Welcome, new colleagues!
The 2018–19 incoming cohort of new FAS professors spans 21 departments across the FAS divisions, including 15 appointments in the humanities, 18 in social science, and 10 in science and engineering & applied science. Among the 43 newcomers are 17 joining the FAS at the tenured level: Abhishek Bhattarcharjee (computer science), Jeffrey Brock (mathematics), David Engerman (history), Cécile Fromont (history of art), Larry Gladney (physics), Marina Halac (economics), Hwansoo Kim (religious studies), Pamela Lee (history of art), Yifeng Liu (mathematics), Isabela Mares (political science), Gerard Padró i Miquel (political science and economics), Laurie Paul (philosophy), Mark Peterson (history), Wilhelm Schlag (mathematics), Emily Thornbury (English), Jane Tylus (Italian language and literature), and Nisheeth Vishnoi (computer science).
FAS faculty teach and learn together
In May, shortly after students departed from Yale for the summer, faculty members from across the FAS had the opportunity to return to the classroom on the other side of the desk—as students. The Faculty Academy, a program developed as part of the Scholars as Leaders; Scholars as Learners (SAL2) initiative, offered four mini-courses taught by FAS faculty members: Advanced Spanish Conversation taught by María Vázquez (lector of Spanish); The Hype and Reality of Artificial Intelligence taught by Brian Scassellati (professor of computer science and mechanical engineering and materials science); Afrofabulations taught by Tavia Nyong’O (professor of American studies and theater studies); and Teaching and Research with the R Language for Statistical Computing and Graphics, taught by Jay Emerson (adjunct professor of statistics and data science). These courses, which were attended by some 40 faculty, met intensively over a one- or two-week period.
The Faculty Academy mini-courses are only one part of the five-year SAL2 initiative, which is a faculty enrichment program designed to nourish innovation and excellence, to build collaboration and community within and beyond departments and programs, and to celebrate and sustain the quality and distinction of the FAS faculty.
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