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  1. Skillings, Lecturer in English, was one of six poets highlighted by the New York Times.

    Headshot of Emily Skillings alongside her book of poetry, "Tantrums in Air."
  2. The British Academy Book Prize honors outstanding non-fiction that combines rigorous research with engaging storytelling to deepen readers’ understanding of people, societies, and cultures worldwide.

    The UK cover of "The Burning Earth: A Story of Africa, America, and the Planet in Crisis," by Yale historian Sunil Amrith, sits alongside a clear, book-shaped award labeled "The British Academy Book Prize."
  3. The panel for the British Academy Book Prize called Amith's work a "magisterial account of the interconnections between human history and environmental transformation."

    Sunil Amrith and his book The Burning Earth: A History
  4. In the new episode of the YDS “Quadcast,” Todne Thomas, Associate Professor of Divinity and Religious Studies, discusses her research on a Tennessee church burning and the value of ethnographic study of religious life in America.

    Todne Thomas
  5. In a Q&A, Yale’s Moeko Fujii, Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies, discusses the Asian bodies of Hollywood film noir, the aesthetics of cryptid media, and her love of the Hanshin Tigers.

    Moeko Fujii
  6. Cooper, Associate Professor of Public Health and Economics, says the government is in “crunch time right now” and that families are facing pressure with rising prices overall.

    Zack Cooper (right) appears on ABC News in December 2025.
  7. In Q&A, Yale’s j. Siguru Wahutu, Assistant Professor of Sociology, discusses his research into media coverage of conflict and atrocities in Africa, his latest book project on tech companies, and the therapeutic value of household chores.

    j. Siguru Wahutu
  8. Dudley, Professor of Anthropology and American Studies, received the lifetime achievement award in honor of her outstanding contributions to the anthropological study of work.

    Kathryn Dudley
  9. Associate Professor of Public Health and Economics Zack Cooper wrote an opinion piece for the Times about the rising cost of health care spending and its impact on economic inequality in the United States.

    Zack Cooper (left) testifies to the Subcommittee on Oversight and the Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust on December 10, 2025 in Congress.
  10. In his new book, Associate Professor of History William Rankin explores how mapmaking shapes our view of the world — and proposes a set of values that can recognize a more robust story of human experience.

    William Rankin