From the Provost…

Congratulations! Promoted to Associate Professor with tenure: Elizabeth Hutchinson, Art History Kimberley Johnson, Political Science Monica Miller, English Appointed Associate Professor with tenure Celia Naylor, History and Africana Studies

Guobin Yang, Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures Appointed Professor with tenure: Janet Jakobsen, Women’s Studies [effective January 1, 2010] Promoted to full Professor: Alexander Alberro, Art History Promoted to Professor of Professional Practice Gail Archer, Music Promoted to Senior Associate: Javier Perez-Zapatero, Spanish and Latin American Cultures FACULTY CHAIR APPOINTMENTS IN 2009-10 Barbara Novak ’50 Professor of Art History Keith Moxey, Art History [effective January 1, 2010] Helen Goodhart Altschul Professor Reshmi Mukherjee, Physics and Astronomy The Ann Whitney Olin Foundation Chairs: Rachel McDermott, Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures Lesley Sharp, Anthropology Tow Family Associate Professor Kristina Milnor, Classics Christian Rojas, Chemistry

BARNARD Faculty Newsletter September

Vol. 34 No. 1 September 1, 2010

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Reminders FACULTY RESEARCH MINI-GRANTS: Proposals for internal faculty research grants are due in the Provost’s Office by Friday, October 15, 2010. For more information, visit the Faculty Guide. SPECIAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR LEAVE (SAPL): Application deadline: Tuesday, February 15, 2011. Those intending to apply for 2011-12 should contact Angela Haddad by email: ahaddad@barnard.edu. COMMITTEE ON INSTRUCTION: New Courses for Spring 2011 are due to the Provost’s Office by Monday, October 11, 2010. VIRGINIA G. GILDERSLEEVE PROFESSOR The Virginia C . Gildersleeve Fund contributes to the intellectual life of Barnard College by bringing distinguished visiting scholars, preferably women from abroad, to the Barnard campus. Gildersleeve Professors typically come to Barnard for a single week in which they deliver the traditional public lecture, attend a dinner in their honor, meet classes or informal student groups, and participate in other activities arranged by the hosting academic department(s). Gildersleeve conferences may be presented in a variety of formats, such as symposia, panels, etc. The Committee encourages early discussion within academic departments and programs of possible candidates and conferences. All departments are welcome to nominate, whether or not they have previously sponsored Gildersleeve Professors or conferences. Nominations are also welcome from Barnard alumnae. The Committee especially encourages joint sponsorship where a candidate or conference would contribute to the intellectual life of several groups or interests on campus. Guidelines: Nominations for the 2011-12 Gildersleeve Professorship and/or Conference should be submitted to the Provost and Dean of the Faculty by February 15, 2011. Relevant c.v.(s), press clippings, etc. are needed for consideration. Please call the Provost’s Office, x42708 if you have questions. HONOR CODE: From Faculty Meeting, May 1, 2006: III. Report, that at the request of Faculty members on the Honor Board, the Committee on Instruction strongly endorses the recommendation that faculty include information about the Honor Code on their course syllabi and on specific assignments. This information should indicate how the Honor Code is applicable to the particular course and its assignments. Rationale: while students are aware of the Honor Code, seeing this commitment demonstrated by Faculty in ways that are specific to each course and assignment will ensure that students receive a consistent, clear message about the importance of the Honor Code throughout their careers at Barnard. This will also ensure that Columbia College students who take Barnard classes are aware of Barnard’s Honor Code. RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS: When planning your syllabi for the 2010-2011 school year, please note religious holidays. The policy on religious holidays, as well as a list of the major religious holidays during the school year, is available on the Provost’s website and attached to this newsletter. Faculty who will be absent from work due to their religious beliefs should consult with their department chair as soon as possible. TERM PAPERS:

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The deadline for term papers in a course with a final examination is two weeks before the beginning of the final examination period. Under no conditions should papers in such courses be accepted during the examination period. This regulation is intended to relieve the instructor of the necessity of reading papers while preparing course grades. Undue leniency and other abuses of this regulation place a severe burden on the student as well as the instructor. If necessary, a student may request an extension of time for incomplete course work, though such extensions are granted only for compelling reasons. In a course without a final examination, the deadline for term papers is the last day on which the class meets. For more information please see the Faculty Guide. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: If you have moved over the summer, be sure to change your address on eBear. Visit eBear, click on the tab that says 'My HR' and then on 'HR forms'. You will see 'Change of Address' on the left bar, be sure to check off faculty. KEY REMINDERS FOR HIRING: All Barnard and Columbia undergraduate students are hired through the office of Career Development. All other non-faculty hires, including Research Assistants, are handled through Human Resources. All faculty hires – including new and continuing Part-Time Faculty, Teaching Assistants, Lab Associates, Graders and Readers – are handled by the Provost’s Office. Career Development, Human Resources or the Provost’s Office should be notified when positions become available and before employees begin working; this is essential so that issues regarding titles, salary and employment eligibility can be confirmed and so that employees are paid on time. Check Request forms (the multi-part green forms) should not be used to pay employees. Instead, new hires, including temporary employees, should be handled by the appropriate office above. A more complete set of hiring procedures is available on eBear at MyHR.

From Columbia Technology Ventures… Columbia Technology Ventures (Tech Ventures) is the technology transfer office of Columbia University and Barnard. Our mission is to facilitate the transfer of inventions and technologies from the University setting to the marketplace, for the benefit of society on a local, national, and global basis. Tech Ventures' staff manages the intellectual property needs of Barnard faculty, staff and students. If you have made a discovery or invention that may have commercial application, need review of a material transfer or confidentiality agreement, want to explore opportunities for industry collaboration, are interested in learning more about starting up a company, or have general questions about intellectual property, entrepreneurship, or technology commercialization, please don't hesitate to contact us. For fastest response, submit your inquiry through techventures@columbia.edu. Morningside: (212) 854-8444 Medical Center: (212) 305-5198 www.techventures.columbia.edu

From Communications…

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Need a new headshot? Barnard Communications will be bringing in a photographer on Monday, September 13, and Tuesday, September 14, to take professional portrait shots of faculty. Please drop by the James Room during the hours of 2:30 and 6:30pm on Monday and 11am and 2pm on Tuesday, to have your photo taken – you will be able to download the photo file for personal/professional needs, and these shots will be used to bring consistency and professionalism to Barnard’s web pages and publications. Some photo tips: Avoid wearing white, busy prints, too much jewelry, or dangly earrings. Solid dark colors are generally most flattering. Also…thank you to everyone who submitted web profile updates! Throughout the summer, we have been working with our web colleagues to make the changes. Please always feel free to send new information, publications, and links to mediarelations@barnard.edu, so that we can continue to keep your pages current. For those who haven’t yet had a chance to send edits, you can review your page at http://www.barnard.edu/faculty/profiles/index.html and send changes via email. Thank you! Sun Min, Media Relations Director Alyssa Vine, Media Relations Associate Director

From the Library…

Announcements MEDIA We now offer three-day loans on non-reserve media materials to Barnard and Columbia faculty, and beginning this fall, the classroom media cabinets will not require key access. RESEARCH & INSTRUCTION This fall we are launching our Personal Librarian initiative for new faculty and students, and continuing to roll it out to academic departments. Librarians and other members of BLAIS offer individual, customized support for faculty research, curriculum development, and technology skill acquisition.

