2022 Archive

Chemistry class, College Summer Experience Program
Oxford hosts College Summer Experience Program for local high school students

Oxford College | June 30, 2022

Oxford’s inaugural College Summer Experience Program brought together a total of 60 students from Newton and Putnam counties for a week of learning about all things college.

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Faculty Spotlight: Florian Pohl

Oxford College | June 22, 2022

Florian Pohl has been an active mentor and teacher, encouraging Oxford students to find connections across disciplines and see how their studies play out in the real world.

Professor Kenneth E. Carter named interim dean of Emory’s Oxford College
Professor Kenneth E. Carter named interim dean of Emory’s Oxford College

Emory University | June 9, 2022

Professor Kenneth E. Carter will serve as interim dean of Oxford College starting Aug. 1. Carter is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Psychology and chair of the Division of History and Social Sciences at Oxford.

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Professor of Political Science Bill Shapiro retires after more than 40 years at Oxford

Oxford College | June 2, 2022

Bill Shapiro, a beloved Political Science professor and staple of Oxford College for more than 40 years, retired in May.

2022 Sustainability Innovator and Lifetime Achievement Awards recognize Emory sustainability champions
2022 Sustainability Innovator and Lifetime Achievement Awards recognize Emory sustainability champions

Emory University | June 1, 2022

From tending gardens on Emory campuses to finding new ways to recycle, Emory faculty, staff and students advocate for sustainable changes. Learn about the 2022 recipients of the Sustainability Innovator, Outstanding Sustainability Representative, and Sustainability Lifetime Achievement awards.

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Inside the Minds of Thrill Seekers

WHYY NPR PBS | May 20, 2022

Interim Dean and Charles Howard Candler Professor of Psychology Ken Carter was interviewed on NPR’s The Pulse podcast: “Inside the Minds of Thrill Seekers”.

Oxford MOU signing with Newton and Putnam CountiesPhoto by Alex Minovici
Oxford College announces first College Summer Experience Program for Newton and Putnam County students

Emory University | May 26, 2022

60 high school students from Newton and Putnam counties will get an early glimpse of college life at Oxford this summer.

2022 Oxford Commencement
Celebrating Emory's Class of 2022

Emory University | May 10, 2022

View comprehensive coverage, including keynote speaker Tyler Perry, video highlights, photo galleries and profiles of outstanding students and award recipients.

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What I Love About Oxford: Sophomores reflect on their Oxford experience ahead of transition to Atlanta

Emory University | May 5, 2022

Jerry Hong, Sigrid Matthews, Kimberly Pi, William Xu, and Sophie Zweben reflect on their time at Oxford.

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Learning the meaning — and value — of servant leadership while at Oxford

Emory University | May 5, 2022

As Anya Kasubhai graduates from Oxford College, she is grateful for lessons learned as a student and a leader, and the bonds she’s forged with those who have contributed to her successes.

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Oxford community comes together for A Day of Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Expression

Emory University | May 3, 2022

Now in its 16th year, Oxford's Day of Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Expression featured the latest research and work from students, faculty, and staff.

Left to right: Anish “Max” Bagga, Oxford alumnus; Yena Woo; and Noah Okada
Oxford alumnus Anish "Max" Bagga awarded prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

Emory University | May 2, 2022

Oxford alumnus, Anish "Max" Bagga, now a junior on the Atlanta campus, was one of three Emory students to receive the Goldwater Scholarship—one of the nation’s top scholarships for undergraduates studying math, natural sciences, and engineering.

Oxford College Dean Douglas Hicks named president of Davidson College
Oxford College Dean Douglas Hicks named president of Davidson College

Emory University | April 29, 2022

Douglas Hicks, dean of Emory’s Oxford College, has been selected as the next president of Davidson College, a private liberal arts college in North Carolina. Hicks has served as Oxford’s dean since 2016.

