Dear Faculty and Staff Colleagues,
Welcome to a new academic year! I look forward to working in partnership with all of you to help students settle into campus life and start—or continue—their academic journeys at Oxford.
Many of you have already met Kristin Bonnie, our new senior associate dean of academic affairs. She joined us in mid-July and has been busy settling into her role as a key member of our leadership team. In addition, please join me in welcoming new staff and visiting and adjunct faculty, along with six new assistant professors: Tien Chih, Mathematics; Sheldon Lawrence, Biology; Marvin McNeill, Music and African American Studies; Bamba Ndiaye, African Studies; Emorja Roberson, Music and African American Studies; and Masha Vlasova, Film and Media Studies. We plan to have many opportunities to help you connect and reconnect with all the members of our community. I hope as the new year begins that each of you finds time to connect with both old and new colleagues and friends.
Over the coming weeks I plan to share my priorities for the year—including taking stock of where we are, making plans to meet essential needs, combatting burnout, and reigniting community.
I want to take a moment to express my gratitude for those that are busy preparing for the start of the academic year. We are in full swing with some student leaders already on campus this week!
Best regards,
Ken
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Faculty and staff spotlight: Kristin Bonnie |
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Kristin Bonnie joined Oxford this summer as senior associate dean of academic affairs, replacing Ken Anderson, who will return to the classroom after a year of sabbatical. Her new position entails working with the dean to oversee and enhance all aspects of Oxford's academic mission. Bonnie will also serve as acting professor of psychology—a subject she taught for 15 years at her previous stop, Beloit College, where she also was the associate dean of faculty and the learning experience. With these new positions she returns to her Emory roots, where she earned an MA and a PhD in Psychology.
"It is a privilege and an honor to be a part of the Oxford College community," Bonnie said. "I look forward to getting to know students, faculty, and staff, and to collaborating with you all to support and advance Oxford's innovative academic program and related initiatives."
Before moving into administration, Bonnie taught courses in Introductory Psychology, Biological Psychology, Research Methods and Statistics, Animal Cognition, and within Beloit’s various first year seminar programs. At Beloit, she was involved with multi-year institutional projects on topics including the development of student metacognition and reflective learning, decolonizing pedagogies and related DEI initiatives, and the development and implementation of a new strategic plan. She looks forward to bringing the lessons and skills she learned in these many projects to Oxford.
Bonnie began her own academic journey at St. Lawrence University, where she earned a BS magna cum laude with honors in Psychology and a minor in Biology. When she came to Emory for graduate school, she studied with renowned primatologist Frans de Waal. Bonnie's animal research runs deep: She was an adjunct scientist with Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo, and her scholarship focuses on learning and decision making in captive non-human primates. She has more than 20 publications to her name and has also given dozens of invited and conference presentations.
Next week we look forward to highlighting more incoming faculty and staff.
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Chris Blake, Assistant Professor of Economics, was quoted in a Forbes article on causes and effects of inflation. Read more here.
Blake's study on marijuana policies and their effect on college application statistics, on which he collaborated with colleagues from the University of South Carolina, was cited in both the Edmonton Journal and the Marijuana Moment.
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Molly McGehee, Associate Dean for Faculty Development, Director of the Oxford Center for Teaching and Scholarship, and Associate Professor of English and American Studies, will serve as co-chair of the Twin Memorials Working Group, alongside Gregory Ellison and Carol Henderson. For updates on the Twin Memorials project, click here.
McGehee also spoke in a short documentary that appeared on Georgia Public Broadcasting titled The Last Atlanta Film Censor. She specifically discussed film censorship in Atlanta in the mid-twentieth century. You can watch the documentary on YouTube here.
In June, she participated in The Society for the Study of Southern Literature conference, where she presented her article "The Horror of Atlanta" (forthcoming in Studies in the Literary Imagination) as part of the SSSL Presidential Roundtable.
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Lyn Pace, Oxford Chaplain, wrote in his July column for The Covington News about "Chaplaincy, Meaning Making and Harry Potter." Read here.
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Tamiko Latifah Nettles's 98Ox 00C book What Color Suits You, July? was published last month. It will be used as a conversation piece to talk about the importance of responding vs. reacting in each of our environments at home and at work. Read more about the book on its Amazon page here.
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How to update your faculty directory profile |
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To update your profile:
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Go to the external directory page.
- Click the "Edit Your Profile" button which can be found on the upper right corner of directory page.
- Log in with your NetID and password.
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You will be redirected to your information where you can update your profile, which includes biographical information, title, office location, email address, phone number, and directory photo. If you do not have access to modify your profile, please submit a communications form request to Kristine Gonsalez.
We encourage all employees to maintain their directory information for accuracy. This process also updates the widely used Inside Oxford Office Directory list that can be found on the Faculty & Staff page under "Communications and Marketing."
Please Note: If an employee leaves Oxford, departments should also email Kristine Gonsalez to have them removed from the external directory.
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Black Girl Processing Space awarded Women of Emory Impact Circle Grant |
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The Women of Emory Impact Circle granted $5,000 to Oxford's Black Girl Processing Space for future programming and growth. Read the Oxford web story here.
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Women's tennis and men's soccer teams win Academic Team of the Year Awards |
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The NJCAA award for Academic Team of the Year is given to the team with the highest GPA in each sport. Read more about the women's tennis and men's soccer teams here.
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OSO Ice Cream Social
Student Center Front Plaza | 12:00–2:00 p.m.
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Fall Catering Expo
Phi Gamma Hall | 4:00–7:00 p.m.
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Oxford Academic Retreat (formerly known as the Faculty Retreat)
Callaway Gardens | All day
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Oxford Academic Retreat (formerly known as the Faculty Retreat)
Callaway Gardens | All day
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