English Professor Discusses Django Unchained And More

Assistant Professor of English Salamishah Tillet sat down with Penn Current to talk about the derivation of her name, her thoughts on Django Unchained, and her quest to end violence against women and girls.

Her book Sites of Slavery: Citizenship and Racial Democracy in the Post-Civil Rights Imagination examines why and how contemporary African American artists, writers, and intellectuals remember antebellum slavery within post-Civil Rights America.

Read the full news release here.

Read our Frontiers article about her new book here.

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Junhyong Kim Named Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Biology

Kim is an expert in genomics, single cell biology, mathematical and computational biology, and evolutionary genetics.

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Penn Arts & Sciences Students Win 2024 President’s Engagement Prize

They will design and undertake post-graduation projects that make a positive, lasting difference in the world.

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2024 School of Arts & Sciences Teaching Awards

Penn Arts & Sciences recognizes nine faculty and seven graduate students for their distinguished teaching.

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Wale Adebanwi and Deborah A. Thomas Named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows

The award is designed to allow independent work at the highest level under “the freest possible conditions.”

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2024 College of Arts & Sciences Graduation Speakers

James “Jim” Johnson, C’74, L’77, LPS ’21, a School of Arts and Sciences Board of Advisors member, and student speaker Katie Volpert, C’24, will address the Class of 2024 Sunday May 19 on Franklin Field.

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Undergraduate and Graduate Students Honored as 2024 Dean’s Scholars

This honor is presented annually to students who exhibit exceptional academic performance and intellectual promise.

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