Anupama Jain, assistant professor
of English, and Erica Ball, assistant professor of history, have been named
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Assistant Professors, a fellowship that
supports new and promising faculty members.
Jain, who joined Union
in 2002, holds a bachelor's degree from Bryn
Mawr College
and master's and Ph.D. from the University
of Wisconsin, Madison.
Her research and teaching interests include South Asian American literature and
culture, postcolonial literature and theory, and Asian American literature and
studies. She recently presented her research about the growing Indo-Guyanese
community in Schenectady.
Ball, who joined the College in
2001, earned her bachelor's degree from Wesleyan
University and her Ph.D. from the Graduate
School and University Center of
City University of New York.
Her research and teaching
interests include early American social and cultural history, African American
history, and U.S.
women's history.
The College has recognized a total
of 26 MacArthur Assistant Professors
since 1982, after it received a grant from the John. D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation. Last year's recipients were Christine Henseler of modern
languages and John Cramsie of history.