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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., July 18, 2016—Three faculty members at Williams College have been recognized for excellence in teaching and writing. Andrea Barrett (English), Justin Crowe (political science), and Sarah Goh (chemistry) are the recipients of the Nelson Bushnell ’20 Prize, an award given annually to faculty since 1995.
Barrett was noted for her impressive record of publication along with her enthusiasm for her students’ endeavors, Crowe for his skill as an instructor and involvement in both the current student and alumni community, and Goh for creating plentiful opportunities for student research in her lab.
Andrea Barrett
Barrett, senior lecturer in English, is known for her historical fiction. Her work often features scientists, especially women, and many of her characters appear in more than one of her books. She first garnered acclaim for her collection of stories titled Ship Fever, which won her a National Book Award in 1996. She later received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2001, and went on to become a finalist for the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her collection of stories Servants of the Map. In 2015, she was awarded the Rea Award for the Short Story, which honors a living U.S. or Canadian writer who has made a significant contribution to the short story. Barrett teaches creative writing classes at Williams and is currently working on a new collection of stories and essays about writing. She holds a B.S. in biology from Union College.
Justin Crowe ’03
Crowe, associate professor of political science, focuses most of his work on the role of the Constitution and Supreme Court in American political development. He’s been published in Studies in American Political Development, Perspectives on Politics and the Journal of Politics, and his book, Building the Judiciary: Law Courts, and the Politics of Institutional Development (Princeton University Press, 2012), explores the causes and consequences of building judicial institutions in the United States from the founding to the present. He is the chair of the Leadership Studies Program and serves on the Justice and Law Studies committee, and teaches a variety of courses on American democracy, constitutionalism and politics. Crowe holds both a M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from Princeton University, and a B.A. in political science and English from Williams College.
Sarah Goh
Goh, associate professor of chemistry, specializes in polymeric systems for drug delivery. In her lab, she encapsulates therapeutic payloads within the core of micelles made of amphiphilic block copolymers, decorating the blocks with biomolecules to improve their stability, recognition, and encapsulation. Her current research is funded by the National Science Foundation and the Dreyfus Foundation and has been published in Biomacromolecules, the Journal of Polymer Science A: Polymer Chemistry, and Chemical Educator. Along with three research projects, she’s currently working on developing a polymer education website for undergraduate instruction. She teaches general chemistry, physical organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, and organic chemistry at both the introductory and intermediate levels. Goh holds a Ph.D. in organic & polymer chemistry from Cal Berkeley, an M.S. in polymer science and engineering from UMass Amherst, and a B.S. in chemistry from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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Founded in 1793, Williams College is the second-oldest institution of higher learning in Massachusetts. The college’s 2,000 students are taught by a faculty noted for the quality of their teaching and research, and the achievement of academic goals includes active participation of students with faculty in their research. Students’ educational experience is enriched by the residential campus environment in Williamstown, Mass., which provides a host of opportunities for interaction with one another and with faculty beyond the classroom. Admission decisions on U.S. applicants are made regardless of a student’s financial ability, and the college provides grants and other assistance to meet the demonstrated needs of all who are admitted.
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Published July 18, 2016
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