“To the general public, it might seem like a buried history, but the Caribbean is so much more than tourism,” said Marlene Daut, professor of African American and African Studies and an
expert on Haiti who helped create the new program on Caribbean literatures, arts and cultures.
When Christopher Columbus arrived in the New World, he hit these islands first. Over the years and the subsequent trips that Columbus and other Europeans made, the indigenous populations were almost entirely exterminated on many islands, due to a deadly combination of resistance through warfare with the conquistadors and smallpox, which the Europeans brought with them to the Americas.
Kulkarni, who joined the University faculty in 1991 and holds the title of William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Electrical Engineering, will return to teaching and research.
January 22, 2021
For the next installment in his series of interviews with contemporary poets, Peter Mishler corresponded with Martín Espada. Espada has published more than twenty books as a poet, editor, essayist, and translator, including
Vivas to Those Who Have Failed and Pulitzer finalist
The Republic of Poetry. His many honors include the Ruth Lilly Prize, the Shelley Memorial Award, an Academy of American Poets Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Born in Brooklyn, he now lives in western Massachusetts.
Espada’s latest collection of poems,
Floaters, is available now from W.W. Norton & Company.
Peter Mishler: Could we begin by talking about the first poem in
Seven Howard Payne University students were honored at the end of the fall 2020 semester for their completion of the university’s first Spanish for Medical Professionals course. Each student received a certificate recognizing his or her accomplishment.
Students who completed the course were Lesly Garcia, a senior from Cleveland, Texas, majoring in criminal justice; Landon James, a senior from Bangs majoring in youth ministry; Kylie Johnson, a senior from Abbott majoring in cross-cultural studies; Esmerelda Maldonado, a senior from Whitney majoring in strategic communication; Alek Mendoza, a junior from Bangs majoring in theatre arts; Pearline Minor, a senior from Brownwood majoring in criminal justice; and Brittany Rideau, a senior from Beaumont majoring in biology. Garcia, James, Minor and Rideau are fall 2020 graduates.
Kulkarni to step down as dean of the faculty, search committee formed
Denise Valenti, Office of Communications
Jan. 14, 2021 2 p.m.
Sanjeev Kulkarni
Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications
Sanjeev Kulkarni, who has served as dean of the faculty at Princeton University since 2017, will step down from his position at the end of the spring 2021 term and return to the faculty.
Kulkarni’s time as dean of the faculty followed his tenure as dean of the Graduate School and caps 18 years of senior administrative service to the University. A valued member of the University’s academic community, Kulkarni will return full-time to teaching, research and student mentorship. The University will undertake an open search to fill the dean of the faculty position.