USD Magazine Fall 2012

AROUND THE PARK

Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Timothy Clark ’01 (left) and Juliana Maxim, an assis- tant professor in the department of Art, Architecture + Art History, recently received recognition for their stellar work.

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MARSHALL WILLIAMS

t may seem a long reach across the academic spectrum from modernist Eastern European architecture to organometallic chemical reactions, but Juliana Maxim and Timothy Clark, two young University of San Diego faculty members specializing in these disparate disciplines, share by Sandra Millers Younger I

Bucharest, 1947-1965 . Maxim credits USD College of Arts and Sciences Dean Mary Boyd and Provost Julie Sullivan with sup- porting her hiatus from teaching to implement the fellowship. Maxim’s book, an extension of her dissertation, explores the interplay between architectural

the distinction of having recently received prestigious awards for their scholarly work. Maxim, an assistant professor in the Department of Art, Architecture + Art History, is one of three recipients of the 2012 Fellowship for Postdoctoral Research in East European Studies

sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), a group dedicated to advancing the humanities. The $25,000 fellowship stipend will enable her to take a year- long sabbatical and complete her forthcoming book, The Socialist Life of Modern Architecture:

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