Achievements

Dan Pambianco

Journalism & Mass Communication

Dan Pambianco gave two presentations on Oct. 22 as part of the Bob Frederick Sport Leadership Lecture Series hosted by Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho.

Pambianco's morning lecture was titled "Sports Crisis Management," and in the afternoon he presented "Sports Communication: Mentoring the Next Generation."

Armeda Reitzel

Communication

Dr. Armeda Reitzel gave a paper presentation on “The Evolution of Neckwear: How a Piece of Cloth Speaks Volumes” at the 2015 Midwest Popular Culture Association Conference in Cincinnati on Oct. 3, 2015.

She also presented a co-authored paper with two of her Communication students, Diana Casteel and Kristine Cella, at the same conference on Oct. 2,2015. The title of that research paper was “Adventure vs. Domesticity: How Children’s Toys Promote Gender Roles.”

Paul Cummings

Music

Paul Cummings, Associate Professor of Music, had an article accepted for publication by the "Musical Quarterly," one of the premiere musicology journals published in the US. The 49-page article tells the story of the 1877 London Wagner Festival in which the Austro-Hungarian conductor Hans Richter made his debut in England. Publication is planned for spring, 2016.

Joshua J. Frye

Communication

Dr. Joshua Frye and Dr. Rebekah Fox (Texas State University at San Marcos) recently published "The Rhetorical Construction of Food Waste in US Public Discourse" in the interdisciplinary journal _Food Studies_, volume 5, issue 4. The article examines how the issue of food waste is being rhetorically framed by different sources and voices within the context of public communication in the United States.

Laurie Pinkert and Danielle Daniel

English

As part of the English 615 Writing for Change course offered in Spring 2015 and under the supervision of Dr. Laurie Pinkert, a grant proposal was written for the Eureka Rescue Mission and was selected.

With the approved funding the women and children's shelter will receive $3000 to purchase new mattresses!

Congratulations to Dr. Pinkert and to Danielle for their service learning work for the community.

Janelle Adsit

English

Janelle Adsit has been accepted to the Rensing Center's Summer 2016 Artist Residency. The award will support Dr. Adsit's development of a poetry book manuscript on the politics of apology.

Stephen Cunha

Geography

Geography Professor Stephen Cunha's critical book review of "The Future of Mountain Agriculture" appears in the Journal of Mountain Research & Development 35:2.

Leena Dallasheh

History

History Assistant Professor Leena Dallasheh had her article "Troubled Waters: Citizenship and Colonial Zionism in Nazareth" published in the International Journal of Middle East Studies. Focused on the contest over water management in Nazareth during early Israeli statehood (1948–56), it traces the negotiations between the city’s Palestinian residents and the Israeli state. A microcosm of Palestinians’ incorporation as undesired and marginalized citizens into a self-defined Jewish state, it shows how the struggle over a vital natural resource, where it is in short supply, was both a matter of fulfilling practical needs and a part of negotiating citizenship.

L. Rae Robison

Dance, Music & Theatre

On June 6, Rae Robison was invited, along with 14 other educators and professional designers, to serve as a panelist for Design Showcase West in Los Angeles hosted by the UCLA David C. Copley Center for Costume Design in Film & Television. Topics covered the state of design education in colleges and universities. Rae was invited by Deborah Nadoolman-Landis, UCLA professor and costume designer of the Indiana Jones films among others.

Dave Woody

Art + Film

Photographs by Art Department lecturer, Dave Woody, were recently featured in the New York Times as part of an article about post Katrina New Orlean's.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/23/magazine/why-new-orleans-black-reside…