Accomplishments: College of Liberal Arts
Cassaundra Rodriguez (Sociology) was interviewed about her latest publication, “The Affective Bargain: How the Latino Children of Immigrants Create Joy, Love, and Pride Through Mariachi.”
Cheryl Abbate's (Philosophy) paper, "'Higher' and 'Lower' Political Animals: A Critical Analysis of Aristotle’s Account of the Political Animal," was re-published in Animal History: History as If Animals Mattered, edited by Andrew Linzey and Clair Linzey.
Teddy Uldricks (History) gave an extensive interview on China's role in WW II that was published in the Chinese newspaper, THE PAPER (in Mandarin). Another interview on Western views of China's wartime experience was published in the magazine of the Social Sciences in China Press.
For the second consecutive year, Kathy Callahan and Kirsten Barnstorf-DeBord (World Languages and Cultures) received a grant from the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Washington, D.C., for its “Germany on Campus” initiative. This year's program explores the theme “Boost Your Career with German,” Sept. 29-Oct. 3. Events include a…
Professor Karen Harry and Liam Frink’s (both Anthropology) collaborative Alaskan pottery study was recently highlighted on the Decoder Ring podcast (segment from 22:30–35:30). The episode grew out of publicity from The New York Times-bestselling author Sam Kean’s book Dinner with King Tut, which profiled their work alongside that of anthropology…
Fatima Suarez (Sociology) published a paper in Men and Masculinities titled, "Latino Fathers' Hybrid Marginalized Masculinities."
Deborah Arteaga (World Languages and Cultures) published a book chapter (with Julia Herschensohn), "Methods and Approaches in Plurilingual Research," n the volume Acquisition of French as a Second Language, edited by Martin Howard (Routledge).
Deborah Arteaga (World Languages and Cultures) presented a conference paper (with Julia Herschensohn), "Methods and Approaches and Use of an L3/Ln: Psycholinguistic, Linguistic, and Didactive Perspectives," at the conference, Acquisition, Processing, and Use of an L3/Ln: Psycholinguistic, Linguistic, and Didactive Perspectives, at…
Douglas Unger (English) published an excerpt from chapter two of his book of craft essays in progress, Geometries of Fiction, in the Craft of Writing series of "The Literary Hub", titled: "Douglas Unger on Why You Write."
Assistant professor David J. Morris (English) appeared on the NPR/KJZZ program "The Show" to describe his experiences growing up as an evangelical Christian in conjunction with the release of his essay, "Adventures in Jesusland", in The Believer magazine.
Hoor Ul Ain, Jaelin Isquith, and Kara Christensen Pacella (all Psychology) published "Sensitivity and specificity of self-diagnosis of eating disorders in university students with and without food insecurity" in Eating Behaviors. Graduate student Hoor Ul Ain led this analysis, which found that students with food insecurity were similar to students…
Robert Futrell (Sociology) recently published a co-authored chapter, "A Constellation Framework for White Supremacy," in Right-Wing Movements in North America and Europe: Media, Identity, and Parties (Routledge). The chapter offers a more complex, nuanced, and useful conceptual approach to understanding the expansion and normalization of…