Albert Park, the Bank of America Associate Professor of Pacific Basin Studies and Associate Dean of the Faculty for Research, presented the 2026 Manson Freeman Lecture at Wesleyan University’s College of East Asian Studies. His talk, “Reimagining Environmentalism in the Age of Authoritarianism: Historical Reflections on the Drives for Vernacular Ecology in South Korea for the Present,” explored different pathways for environmentalism.
Stephanie Muravchik, Senior Lecturer of Government and Associate Faculty Director of the Kravis Lab for Civic Leadership, published The Republican Civil War: What Liz Cheney’s Wyoming Tells Us About a Divided American Right (Oxford University Press, 2026), co-authored with CMC Professor of Government Jon Shields.
James Kreines, the Edward S.
Manfred Keil, Associate Professor of Economics and the Associate Director of the Lowe Institute of Political Economy, was appointed to the Council of Economic Advisors for the California State Controller’s Office. In this role, Keil will help advise State Controller Malia Cohen on economic policy issues, such as the proposed California Wealth Tax on billionaires, and work with fellow councilmembers to formulate responses on a variety of economic issues facing the state.
Gaston Espinosa, the Arthur V.
Yong Kim, the Henry Crown Visiting Associate Professor in the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance, was awarded a Faculty Fellowship from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation to execute his proposal, “Analyzing Divergent Impacts of Los Angeles Housing Policy on Rents vs. House Prices.” Kim’s research will analyze how Los Angeles housing policies, like rent control and upzoning, create divergent price impacts on rent versus house prices.
Michael Fortner, the Pamela B. Gann Associate Professor of Government and George R.