From the Office of Institutional Support… Welcome to our returning faculty and a special welcome to our new faculty. We look forward to working with you this coming year. For more information about our office and what we do, please stop by Milbank 224 or visit our website. UPDATES: The National Endowment for the Humanities has announced that the deadline for the 2010 Summer Stipend Award is September 30, 2010. In order to be eligible for nomination for this award, preliminary applications from faculty should be submitted to Curtis Harris, Manager of Faculty Sponsored Research, Institutional Support no later than 5:00 P.M. on Friday, September 17, 2010. Applications are reviewed and nominees are chosen by the Provost. The maximum number of nominations from an institution is two. For more information on this award, please visit NEH.

SAVE THE DATE for our Pre-Award Workshop on Wednesday, October 13th.

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INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD: The IRB Committee meetings will be announced on the website. Please submit your IRB applications to Sarbani Hazra at Institutional Support (224 Milbank, shazra@barnard.edu). For more information see the Human Subjects web page. ARTICLES OF INTEREST: “Some Stem-Cell Studies Can Continue, NIH Director Says” “Young Scientists, Starved for Federal Grants, Get Some Donated Help” “Too Many Researchers Are Reluctant to Share Their Data” GRANT TIP OF THE MONTH: Communicate with the program officers for funding opportunities if you’re interested in applying. It’s best to contact them early on in the process and follow up with them regarding your proposal as questions arise. UPCOMING FACULTY GRANT DEADLINES: General Interest Spencer Foundation Deadline: Open Humanities Spencer Foundation Deadline: Open Sciences National Science Foundation Particle and Nuclear Astrophysics Deadline: September 29, 2010 For more new grant opportunities, please see Upcoming Grants Deadlines on the Faculty Grants website.

Upcoming Events Visit the Events Page for more details. Translation the Second Sex: The New English Edition of Simone de Beauvoir's Feminist Classic Monday, 09/13 7 PM Event Oval, The Diana Center Better Fortunes? School Enrollment and Living Arrangements of Migrant Youth in Six Western Countries A lecture with Marta Tienda Tuesday, 09/14 6 PM Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd Floor Barnard Hall Dog Days: A Scientific Look at Man's Best Friend Tuesday, 09/21 6 PM Event Oval, The Diana Center

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Critical Intersections: Economic and Reproductive Justice Wednesday, 09/22 9 AM–4 PM Registration in The Diana Center Lobby Back to Brazil: Transnational Mobility and Education Among Japanese-Brazilian Migrants Thursday, 09/23 6 PM Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd Floor Barnard Hall Alwin Nikolais & His Legacy Monday, 09/27 7 PM Event Oval, The Diana Center Building Partnerships: What Men Can Do to Advance Women's Leadership A Conference with Keynote by Nicholas Kristop and Sheryl Wudunn Tuesday, 10/05 12:30 PM Event Oval, The Diana Center Architecture, Research, and the Design Process: A lunchtime lecture with Karen Fairbanks Wednesday, 10/06 12 PM BCRW, 101 Barnard Hall

Newsbriefs Policy for NEWSBRIEFS Faculty Newsbriefs announcing the publications, awards, appearances, and other scholarly achievements of Barnard faculty members will begin with the October issue. Newsbrief items should be submitted electronically AFTER the events occur. They should refer to completed accomplishments, e.g., notices of a book or article should appear at the time of publication, rather than when a manuscript is accepted. Also, please note that announcements of new publications should contain complete bibliographical information, cited in standard format. Send newsbriefs by e-mail to the Provost’s Office: provost@barnard.edu.

Policy Statement for Barnard College Newsletter The Barnard Newsletter is a Barnard College publication issued by the Office of the Provost. Its purpose is to facilitate regular communications among the faculty and the administration and to disseminate announcements of policy and procedures, summaries of reports, invitations to meetings and events, and other statements pertaining to the purposes and operations of the College. The deadline for Newsletter submissions is 4:00pm on the Friday before the publication date. The Board of Trustees and its committees submit items through the President; Committee chairs and other faculty members submit items through the Provost; Vice Presidents and other administrative officers reporting directly to the President submit items to the Provost's Office; other administrative officers submit items through the Vice President to whom they report.

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Important Links Letter from the Office of Disability Services and the Provost (see attached) 2010-2011 Academic Calendar Schedule of Meeting Dates (also attached) New Barnard Faculty (also attached) Faculty on Leave ’10-11 (also attached) Department Chairs and Program Directors (also attached) Department Assistants & Administrators (also attached) Policy on Religious Holidays (also attached) Media Equipped Classrooms Emergency Response Information (also attached) Classes during Snow & Weather Emergencies (also attached) Frequently Asked Questions (also attached)

SCHEDULE OF MEETING DATES Faculty Meeting: All Faculty Meetings are held on Mondays in the James Room (except where noted), with refreshments at 3:30 PM, and the meeting beginning at 4:15 PM. The first meeting, on Sept 13, which is a special meeting for introductions of new faculty, will be held in Sulzberger Parlor with a reception following in the James Room.

Fall '10 Spring '11 Sept. 13 Oct. 4 Nov. 8 Dec. 6

Feb. 7 Mar. 7 Apr. 4 May 2

Department Chairs: (Wednesdays, 12:00-2:00 PM, Sulzberger Parlor)

Fall '10 Spring '11 Sept. 15 Oct. 13 Nov. 3 Dec. 1

Feb. 2 Mar. 2, 30 Apr. 27

Faculty Budget and Planning Committee: (Wednesdays, 12:00-2:00 PM, Fall: 101 Barnard, Spring: 101 Barnard)

Fall '10 Spring '11 Sept. 22, 29 Oct. 20 Nov. 10, 17 Dec. 15

Jan. 26 Feb. 9, 16 Mar. 9, 23 Apr. 6, 20 May 4

Faculty Governance & Procedures Committee: (Tuesdays, 12:15-1:45 PM, Location 514 Altschul) Contact the FGP by emailing fgp@barnard.edu.

