Fekete, who studies the effects of environmental mercury pollution on the evolution of antibiotic strains of bacteria, teaches advanced courses like Pathogenic Bacteriology. But for more than 30 years he’s taught a course called Microorganisms and Society, an introductory microbiology course he created for non-science majors. It’s one of the most popular classes at Colby. […]
Ellerton M. and Edith K. Jetté Professor of Art Ankeney Weitz Visiting Assistant Professor of Art Mariola V. Alvarez Weitz: Last summer, my experience on the ASIANetwork Freeman Student-Faculty Fellows (SFF) program was one of the highlights of my entire teaching career. Although I have done collaborative research with students on the Colby campus, this […]
Gilkes, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies, was steeped in the influence of the great sociologist and scholar from a young age. Her father, Murray Townsend Jr., who worked at the Internal Revenue Service, was a sociology major at Morehouse College. And as Gilkes put it, “If you took […]
Assistant Professor of Economics Nathan Chan likes to study situations in which the participants, acting in their own interest, aren’t necessarily creating the best outcomes for the group. In economic theory, it’s called the “tragedy of the commons.” It’s applicable to climate treaties—and dorm rooms. “Why is the common room not being cleaned up when […]
Dipping into the Melting Pot Colby students live and work in Portland’s vibrant immigrant community There’s no need to leave Maine to study immigration, varied cultures, and the modern diaspora. Six students did earlier this year, living and working with refugee families in the Portland area for the Jan Plan Study Abroad: Living and Working […]
Four years at Colby is often just not long enough. As motivated as I was to move beyond Mayflower Hill upon graduation, reflection during the succeeding years reinforced the unique and finite opportunities Colby students have to embrace the immersive breadth of a liberal arts education. Fortunately for me, I was able to come back […]
As Oak Professor of Biological Sciences, Cole taught a variety of biology and ecology courses; led regular student research trips to Belize, Bermuda, and other locations; and published nearly continuously during his Colby career. From bog shrubs to rodents in Hawaii to Argentine ants, his interests were myriad, and student researchers were often coauthors. Even […]
But I do write polemical things about Trump, for the New Republic and Salon, among other media outlets. For example: “The day before Donald Trump called for a ‘total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,’ he cited political correctness as a serious contributing factor to the San Bernardino attack, a move that neatly united his disdain for […]
In other words, if this is Queer Politics Lite, it’s not for me. “Somehow she had mistakenly thought that we were going to talk about why homophobia is bad,” said Arellano, associate professor of American studies and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies. “I think the class would have been about that ten years ago. So […]
One of the real joys I find is connecting my research process to the ways I can mentor students doing their research. For example, for Drugs, Thugs, and Diplomats (P. 28) I did a huge range of research over a decade: analyzed declassified government documents, went to workshops with peasant farmers in the Amazon, interviewed […]
