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Liberal Arts Achievements: 2021-2022

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Spring/Summer 2022

Dr. Kristalyn Shefveland听won the Arthur W. Thompson Award from the Florida Historical Society (FHS) for her contributions to the special issue of the Florida Historical Quarterly (FHQ) journal titled, 鈥淚ndigenous Florida.鈥�

Named in honor of the late Arthur W. Thompson, longtime University of Florida history professor and former editor of the Florida Historical Quarterly, this award recognizes the most outstanding article appearing in FHQ during the preceding publication year. Dr. Shefveland won for her contribution, "Remembering an Indigenous South: Regional Identity, Vero Beach, and Settler Tourism"

Dr. Melissa Stacer鈥檚听research, 鈥淪tudent perceptions of corrections: The influence of media and correctional facility tours,鈥� has recently been accepted for publication by the听Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Dr. Stacer is a Professor of Criminal Justice Studies and the Director of the Criminal Justice Graduate Program. Her current study, forthcoming publication, culminates the research of her previous studies examining the impact of jail and prison tours on undergraduate students.

Dr. Stacer鈥檚 research began in 2013, with data collection from 2013-2015, and has resulted in 4 journal articles and 8 presentations. Two 91社区 students,听Ryan Eagleson听补苍诲听Lydia Moll, worked alongside Dr. Stacer on this research and were co-authors on all the articles and presentations.听Dr. Monica Solinas-Saunders听of IU-Northwest was also a co-author on all four articles. Dr. Stacer鈥檚 previously published research articles are titled 鈥淓xploring the utility of correctional facility tours in undergraduate criminal justice education鈥� (2017,听Journal of Criminal Justice Education), 鈥淣ew opportunities or closing doors? How correctional facility tours impact students鈥� thoughts about careers鈥� (2019,听Journal of Criminal Justice Education), and 鈥淭he impact of correctional facility tours on student perceptions and realizations of the correctional environment: A research note鈥� (2020,听Journal of Criminal Justice Education).

Dr. Gregory Blair, Assistant Professor of Art and Design, wrote an essay, 鈥淧alimpsests of Identities: Material Voices at the InLiquid Gallery,鈥� for the Material Voices Exhibition at the InLiquid Gallery in Philadelphia, PA, available from October 27 to December 4, 2021. Dr. Blair also presented his paper 鈥淯sing the Body in Contemporary Art Practices鈥� on the Embodiment and the Politics of Intervention panel at the Midwest Art History Society Annual Conference in Houston TX on March 10-11, 2022.

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Dr. Taylor Petty, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, presented at the American Psychology-Law Society conference in Denver, CO on March 17, 2022. Dr. Petty presented 鈥淭he Impact of Emotion Regulation in Child Sex Trafficking Cases.鈥�

Dr. Caroline Jalain, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, participated in a roundtable called 鈥淭he Future of Veterans鈥� Courts in the U.S.鈥� at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Conference on March 16, 2022. Dr. Jalain鈥檚 central area of study is Veteran Treatment Courts. Recently, Dr. Jalain and听Dr. Melissa Stacer, Professor of Criminal Justice Studies and Director of the Criminal Justice Graduate Program, have started a new project that will evaluate how Veteran Treatment Courts have responded and adapted to COVID-19.

Dr. Kathy Elpers, Professor of Social Work, has been nominated by听Dr. Elissa Mitchell, Associate Professor of Social Work and Director of Center for Social Justice Education, for the Celebration of Leadership (COL) award, presented by Leadership听Everyone at the 27^th听Annual Celebration of Leadership Event. Leadership Everyone is a non-profit organization committed to engaging, inspiring, and honoring diverse servant leaders to transform the community through vision, collaboration, volunteerism, engagement, and generosity. Dr. Elpers is being recognized for her 30 plus years as an educator, during which she has guided and mentored countless students.

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Meredith Hagerty, a double major in Communication Studies and Public Relations & Advertising, was recently awarded the Lois & Betsy Hamburg Scholarship for $5,000 from the Vanderburgh Community Foundation to further her studies here at 91社区.

In March 2022, the ETS Major Field Test assessed听91社区 Sociology seniors听on their student learning in sociology. This standardized test ranked 91社区 sociology seniors collectively at the听top 22%听of all test takers who tested in the United States between 2012-2021. One 91社区 sociology student even scored in the听top 1% of the nation.听

Bonnie Rinks, Director of Field Education in Social Work,听Summer Wilderman, Clinical Assistant Professor of Social Work, and听John Paulson, Associate Professor of Social Work, coauthored the article 鈥淩esponding to Behavioral Concerns in Field: A Team Approach鈥� and have been published in听The Field Editor, an online journal produced by the Simmons School of Social Work.