Fall '10 Spring '11 Sept. 14, 28 Oct. 12, 26 Nov. 16, 30 Dec. 14

Jan. 25 Feb. 15 Mar. 1. 22 Apr. 12, 26 May 3

Committee on Instruction: (Mondays, 4:10-6:00 PM: Location 501 Diana)

Fall '10 Spring '11 Sept. 20 Oct. 18, 25 Nov. 15, 22 Dec. 13, 20

Jan. 24 Feb. 14, 28 Mar. 21, 28 Apr. 11, 25

Barnard Library & Academic Information Services Committee (BLAIS): (Wednesdays, 9:30-10:50 AM, Location 201 Lehman)

Fall '10 Spring '11 Oct. 13 Nov. 10 Dec. 15

Feb. 9 Mar. 9 Apr. 6

Advisory Committee on Appointments, Tenure and Promotion (Thursdays, 12:00-2:00 PM, 108 Milbank)

Fall '10 Spring '11 Sept. 16, 23, 30 Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28 Nov. 4, 18 Dec. 2, 9, 16, 23

Jan. 27 Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24 Mar. 3, 10, 24 Apr. 7, 14, 21, 28 May 5

Committee on Honors (Fridays, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Location TBA.)

Fall '10 Spring '11 Sept. 24 Oct. 1, 8 Nov. 12 Dec. 10

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Committee on Programs and Academic Standing (Thursdays, 12:00-2:00 PM, Location 214 Milbank)

Fall '10 Spring '11 Sept. 10, 23 Oct. 7, 21 Nov. 4, 18 Dec. 2, 16

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Grants Committee (Tuesdays, 10:00-11:30 AM, Location 224 Milbank)

Fall '10 Spring '11 Oct. 26 Mar. 1

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New Barnard Faculty Bios 2010-2011

ANTHROPOLOGY

Alexandra M. Hartnett, Term Assistant Professor of Anthropology, received her B.A. (1994) from University of Toronto, and M.A. (1997) and Ph.D. (Forthcoming 2010) from University of Chicago. Recent publications include “Aestheticized Geographies of Conflict: The Mutations of Nationalism and Sectarianism on Belfast’s Gable Mural” in Contested Cultural Heritage on the Landscape and in Museums: Religion and Nationalism in a Global World edited by H. Silverman; “Trade, Exchange and the Infrastructure of the Port of Galway” in The Galway Excavations edited by E. FitzPatrick, M O’Brien and P. Walsh, 2005; “The Politics of the Pipe: Clay Pipes and Tobacco consumption in Galway, Ireland” in International Journal of Historical Archaeology, 2004 and “Living on the Edge: Late Classic Peripheral Activities at Figueroa Group” in Belize Valley Archaeology Reconnaissance Project Progress Report of the 1994 Field Season with B. Hohmann edited by J. conlon and J. Awe, 1995. She has taught at University of Chicago and Grandardkille Field School. At Barnard She will be teaching

ASIAN & MIDDLE EASTERN CULTURES Annabella Pitkin, Term Assistant Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures, received her B.A. (1990) in Social Studies from Harvard, and M.A. (2000), M.Phil. (2005), and Ph.D. (2009) in Religion from Columbia University. Her interests include Tibetan Buddhism and modernity, history and biography in the Himalayan region, and patterns of cross-cultural exchange in South and East Asia. Publications include "Lineage, Authority and Innovation: The Biography of Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen," in Mapping the Modern in Tibet, International Institute for Tibetan and Buddhist Studies GmbH, Vol. 12 (forthcoming); “Love of Neighbor in Buddhism” in Encyclopedia of Love in World Religions, ABC-CLIO, 2007; “Cosmopolitanism in the Himalayas: The Intellectual and Spiritual Journeys of Khu nu bla ma bsTan ‘dzin rgyal mtshan and his Sikkimese Teacher Khang gsar ba bla ma O rgyan bstan ‘dzin rin po che” in Namgyal Institue of Tibetology Bulletin, 40(2), 2004. She was the de Bary Postdoctoral Research Scholar at Columbia University (2009-2010). She has taught at Columbia University, New York University, and the New School’s Eugene Lang College. At Barnard she will be teaching Asian Humanities; East Asian Civilization: China; East Asian Civilization: Tibet; Lifestories of Buddhist Women (Tibet and Japan); and Religion and Conflict in the Himalayan Region. ECONOMICS Noha Emara, Term Assistant Professor of Economics, received her B.Sc. (1993) from Helwan University in Egypt, a M.A. (November 1999) in Economics from Ain Shams University in Egypt, an M.A. (May 1999) in World Economy from Jawaharlal Nehru University in India, and her M.A. (2006) and Ph.D. (2009) in Economics from Rutgers University. Recent publications include, “Current U.S. Financial Crises: Origins, Consequences, and Remedies” in Financial Crisis in the Global Bubble Economy edited by A. Tomohara and M. Sherlock, 2009 and Inflation Volatility versus Institutions: a Growth and Development Study, VDM Publishing House Ltd, 2009. Her primary fields of research are macroeconomic theory, macroeconomic policy, applied econometrics, and time series analysis. She has taught at Helwan University, Rutgers University, and Drew University. At Barnard she will be teaching Econometrics and Money & Banking. CHEMISTRY Mary J. Sever, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, received her B.A. (1997) in Chemistry and Secondary Education from Knox College and her Ph.D. (2005) in Chemistry from Purdue University. Since October 2005 she has been a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Chemical Biology with Prof. Peter G. Schultz at the Scripps Research Institute. She received the Inorganic Seminar Award (2002), a Purdue Research Foundation Graduate Fellowship (2001-2003), and was elected to Phi Lambda Upsilon (2000). Her recent publications include “Absorption Spectroscopy and Binding Constants for First-Row Transition Metal Complexes of DOPA-Containing Peptide” with J. Wilker in /Dalton Transaction/, 813-822 (2006) and “EPR Investigations and Spectral Simulations of Iron-Catecholate Complexes and Iron-Peptide Models of Marine Adhesive Cross-Links” with J. Weisser, M. Nilges, and J. Wilker in /Inorganic Chemistry, /45, 7736-7747 (2006). She has taught at Purdue University and Knox College in addition to two years as a high school chemistry teacher at Glenbrook High School and York Community High School in Illinois. At Barnard she will be teaching biochemistry laboratory in the fall and biochemistry lecture in the spring. ENGLISH & AFRICANA STUDIES Yvette Christiansë, Visiting Professor of English and Africana Studies, received her B.A. (1992) and her Ph.D. (1998) in English from the University of Sydney. Since 1997 she has been a Professor of English and Literary Studies at Fordham University. She has also been a Visiting Associate Professor at Princeton University, a Visiting Fellow at Duke University, a National Research Council

