Visions of personhood fuel Bennett’s work

By the Broadcast Center on April 18, 2016, noon

Joshua Bennett, a doctoral student in the English department, is studying definitions of personhood in the writings of four African American authors in the 20th century. His interests span animal studies, environmental humanities and poetry.

Joshua Bennett, Kellen Funk, Carlee Joe-Wong and Rajesh Ranganath have been named co-winners of the Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship, Princeton University's top honor for graduate students. The fellowships support the final year of study at Princeton and are awarded to students whose work has exhibited the highest scholarly excellence. The Jacobus Fellows will be honored at Alumni Day ceremonies Saturday, Feb. 20, at Jadwin Gymnasium.

Summer Reads 2023 .

Six Princeton professors share what's on their reading lists, from “Meditations” by Marcus Aurelius (ca. AD 171-175) to the season's latest.

Princeton faculty Bialek, Dennehy, Mian, Perry, Ralph and Taylor and three graduate alumni win 2021 Guggenheim Fellowships .

Six Princeton faculty members and three graduate alumni have received 2021 Guggenheim Fellowships.

Imani Perry’s selections for Black History Month, plus University events and resources for learning and discovery .

The Princeton author of the new New York Times bestseller ‘South to America’ suggests readings and downloads for enrichment. Campus events offer opportunities to learn about and celebrate Black history throughout February and all year.

Gene Andrew Jarrett named Princeton’s next dean of the faculty .

Gene Andrew Jarrett, the Seryl Kushner Dean of the College of Arts and Science and Professor of English at New York University, will become Princeton’s next dean of the faculty on Aug. 1. Jarrett earned his bachelor’s degree in English from Princeton in 1997. He has a long career as an influential academic administrator, professor and scholar of African American literary studies.

RESEARCH HONOR: Grek, Reinfurt awarded Rome Prize in arts and humanities .

Leon Grek, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Comparative Literature, received the Paul Mellon/Frank Brown Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies. David Reinfurt, a lecturer in visual arts and the Lewis Center for the Arts, has been awarded the Mark Hampton Rome Prize for design.