Dr. Kristin LaFollette, Assistant Professor of English, was recently asked to serve on the Board of Advisors at The Blood Project (TBP) by the Executive Director, a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. TBP is a platform which educates on the vital role of blood in health and disease, by building bridges between the humanities, science, and patient care. Additionally, Dr. LaFollette was asked to contribute creative work to the humanities section of TBP鈥檚 website and, in February 2022, they published seven of her original poems (collectively called 鈥淚ntern Year鈥�) about medicine and embodied experience.

To learn more about The Blood Project,听.

To view Dr. LaFollette鈥檚 collection of poems on the website,听.

Dr. Oana Popescu Sandu, Associate Professor of English and Chair of the English Department, and colleagues represented the 91社区 English Department by presenting鈥攂oth in person and virtually鈥攁t the Modern Language Association (MLA) Convention in Washington DC, the largest convention in the field of English, on January 6-9, 2022.

Dr. Oana Popescu Sandu听presented 鈥淢ore Languages, Fewer Borders: Translingual Poetry against Methodological Nationalism.鈥澨�Dr. Susana Hoeness-Krupsaw, Associate Professor of English, presented 鈥淭he Power of Visual Language in Duffy and Jennings鈥檚 Adaptations of Octavia Butler鈥檚 Kindred and Parable of the Sower鈥� and 鈥淭his above All, to Refuse to Be a Victim.鈥澨�Dr. Laura Soderberg, Assistant Professor of English, presented 鈥淩emaking Archives of Childhood: Surveillance, Documentation, and Memory in Native Children鈥檚 Literature.鈥澨�Dr. Amy Montz, Associate Professor of English, participated as a panelist in the session: 鈥淭ranslating Worlds: Gendered Code- and Role-Switching during COVID.鈥�

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Dr. Amy L. Montz, Associate Professor of English in 18th and 19th Century British Literature, recently was featured in an interview along with Dana E. Lawrence, titled听听The interview was published December 31, 2021 in the "Study and Scrutiny: Research on Young Adult Literature," a peer-reviewed journal that focuses on the scholarship of young adult literature.

Conducted by Terri Suico, an associate professor of education at Saint Mary's College, the interview discusses adaptation of young adult literature and research that Montz and Lawrence have done on the subject.

The College of Liberal Arts hosted their annual Spring Meeting in January 2022, continuing our tradition of听听who have gone above and beyond in their service to the College.

We are proud to announce the following:

• Dr. Urska Dobersek,听Assistant Professor of Psychology, received the Outstanding Research and Creativity Award
• Dr. Cacee Hoyer,听Assistant Professor of History, received the Outstanding Teaching Award
• Dr. Wesley Durham,听Associate Professor of Communication Studies, received the Outstanding Service to the College of Liberal Arts Award
• Dr. Susannah Hoeness-Krupsaw Associate听Professor of English, received the Distinguished Faculty Award

Jenn Horn, Instructor in English,听delivered her commencement speech to the听2021 College of Nursing and Health Professions graduates and 2021 Pott College of Science, Engineering and Education听graduates. See the video听. Skip ahead to see Mrs. Horn at 45:35.

Dr. Silvia Rode听delivered her commencement speech to the听2021 Romain College of Business graduates and 2021 Liberal Arts graduates. in the third of four graduation ceremonies for fall 2021. See the video听. Skip ahead to see Dr. Rhode at 48:50.

Fall 2021

Home and Away: Lived Experience in Performative Narratives,听edited by听Dr. Leigh Anne Howard, was published听by Routledge.听By combining aesthetic expression and inquiry with critical听reflection, the听contributors听in this volume use a variety of听narrative strategies鈥攁utoethnography, mystoriography,听creative cartography, the lyric essay, fictocriticism, collage,听the screenplay, and poetics鈥攖o position place as the听starting point for the aesthetic impulse. The anthology听showcases the power and potential of performative writing听to illustrate the ways we interact with and in place; provides听examples of the ways one can express lived experience; and听demonstrates the ways discourses overlap while extending听our understanding of identity and place, whether one is听home or away. Although the chapters are fixed by their听literary form in this volume, many of chapters are best听realized in a performance or shared publicly via an oral听tradition.

Dr. Denise Lynn, Professor of History, Director of Gender Studies and Director of the Africana Studies Program, recently had her piece "" published in听The Washington Post. Lynn's piece was included in the "Made By History" section, a section dedicated to offering historians the opportunity to provide听"historical analyses to situate the events making headlines in their larger historical context."

