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Vassar Everywhere

Professor Mia Mask interviewed in Washington Post article, “In the Black Lives Matter era, Hollywood stories tackle the ‘identity crisis’ of black police officers.”

Author puts creative focus on everyday life

Amitava Kumar, Professor of English on the Helen D. Lockwood Chair, was interviewed for a University of Houston-Victoria story.

An Immigrant Weaves His Love Stories Between Fact and Fiction

Immigrant, Montana, the latest novel by Amitava Kumar, Professor of English on the Helen D. Lockwood Chair, was well reviewed by the New York Times.

How do you make sense of the Vietnam war?

Robert K. Brigham wrote an Irish Times review of the new book, Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy 1945–1975, by Max Hastings.

Prof Spotlight: Rock explains illuminating nature of politics

—The Miscellany News

Myth Appropriation

Curtis Dozier, Visiting Assistant Professor of Greek and Roman Studies and director of “Pharos: Doing Justice to the Classics,” a blog devoted to documenting and responding to appropriations of ancient Greek and Rome by hate groups, was included in a Baffler story about the use of classical references by white nationalists, men’s rights groups, and alt-right leaders.