Faculty Stories

For Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies Dr. Dominick Quinney, building a better community is about removing barriers and leaning into the occasional uncomfortable conversation.

A recent trip to Ecuador by an Albion College delegation of faculty and staff will help broaden the international experience of students by establishing a new partner institution.

Albion College biology professor emeritus Jeffrey Carrier was recently named a Distinguished Fellow by the American Elasmobranch Society, or AES.

Albion College economics and management professor Vicki L. Baker has been recognized as one of the “Visionary Leaders in Education” by CIOLook.com magazine.

Dillery passed away May 24 in Battle Creek at the age of 94. There will be a memorial service for Dillery, and his wife, Marty, Saturday, July 8 at 2 p.m. at the Science Complex Atrium on the Albion College campus.

Philosophy professor emeritus Ralph Davis passed away Feb. 8 in Portland, OR at the age of 81. He is survived by Margaret, his wife of 55 years, two children and one grandchild.

Vicki Baker, professor of economics and management at Albion College, is considered an expert on helping faculty members figure out what’s next in their careers. When she is not teaching, she devotes much of her time helping others find their career advancement and leadership opportunities. She has written several books about the topic. Being named as an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow for 2023-24, she will now turn that focus on her own career.

What began as stargazing and watching the aurora borealis as a kid in rural Wisconsin has led her to the stratosphere of her discipline and her latest achievement — being elected as a 2022 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

It’s a story about New York City and its residents — but Albion College history professor Marcy Sacks was the expert who contributed to an article featured in the Feb. 15 edition of the New York Times. The article, “Before Lincoln Center, San Juan Hill was a Vibrant Black Community,” describes the predominantly Black and Hispanic neighborhood that was razed to build the Lincoln Center.

The last member of the ‘Holy Trinity’ is remembered for devotion to the well-being of students, colleagues and the greater community of Albion.