Author: Jeanne Wacker

Incoming fellow Natalie Hofmeister discusses the genetic variations of starlings across North America in relation to the long-told story about Shakespeare’s influence on the introduction of the species in New York City in the late 1800s. Learn more about how researchers debunked this tall tale.

Fellow Blake Gutt and co-editors were named one of five finalists for a Lambda Literary Award in the Transgender Nonfiction category for their publication Trans and Genderqueer Subjects in Medieval Hagiography. Congratulations to Blake and all the other Lammy Finalists!

Alumni Fellow and musicologist Juan Fernando Velásquez explores the Columbian cacerolazo to offer a global perspective on the ways that noise has become an eloquent means of expression to public outcry and unrest before, after, and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read his perspective on Musicology Now.

Incoming fellow Rijul Kochhar discusses his research on the changing medical and microbial realities of antiobiotics and what they portend for society. Read more about his research at MIT News.

Postdoctoral fellow and public policy researcher Ben Green explains how emergencies present moments where governments can roll out new invasive forms of data collection through smart technology. Read more at the Los Angeles Times.

The University Record spotlights dramaturg, dance historian, and theorist Clare Croft, alumni fellow (2010-12) and associate professor of American culture. Learn about the roots of Clare’s love of dance, her scholarly endeavors, and her creative projects, such as EXPLODE: queer dance festival and Daring Dances in the full feature.

Congratulations to alumni fellow and assistant professor Cynthia Gerlein-Safdi (2017-20) on her appointment to the Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty at Berkeley! On January 1, 2022 she will join the ranks to continue her research on topics in ecohydrology. Learn more about Cynthia’s research and new appointment.

Postdoctoral fellow and complex systems scientist Mitchell Newberry explains. Read his perspective on The Conversation.

Postdoctoral Fellow and Assistant Professor of Sociology Neil Gong explores California’s strategy of “tolerant containment” as it applies to the state’s homelessness problem and what it means with an eviction crisis on the horizon.

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