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MFA Appoints Alumna Christina Yu Yu as Chair of Asian Art
Alumna Christina Yu Yu (GRS '04) recently was appointed the new chair of Asian art at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) Boston, leading a team of curators overseeing more than 100,000 works of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, South and Southeast Asian, and Islamic Art.
Christina earned her MA degree in history of art and architecture at the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, under the advisement of Qianshen Bai. During that time she began her curator career as a graduate intern at the MFA. Christina currently serves as the director of the USC Pacific Asia Museum, and previously worked at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art as an assistant curator of Chinese and Korean art. She will return to Boston this summer and assume her new role at the MFA effective July 2, 2018.
“It is a privilege to join such an accomplished MFA team and contribute to the future of this institution,” said Yu Yu. “Masterpieces from the MFA’s Asian collection have sparked interest in generations of visitors—including myself. I look forward to continuing to bring art and people together in new and meaningful ways.”
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Nominations for Associate Dean of Diversity and Inclusion Due April 18, 2018
In December 2017, the CAS Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Planning Committee submitted a report, including recommendations. One of the committee’s major recommendations was that the College appoint an Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion to lead the development and implementation of the College’s diversity program. Nominations are now open for applicants for the new position of Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion. The inaugural appointee will have the opportunity to help define the College’s priorities and implementation strategies for increasing diversity in CAS and will be a valuable member of the CAS leadership team.
The position description can be found here. The deadline for applying is April 18, 2018, and the start date would be July 1, 2018. Please submit applications or nominations to Nancy Geourntas, Executive Assistant to the Dean, at casdean@bu.edu.
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Nazil Kabria Announced as Next Associate Dean of the Faculty for the Social Sciences
Professor of Sociology Nazli Kibria has accepted the position of Associate Dean of the Faculty for the Social Sciences. She will begin on July 1, 2018.
Nazli joined the CAS faculty in 1994 as an assistant professor and was promoted to full professor in 2012. She served her department in multiple ways, including as director of graduate studies from 2009-10 and as chair from 2013 to the present. In her time as chair, Nazli has led the department through their academic program review and worked with the department to strengthen the curriculum and improve the professional preparation and placement of students. She served as the director of the Women’s Studies Program from 1996-97. Nazli’s research and teaching focus on the sociology of families, childhood, immigration, race and ethnicity, the Asian global diaspora, and contemporary South Asia. She is the author or editor of five books, including: Family Tightrope: The Changing Lives of Vietnamese Americans (Princeton, 1993); Becoming Asian American: Identities of Second Generation Chinese and Korean Americans (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002); and Muslims in Motion: Islam and National Identity in the Bangladeshi Diaspora (Rutgers University Press, 2011).
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Department/Program News
Biology
Katya Ravid, professor of biology and professor of medicine and biochemistry at BU School of Medicine, was recently named a fellow and new president of the Massachusetts Academy of Sciences (MAS) in recognition of her distinguished record of scientific achievements. MAS’s mission is to promote public understanding and appreciation of the sciences, to support scientific research and education in areas relevant to the needs of the state, and to provide consultative or advisory services on matters of science to the Governor, and to local, state, and federal agencies.
Chemistry
Associate Professor Rosina Georgiadis’ innovative method of teaching undergraduate students by using “virtual machines” was recently featured in the article “Cutting the cord: virtual machines for real instrumental analysis: not just at the instrument,” published in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, a peer-reviewed international publication, as an invited feature article in a section on Education and Professional Development.
Economics
The department of economics was ranked 14th amongst peer institutions in a detailed analysis of citations in economics in the American Economic Association’s Journal of Economic Literature. Among other things, the article ranks economics departments according to the citation counts of their faculty. The article primarily focuses on two rankings: ranking based on the number of citations of the median member of the department and ranking based on the citations of the 10% of the department that is most cited. BU’s department is ranked #14 in the US on both.
Earth & Environment
In collaboration with Professor Ranga Myneni’s PhD students Taejin Park and Chi Chen, visiting scholar Dr. Kai Yan from Beijing Normal University and Mr. Baodong Xu from the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Beijing, published three articles on the physics and implementation of LAI/FPAR algorithm for the NASA's Suomi VIIRS sensor and an evaluation of the derived product.
History
Professors Brooke Blower and Sarah Phillips are pleased to announce the first issue of Modern American History (MAH). As founding executive editors, Blower and Phillips have been working for two years to launch this new journal with Cambridge University Press, which showcases top-quality emerging research on the history of the United States since the 1890s. Establishing a long-overdue meeting place for scholars working in this vibrant and expansive field, MAH aims to stimulate debate, make meaningful connections between subspecialities, and advance understanding about an era of continuing impact. History graduate students Cari Babitzke and Andrew Bell have also helped bring MAH to publication as the journal’s inaugural editorial assistants. A second issue will appear in print this summer.
Mathematics & Statistics
Associate Professor Margaret Beck has been awarded the inaugural AMS Joan and Joseph Birman Fellowship for Women Scholars for the 2018–2019 academic year in recognition of her exceptional research on stability problems in partial differential equations and spatially extended dynamical systems. She will use the fellowship, a stipend of US$50,000, toward a full-year sabbatical and to partially fund travel to visit the University of Sydney during 2019. The AMS is pleased to introduce this fellowship that gives exceptionally talented women extra research support during their mid-career years.
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