Dr. Stephanie Young,听Associate Professor of Communication Studies, received the Undergraduate Mentor Award from the Kentucky Communication Association. This award is given for outstanding support of undergraduate scholarship and participation. It recognizes the important role faculty members play in supporting undergraduates鈥� academic, personal and professional growth through meaningful interactions related to academic advising, research and creative endeavors. Nominees will have a consistent record of successful outcomes with students such as advising student groups; coordinating presentations at professional conferences; including students in publications; and guidance for academic progress and admission to graduate/professional school, etc. Faculty members will also exemplify a high level of integrity and maintain active and continued mentorship as students move through their academic and professional careers.

Dr. Erin E. Gilles, Assistant Professor of Advertising & Public Relations, received the Harlan Hamm Award for Service to the Organization from the Kentucky Communication Association. Named for Harlan Hamm of Morehead State University, this award is given to a member with sustained service to KCA above and beyond what was expected of her or him.

Dr. Kristin LaFollette's听poem "[Portrait of a] Young Woman's Doppelg盲nger" was nominated for the Best of the Net Anthology by Rogue Agent.听

Dr. LaFollette's听co-edited collection Queer Approaches: Emotion, Expression, and Communication was released by听Information Age Publishing in Fall 2020.

Dr. Kristin LaFollette's听two scholarly articles that will be published during the Fall 2021 semester. 鈥淒ada and Surrealism听in the Composition Classroom: A Transgenre Approach to Basic Writing Pedagogy" is forthcoming in the听Journal of Basic Writing and "Constellating Arts-Based and Queer Approaches: Transgenre Composing听in/as Writing Studies Pedagogy" is forthcoming in the Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics.

Dr. Kristin LaFollette's听full-length poetry collection, Hematology, was selected as the winner of the 2021 Harbor Editions听Laureate Prize. The book will be published by Harbor Editions in November 2021.

Dr. Oana Armeanu, Chair of Political Science and Associate Professor of Political Science in the Political Science, Public Administration and Philosophy Department, participated in the international conference "," hosted by the Danubius University in Galati, Romania with a group of 91社区 students in September 2021.

John Sibley Williams鈥檚 poem 鈥淭he Dead Just Need to be Seen. Not Forgiven.鈥� (originally published in the fall 2019 issue of听Southern Indiana Review) has been selected for the prestigious annual听Best American Poetry听anthology. "The 2021 edition of the leading collection of contemporary American poetry is guest edited by the former US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith, providing renewed proof that this is 鈥渁 鈥榖est鈥� anthology that really lives up to its title鈥� (Chicago Tribune).

Dr. Sally Vogl-Bauer鈥檚听Communicating Ethically in Our Everyday Lives听was published in July.听Communicating Ethically in Our Everyday Lives听provides readers with opportunities to pause and reflect on what it means to engage in ethical communication with others. It defines and explains the relationship between ethics, ethical communication, and ethical interpersonal communication and ultimately helps the reader to identify ethical interpersonal communication in people鈥檚 verbal and nonverbal messages. Published by Kendall Hunt Publishing.

The second scholarly book,听Rhetorical Narratology听(University of Nebraska Press, 1999) by听Michael Kearns,听Professor Emeritus of English,听is being听translated into Chinese for a new series in narrative theory, to be published by Shanghai Foreign听Language Education Press. The translator, Huaiyu Luo, will also be publishing an interview with Kearns about the book; in a Chinese journal, the title of which translates into English as Narrative Studies.

Dr. Kristin LaFollette, Assistant Professor of听,听was selected as the winner of the Harbor Editions Laureate Prize. Her full-length poetry manuscript,听Hematology, was听chosen by Missouri Poet Laureate, Karen Craigo. The prize includes publication of her manuscript by Harbor Editions.听As a collection,听Hematology听is at the intersection of medicine and the humanities. With a focus on bodies, genetics, and trauma, the poems outline family relationships and experiences with illness, recovery, and grief.

"In this collection, there is close attention to the literal body and its blood鈥攕o much blood, plus bone and flesh and bruise and nerve and spine. Right alongside it, though, is the figurative body, which can 'glide like songs from a mouth,' or which is 'honeycomb / & milkweed, then a stack of white plates / with blue borders.' This is a lush, embodied collection with the capacity to surprise and astonish readers. I'm excited to recommend it." - Karen Craigo, MO Poet Laureate

Dr. Laura Soderberg, Assistant Professor of听, has a forthcoming book,听Vicious Infants: Dangerous Childhoods in Antebellum U.S. Literature.

Vicious Infants听offers a counterhistory of literary childhood as both perceived social threat and site of resistance, revealing that many children were not only cut off from family and society, they were also preemptively excluded from the rewards of citizenship and adulthood. Turning to prison documents, medical journals, overlooked periodical fiction, and literary works from William Apess, Harriet Wilson, Herman Melville, Susan Paul, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, Laura Soderberg recovers alternate narratives of childhood and provides an important window into the cultural links between race, reproduction, and childhood in the antebellum period.

The book can be purchased from the University of Massachusetts Press听.