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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

Â鶹ԭ´´ 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 Â鶹ԭ´´ 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 Â鶹ԭ´´ 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

Â鶹ԭ´´ 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 Â鶹ԭ´´ Gang Tattoos

Amidst the national conversations about Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wrongful deportation, CNN consulted Â鶹ԭ´´ 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

Â鶹ԭ´´ 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.

News Topics

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

Faculty Excellence

Professor Michelle Berenfeld Writes Â鶹ԭ´´ Falling Republics in The Atlantic

Â鶹ԭ´´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 Â鶹ԭ´´ Migrants’ Tattoos

Â鶹ԭ´´ Professor Susan Phillips discusses with National Public Radio how tattoos affect the perception and treatment of migrants.

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• Faculty