Fellow at the University of Witwaterstrand, and a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University. She has published the novel, Unconfessed, Cape Town: Kwela Books (October 2007). In 2008 Unconfessed was a finalist for the University of Johannesburg Fiction Prize, was nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and received honorable mention for the Gustav Myers Book Award. Some recent essays include “Narrative” in International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd Edition. (Editor W. Darity), Ann Arbor: Thomas/Gale (2007); and “Commentary on the Writing of Castaway” in Discipline and the Other Body: Correction, Corporeality, Colonalism. (Editors A. Rau and S. Pierce), Durham: Duke University Press, 303-306 (April 2006). She has a forthcoming manuscript “Thinking an Outside, Thinking Language in Toni Morrison’s Fiction”. At Barnard she will be teaching courses in African and African American Literature and Culture, as well as Creative Writing. ENGLISH & WRITING PROGRAM Wendy Schor-Haim, Associate in English and the Writing Program, received her B.A. in History from McGill University (1993), her M.A. and M.Phil. in Medieval History from New York University. She has taught writing at New York University and Barnard College, and worked as an academic editor for the Peres Center for Peace in Israel. Her fellowships and honors includes distinction in doctoral comprehensive examination (2000), Louis H. Solomon Department of Hebrew Culture Fund Fellowship (1996-1998), Harold Beckman Fellowship (1996-1998), and the Laura Shutzman Award (1996-1998). At Barnard she will be teaching First-Year English courses and Essay Writing. FRENCH Laurence Clerfeuille, Lecturer in French, received an M.A. (2004) in French from Tulane University, and an M.A. (2006) and Ph.D. (2010) in French from the University of Southern California. Her dissertation, “Revolts Without Witness,” focused on contemporary Haitian Literature. She received the Louis Beaumont Fellowhisp (2009-2010), the Prix Gérard Etienne, awarded to the best paper on Caribbean Literature from the Conseil International d’Etudes Francophones (2009), and the Award for Excellence in Teaching in the category of French & Italian (2008). She has held positions as a website translator, volunteer teacher, and interpreter. She has taught at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Tulane University, and the University of Southern California. At Barnard she will be teaching French language classes. David Macklovitch, Lecturer in French, received his B.A. (2000) and M.A. (2002) in French Language and Literature from McGill University, and a Ph.D. (2010) in French and Romance Philology from Columbia University. He is the recipient of the Department of French and Romance Philology Dissertation Fellowship (2008-09), the École Normale Supérieure Research Fellowship (2006-2007), and the GSAS Summer Research Fellowship (2003 and 2005). He has been the co-coordinator for Modern Salon, a conference co-orgainzer for the French Graduate Student Association Conference, a copyediting assistant, and research assistant. Karen Santos Da Silva, Lecturer in French, received her B.A. (1998) in Comparative Literature from the University of California at Berkeley, and an M.A. (1999) and Ph.D. (2009) in French Literature from New York University. Since 2008 she has been a guest faculty member at Sarah Lawrence College. In 2007 she received an outstanding teaching award and in 2007-08 was the recipient of an Humanities Initiative Research Fellowship. She recently published, “Réalité et illusion: la morale de l’expérience chez Madame Riccoboni” in Le corps du XVIIIé siècle au croisement de la literature, de la philosophie et de la science, with Presses de l’Université de Laval au Québec (December 2008). Her current research is on moral discourse and the novel in the 17th and 18th centuries, and she is working on a manuscript focusing on the novels of Mme Riccoboni. She has taught at New York University and Sarah Lawrence College. At Barnard she will be teaching Beginning French and Intermediate II. HISTORY Michal Shapira, ACLS New Faculty Fellow in History, received her B.A. with honors (2000) in History and Interdisciplinary Studies from Tel Aviv University and her Ph.D. (2008) in History from Rutgers University. Her previous position was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Amherst College. Her research and publications focus on the socio-cultural impact of war and the development of expert culture in the twentieth century. Her forthcoming book is titled The War Inside: Child Psychoanalysis and Remaking the Self in Britain, 1930-1960. She received fellowships from the Mellon Foundation, the American Psychoanalytic Association, Rutgers, Princeton, and Cornell Universities and others. She participated at the Kandersteg Seminar of NYU’s Remarque Center, and was a guest lecturer, among other places, at the Department of the History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge University and the Institute for Historical Research, UK. At Rutgers University and Amherst College she taught courses on European History; Britain and British Imperialism; History of the Human Sciences; History of Childhood; War and Society, and Gender Studies. At Barnard and Columbia she will be teaching courses in Modern European History and the History of the Sciences of the Self. HISTORY & AFRICANA STUDIES Celia E. Naylor, Associate Professor of History& Africana Studies, received her B.A. (1988) in Africana Studies (with a concentration in Women's Studies) from Cornell University, M.A. (1990) in Afro-American Studies from UCLA, and an M.A. (1993)

