Law, king of all: Schmitt, Agamben, Pindar

Neo-eugenics: A Feminist Critique of Agamben

IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POVERTY POLICY, the welfare mother is exposed to harsh treatment that is designed to maintain her participation in the low-wage labor force and, arguably, to discipline wage labor as a whole by restricting the alternatives to wage earning. I would contend that she is also being subjected to an extraordinarily invasive form of sexual regulation, ranging from teen pregnan...

Profile of Johanna Schmitt.

Understanding and predicting the adaptive evolution of complex traits in variable natural environments are central problems in plant evolutionary biology that motivate much of Johanna Schmitt’s research. Her work, which integrates plant evolutionary ecology, physiological ecology, and ecological genomics, has made significant contributions toward understanding the genetic basis of ecologically ...

Benjamin, Agamben, and the Paradox of Translation

In his paper, "Benjamin, Agamben, and the Paradox of Translation," Paolo Bartoloni offers a theoretical discourse on translation that goes beyond the traditional precincts of linguistics and literary theory as well as the disciplines of cultural studies and postcolonial theory. Bartoloni argues that more recently, the discourse on translation has begun to incorporate epistemological concerns, d...

Minimizing Request Blo king in All-Opti al Rings

Paul Schmitt —research Statement

Ubiquitous, high-bandwidth Internet and cellular connectivity is no longer a goal, but an expectation for modern-day users. Such connectivity is heavily dependent on infrastructure that is both costly and slow to deploy. As data consumption and demand increase at rates akin to Moore’s Law, traditional infrastructure models begin to break down. In my thesis work, I have studied problems surround...