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Oxford receives preservation award for August renovation of Humanities Hall

Emory University | April 25, 2022

After an extensive renovation of Humanities Hall last August, Oxford has received an award recognizing its excellence in preservation.

Oxford College holds ceremony for 2022 student award winners.
Oxford College holds ceremony for 2022 student award winners

Oxford College | April 25, 2022

Oxford announced the winners of student awards and scholarships at the annual ceremony.

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Oxford students visit prison, present to state legislature on college courses for incarcerated people

Emory University | April 18, 2022

Oxford students Dyson Stallworth and Niels Armbruster were part of a team led by English professor Sarah Higinbotham that brought a policy brief on college courses in prisons to the Georgia State Legislature.

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Muslim Student Association celebrates 30th anniversary at Oxford

Emory University | April 4, 2022

Oxford's Muslim Student Association brought together current students and alumni to celebrate 30 years of involvement in campus life.

Oxford's 5 Tarbutton Fellows for 2022
Oxford College names 2022 Tarbutton Leadership Fellows

Emory University | April 4, 2022

Oxford College has announced the five recipients of the 2022 Tarbutton Leadership Fellowship.

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Emory Day of Giving 2022: Warren and Kathy Brook support student international travel with BITE

Oxford College | March 29, 2022

The Brook International Travel Endowment (BITE) supports Oxford students who are first-time international travelers with airfare for study abroad and travel courses.

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Renowned chef and author visits Oxford Farm, students

Oxford College | March 24, 2022

Matthew Raiford spoke with students, gave a cooking demonstration, and visited the Oxford Farm with his new book "Bress 'n' Nyam: Gullah Geechee Recipes from a Sixth-Generation Farmer."

Coke toast with Dean Hicks
Oxford College hosts inaugural Spring Festival

Oxford College | March 23, 2022

Oxford's first ever Spring Festival brought juniors and seniors from Atlanta back to campus to celebrate the Oxford community and reunite with current students, faculty, and staff.

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Alumna Avis Williams to speak at Oxford Commencement 2022

Emory University | March 14, 2022

Rev. Dr. Avis Williams, an Emory alumna and community leader, will deliver the keynote address at Oxford College’s 177th Commencement exercises, set for May 7.

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Oxford to host inaugural Spring Festival for Oxford juniors and seniors in Atlanta, current students

Oxford College | March 2, 2022

The inaugural Spring Festival will bring together four classes of Oxford students.

2021 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Report
Oxford’s 2021 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Report reflects on progress, charts path forward

Oxford College | February 18, 2022

The year-end Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Report provides an overview of Oxford's recent efforts and plans for the future.

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Oxford alumnus Chas Nabi competes on "Jeopardy!"

Oxford College | February 16, 2022

Chas Nabi reflects on how Oxford helped spark the intellectual curiosity that eventually landed him on "Jeopardy!".

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Faculty Spotlight: Nitya Jacob

Oxford College | February 14, 2022

Biology Professor Nitya Jacob has served as an invaluable mentor and teacher to 20 years of Oxford students.

Oxford College Dean Douglas A. Hicks and professor Gregory Ellison II (third and fourth from left) met with descendant-community leaders, school administrators and a visitor to the site during their trip to the University of Virginia's Memorial to Enslaved Laborers.
Twin Memorials Working Group completes ‘learning journeys,’ prepares to engage community

Emory University | January 26, 2022

The Twin Memorials Working Group is beginning the community-engagement phase of its charge to establish memorials on the Oxford and Atlanta campuses to honor the lives of enslaved individuals who helped build Emory’s original campus and others who have historic ties to the community. Watch for community meetings starting in February.

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Oxford College welcomes inaugural spring start class

Oxford College | January 20, 2022

Oxford's first class of spring start students has arrived on campus.

Oxford's 2022 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
Oxford College hosts annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

Oxford College | January 19, 2022

The Rev. Kim Jackson delivered the keynote address at Oxford's 2022 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.

