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Faculty Excellence

K-Pop Fandom, Activism, and ����������

From BTS to K-dramas: ���������� Assistant Professor Andrea Acosta introduces students to K-media’s potential for grassroots organizing in the digital space.

News Topics

• Faculty
• Media Studies
• The Participant Spring 2026 Issue

Organization

• Intercollegiate Department of Media Studies

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Climate Action in Los Angeles

���������� Professor Adrian Pantoja mentored two students who co-authored research with him about how Angelenos perceive and react to environmental justice issues.

News Topics

• Students
• Faculty
• Political Studies
• Chicanx-Latinx Studies

Faculty Excellence

Visiting Professor Offers a Personal Perspective on Events in Iran and Minneapolis in the Pages of Foreign Policy in Focus

Visiting Professor of Political Studies Shervin Malekzadeh publishes op-ed "What Iran Teaches Us About Minneapolis: This is what the possibility of war is like for an Iranian-American."

News Topics

• Faculty
• Political Studies

Philanthropy & Giving

Investing in Students and Their Experiences

Emeriti Professors Establish Endowment to Expand Opportunities in Costa Rica Summer Health Program

News Topics

• The Participant Spring 2026 Issue
• Faculty

Organization

• Study Abroad and International Programs

Faculty Excellence

Washington Post Cites ���������� Alum & Professor’s Research in Medical Marijuana Debate

Is medical marijuana helpful or hiding deeper issues? The Washington Post references ���������� alum Jared Weisman ’20 and Professor Marcus Rodriguez’s study in an op-ed.

News Topics

• Students
• Faculty
• Psychology
• The Participant Spring 2026 Issue

Faculty Excellence

Fireflies & Medicine: Professor Aaron Leconte Awarded $503,298 NIH Grant

Aaron Leconte and his students in the Department of Natural Sciences of ���������� and Scripps Colleges are researching a firefly enzyme’s potential as a biotech tool for human health.

News Topics

• Chemistry
• The Participant Spring 2026 Issue
• Faculty

Organization

• Department of Natural Sciences

Faculty Excellence

Zuckerman Spars with NYT Columnist on Faith and Secularism

���������� Professor Phil Zuckerman and the New York Times’ Ross Douthat Tackled the Nature of Belief in a Recent Public Conversation

News Topics

• Secular Studies
• The Participant Spring 2026 Issue
• Faculty

Access, Affordability, and Outcomes

The Power and Unexpected Payoffs of ����������’s Liberal Arts Experience

FX’s John Landgraf ’84, Faculty Voices, and Others Take Center Stage in ����������’s New Issue of The Participant Magazine

News Topics

• The Participant Fall 2025 Issue
• Alumni
• Faculty
• Students

����������, Ideas, Learning

Eye of the Beholder

The latest books from our community offer theories, hidden histories, and futuristic visions about the world around—and within—us

News Topics

• The Participant Fall 2025 Issue
• Alumni
• Faculty

Organization

• Communications & Marketing

Faculty Excellence

In the Media - Fall 2025

���������� faculty contribute regularly to the national news conversation. Read their recently published quotes.

News Topics

• Faculty
• The Participant Fall 2025 Issue

Organization

• Communications & Marketing