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The teacher-scholar model exemplified by Eastern's faculty is at the heart of the institution and aligns closely with our liberal arts mission. The scholarly community at Eastern is distinguished by interdisciplinary work, shared interests, and collaboration among faculty and students. Together, we pursue goals of intellectual inquiry and academic excellence in the service of a vibrant and inclusive academic community. 

Celebration of Faculty Excellence

This annual celebration provides an opportunity to recognize publicly the accomplishments of Eastern's extraordinarily talented and dedicated faculty. Faculty research, scholarship, and creative work is often invisible, and by bringing that work forward, we celebrate our faculty and hope to spark ideas and connections as you learn more about one another’s work. From analyses of feminist writers to ethnomusicology to direction of theatre productions to new techniques for studying scorpion venom, the work of Eastern’s faculty is wide-ranging and innovative. The teacher-scholar model exemplified by our faculty is at the heart of our institution and aligns closely with Eastern’s liberal arts mission. Indeed, much of the work we are celebrating today has been made stronger by the scholarly community at Eastern: it is interdisciplinary, inspired by shared interests, and created in collaboration with other faculty and/or students. Faculty, we are grateful for all that you do, and we are so fortunate to have you here at Eastern.

 

Celebration of Faculty Excellence

 

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In the News

A bluff on Block Island

Eastern geologist leads major Block Island research project

September 16, 2026

Environmental earth science Professor Bryan Oakley is one of two principal investigators on a grant project examining coastal erosion on Block Island, RI. The two-year, $270,000 grant from the Rhode Island Sea Grant concludes in 2028 and will examine how shoreline erosion and bluff retreat shape coastal vulnerability on Block Island across time scales, from decades to seasonal change.

 Garret Dancik (left) and Kwangwon Lee (right)

Lee and Dancik take on cyberbullying research

September 16, 2026

A pair of Eastern Connecticut State University professors have joined forces to research cyberbullying. Education Professor Kwangwon Lee and computer science Professor Garrett Dancik linked their disciplines in an article released earlier this year in the journal “Computers in Human Behavior Reports.”

Prof. Carenen Talking

Panel discusses 9/11's lasting impacts

September 15, 2026

Eastern Connecticut State University convened a panel of faculty on Sept. 10 to discuss the ongoing historic, political, psychological, and economic impacts of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Held in the Student Center Theatre, the panelists approached the topic from different perspectives, giving audience members a dynamic view of the attacks 25 years later.