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Ran Libeskind-Hadas
Professor Ran Libeskind-Hadas is a co-principal investigator a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation and the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Pilot (NAIRR). The grant is with a principal investigator at Grinnell College and other co-principal investigators at Swarthmore College, the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and the Computing Research Association. The grant supports meetings of Computer Science and AI faculty to develop and share AI-related resources to support undergraduate education.
Lisa Cody
Professor Lisa Cody was awarded the Peggy Renner Award for Teaching and Curricular Innovation, Honorable Mention, Western Association of Women Historians (2024), for her new course, “The History of Reproduction in the Atlantic World, 1500 to Today.” She also received the James L. Clifford Prize, American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (2024) for the top article in any field related to eighteenth-century studies for “‘Marriage is no protection for crime’: Coverture, Sex, and Marital Rape in Eighteenth-Century England.”
Jessica Laser
Visiting Literature Professor Jessica Laser has been named a finalist for the for 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize. Laser’s The Goner School (University of Iowa Press, 2024) was one of more than 500 books submitted for the prize. The winner will be named on June 4 at the Griffin Poetry Prize Readings in Toronto.
David Day
David Day, Professor of Psychological Science & Leadership, has received the 2024 International Leadership Association’s (ILA) Lifetime Achievement Award. “It’s a tremendous honor to be recognized by this global leadership association for my lifetime contributions to the scholarship of leadership and leadership development. Going forward, my focus is putting theory and evidence-based research into action to help CMC students develop as responsible leaders for their times.” The ILA’s mission is to connect people globally to advance the practice and study of leadership for a just and thriving future.
Heather Ferguson
History Professor Heather Ferguson has been appointed co-editor of the International Journal of Middle East Studies (IJMES ) with Professor Lara Deeb of Scripps College. “For me, this appointment represents the capstone in over a decade of professional service within the field of academic publishing,” Ferguson said. “The appointment is further notable for the number of ‘firsts’ embodied: the first time IJMES will have co-editors; the first time professors from liberal arts colleges will serve in this role; and, finally, the first time our editorship will demonstrate interdisciplinary knowledge practices.”
Evan Rosenman
Mathematical Sciences Professors Evan Rosenman and Sarah Cannon received a $100,000 planning grant from the John Randolph and Dora Haynes Foundation through its new Governance & Democracy Initiative. In partnership with local advocacy groups, Rosenman and Cannon will study redistricting reform proposals for the Los Angeles City Council that will enable deeper insights and higher confidence than current methods.
Sarah Cannon
Mathematical Sciences Professors Sarah Cannon and Evan Rosenman received a $100,000 planning grant from the John Randolph and Dora Haynes Foundation through its new Governance & Democracy Initiative. In partnership with local advocacy groups, Cannon and Rosenman will study redistricting reform proposals for the Los Angeles City Council that will enable deeper insights and higher confidence than current methods.
Devin Fergus
Devin Fergus, Professor of History and Public Affairs, was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.
Shibu Yooseph
Professors Shibu Yooseph, Paul Nerenberg, and Angela Vossmeyer received a major research instrumentation grant from the National Science Foundation. The award will enable the College to purchase a high-performance computing cluster to increase CMC’s computational research capacity. This new equipment will serve 10+ distinct research programs across the natural, mathematical, and social sciences and foster important new research collaborations. Yooseph and Nerenberg are Kravis Department of Integrated Sciences professors and Vossmeyer is the Rothacker Family Associate Professor of Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow.
Angela Vossmeyer
Professors Angela Vossmeyer, Shibu Yooseph, and Paul Nerenberg received a major research instrumentation grant from the National Science Foundation. The award will enable the College to purchase a high-performance computing cluster to increase CMC’s computational research capacity. This new equipment will serve 10+ distinct research programs across the natural, mathematical, and social sciences and foster important new research collaborations. Vossmeyer is the Rothacker Family Associate Professor of Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow and Yooseph and Nerenberg are Kravis Department of Integrated Sciences professors.