and Ph.D. (2001) in History from Duke University. She has held positions at Dartmouth College, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, the University of New Mexico, Iowa State University, Duke University, and UCLA. She was the recipient of the Jack E. Thomas 1974 Family Fellowship (2008-09); John M. Manley Huntington Teaching Award for Newly Tenured Faculty (2008); and the Professor Arthur M. Wilson and Mary Tolford Wilson Faculty Research Fellowship (2005-06). Her recent work explores the multifaceted connections between African-Americans and Native Americans in the United States. She was one of the coordinators of the conference "'Eating Out of the Same Pot': Relating Black and Native (Hi)stories," held at Dartmouth College in April 2000. Her publications include the book African Cherokees in Indian Territory: From Chattel to Citizens, University of North Carolina Press (May 2008, John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture); the article “Rethinking Race and Culture in the Early South” with C. Saunt, B. Krauthamer, T. Miles, and C. Sturm, Ethnohistory 53(2), 399-405 (Spring 2006); and "'Playing Indian'?: The Selection of Radmilla Cody as Miss Navajo Nation 1997-1998” in Crossing Waters, Crossing Worlds: The African Diaspora in Indian Country, eds. Tiya Miles and Sharon P. Holland, Duke University Press, 224-248 (2006). One of her new projects will concentrate on slavery and slave resistance in Jamaica. At Barnard she will be teaching African American history courses (including Introduction to African-American History and Slave Resistance in the United States from the Colonial Era to the Civil War). Her seminars will focus on interdisciplinary perspectives regarding African-American history, literature and popular culture, as well as Black feminism(s)/womanism(s). HISTORY & URBAN STUDIES Gergely Baics, Assistant Professor of History and Urban Studies, received his B.A. (2002) in History and American Studies from ELTE University, Budapest, Hungary, his M.A. (2003) in Central European History from Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, and M.A. (2004) and Ph.D. (2009) in History from Northwestern University. In 2009-10, he was a Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy. His recent awards include the Harold Perkin Prize (2010) for best History dissertation at Northwestern University, and a Dissertation Completion Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies (2008-09). He recently published Appetite for Beef: How Much Meat Did Early New Yorkers Consume? in EUI MWP Working Paper Series (2010), and Afro-amerikai tánc piacon és pincében New York a 19. század első felén [African American Dance in the Market and Cellar New York in the first half of the 19th Century] in Műhely, 28(6): 79-86 (2008). He has taught at Northwestern University and at the European University Institute. At Barnard he will be teaching the Urban Studies Junior Colloquium, and courses on American and comparative urban history. PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY Sean T. McWilliams, Post-Doctoral Fellow in Physics & Astronomy, received his B.S. (2003) in Physics and his B.S. (2003) in Astronomy from Pennsylvania State University and his M.S. (2006) and Ph.D. (2008) in Physics from the University of Maryland, College Park. Since 2008 he has been a NASA postdoctoral fellow at Goddard Space Flight Center. Some of his grants include an NVIDIA Professor Partnership Grant, NSF TeraGrid Allocations PHY090103 and AST100027, NASA NCCS Allocation SMD-09-1370 and NASA grant 08-ATFP08-0126. His research interests include numerical relativity in vacuum and with matter, gravitational wave source modeling including electromagnetic counterparts, and gravitational wave data analysis with LIGO and LISA. PSYCHOLOGY Michelle Levine, Term Assistant Professor of Psychology, received her Sc.B. (2000) in Psychology and Computer Science from Duke University, her M.S.W. (2002) in Advanced Clinical Practice from Columbia University, and her M.A. (2005) and Ph.D. (2010) in Psychology from the New School for Social Research. She has a patent for Multimodal Interface for Searching Multimedia Content, won the Jason Albrecht Outstanding Young Scientist Award (2009), and held the Graduate Faculty Dean's Fellowship (2005-2010) and the Eugene Lang College Teaching Fellowship (2007-2009). She also received the Alfred J. Marrow Award in Psychology (2010) for her dissertation. She has taught at Eugene Lang College and the New School for Social Research. At Barnard she will be teaching Introductory Psychology and the lab sections of Perception and Cognitive Psychology. RELIGION Najam I. Haider, Assistant Professor of Religion, received his B.A. (1997) in Physics and Government from Dartmouth College, Literature Certification (1998) from the University of Damascus, an M.Phil.(2000) in Classical and Medieval Islamic History from Oxford University – Hertford College, and Ph.D. (2007) in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University. Some of his academic awards include a Center for the Study of Religion Dissertation Grant (2004-05), a High Distinction for his Mphil Thesis (2000), and a Keasbey Fellowship to Oxford University (1998-00). He recently published “Prayer, Mosque, and Piligrimage: The Emergence of Sectarian Identity in 2nd /8th century Kūfa” in Islamic Law and Society, 16, 151-74 (2009); “A Community Divided: An Examination of the Murder of Idrīs b. ‘Abd Allāh (d. 175/791)” in The Journal of the American Oriental Society, 128, 459-76 (2008); and “On Lunatics and Loving Sons: A Textual Study of the Mamlūk Historical Treatment of al-Hākim” in The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 18, 109-39 (2008). He has taught at Franklin & Marshall College, Georgetown University, New York University, and Princeton University. At Barnard he will be teaching courses focusing on the modern and pre-modern Muslim world.