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Place-Based and Experiential Pedagogies: Teaching radical concepts in social movements and political sociology

Theory in Action | July 31, 2022

Deric Shannon, associate professor of sociology, published in Theory in Action discusses radical ideas in political sociology and social movement studies.

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Legal Tradition — Or Symbol of Subjugation?

Judicature | July 14, 2022

Salmon A. Shomade is associate professor of political science at Emory University and the author of Colonial Legacies and the Rule of Law in Africa (Routledge, 2021), which documents how the legacy of colonialism in five British-colonized nations undermines those nations’ adherence to the rule of law.

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A Place To Sigh

Southern Cultures | July 1, 2022

Molly McGehee, Associate Dean for Faculty Development, Director of the Oxford Center for Teaching and Scholarship, and Associate Professor of English and American Studies, interviewed Atlanta artist Dawn Williams Boyd in a piece called "A Place to Sigh" for a recent edition of Southern Cultures.

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Black Girl Processing Space awarded Women of Emory Impact Circle Grant

Oxford College | July 20, 2022

The Women of Emory Impact Circle granted $5,000 to Oxford's Black Girl Processing Space for future programming and growth.

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Women’s tennis and men’s soccer teams win Academic Team of the Year Awards

Oxford College | July 18, 2022

The award is given to the team with the highest GPA in each sport.

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Tech Trajectories: A Methodology for Exploring the Tacit Knowledge of Writers Through Tool-Based Interviews

Composition Forum | August 12, 2022

Gwendolynne Reid, director of the writing program and assistant professor of English, joins the Composition Forum to discuss the use of the “tool-based interview” (TBI) method by describing its use in the development of journaling.

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Genetic variance and indirect genetic effects for affiliative social behavior in a wild primate

Biorxiv | August 29, 2022

In this pre-print, Emily McLean, assistant professor of biology, engages the ‘animal model’ to estimate both environmental and genetic sources of variance and covariance in grooming behavior in the well-studied Amboseli baboon population in Kenya.

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New local children’s show gives kids room to grow

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | August 22, 2022

Michael Martin, Assistant Teaching Professor of Biology, was profiled in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for his YouTube show, Nature Time, which helps children begin to understand and connect with nature.

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Testosterone may promote 'cuddling', not just violence, animal study finds

Medical News Today | August 17, 2022

Rick Thompson, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology, and his wife, Aubrey Kelly, a psychology professor on the Atlanta campus, co-authored a study that was covered by Medical News Today: “Testosterone may promote 'cuddling', not just violence, animal study finds”.

Photos: Oxford College Convocation and Candlelight Procession
Photos: Oxford College Convocation and Candlelight Procession

Emory University | August 29, 2022

The Oxford College community gathered Wednesday evening for two traditions to mark the new academic year. After Oxford Convocation, first-year students took part in the Candlelight Procession, carrying candles across the quadrangle to Phi Gamma Hall, where sophomores welcomed them as new members of the Oxford community.

Soccer star Megan Rapinoe to deliver keynote address at Emory’s Carter Town Hall
Soccer star Megan Rapinoe to deliver keynote address at Emory’s Carter Town Hall

Emory University | August 25, 2022

Two-time World Cup champion and Olympic gold medalist Megan Rapinoe will deliver the keynote address at Emory University’s 41st Carter Town Hall, scheduled for Monday, Sept. 19.

Oxford Dean Ken Carter welcomes students back to the start of the fall semester.
Oxford Interim Dean Ken Carter welcomes students to new academic year

Oxford College | August 19, 2022

Oxford Dean Ken Carter welcomes students back for the start of Fall 2022.

Salmon Shomade poses with his published research.
Faculty Spotlight: Salmon Shomade

Oxford College | August 16, 2022

Salmon Shomade's varied and accomplished careers led him to Oxford College, where he has found a home as a professor and mentor.

