Liberal Arts Achievements: 2017
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Dr. Mustafa Oz, instructor of communications, had a paper, 鈥淭witter versus Facebook: Comparing incivility, impoliteness, and deliberative attributes" published at the听New Media & Society Journal. The article is available听.
Dr. Andrew Buck, associate professor of sociology and chair of the Department of Sociology, had his article, 鈥淭he Corporate Networks and Symbolic Capital of British Business Leaders," published in听Sociological Perspectives.听
Dr. Melissa Stacer听补苍诲听Dr. Melinda Roberts听recently had their paper "'Reversing the trend': The role of mentoring in offender reentry" accepted for publication at the听Journal of Offender Rehabilitation.
Dr. Casey Pycior鈥檚听产辞辞办,听The Spoils, appears on this year's听35 Over 35 List. A summary of his book is available听.
Southern Indiana Review Press听辫耻产濒颈肠补迟颈辞苍,听Into the Cyclorama听by Annie Kim, was named one of year's best independently published books of poetry by听Kirkus Review. Kim was the winner of听Southern Indiana Review鈥檚听2015 Michael Waters Poetry Prize for this book.听Ron Mitchell, instructor in English is the editor of听
Dr. Tamara Hunt, professor of history and director of the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program, has an article "Servants, Masters and Seditious Libel in Eighteenth-Century England," published in听Book Historyvol. 20 (2017): 83-110.Book History听is the journal of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing.
Dr. Norma Rosas May茅n听will be presenting her paper, 鈥淎 Linguistic Analysis of the Afro-Mexican and Afro-Dominican Spanish鈥� (Un an谩lisis ling眉铆stico del espa帽ol afromexicano y afrodominicano) at the IX International Afro-American Colloquium in Mexico City. (December 2017)
Dr. Norma Rosas May茅n听will be a guest speaker at the Historic Synagogue Justo Sierra of Mexico City, the title of her speech is: 鈥淪ephardic Songs and Mourning Poetry of Northern Morocco鈥� (Cantos y poes铆a luctuosa sefard铆 del Norte de Marruecos). She will also perform 11 Sephardic songs. (December 2017)
Dr. Martin Koen听presented his work "Coming to Terms with Body-Worn Cameras: A Technological Frames Perspective" at the American Society of Criminology annual conference in Philadelphia, PA November 15-18.
Dr. Brooke Mathna, assistant professor of criminal justice, presented her research titled "An Empirical Analysis of Hirschi's Self-Control Theory (2004) and Its Measurements" at the American Society of Criminology annual conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (November 2017)
Dr.听Melissa Stacer,听associate professor of criminal justice, and Lydia Moll, senior criminal justice major, presented a paper at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The paper is titled "They are people like you and me: Student perceptions of inmates.鈥� The paper is co-authored with Dr. Monica Solinas-Saunders at Indiana University Northwest.
Dr. Tamara L. Hunt, professor of History, gave a presentation at the international conference "'Fake News!' An Historical Perspective," held at Newcastle University (U.K.) November 10-11, 2017. Her paper "Fake News, Commerce and Seditious Libel in early 18th-Century England" examined concerns about (and reactions to) reporting based on rumor, misleading statements, and outright lies. Political and commercial upheavals led to calls for more accuracy in the press, while the press fought back, asserting that the "Liberty of the Press" gave newspapers the right to print and comment upon stories that were widely believed, even if they turned out to be false.
Dr. Sukanya Gupta, associate professor of English, has been appointed as听, effective January 2, 2018.
Dr. Marthinus Koen,听assistant professor of听, presented a paper on body-worn cameras and police perceptions at the Western Association of Criminal Justice Conference. He teaches courses in research methods, statistics, victimology, and criminal justice technology. His research interests lie in social control, crime policy, police organizational change, and police technology. Most recently, he has completed his dissertation research on the implementation of body-worn cameras at a police organization. His research focused on how the adoption of body-worn cameras shaped key structures and practices and how officers belonging to different organizational groups made sense of the technology over time. (October 2017)
Dr. 听Wendy G Turner听had two pieces of artwork accepted at the Ohio Valley Art League鈥檚 7th Annual Art of Recycling juried exhibition:听The 79 Cent Epiphany听补苍诲听The Real Bad Monkey:听Lessons from Harambe.听
The 79 Cent Epiphany听was given the top award of the show, the Henderson Breakfast Lions Club Award of $500. The assemblage art piece is a visual representation of the discrepancy in pay between males and females in the United States.听The second work,听The Real Bad Monkey:听Lessons from Harambe听is a critical look at who is ultimately responsible for the damage done to captive animals.
Dr. Daniel Bauer, associate professor of anthropology, had his article, "From Plague to Profit: Chambira Weaving in Amazonian Peru," published in the Fall 2017, Volume 59, Number 2 edition of Expedition. Bauer conducts ethnographic research in Ecuador and Peru.
Dr. Melissa Stacer,听associate professor of criminal justice, recently had two manuscripts accepted for publication. The first is called 鈥淔ighting labor market discrimination with Ban the Box (BTB): Are there racial implications鈥� at听Sociology Compass. The second is called "Criminal thinking among men beginning a Batterer Intervention Program: The relevance of military background" at theJournal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma. Both articles were co-authored with Dr. Monica Solinas-Saunders from Indiana University Northwest. (October 2017)
Dr. Leigh Anne Howard听补苍诲听Dr. Erin Gilles听accompanied numerous students and alumni to the Kentucky Communication Conference, sponsored by the Kentucky Communication Association in Carrollton, Kentucky. Students and alumni presented work they completed in the听. Funding for the trip was made possible by the 91社区 Graduate Studies Research and Travel Award.
Students who presented:听Thawn Khai, Dilek Ocak, Shannon Hoehn, Mary Beth Reese, Ben Luttrull, Coralie Lowicki, Lorena Banquerizo-Gellibert and Serge Pre.
Alumni who presented:听Michelle Duran, Andrew Bolin, Theresa Ohning.
Dr. Wendy Turner听and听Dr. Veronica Huggins听presented their paper,听Standing in the Gap:Benefits of Cross-racial and Interracial Mentoring,听at the Seventeenth International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations: Urban Diversity and Economic Growth, 26-28 July 2017 at University of Toronto-Chestnut Conference Centre, Toronto, Canada. (September 2017)
Dr. James Dickerson听was recently elected President of the Vanderburgh County Community Corrections Board. He is serving a three-year term on this board. (September 2017)
Dr. Thomas听补苍诲听Mrs. Julie Bordelon听presented their paper,听A Distance Learning Model for Rural Native American Students to Access a Public Mainstream University,听at the 42nd National Institute on Social Work and Human Services in Rural Areas last July in Jackson, TN. (September 2017)