Gale L. Kenny, ACLS New Faculty Fellow in Religion, received her B.A. (2001) in Religious Studies from Northwestern University, M.A. (2005) and Ph.D. (2008) in History from Rice University. She has a forthcoming book, Contentious Liberties: American Abolitionists in Post-Emancipation Jamaica, 1834-1866 from the University of Georgia Press. She published the article “Reconstruction a Different South: The American Missionary Association in Jamaica, in Slavery and Abolition (September 2009) and “Mastering Childhood: Reconciling Paternalism and Separate Spheres Ideology in the Children’s Literature of Caroline Howard Gilman” in Southern Quarterly (Fall 2006). She has been a Lecturer at Rice University and a Visiting Assistant Professor at Sam Houston State University. At Barnard she will be teaching Utopias a First-Year Seminar. SOCIOLOGY Debbie Becher, Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow in Sociology, received her B.A. (1991) in Mathematics from the University of Virginia, M.A. (2005) and Ph.D. (2009) in Sociology from Princeton University. She was a Visiting Scholar at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program Research Fellow, and an American Association of University Women American Fellow. She researches intersections among law, property, and local government. Some recent publications include “Narrating and Naming Positive Agents: Storytelling by Philadelphia Postwar Political Elite” in Poetics, 36(1), 72-93 (2008); “The Participant's Dilemma: Bringing Conflict and Representation Back In” in The International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, (Forthcoming 2010); and "The Rights behind Eminent Domain Fights: A Little Property and a Lot of Home” in Property Rights and Neo‐liberalism: Cultural Demands and Legal Actions., Eds. Wayne McIntosh and Laura Hatcher, Ashgate Press, (Forthcoming 2010). Outside of academia, she has done social work in a community corrections center, domestic violence shelters, a nonprofit-public community-development initiative and she has also built new and renovated old homes. She has taught at Princeton University. At Barnard she will be teaching classes in law and society, social theory, and neighborhood change. Christel Kesler, Assistant Professor of Sociology, received her B.A. (1998) in Sociology and German Literature from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, she was a Fulbright Scholar (1998-99) at the Free University of Berlin, and received her M.A. (2001) and Ph.D. (2007) in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley. She was a Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, from 2007 to 2010. Her publications include “Educational Stratification and Social Change: Evidence from German Unification” in European Sociological Review, 19(5), 467-482 (2003), “Social Policy and Immigrant Joblessness in Britain, Germany and Sweden” in Social Forces, 85(2), 743-770 (2006), “Entrepreneurship and Immigrant Wages in U.S. Labor Markets: A Multi-level Approach” in Social Science Research, 39(2), 187-201 (2010) and “Immigrant Wage Disadvantage in Sweden and the United Kingdom: Wage Structure and Barriers to Opportunity” in International Migration Review, (forthcoming 2010). She has taught and tutored at the University of Oxford, the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Wisconsin, Madison. At Barnard she will be teaching courses on methods for social research, social inequality, and international migration. SPANISH & LATIN AMERICAN CULTURES Maria Eugenia Lozano, Lecturer in Spanish and Latin American Cultures, received her B.A. (1996) in Modern Language Instruction from the Universidad del Valle, her M.A. (2002) in Spanish Literature and Foreign Languages from Washington State University, and she is currently finishing her Ed.D in Language, Literacy and Culture form the University of Massachusetts. She has taught at Barnard College, Columbia University, University of Massachusetts, Amherst College, Holyoke Community College, and Washington State University. Her research interests include Second language acquisition, language maintenance among immigrants, and the use of Web 2.0 technologies for language teaching. At Barnard she will be teaching beginner and intermediate Spanish courses. Xavier Llovet Vilà, Associate in Spanish and Latin American Cultures, received his B.A. (2000) in English Philology, P.G.C.E. (2000) in English, and M.A. (2005) in Training of Spanish Teachers as a Foreign Language from the University of Barcelona. He has been awarded several international in-service training grants such as the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AECID) grant for young lecturers and the Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture (2009) grant for lecturers of Spanish as a foreign language. He recently published “Reflexionar para aprender a enseñar ELE y enseñar ELE para aprender a reflexionar” in Biblioteca Virtual redELE (2008) and “E/LE EN EUROPA: El caso de la perspectiva del docente en un Enfoque Integrado de Contenidos y Lenguas Extranjeras (EICLE)” in Revista redELE (2007). He has taught at the University of Belize, Centro Asociado Instituto Cervantes-Folkeuniversitetet in Bergen, Norway, and the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH). He has also collaborated with Instituto Cervantes Stockholm, Sweden, and Gyldendal Agency publishing house, Norway. At Barnard he will be teaching Intermediate Spanish II and Intro-Study-Hispanic Cultures in collaboration with Prof.Rios-Font. THEATRE Shayoni Mitra, Assistant Professor in Theatre, received her B.A. (2001) and M.A. (2003) in English from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, and her M.A. (2004) and Ph.D. (2009) in Performance Studies from the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. She was the receipent of the Deena Burton Dissertation Research Award (May 2009), and a recipient of the Paulette

Godard Summer Fellowship (2006). She recently published “Book Review: Sudipto Chatterjee’s /The Colonial Staged: Theatre in Colonial Calcutta” in Comparative Studies in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East Duke University Press 28(3) (2008). She has “Efficacy-Entertainment Dyad” and “Matrixed/Unmatrized Performance,” forthcoming in Performance Studies Key Concepts, (edited by G. Cody), Routledge: London. Her theatre experience includes facilitating workshops on Theatre for Social Change and Theatre of the Oppressed in Rhode Island and New York (2005-2009) performing in proscenium and street theatre shows with Jana Nayta Manch in New Delhi (between 2000-2003). She has taught at Brown University and New York University. At Barnard she will be teaching World Theatre History, Traditional Indian Performance, Modern Asian Theatre, Performance Theory and Theatre History. Alice Reagan, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in Theatre, received a B.A. (1997) in Women’s Literature and Theatre from Bates College, an M.A. (2001) in Performance Studies from Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, and an M.F.A. (2004) in Theatre Arts/Directing from Columbia University. Some of the recent shows she has directed are: The Verge by Susan Glaspell with Performance Lab 115; Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht at The Chocolate Factory, also with PL115; What of the Night? by Maria Irene Fornes, at Barnard College; Sprinkler by Katherine Ryan, at Drama League DirectorFest; and Knights adapted from Aristophanes by Rob Handel at Target Margin Theater, HERE Arts Center. At Barnard she will be teaching History and Practice of Directing, Directing Lab, and Advanced Directing. WOMEN’S STUDIES & AFRICANA STUDIES Tina Marie Campt, Visiting Professor of Women’s Studies and Africana Studies, received her B.A. (1986) in History from Vassar College and her M.A. (1990) and Ph.D. (1996) in History from Cornell University. She has been a Lecturer in Women’s Studies at the Technical University of Berlin, an Assistant and Associate Professor of Women’s Studies at The University of California, Santa Cruz, and an Associate Professor at Duke University. She is the author of Other Germans, Black Germans and the Politics of Race, Gender and Memory in the Third Reich, University of Michigan Press (2004, 2005 paperback); an edited collection of Feminist Review,“Gendering Diaspora” with D.A. Thomas, vol 9 (2008); and Der Black Atlantic with P. Gilroy, H. K. der Welt (2004). Her most recent publications include a special issue of the journal, Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism, co-edited with S. Hartman vol. 13: 1 (2009); “Family Matters: Diaspora, Difference and the Visual Archive,” Social Text 98 (2009); “Pictures of Us? Blackness, Diaspora and the Afro-German Subject” in Black Europe and the African Diaspora (2009); and the introduction to a special issue of History and Theory, vol 4:8 (2009), co-authored with Jennifer Tucker. She has just completed her second book, Image Matters: Archive, Photography and the African Diaspora in Europe, which will be published by Duke University. She was a Visiting Fellow for the Engendering the Archive Project, CCASD, Columbia University (2008-10) and received the William S. Vaughn Fellowship at the Robert Penn Warren Humanities Center for the Humanities, Vanderbilt University (2007-08). At Barnard she will be teaching two courses on racial and gendered formation during the fall semester: Engendering Black Britain and Interpreting Bodies.

BARNARD FACULTY ON LEAVE 2010-11 (as of 8/31/10)

Severin Fowles – Year Anthropology

Guobin Yang – Year A.M.E.C.

