A recent article by Channon S. Miller ’11, assistant professor of American Studies and history, “Drowning in a Dead River: The Mothers of Charter Oak Terrace and Urban Resistance to Ecological Catastrophe” (The Journal of African American History), was awarded the 2025 Letitia Woods Brown Article Prize for the Best Article in Black Women’s History from the historic Association of Black Women Historians.
The Letitia Woods Brown Article Prize is awarded annually by ABWH. The competition was open to all articles concerning Black women’s history in the United States and African Diaspora published between June 1, 2024, and May 31, 2025, including those written by members and non-members of ABWH. Winners were honored at the annual business meeting.
Miller is a Hartford-raised, interdisciplinary scholar of Black women’s interior and exterior lives. She received her undergraduate degree in American studies from Trinity College in 2011 and completed her doctorate at Boston University, also in American Studies, in 2017. She excavates stories about Black women, Black resistance, Black cultures, and Black diasporas of the recent past from geographies often hidden from view.
Christopher Swist, Trinity College lecturer in music and director of recording arts and chair of the Music Department, was the featured performer at a recent concert hosted by the New Britain Museum of American Art.
The 54th Annual North American Meeting of INS, “Neuropsychology in the Age of Innovation,” was held February 4-7, 2026, in Philadelphia.
Professor of History Scott Gac received a History and Legacies of American Slavery Grant from the Council of Independent Colleges for a project in collaboration with the Stowe Center for Literary Activism.
Per Sebastian Skardal, Marjorie V. and Robert W. Butcher Distinguished Professor of Applied Mathematics, was selected by the Talcott Mountain Research Institute (TMRI) as an inaugural Faculty Research Mentor for its 2026 Summer Program.
