Arts & Sciences Faculty and Staff

Faculty Highlights

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  Chen Awarded

  Dan Chen, assistant professor of political science, received a 2023 Spring Centennial Center Research Grant from the American Political Science Association.

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  Bowie Awarded

  Jennifer Bowie, associate professor of political science, received the 2023 School of Arts & Sciences Outstanding Mentor Award. 

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  Simpson, Leopold, & Students Published

  Jeff Simpson, director of NMR and computational support, and Michael Leopold, Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Professor of Chemistry, and a team of undergraduates published a paper in ACS Applied Nano Materials on using functionalized gold nanoparticles to detect the neonicotinoid pesticides believed to be harming bee populations.

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  Barney Presented

  Timothy Barney, associate professor of rhetoric and communications studies, was a featured presenter at Mapping Armageddon 1945-2045, sponsored by the UK-based Living Maps Network, which gathers researchers, community activists, artists, and others around the idea of mapping for social change, public engagement, and critical debate.

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  Wigard Published

  Justin Wigard, post-doc research associate in rhetoric and communciations studies, published a review of Stephen Graham Jones' Don’t Fear the Reaper for Los Angeles Review of Books.

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  Stringfield Published

  Ravynn Stringfield, visiting assistant professor of media studies, published "A Duet with History: Lizzo and James Madison’s Crystal Flute" on Nursing Clio. 

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  Stringfield Interviewed

  Ravynn Stringfield, visiting assistant professor of media studies, was featured on BBC 4 Radio as a guest on a segment about princesses, specifically discussing about the dynamics of Afrofuturism and princesses in Black Panther.

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  Leopold, Simpson, & Students Published

  Michael Leopold, Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Professor of Chemistry, along with collaborator Jeff Simpson, director of NMR and computational support, and a team of undergraduates published a paper in ACS Applied Nano Materials on using functionalized gold nanoparticles to detect the neonicotinoid pesticides believed to be harming bee populations.

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  Barney Awarded

  Timothy Barney, associate professor of rhetoric and communications studies, was awarded the Past Officers’ Award from the Eastern Communication Association (ECA) for 2023, which recognizes an ECA member who has “contributed a significant body of research to the communication discipline and possesses a significant distinguished record of continuing service to ECA.”

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  Park Published

  Joonsuk Park, assistant professor of computer science, published the paper "Beyond Fact Verification: Comparing and Contrasting Claims on Contentious Issues" in the Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL).