Tamar Rudavsky, Professor of Philosophy, was named an Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor by Ohio State’s College of Arts and Sciences. This title serves to honor full professor colleagues who have excelled in teaching, service and research/creative activity, and whose work has demonstrated significant impact on their fields, students, college and university, and/or the public.
Lucia Costigan, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, received a Fulbright grant to spend 6 months in Mexico where she conducted archival research for a project on 17th century religious and political conflicts that negatively impacted the lives of Portuguese immigrants of Sephardic heritage who had moved from the Iberian Peninsula to the New World. In 2022, her book, Grietas en la Pared (Cracks in the Wall) was published by the Universidad de las Américas Puebla. The book focuses on writings by descendants of Sephardic Jews who migrated to the Americas to escape persecution by the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisition.
Suzanne Silver, Associate Professor of Art, created “Vanishing Acts,” a video installation at the Wexner Center for the Arts, September 16 – December 30, 2022, with music by Sivan Silver-Swartz. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Professor Silver followed the light of the sun as it moved through the rooms of her home, capturing what she calls “ephemeral, fugitive snapshots” with a cell phone camera. “Vanishing Acts” weaves together themes of impermanence, loss, memory, fragility and resistance.
Robin Judd, Associate Professor of History, is finishing her term as president of the Association for Jewish Studies, a professional organization whose mission is to advance research and teaching in Jewish studies at colleges, universities and other institutions of higher learning, and to foster greater understanding of Jewish studies scholarship among the wider public. Judd was recently elected vice chair of the Leo Baeck Institute’s Faculty Advisory Board. Her book, Between Two Worlds: Jewish War Brides After the Holocaust was just published in December.
Amy Shuman, Professor of English, has retired after 40 years with Ohio State. Professor Shuman specialized in folklore, narrative and critical theory. She is the author of books and articles on conversational narrative, literacy, political asylum, disability, food customs, feminist theory and critical theory. We celebrate her accomplishments and wish her all the best in retirement!
