Kathy Stuart, associate professor of history, delights in crime and deviance — her research specialty. Her research has inspired a period film, "The Devil’s Bath," based on her latest research and book, "Suicide by Proxy in Early Modern Germany: Crime, Sin and Salvation."

Kathryn Olmsted, a professor in the Department of History at UC Davis, has been named associate dean of the faculty in the social sciences in the College of Letters and Science. As associate dean, Olmsted will provide oversight of academic personnel and faculty affairs for all departments in the social sciences.