Faculty Focus-June 17, 2025
Faculty members put their knowledge into action so students and others are able to benefit from it. Recently, faculty earned prestigious grants, attended celebrated festivals, and published impactful books.
Mathematics Faculty
Professor of Mathematics Patti Frazer Lock, Rutherford Professor of Mathematics Daniel Look, and Associate Professor of Psychology Megan Carpenter all received the Math Association of America's Tensor Women and Mathematics Grant for the second year in a row.
The grant will allow for the continuation of the Math and Everything Program, which is a daylong event during which young women in high school from across the North Country come to St. Lawrence’s campus to learn about the intersections of math with a multitude of other disciplines.
The event involves dozens of faculty from across campus who volunteer their expertise on how math is involved in their unique disciplinary perspectives. The first Math and Everything Program took place last September and was extremely successful, with over 200 attendees. Faculty are looking to replicate the event again this fall, with even more interdisciplinary offerings. The Tensor Women and Mathematics Grant will be used to bring this fantastic event to fruition.
Anna Fahr
Assistant Professor of Digital Media and Film Anna Fahr recently attended the Cannes Film Festival as part of the Producer's Network, a delegation of international producers who have produced a feature film within the last four years.
Fahr’s debut narrative feature, “Valley of Exile,” was also featured in the Marché du Film, the official film market of the festival and one of the largest and most important film markets in the world.
"Valley of Exile" is represented by LA based sales agent, House of Film, and has screened in over 20 international festivals on six continents, winning nine awards. While at Cannes, Fahr met with producers, sales agents and distributors to discuss various projects in development as well as distribution opportunities for "Valley of Exile."
Caroline Breashears
Professor of English Caroline Breashears recently published a new interdisciplinary book, “The Practical Morality of Life: Adam Smith, George Anne Bellamy, and the Theatre” (Edinburgh University Press, 2025).
In the book, Breashears examines how Adam Smith's work illuminates the moral and rhetorical strategies of an eighteenth-century actress, George Anne Bellamy, and how her memoir, which Smith owned, provides a valuable context for his writing about the theatre in “The Wealth of Nations” and his final revisions to his “Theory of Moral Sentiments.”
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