Past Participating Professors
Participating Professors 2009-10
Using the materials and methods developed by last year's Davis Grant Faculty Fellows, the 2009-10 Davis Faculty Fellows will teach writing courses in biology, classics, theater arts, Russian, African and Afro-American studies and anthropology. They will also be meeting with each other and with last year's Fellows to continue the conversation on systematically extending writing pedagogy into the upper level classes at Brandeis.
Melissa Kosinski-Collins, associate professor of biology, teaches classes including those in general biology (BIOL 18a) and Molecular Biotechnology (BIOL 101a). Her research interests include protein biochemistry, protein folding and aggregation, and biology education. Kosinski-Collins will be teaching the writing-intensive course General Biology Laboratory (BIOL 18a) during spring 2010.
Adrianne Krstansky, assistant professor of theater arts, teaches courses on acting (THA 4a and 4b), improvisation (THA 109a) and Suzuki (THA 130a). Having been in the field for many years and having worked with numerous theater groups, she is an accomplished actor and stage director. Krstansky will be teaching the writing intensive course Acting II: Language in Action (THA 4b) during spring 2010.
Sarah Lamb, associate professor of anthropology, teaches courses on the anthropology of gender (ANTH 144a), contemporary anthropological theory (ANTH 203b) and transnational and diasporic communities (ANTH 129b). Her research interests include the anthropology of aging, medical anthropology, immigrant and transnational communities, South Asia, and South Asian Americans. Lamb will be teaching the writing-intensive course Aging in Cross Cultural Perspectives (ANTH 111a) during spring 2010.
David Powelstock, assistant professor of Russian language and literature, teaches classes that include Contemporary East European Literature (COML 160a), Russian Drama (RECS 148a) and The Art of Vladimir Nabokov (RECS 154a). His research interests include literary ethics, phenomenology, literature and philosophy, cultural semiotics, narratology, the history and theory of Russian poetry, Romanticism and translation. Powelstock will teach the writing-intensive course Comparing Literatures: Theory and Practice (COML 100a) during spring 2010.
Faith Smith, associate professor of African and Afro-American studies as well as English and American literature, teaches courses on Afro-American 20th-century literature (AAAS 79b), Caribbean literature (AAAS 113b), and 19th-century African-American Literature (ENG 16a). Her research interests include the intellectual history of the 19th-century Caribbean as well as gender, sexuality, and national sovereignty in the late 20th-century. Smith will be teaching the writing-intensive class Introduction to African Literature (AAAS 132b) during spring 2010.
Cheryl Walker, associate professor of classical studies, teaches courses in Greek history (CLAS 100a), medieval literature (CLA 166a), ancient Greek (GRK 30a) and Latin (LAT 30a). Her research interests are Roman and Greek History. Walker will be teaching the writing-intensive course Topics in Greek and Roman History (CLAS 115b) during spring 2010.