September 2026 Faculty and Staff Accomplishments

Professor, Adj. Giovanni Aloi was named creative director of Secrist|Beach Satellite. His essay “'Vegetal Realism: Toward an Ethical Engagement with Plant Life in Contemporary Art” was included in Thinking with Plants and Fungi and his essay “Migrations: Tales of uprooting, transplanting, and grafting” was included in Plant Humanities, both published by Harvard University Press. He gave the talk “Rooted Form: Henry Moore and the Vegetal Body” in London, England, and the talk “From Lawn to Garden: Artistic Forms of Vegetal Resistance” at Tufts University.

Assistant Professor, Adj. Karen Azarnia was featured in the exhibition Out in the Field: The Expanded Plein Air at Ox-Bow, presented at Poor Farm.

Professor, Adj. Odile Compagnon just won the Roberta Feldman Architecture for Social Justice Award at Chicago's Designnight.

Professor, Adj. Eileen Favorite wrote “The Eccentric Maverick Named Alice, Who Gave Ragdale to Artists” for Newcity.

Lecturer Evan Fusco’s exhibition Minor Gestures and Grammatical Propositions will be on view at Coming Soon on October 18–November 8.

Professor Raja Halwani published “The General Concept of Sexual Orientation” with Pacific Philosophical Quarterly.

Professor, Adj. Todd Hasak-Lowy translated Maya Savir’s “On Reconciliation: What Israelis and Palestinians Can Learn from South Africa and Rwanda,” published by Plough.

Professor David Raskin published an essay and poem about Suzanne Caporael's newest prints with Tandem Press at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Professor Mark Jeffery took part in a performance of The Poor Farm Experiment, Leopold Benches: A P(o)or(t)ch Theater (MIDWEST REDUX), staged in the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago’s plaza.

Professor Arnold J. Kemp’s exhibition, Not One Thing, is on view at Tufts University Art Gallery’s Medford location through December 6.

Professor, Adj. Ginger Krebs staged the performance Protected by Invisible Fence at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago as part of the Chicago Performs Festival. The show was reviewed by Newcity.

Lecturer Kacie Lees curated A Vivid Blur, an exhibition featuring light-based works from 12 different artists, open through October 30 at SVA Chelsea Gallery in New York City.

A french edition of Professor Sara Levine’s novel TREASURE ISLAND!!! was published by La Croisee in September. Titled Fille paumée et perroquet, the novel is a finalist for the Prix du Premier Roman and was reviewed in Vogue (FR) and Figaro.  

Lecturer Gary McDowell published the paper “Teaching authentic peer review using preprints: a modular curriculum that can be embedded into existing science courses” in the Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education.

Professor Emerit Mary Patten was awarded a fall 2026 residency at the Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France, by 3Arts and Artist Communities Alliance, in partnership with Camargo.

Associate Professor, Adj. Mikey Peterson was featured as part of the FILE: Electronic Language International Festival in São Paulo, Brazil.

Lecturer Shannon Stratton was featured as one of Chicago’s art leaders in the Newcity Art 50 list. She also launched tête-á-tête-á-tête, a new project space in Chicago that has been reviewed by the Chicago Reader and Newcity.

Professor Nora Taylor co-edited Signs and Signals from Vietnam: Essays on Contemporary Art, out from University of Chicago Press.

Associate Professor Jade Yumang is part of the dual exhibition Tangere, alongside HP Denham, on view at LVL3 gallery on October 17–December 6.