Accomplishments: College of Liberal Arts
Kristen Phipps (History) recently presented at the Western History Association’s annual conference. The panel “Remembering the Civil War in the American West” explored the ways the Civil War is remembered and forgotten in the West.
Michelle Tusan's (History) "The Concentration Camp as Site of Refuge: The Rise of the Refugee Camp and the Great War in the Middle East", published in the Journal of Modern History, won the DeBenedetti Award for Outstanding Article in Peace History.
Cassaundra Rodriguez (Sociology) published a chapter titled, ‘“Between A Rock and A Hard Place’: Undocumented Immigrants and Mixed-Status Families Negotiating Migration Returns to Visit Ill and Dying Family Members.” This chapter is in the newest edition of Families as They Really Are edited by Virginia Rutter, Kristi Williams, and…
Cheryl Abbate (Philosophy) published a chapter titled, "The virtues and vices of germline editing research," in Biotech Animals in Research: Ethical and Regulatory Aspects (Routledge). Abbate's chapter explores some of the moral issues pertaining to the use of animals in germline editing research through a virtue ethics framework.
Jarret Keene (English) published a short story, "Dream Evil," in issue 5 of the international journal SHiFT: A Journal of Literary Oddities, published by Ringling College of Art and Design. On Oct. 17, he met with Ringling students, gave a luncheon talk on journalism and creative writing, and did a reading in the Alfred R. Goldstein Library…
Simon Gottschalk (Sociology) published a chapter titled, "Terminal Violence: Online Interactions and Infra-Humanization," in the edited volume People, Technology, and Social Organization: Interactionist Studies of Everyday Life (Routledge). The chapter uses vignettes of interactions with terminals and with people through terminals to denounce…
John Tuman (Political Science) coauthored a chapter with John Holmes, emeritus, Queens University, entitled, "The North American Auto Industry in Transition," which has accepted for publication in the edited book La IAM en la transición. The book will be published by the The Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the El Colegio de Sonora, Mexico.
Jennifer Byrnes and graduate students Taylor Flaherty, Liam Johnson, Katharine Woollen, Dayanira Lopez, Katherine Gaddis, SaMoura Horsley (all Anthropology), published an article titled, "Speaking of Sex: Critical Reflections for Forensic Anthropologists," in Humans. This essay outlines language and terminology…
University of New Mexico Press announced that they will release a second edition of Michael J. Alarid’s (History) book, Hispano Bastion: New Mexican Power in the Age of Manifest Destiny, 1837-1860. The hardcover version of Hispano Bastion was initially published in December 2022. This second edition will be printed in paperback, and is scheduled…
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) gave a virtual keynote address for the 6th Annual National Congress on Normal School Education held in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. Her address focused on strategies for supporting and understanding "children's philosophy" within the K-12 school system.
Heather Torgersen, DPP (Liberal Arts; Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement) was chosen as a member of Leadership Las Vegas' class of 2024. Leadership Las Vegas is a 10-month executive leadership program sponsored by the Vegas Chamber designed to expand knowledge in the community so that participants become more effective leaders and change…
Sheila Bock (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) published a chapter titled, "Beyond the Deliberate Infector: Emergent Categories of Infector Narratives during COVID-19," in the edited volume, Behind the Mask: Vernacular Culture in the Time of COVID (University Press of Colorado).