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Faculty Excellence

Innovating in Chemistry: Wenzel Lab Awarded $250,000 NSF Grant

The award will support several student researchers in a project aimed at unlocking inexpensive ways to develop critically important chemical compounds

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• Chemistry
• The Participant Spring 2026 Issue
• Faculty

Organization

• Department of Natural Sciences

Faculty Excellence

New Faculty in the Humanities and STEM Keep Their Eyes on Timely Issues

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ welcomes six tenure-track faculty for the 2025-26 academic year; the College also celebrates the promotion of several current faculty.

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• Faculty
• Gender & Feminist Studies
• Environmental Analysis
• Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures
• Chicanx-Latinx Studies
• Biology
• Physics
• The Participant Spring 2026 Issue

Faculty Excellence

Washington Post Spotlights Keeley on Conspiracies

Professor of Philosophy Brian Keeley introduced conspiracy theories into the field of philosophy; now the Post asked for his help in understanding why these theories thrive in U.S. politics

Faculty Excellence

Visiting Professor Pens L.A. Times Op-Ed About Iran

Visiting Professor of Political Studies Shervin Malekzadeh discusses nationalism and the ramifications of a regime change in Iran in a Los Angeles Times op-ed.

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• Faculty
• Political Studies

Faculty Excellence

Professor Adrian Pantoja Talks Immigration Politics With CalMatters

CalMatters consults with ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Professor of Political Studies and Chicano Studies Adrian Pantoja about shifting immigration politics and demographics in California.

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• Political Studies
• Chicanx-Latinx Studies
• Faculty

Faculty Excellence

How an AI Bot Can Help Mental Health Workers

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Professor Marcus Rodriguez’s research team received a Claremont Graduate University grant to develop a bot to help early-career therapists remember foundational principles.

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• Faculty
• Psychology

Faculty Excellence

CNN Talks to Professor Susan Phillips About Gang Tattoos

Amidst the national conversations about Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wrongful deportation, CNN consulted ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Professor Susan Phillips for her expertise in gangs and gang graffiti.

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• Faculty

Faculty Excellence

Seeing Concepts in Real Time: An Intercultural Immersion in Japan

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Professor Linus Yamane has facilitated the Tomodachi Inouye Scholars Program, a Japan-U.S. youth exchange program for students in his co-taught class Trans-Pacific Japan: Love & Money.

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• The Participant Fall 2025 Issue
• Faculty
• Asian American Studies
• Economics
• Students

Faculty Excellence

Professor Michelle Berenfeld Writes About Falling Republics in The Atlantic

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿â€™s Professor of Classics Michelle Berenfeld draws parallels between the imperiled republics of America and ancient Rome in an article in The Atlantic.

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• Classics
• Faculty
• The Participant Fall 2025 Issue

Faculty Excellence

Professor Susan Phillips Talks to NPR About Migrants’ Tattoos

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Professor Susan Phillips discusses with National Public Radio how tattoos affect the perception and treatment of migrants.

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• Faculty