Accomplishments: College of Liberal Arts
Jennifer J. Reed (Sociology) was featured in an Earth Day story and photo essay about performing symbolic marriage to the Earth ceremonies, The Ecosexual Movement Is Attracting New People to Environmentalism. Her dissertation research examines the development of the ecosexual movement, including use of the tactic of human wedding ceremonies鈥
Camisha Fagan (Sociology and English) was inducted into 黑料网鈥檚 Hall of Fame at the Rebel Awards 2019. She is an undergraduate student.
Maurice Finocchiaro (Philosophy) had one of his essays translated into French and published in the current issue of Revue des Questions Scientifiques. This is a Belgian journal published at the Universit茅 de Namur by the Soci茅t茅 Scientifique de Bruxelles. Originally titled 鈥淭he Trial of Galileo: Facts and Issues, Then and Now,鈥 the French title of鈥
William Bauer (History and American Indian Alliance) presented the paper "American Indian Freedom, Sovereignty and United States Capitalism," at the 40th annual American Indian Workshop in Poznan, Poland, earlier this month. He discussed how ideas regarding freedom and sovereignty supported the federal Indian policy of allotment and continue to be鈥
Jennifer J. Reed (Sociology) was quoted in an article in Playboy, "Ecosexuals Show the Planet Some Love on Earth Day." A doctoral candidate, Reed currently is completing her dissertation research examining how the ecosexual movement negotiates intersectionality.
Michael J. Alarid (History) had his article "Beyond Banditry: The Significance of Everyday Larceny in New Mexican Social History, 1837-65" published in The Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 50, Issue 2, Summer 2019. This article focuses on larceny in New Mexico and argues that petty larceny is a long-overlooked crime that has the鈥
Peter Gray (Anthropology) and colleagues Justin Garcia and Amanda Gesselman of the gender studies and Kinsey Institute at Indiana University, published "Age-related patterns in sexual behaviors and attitudes among single U.S. adults: An evolutionary approach" in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences. The study draws upon a large sample鈥
Nicole Espinosa (Interdisciplinary, Ethnic, and Gender Studies), Amber Williams (Psychology), and Erika Abad (Interdisciplinary, Ethnic, and Gender Studies) presented during ClexaCon's first Academic Lab earlier this month. Espinosa, a gender and sexuality studies student and 2017-18 McNair Scholar, and Williams, a master's student, presented鈥
Chelsea Heinbach, Brittany Paloma Fiedler, Francesca Marineo, Rosan Mitola, Cory Lampert, Marina Georgieva, Maggie Farrell, Starr Hoffman, Samantha Godbey (all Libraries), Melissa Bowles-Terry (Libraries & Faculty Center), and Kaitlin Clinnin (English) all presented at the Association of College and Research Libraries 2019 Conference in鈥
Jennifer J. Reed (Sociology) was interviewed for an article in the Washington Post for Earth Day titled, "'How Ecosexual Are You?': Why Some Prefer Lover Earth to Mother Earth." Reed discussed her dissertation research on the growing ecosexual movement鈥 combining issues related to the environment and sexuality 鈥 as an example of an鈥
Ranita Ray (sociology) was awarded a National Academy of Education's 2019 NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship. The Spencer Foundation funds this fellowship through academy to "encourage outstanding researchers at the postdoctoral level ... to pursue critical education research projects." Ray's award was one of only 30鈥
Toni Repetti (Hospitality), Philip Rushe (English), Dale Melgaard (Film), Tyler Maatallah (Urban Studies), and Ashamii Henderson (Psychology) served as panelists at the 2019 Office of Online Education's Lessons Learned Lunch last month. The panelists shared their experiences as online teachers and learners with faculty who will be developing and鈥