Kevin Kuruc, assistant professor of economics, spoke about “anti-confinement laws project to be popular across U.S. states.” His research interests are in macroeconomics—specifically growth and development—as well as agricultural and environmental economics.
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Eunyung Lim, assistant professor of religion, gave a presentation titled “You Can Age Backwards! What Children Have to Do with Gender in the Gospel of Thomas.” Her research and teaching examine portrayals of women, children, and other marginalized groups in the Bible and early Christian literature, with particular attention to their sociocultural implications in ancient and modern contexts.
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Biology Professors Greg Pask, Erin Eggleston, and Eric Moody chat during a reception celebrating the 2026 Fall Faculty Forum.
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Jim Ralph, the Rehnquist Professor of American History and Culture, spoke about his research on “C.T. Vivian and the ‘Perfection’ of Nonviolence.” He specializes in American History, particularly the Civil Rights Movement, and is the author of The Chicago Freedom Movement: Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Rights Activism in the North (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2016).
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M. Eleanor Nevins, associate professor of anthropology, affiliate in linguistics, spoke on the topic of “Indigenous Political Voice in Maidu Language Text Collections–Website.” Nevins recently published the article, “Conflicting Nineteenth-Century Paths to North American Indigenous Languages and Voices” in Anthropology News. Nevins presented with undergraduate research assistants Helen Carle ’29 and Ziqi Yu ’27.
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Emma Guiberson, assistant professor of chemistry, gave a talk titled “Modeling the Oral Host-Microbe Environment.” Guiberson researches the oral microbiome through metabolomics, and teaches courses in general chemistry, biochemistry of macromolecules, and biochemistry of metabolism.
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Meaghan Winder, visiting assistant professor of mathematics and statistics, gave a talk on “Long-distance relationships: Using statistics to assess microbiome diversity in Australian flying foxes.” Winder teaches courses on data science, regression, and history of statistics.
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Shelby Kimmel, associate professor of computer science, spoke on the topic “A Quantum Algorithm Inspired by Pulsars and DNA.” Kimmel researches quantum computers, which take advantage of the laws governing small physical systems to solve computational problems. She teaches courses in algorithms and complexity, quantum computing, and math foundations of computing.
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Sean I. Peters, visiting assistant professor of earth and climate sciences, gave a talk titled “Totally Tubular! Why lava tubes are so hot (and safe?)” Peters is an experimental and physical volcanologist and planetary geologist who studies how volcanoes shape planetary surfaces. He teaches courses on natural hazards, introduction to petrology, physical volcanology, and data in earth science.
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Olga Parshina, visiting assistant professor of psychology, gave a talk titled “Learning to Read Through Immersion: Eye-Tracking Evidence from Middlebury Language Schools.” Her research focuses on exploring online language processing in unique populations, such as bilingual and monolingual adults and children, including those with learning difficulties.
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Christopher Andrews, associate professor of computer science, gave a talk titled “Wild Data: Creating Creatures from Vermont Weather Data.” His research interests fall under the umbrella of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), the study of how computers can fit into and support human endeavors. More specifically, his interests include visual analytics, information visualization, generative art, graphics, and alternative displays.
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Julia Berazneva, associate professor of economics, spoke on the topic “Does Climate Change Affect How Many Children People Want?” Berazneva researches the intersection of development economics and resource and environmental economics, with particular interest in human-environment interactions and sustainable development. She teaches courses in microeconomic theory and environmental economics.
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