Elizabeth Bauer – Fall Biological Sciences

Paul Hertz – Spring

John Magyar – Fall Chemistry

Dina Merrer – Spring Christian Rojas – Fall

Helene Foley – Fall Classics

Lynn Garafola – Spring Dance

Colleen Thomas – Spring

Perry Mehrling – Year Economics

Lalith Munasinghe – Year

Mary Gordon – Fall English

Maire Jaanus – Spring Monica Miller -- Year Anne Prescott – Year French

Laurie Postlewate –Spring

Serge Gavronsky – Spring

German

Erk Grimm – Fall

Mark Carnes – Fall History

Deborah Coen – Year Abosede George – Year Elizabeth Esch – Fall Anupama Rao – Year Lisa Tiersten – Spring Carl Wennerlind -- Year

Daniela DeSilva – Fall Mathematics

Walter Neumann – Spring

Reshmi Mukherjee – Fall Physics & Astronomy

Severine Autesserre – Year Political Science

Mona El-Ghobashy – Year

Koleen McCrink – Year Psychology

Eshkol Rafaeli – Year Russell Romeo – Fall Seven Stroessner – Fall Barbara Woike – Spring

DEPARTMENT CHAIRS & PROGRAM DIRECTORS FALL 2010

DEPARTMENT NAME - CLICK TO EMAIL TEL. EXT. /OFFICE

Anthropology Brian Larkin x45402 / 411A Milbank

Architecture Karen Fairbanks x48431 / 500N Diana

Art History Keith Moxey x45039 / 500R Diana

Asian & ME Cultures Rachel McDermott x45416 / 321B Milbank

Biological Sciences John Glendinning x44749 / 1107 Altschul

Chemistry Sally Chapman x42098 / 811 Altschul

Classics Nancy Worman x43001 / 217 Milbank

Dance Mary Cochran x49769/ 204 Barnard Annex

Economics Alan Dye x43868 / 9B Lehman

English Peter Platt x42112 / 421 Barnard

Env. Science Stephanie Pfirman (co-chair) Martin Stute

x45120 / 404C Altschul x48110 / 404F Altschul (co-chair)

French Peter Connor x45539 / 304 Milbank

History Joel Kaye x44350 / 422B Lehman

Mathematics David Bayer x42643 / 426 Math

Philosophy Frederick Neuhouser x42064 / 326D Milbank

Physical Education Luciana Rosalia x46940 / 206B Barnard

Physics & Astronomy Laura Kay x47303 / 503 Altschul

Political Science Sheri Berman x42158 / 411 Lehman

Psychology Ann Senghas x40115 / 415G Milbank

Religion Elizabeth Castelli x48291 / 201 Milbank

Slavic Catharine Nepomnyashchy X42059 / 226B Milbank

Sociology Debra Minkoff x42279 / 332D Milbank Spanish & LA Cultures x42061 / 208 Milbank

x48805 / 206 Milbank Wadda Rios-Font (Co-Chair) Alfred Mac Adam (Co-Chair)

Theatre William Worthen x42757 / 506 Milbank

Women's Studies Neferti Tadiar x42108 / 201B Barnard

PROGRAM CHAIRS AND DIRECTORS

Africana Studies Kim Hall x40729 / 411 Barnard

American Studies Jennie Kassanoff x45649 / 413 Barnard

Athena Leadership Studies Kitty Kolbert x41865 / 301 Barnard Centennial Scholars Timothy Halpin-Healy x45102 / 504 Altschul Comparative Literature Nancy Worman x43001/ 217 Milbank

Education Lee Anne Bell x49237 / 335 Milbank European Studies Lisa Tiersten & Deborah Valenze x44733 or x45940 /422A

Lehman or 415B Lehman Film Studies Bashir Abu-Manneh x46948 / 401D Barnard

First-Year English Margaret Vandenburg x46945 / 410A Barnard First-Year Seminars Lisa Gordis x42114 / 408D Barnard Forum on Migration Jose Moya x45097 / 413 Lehman German Irene Motyl (Acting) X44287 / 320C Milbank Human Rights J. Paul Martin x45420 / 226D Milbank Italian Nelson Moe X45418 / 320D Milbank Jewish Studies Alan Segal x45419 / 219C Milbank Med. & Renaissance Phillip Usher x45321/ 312 Milbank Music Gail Archer x45096 / 319 Milbank Neuroscience & Behavior Rae Silver x45531 / 415I Milbank

Urban Studies David Weiman (co-chair)

Flora Davidsonx45755 / 5A Lehman x46181 / 416B Lehman (co-chair)

Writing Program Pam Cobrin x42724 / 411B Barnard

CU DEPARTMENTS IN BARNARD CATALOGUE

Computer Science Shree K. Nayar Adam Cannon

939 7092 / 450 CS 939 7000 / 450 CS

Statistics Daniel Rabinowitz x12141 / 1014 SSW

FACULTY DEPARTMENT ASSISTANTS AND ADMINISTRATORS FALL 2010

DEPARTMENT NAME - CLICK TO EMAIL TEL. EXTENSION/OFFICE Africana Studies Theresa Breen x49850 / 326 Milbank

Asian & Middle Eastern Cultures Mary Missirian x45417 / 226 Milbank

American Studies Sully Rios x42159 / 415 Lehman Anthropology Khia Awad x49389 / 404 Milbank

Architecture Raleigh-Elizabeth Smith x48430 / 310 Barnard Art History Elisabeth Sher x42118 / 301 Barnard

Biological Sciences Maria Minino x42437 / 1203 Altschul Centennial Scholars Kathryn McLean x46146 / 330 Milbank

Chemistry Molly Gill x43628 / 403 Altschul Erika Hawthorne x48460 / 607A Altschul

Classics Tynisha Rue x42597 / 219 Milbank Comparative Lit. Tomara Aldrich x48312 / 320 Milbank

Dance Sandra Velasquez x42995 / 204 Bar. Annex Economics Robert O'Connor x43454 / 4A Lehman

Education Myles Nugent x47072 / 336 Milbank

English Lucy Coolidge x42116 / 417 Barnard Sarah Pasadino x42116 / 417 Barnard

Env. Science Catherine Cook x45618 / 404A Altschul

Forum on Migration Kathryn McLean x46146 / 330 Milbank

First-Year Seminars Susan Campbell x43577 / 332G Milbank French Tomara Aldrich x48312 / 320 Milbank

German Tomara Aldrich x48312 / 320 Milbank History Sully Rios x42159 / 415 Lehman

Human Rights Mary Missirian x45417 / 226 Milbank

Italian Tomara Aldrich x48312 / 320 Milbank Mathematics Susan Campbell x43577 / 332G Milbank

Music Mary Missirian x45417 / 226 Milbank Neuroscience and Behavior Maria Minino x42437 / 1203 Altschul

