Stacie Raucci, assistant professor of classics, and Channette Romero, assistant professor of English, have been named John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Assistant Professors, a fellowship that supports new and promising faculty members.
Raucci came to Union in 2004. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago with a dissertation titled “Gazing ames: Propertius and the Dynamics of Vision.” Her fields include Latin literature of the Augustian Age; gender and sexuality; and culture and society of the late Republic. Her offerings include courses in Greek and Latin language and literature as well as sex and gender in antiquity.
Romero holds a Ph.D. from Rutgers University. Her dissertation was titled “Spiritual Resistance: Religion, Race and Nation in Ethnic American Women's Fiction.” Interests include African American literature, ethnic American literature, twentieth-century literature, and gender and feminist theory.
The College has recognized 30 MacArthur Assistant Professors since 1982, after receiving a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Last year's recipients were Jennifer Matsue of performing arts and East Asian Studies, and Andrew Morris of history.