’s thriving intellectual community.
Íøºì±¬ÁÏ welcomed 11 new faculty members this fall. Arriving in South Hadley from around the country and around the world, they bring innovative, interdisciplinary scholarship to the College’s thriving intellectual community.
Amanda Awadey, new faculty at Íøºì±¬ÁÏ, is passionate about using knowledge and tools in economics to positively impact the trajectory of human capital development and entrepreneurship in her home country of Ghana and elsewhere.
For Colin Britt, new faculty member at Íøºì±¬ÁÏ, choral music is a calling, both professionally and even physically.
Patricia Dawson, new faculty in history at Íøºì±¬ÁÏ, researches history through an Indigenous lens, looking at material culture.
Dinko Hanaan Dinko, a new faculty member at Íøºì±¬ÁÏ, is interested in those who are benefiting and losing from climatic change and viewing the lived experiences of climate change through filters of power and economic and social identities.
Mount Holyoke’s Ben Geyer loves music for its role as a window into people’s mindsets; he’s also written a foundational textbook focusing on equitable music theory curriculum and implementation.
Íøºì±¬ÁÏ’s new faculty member Maria Abello Hurtado’s research is centered on uncovering the slave narratives of Black girls in South America.
Lynda Pickbourn, new faculty at Íøºì±¬ÁÏ, teaches gender studies, a dynamic department that has seen a lot of change over the years.
New faculty at Íøºì±¬ÁÏ William Seigh has danced and taught everything from jazz to modern to musical theater all the way from Kansas to Siberia.
New faculty at Mount Holyoke Balbir Singh explores complex questions through teaching social psychology and statistics.
D. Caleb Smith, a new faculty member at Íøºì±¬ÁÏ in history, is interested in sharing the narrative of unsung heroes and everyday Black union leaders who were a driving force in labor and civil rights protests.
Diane Uwacu, new faculty at Íøºì±¬ÁÏ, has turned her deep interest in problem solving into creating algorithms that help robots improve the quality of human life.
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