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Annette Nierobisz, Ada M. Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of the Social Sciences, was appointed to endowed chair at Carleton with nine other professors during fall 2023. Endowed chairs provide recognition and support for superb educators who help sustain Carleton’s tradition of teaching excellence.

SOAN alum Clara Lehmann ’04 and Psychology alum Jonathan Lacocque ’04 premiered their second feature documentary, O Pioneer, in August at the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival in San Jose, Calif. The film is a documentary that celebrates three Appalachians from West Virginia as they embark upon an important journey that unfolds in the midst of a pandemic and personal heartache. Lehmann and Lacocque are partners in the creative studio Coat of Arms in Helvetia, W.Va.

Watch the documentary trailer.

SOAN alum Jim Hilbert ’89 has become the interim president and dean of Mitchell Hamline School of Law while the school undergoes a search for a new president and dean. Hilbert began his journey at Mitchell Hamline as a guest speaker and then adjunct professor, joining the school as a full-time faculty member in 2015, achieving tenure in 2019, and becoming vice dean of the school in 2020. Hilbert will not seek the job on a permanent basis, but is “grateful to be leading the school, even on a temporary basis.”

Pamela Feldman-Savelsberg, Broom Professor of Social Demography and Anthropology at Carleton, presented a paper titled “The Relational Construction of Good Parenting: Experts and Audiences in Cameroonian Immigrants’ Search for Dignity” at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle (Saale), Germany.

SOAN and CAMS alum Andrij Parekh ’94, who won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series in 2020 for Season 2 Episode 3 of Succession (“Hunting”), was nominated for the same Emmy Award this year for directing Season 4 Episode 8 of Succession (“America Decides”).

Pamela Feldman-Savelsberg, Broom Professor of Social Demography and Anthropology at Carleton, published a chapter called “S’élever et se maintenir” in Se (dé)placer: Mobilités sociales et migrations, a volume of collected essays published by the Presses Universitaires de Provence. The book contributes to public debates in France regarding immigration and “identity insecurity,” countering prejudice with investigations into the interaction of social mobility and migration.

SOAN major Cristina Camarillo ’23 was featured in the Carleton News for giving remarks during Commencement 2023. Camarillo delivered her commencement speech in both English and Spanish, focusing on her perspective as a first generation college student.

SOAN major Amber Lozoya ’23, who was among the students selected for a 2023-24 Weitz Fellowship, was featured in a Carleton News article for traveling to Nebraska, along with other current fellows, to meet with current and former fellows, the Weitz family, and members of the Career Center as an introduction to the program and a welcome to Omaha and Lincoln.

Annette Nierobisz, Ada M. Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of the Social Sciences at Carleton, received a Franklin Research Grant from the American Philosophical Society (APS) for work toward completing her co-authored book, “American Idle: Late Career Job Loss in a Neoliberal Era.” The oldest learned society in the U.S. (est. 1743), APS continues to pursue its original mission of “promoting useful knowledge” through grants, fellowships, and public outreach. Support from APS will allow Annette and her co-author, Professor Dana Sawchuk of Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada, to conduct and analyze data gathered in follow-up interviews, and to collaboratively work toward completing their manuscript.