Society, Culture, Thought: Related Content
Brian Morrice '10 was one of 140 young leaders selected nationwide to serve as a White House intern this spring.
Psychology faculty member David Anderegg spoke at the TEDx Conference in Brussels, Belgium, last month on the growing culture of anti-intellectualism in America—a topic central to his critically acclaimed 2008 book Nerds: Who They Are and Why We Need More of Them.
When a New York Times reporter reached out to psychology faculty member David Anderegg for a story on America's need for more "cool nerds"—young people who can meld computing skills with other fields—Anderegg pointed out one obvious problem.
Author, consultant, and educator Clay Shirky, an expert on the social and economic effects of Internet technologies, will speak on "Motivation in a Connected Age" on Monday, April 5, at 7:00 pm in the College's Tishman Lecture Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jesse Katz '85 will read from The Opposite Field, his critically acclaimed memoir of raising a son and reviving a Little League in the immigrant suburbs of L.A., on Tuesday, December 1, at 7:00 pm in the College's Franklin Living Room. The event, part of Bennington's Literature Gathering series, is free and open to the public.
Political science faculty member Rotimi Suberu authored a chapter in Corruption, Global Security, and World Order, a new book published this year by Brookings Institution Press.
Faculty member Mansour Farhang appeared on Aljazeera.net this week to discuss fallout from the disputed presidential election in Iran.
Barnard College honored Bennington alumna and former trustee Kay Crawford Murray '56, a pioneer for the advancement of women attorneys, with a 2009 Medal of Distinction at its 117th commencement last month.
Bennington student Noryang Yeshi '11 will celebrate the opening of Anandwan, an exhibition of photographs taken at a leprosy clinic in central India, on Monday, April 27, from 6-10 pm in the College's Barn East Gallery. This event is free and open to the public.
Faculty member Mansour Farhang was on NPR's The World this week to discuss the political implications of journalist Roxana Saberi's imprisonment in Iran. An American-Iranian, Saberi was convicted of spying for the United States and sentenced to eight years in Iranian prison.
During a post-Katrina panel discussion with a group of New Orleans-based artists in early 2006, Dan Cameron '79, then-senior curator at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, just blurted it out: "A biennial would go really, really well in New Orleans."
On September 19, 2008, Bennington College faculty member Mac Maharaj received the prestigious Global Award for Outstanding Contribution to Human Rights from Priyadashni Academy in Mumbai, India.
First United Nations Independent Expert on Minority Issues and former executive director of Global Rights
Public health activist tackling reproductive health issues in Tanzania and Mozambique for leading NGOs
Liz Ahn Toupin was one of the country's first Asian American college deans. Her career at Tufts spanned a tumultuous period of societal, educational and institutional upheaval.
Anne Gilman employs behavioral, big-data, and electrophysiological methods to track the impact of long-term expertise on fast-acting cognitive processes. Her research on musical training and language expertise as influences on memory informs the design of multimedia displays.
Called a “creative disruptor” in the field of agricultural finance by Forbes and currently pursuing an MBA at Stanford University.
Emily Waterman is an applied developmental scientist who aims to promote youth development through mixed-method research and evaluation.
Founder of the Lab School, a groundbreaking program for children with learning disabilities, and a leading expert in special education
Heather Vermeulen’s research and teaching focuses on transatlantic slavery and its afterlives, ecology, literature and arts of the African Diaspora, and gender and sexuality studies.
Catherine McKeen is a philosopher whose research focuses on ancient Greek thought, gender, and politics.
An award-winning teacher, Ronald Cohen focused his research in social psychology on issues of justice and silence, and took his practice into the community with his work on reparative justice.
President of Marlboro College and a central figure in the Clinton White House in the 1990s
Feminist writer whose work was a lightning rod for the debate on pornography and censorship in the United States
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Özge Savaş is a critical and applied social psychologist. She works with historically and systemically disadvantaged and marginalized individuals and communities, combining decolonial and intersectional feminist theories in explaining how systems of oppression are maintained. She examines the role of stigma, stereotypes, and prejudice in intergroup conflict.
Founder of Bibeksheel Nepali, a populist political party founded in the wake of Nepal’s 2015 earthquake
Anna Bean is an independent scholar living in Vermont. She has taught in Performance Studies, Theater, American Studies and African-American Studies Programs at New York University, Williams College, Wesleyan University and Marlboro College. Her current work is on transperformance on stage and in television in American popular performance.
Kimberly Van Orman is a philosopher of the mind whose work stretches into the philosophy of science and who asks what minds are made of and how they are formed from experience.
Keisha Knight is an ex-dancer, film programmer/moving image curator, and interrogator of visual culture.