Tag: new faculty

  • Nation & World

    Hearth and home — in Stone Age

    Motivating Professor Amy Elizabeth Clark’s interest is what she calls a “feminist approach” to studying human history.

    4 minutes
    Amy Elizabeth Clark.
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    Using math as bridge within disciplines

    Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications welcomes new director, a Harvard alum who will explore “beautiful, deep” interactions between mathematics and science.

    4 minutes
    Dan Freed.
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    New faculty: Christina Maranci

    Christina Maranci is the first person of Armenian descent to hold the position of Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies.

    5 minutes
    Christina Maranci
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    New faculty: Norman Yao

    Physics Professor Norman Yao describes his journey in quantum physics.

    6 minutes
    Norman Y. Yao, professor of physics.
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    New faculty: Sarah Dimick

    Harvard Assistant Professor Sarah Dimick wants to expand the understanding of connections between literature and the environment.

    4 minutes
    Sarah Dimick.
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    New faculty: David Joselit

    David Joselit joined the department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies this semester as a professor of visual studies.

    9 minutes
    David Joselit.
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    New faculty: Martin Surbeck

    A new member of the faculty of the Department of Human and Evolutionary Biology, Martin Surbeck runs one of the few bonobo research sites in the world.

    4 minutes
    A portrait-style photo of professor in front of a large globe
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    New faculty: Daniel Agbiboa

    Daniel Agbiboa sees free and restricted movement as integral to the development of political, economic, and social systems. His work makes connections between these intersections in West Africa.

    5 minutes
    Professor standing with his hands in his pockets and smiling
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    New faculty: Yvette J. Jackson

    Yvette J. Jackson, who joined Harvard as an assistant professor in the Department of Music this fall, is a composer of electroacoustic, chamber, and orchestral music, with a focus on radio operas and immersive narrative soundscape productions.

    5 minutes
    Yvette Jackson
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    New faculty: Jesse McCarthy

    New English and African and African American Studies Professor Jesse McCarthy took a roundabout path to academia. Now he’s teaching James Baldwin and Henry James and showing students there are many ways to be successful.

    7 minutes
    Jesse McCarthy.
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    New faculty: Lauren Williams

    The Gazette sits down with Lauren Williams, the second woman to be tenured in Harvard’s Math Department and the Seaver Professor at the Radcliffe Institute.

    5 minutes
    Lauren Williams.