Academics

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.

Whether she is hiking trails across the state in her spare time or helping students navigate the college experience, Jackie Gutierrez understands that you have to find the right path.

A journey may start with a single step, but an international step requires a passport — and for Albion College students, that start is now a lot more accessible. 

The “Golden Age” of antibiotic discovery was between 1950 and 1970 but since then no new classes of antibiotics have been discovered.

At last count, there were roughly a bazillion podcasts in cyberspace, but you only need to look at a random handful to see that a lot of the content is, well, kind of unbelievable. And for English professor Ian MacInnes, that’s the point of “Real Fantastic Beasts.”

Nick Diamond, ’15, was a double major in French and Cell and Molecular Biology at Albion less than a decade ago. Now he’s a leading voice in the fight against Monkeypox.

Claire Nickerson, ’23, helps Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan ensure that its oceans of data are protected.

Albion accounting major Brandon Luttig, ’23, gains experience in Michigan’s Office of the Auditor General.