Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

W W W . P A C E . E D U / D Y S O N 27 Eric Price (L) and Will Reynolds (R), Pace School of Performing Arts adjunct faculty members, received the 2018 Fred Ebb Award, given by the Fred Ebb Foundation, in association with the Roundabout Theater, to aspiring musical theater songwriters. Price and Reynolds have collaborated on several musicals. (Photo by Henry McGee/Fred Ebb Foundation) Lisa Rosenthal, PhD, was honored with the Division 1 George Miller Award from the American Psychological Association. The New York City assistant professor of psychology was recognized for her work on intersectionality, the ways in which different forms of social stratification intersect and connect. Students Sydney Korman '21, Political Science/Women's and Gender Studies, and Terrie Soule '19, Peace and Justice Studies, delivered a statement to the United Nations General Assembly calling for greater participation of youth, women, survivors of violence, and people from the "Global South" (Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East) in peace and security policy making. Kaleigh Ryan '19, Chemistry, was awarded first place in the poster presentation competition at the American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition for her research on polymers. Her findings could have significant applications, most notably in the fields of medicine and solar energy. Faculty Farewell, Setters Harold Brown, 43 years of service Professor and former chair of Philosophy and Religious Studies in Pleasantville Uday Sukhatme, 7 years of service Professor, Chemistry and Physical Sciences, and Provost Emeritus Geraldine Taiani, 39 years of service Professor and former chair of Mathematics in New York City Katrina Alonso '19, Communication Studies, was awarded the Sarah Willis award in journalism at the annual English Department Writing Awards Ceremony. Alonso served as editor-in-chief of the Pace Press. Lisdy Contreras Giron '19, Criminal Justice, gave an inspiring speech at a campaign rally for Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY). She shared her story as a DREAMer who immigrated to the United States from Guatemala with her parents at age five. Contreras Giron, who completed internships with the senator and the Manhattan district attorney, plans to pursue a law degree and a career in public service. Solar Libre: A Family Affair, by Assistant Professor Melanie LaRosa, Media, Communications, and Visual Arts, won the Director's Choice Award at the 2019 Rincón International Film Festival in Puerto Rico. The short film showcases clean energy efforts at the grassroots level. New York City Assistant Professor Sarah Blackwood, English authored two essays published in The New Yorker. "A Lost and Found Portrait Photographer" (February 14, 2019) was on the work of portrait photographer Hugh Mangum, a white man who, in an era of racial terror and Jim Crow laws, set up makeshift portrait studios in which he welcomed white and black customers alike. " The Secret Rebellion of Amelia Bedelia, the Bartleby of Domestic Work" (June 10, 2019) details how the fictional character relates to emerging feminist ideals of the 1960s.

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