As a historical archaeologist, Dr. Graff studies the relationship between temporality and modernity, consumerism and material culture, and contemporary heritage and urbanism. She currently teaches as an associate professor of anthropology at Lake Forest College in Illinois.
Dr. Baren currently serves as provost and vice president of academic affairs at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. Earlier, she taught at the University of California, Los Angeles, Yale University, and the University of Pennsylvania. She will become the 14th president of Lake Forest College in July.
Kara Ellerby, associate professor of political science and international relations at the University of Delaware, has received the Victoria Schuck Award from the American Political Science Association, which is given annually for the best book on women and politics. This award honors the late Victoria Shuck, a political scientist, Mount Holyoke College professor,
