In Ignacio G. Galán’s new book, the Barnard professor explores how furniture helped shape fascist ideology in Italy.
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Barnard political science expert Alexander Cooley reveals how global institutions once grounded in liberal ideals are being co-opted by authoritarian power — from FIFA to the front page.
Professor Rajiv Sethi discusses the tools used to forecast political races.
Botany enthusiast and professor Hilary Callahan traveled 4,000 miles to find out what keeps plants flowering and fruiting in the Arctic’s harsh conditions.
In her latest book, research scholar Nancy Woloch shines a historical light on the roles that women have played as agents of change.
Professor Anupama Rao — an expert in anti-caste advocacy — explains how the College’s latest policy provision will continue to champion diversity, inclusion, and equity for all.
Politics are inextricably linked to the planet’s health, and professor Alyssa Battistoni explains why.
Professor Celia Naylor rewrote the embellished history of a Jamaican plantation by unearthing the true story of its enslaved men, women, and children.
Barnard’s expert Egyptologist — Professor Ellen Morris ’91 — steps back in time with her new book on famines to illustrate the impact of societal memory on avoiding modern-day catastrophes.
From working with Indigenous activists in Papua New Guinea to holding on to hope, Professor Paige West weighs in on new federal initiatives designed to deliver results on climate action.
Professor Manijeh Moradian, author of a new book on Iranian revolutionaries in the U.S., examines the current feminist uprising in Iran.
Economist and Brookings Institution Rubenstein Fellow Belinda Archibong breaks down her research on how negative news reports on vaccines can lead to a public decline in vaccine confidence.
Erika Kitzmiller, who teaches education at Barnard, shares insights from her newly published book, which examines the rise and fall of a once-successful public school in Philadelphia.
Renowned climate scientist and environmental science professor Martin Stute discusses his game-changing new paper in Nature and what scientists have been getting wrong about the Earth’s changing climate.
Financial security expert Joanna Smith-Ramani ’98 explains how social policies that prioritize equity and justice can close the racial wealth gap and improve women of color’s mental well-being.
Chemist and professor Andrew Crowther contributed to a new discovery on the properties and potential of chemically combined solids.
Professor Janet Jakobsen discusses how her latest book, The Sex Obsession, offers an expansive approach to reimagining the discourses of American politics through gender, sexuality, and religion.
Medical student Christina LaGamma ’16 discusses systemic racism in the healthcare industry and how she helped get a medical magazine to dedicate an entire issue to Black Lives Matter.
Lecturer Rob Brotherton discusses the psychology of fake news and why we fall for it.
Anja Benshaul-Tolonen, assistant professor of economics, discusses the results behind her new quantitative study on attitudes toward menstruation and how Barnard students are engaging with the data.