Philosophy Theresa Breen x49850 / 326 Milbank Physical Education TBA x42085 / 206 Barnard

Physics and Astronomy Molly Gill x43628 / 403 Altschul Political Science Nell Dillon-Ermers x48422 / 417A-B Lehman

Psychology Megan Wacha x42069 / 415A Milbank Reacting to the Past Susan Campball x43577 / 332G Milbank

Religion Tynisha Rue x42597 / 219 Milbank Slavic Mary Missirian x45417 / 226 Milbank

Sociology Susan Campbell x43577 / 332G Milbank Spanish & LA Cultures Tynisha Rue x42597 / 219 Milbank

Theatre Jessica Brater x42079 / 507Milbank Mike Placito x42080 / 404 Milbank Urban Studies Mike Placito x44073 / 404 Milbank

Women's Studies Sierra (Riya) Ortiz x42108 / 201 Barnard

POLICY ON RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS

It is the policy of Barnard College to respect its members; religious beliefs. In compliance with New York State law, each student who is absent from school because of her religious beliefs will be given an equivalent opportunity to register for classes or make up examination, study, or work requirements that she may have missed because of such absence on particular day or days. No student will be penalized for absence due to religious beliefs, and alternative means will be sought for satisfying the academic requirements involved. Those responsible for scheduling of academic activities or essential services are expected to avoid conflict with religious holidays as much as possible. If a suitable arrangement cannot be worked out between the student and the instructor involved, the instructor should consult the Associate Provost. If an additional appeal is needed, it may be taken to the Provost. A list of all religious holidays can be found on the interfaith calendar at http://www.interfaithcalendar.org/ For your information in planning your syllabus the major Islamic and Jewish Holidays during the school year are listed below. Please note these holidays begin on sundown of the preceding day.

Major Religious Holidays Academic Years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011

Holiday 2010-2011 2011-2012 Jewish holy days and the week Sabbath begin at sunset on the day preceding the given date ROSH HASHANAH THUR-FRI SEPT 9-10 THUR-FRI SEPT 29-30 RAMADAN* THUR AUG 11 MON AUG 1 EID AL FITR FRI SEPT 10 WED AUG 31 KRISHNA JANMASHTAMI SEPT 2 MON AUG 22

YOM KIPPUR SAT SEPT 18 SAT OCT 8 SUKKOT THUR-FRI SEPT 23-24 THUR-FRI OCT 13-14 SHEMINI ATZERET THUR SEPT 30 THUR OCT 20 NAVARATRI FRI-SAT OCT 8-16 WED-WED SEPT 28-OCT 5 SHIMCHAT TORAH FRI OCT 1 FRI OCT 21 DASERA MON OCT 17 THUR OCT 6 DIWALI FRI NOV 5 WED OCT 26 EID AL ADHA TUE NOV 16 SUN NOV 6 CHRISTMAS SAT DEC 25 SUN DEC 25 PASSOVER TUE-WED APR 19-20 SAT-SUN APR 7-8 PASSOVER-LAST 2 DAYS MON-TUES APR 25-26 FRI-SAT APR 13-14

GOOD FRIDAY FRI APR 22 FRI APR 6 EASTER SUN APR 24 SUN APR 8

*2010-2011 Ramadan will begin on or about August 12 and will end on or about September 10 (depending on lunar sightings). While students understand that it is unrealistic for instructors to change classroom expectations, they hope that faculty members will recognize that the schedule is strenuous and tiring during this period - especially (but not only) for first-years who are fasting and praying away from home for the first time. For more information on Ramadan, please refer to: www.holidays.net/ramadan

SNOW AND WEATHER EMERGENCIES

Jan 27, 2004 Classes during Snow & Weather Emergencies

The general rule is that the College remains open and classes are held as usual. If an individual faculty member cannot get to campus, that particular class may be cancelled. If a student is unable to get to campus, it will be considered an excused absence, and the student should be permitted to make up the work.

On those rare occasions where it seems prudent to close the College due to weather emergencies, classes will be cancelled.

However, specific departments or faculty members who wish to hold classes may do so if they inform students in writing, at the beginning of each semester (preferably in the syllabus for the class) and provide students with clear instructions on notification (e.g. via e-mail). In addition, if there is advance notice of a weather alert, faculty who intend to hold classes should remind students in the class before the weather event. No student who is unable to get to campus for the class may be penalized and it is the instructor's responsibility to enable a student who could not attend to make up the missed class.

Frequently Asked Questions *Your Department Assistant or Administrator is available to help you with any questions or concerns

you may have, including questions about your appointment status.

Columbia UNI: To obtain your Columbia University Network ID (UNI), log onto the Columbia web page and type in your name in the Search box. You will be taken to the Columbia Directory which lists your Columbia UNI.

I.D.: After you have your Columbia UNI, you must activate it by logging onto the Columbia webpage, MyUNI, at http://uni.columbia.edu/. After activating you UNI, take your appointment form and cover memo to Security, Barnard Hall, 1st floor. You will then be sent to Room 204 Kent on Columbia’s campus for your picture I.D. For more information, including hours of operation see: www.columbia.edu/cu/id/ Payroll: Faculty are paid monthly, on the next to the last working day of the month. Speak to your department assistant about check distribution. Direct Deposit is available and takes 2 months to process once you have completed your paperwork. Forms can be obtained in the Provost's Office. Questions on deductions or requests for direct deposit go to Sumerita Persaud, Controller's Office, 15 Milbank, x47630. E-mail accounts: After you have filled out your personnel forms with the Provost’s Office, you will be given your e-mail and network log-in ID and password.

Change of Address: To change your home address visit ebear, http://ebear.barnard.edu/, click on the tab that says 'My HR' and then on 'HR forms'. You will see 'Change of Address' on the left bar.

Academic Calendar: http://www.barnard.edu/registrar/acalendar.htm Religious Holidays: http://www.barnard.edu/provost/policies/holidays.html

Reserve readings: To place books, articles, or other readings on reserve for your course, you can submit the reserve reading form, http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/reserves/, or simply email your list of required readings to resbar@barnard.edu. If you have questions or need more information, please Call x45127 or see http://www.barnard.edu/library/reservesfaculty.html. How do I show a video or film? Call Media Services, x45427. Classroom size, location, condition, etc.? Email Mary Beth Kemm mkemm@barnard.edu if assigned room does not meet your class needs. Call Facilities, x48990, if you need repairs, more chairs, etc. Campus Map: www.barnard.edu/visitors/maps.html For more information: www.barnard.edu/provost/ and www.barnard.edu