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Comparison of genetic variation between rare and common congeners of Dipodomys with estimates of contemporary and historical effective population size

PLoS One | September 13, 2022

Natalia Bayona Vasquez, assistant professor of biology, published in PLoS One to discuss species the genetic variation between rare and common congeners of Dipodomys and how this effects their population size.

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Back to the Moon, Dog Tears, and Dr. Sarah Fankhauser on Biology!

Apple Podcasts | September 2, 2022

Sarah Fankhauser, associate professor of biology, joins this episode of the Science Pawdcast for the “Ask An Expert” segment.

Soccer star and activist Megan Rapinoe speaks to Carter Town Hall
Soccer star and activist Megan Rapinoe speaks to Carter Town Hall

Emory University | October 7, 2022

At the 41st annual Carter Town Hall, Megan Rapinoe encouraged Emory students to be themselves, be good to others and use their voices to advance the greater good.

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Inspired by Tyler Perry, a college professor creates a course about his legacy

NBC News | September 28, 2022

Tameka Cage Conley, an assistant professor of English and creative writing, always had a love and an appreciation for Tyler Perry. So it only seemed natural for her to create a class about his impact on entertainment.

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Painting urges viewers to speak and act as Jesus did in an inhumane world

National Catholic Reporter | September 10, 2022

David B. Gowler is the Pierce Chair of Religion at Oxford College of Emory University and senior faculty fellow, Center for Ethics, Emory University. In this article, Gowler discusses the painting "Christ and the Sinner" by Max Beckmann.

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Students celebrate the Oxford experience at 2022 Family Weekend

Oxford College | October 27, 2022

Family Weekend offered a variety of engaging programs for students and their loved ones, who together sampled everyday life at Oxford College.

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Oxford College scholarship honors teaching ‘phenom’

Emory University | October 25, 2022

For more than 40 years, Neil Shaw Penn taught history at Oxford College, earning multiple awards from students, alumni and faculty. A student scholarship established by alumnus John F. Morgan honors Penn and all faculty who put their focus on teaching.

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Oxford students share research at linguistics conference in Arizona

Oxford College | October 7, 2022

Linguistics professor Jack Hardy led a group of seven current and former students to present their research at the 2022 American Association for Corpus Linguistics Conference held in Flagstaff, Arizona.

15 Oxford students took their research on the road for the 2022 Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference.
Oxford students share their work at 2022 Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference

Oxford College | November 29, 2022

15 Oxford students took their research on the road for the 2022 Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference.

Volunteers tended to the Hearn Nature Trail as part of Emory Cares 2022.
Emory Cares 2022: Oxford shows care for local community and environment

Oxford College | November 18, 2022

Oxford continued its annual Emory Cares traditions of packing boxes for children in Newton County foster care and tending to the Hearn Nature Trail.

Jeff Anderson served in the United States Army for 26 years before coming to Oxford
Veterans Day Spotlight: Jeff Anderson

Oxford College | November 11, 2022

Jeff Anderson served in the United States Army for more than two decades before joining Oxford College as manager of the Transportation Department.

The Oxford Women's Tennis Team are National Champions
Women’s Tennis wins seventh straight national championship

Oxford College | November 8, 2022

Oxford's Women's Tennis team has once again been crowned National Champions.

Happy holidays message from Interim Dean Ken Carter and Oxford students
Happy Holidays from Oxford College

Oxford College | December 15, 2022

Interim Dean Ken Carter shares his gratitude for the Oxford community and wishes everyone a warm and happy holiday season.

Pablo Palomino next to his publications at the 2022 CSCE.
Faculty Spotlight: Pablo Palomino

Oxford College | December 14, 2022

Pablo Palomino's research on the intersection of migration and culture encourages students to explore the fabric of their own lives, backgrounds, and national histories.

Search launches for the next dean of Oxford College
Search launches for the next dean of Oxford College

Emory University | December 8, 2022

Stakeholders of Emory’s Oxford College are enthusiastic about the college’s future and the search for the new dean.