Faculty Achievements and Awards
The University of Toledo College of Arts and Letters is proud of its outstanding faculty members and their many, varied and stellar achievements. We've listed them here. This is a new page, so it lists only the most recent items. Check back. More will be added each month.
FROM 2024
MARCH 2024: Kim E. Nielsen (Disability Studies Program) published an edited volume of Helen Keller’s own words entitled, "Autobiographies and Other Writings" (New York: Library of American, 2024). The collection is being reviewed in the Times Literary Supplement, Sunday, Mar. 17.
MARCH 2024: Monita Mungo (Department of Sociology and Anthropology) is one of four contributing authors of "SOC 2024," published by McGraw Hill. The goal of "SOC 2024" is to inform, challenge, and empower students as they become intellectual thinkers and active agents of social change. This text facilitates the thought process by asking students to constantly apply what they know about the real world.
MARCH 2024: "Sister Eileen and Her Boyz, an HIV in the Rust Belt Story," a film by Holly Hey (Department of Theatre and Film) and Ally Day (Disability Studies Program) has been picked up for distribution by public television. Distribution began March 9. The film is available to PBS stations across the country, in parts of Canada, and throughout Puerto Rico. The Toledo Public Television affiliate, WGTE, will air it in June.
MARCH 2024: A poem by Barbara Miner (Department of Art), "My Body" is in the March edition of the Anacapa Review (AnacapaReview.com). Two of her paintings, "Russian Olive" and "closed bottle gentian-blue" were included in the nationally juried exhibition, "Pattern and Abstraction" currently online at the Rhode Island Watercolor Society. Since only 94 works total were accepted into the show, it is significant that two of Miner's works were selected.
FEBRUARY 2024 David Lacy, a Ph.D. candidate in History, presented his research, “Using the Master’s Tools to Dismantle His House: Black Legal Culture During Slavery in Antebellum Virginia,” at the 32nd National Association of African American Studies Annual Conference, University of Texas at Austin.
FEBRUARY 2024: Rebecca Monteleone (Disability Studies Program) has been elected as the incoming chair for the IEEE Neuroethics Framework. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is the largest technical professional organization in the world, serving over 409,000 members in 160 countries through the production of academic publications, conferences, standards, and guidelines for engineers across all disciplines and fields.
FEBRUARY 2024 Shahna Arps (Department of Sociology and Anthropology) published an article with three students (K.M. Noviski, L. Tucker and A. Tutwiler) in Advances in Health Sciences Education. The article, entitled “Medical Students Motivations for Participating in an Elective Focused on Social Inequities and Health Disparities," examines student reasons for pursuing elective training focused on medical racism and system health inequities.
FEBRUARY 2023: Shingi Mavima (Department of History) has published his second novella, "The Leak," this month. The book was published by Carnelian Heart Publishing Ltd. Synopsis: Kuda, a young man from urban Zimbabwe in pursuit of greener pastures, embarks on a surreal path where he is confronted with familial conflict, disease, dashed hopes, love and camaraderie in the strangest of places, and death.
FEBRUARY 2023: Rebecca Monteleone (Disability Studies Program) has published two essays: "Complexity as Epistemic Oppression: Writing People with Intellectual Disabilities Back into Philosophy" in "Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, First View;" (January) and "Wearing Danger: Surveillance, Control and Quantified Healthism in American Medicine," in Balfour, L., "Femtech: Intersectional Interventions in Women’s Digital Health."
JANUARY 2024: Sharon Barnes (Women's and Gender Studies) has been appointed to the City of Toledo's CEDAW/Gender Equity Commission as a commissioner, also serving as the secretary of the executive committee. CEDAW is the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Barnes, along with fellow faculty member Abdel Halim, was one of the people who helped organize the local commission, which launched in August of 2023. Almost every country in the world (minus the U.S., Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Nauru, Palau, and Tonga) has signed the convention since its inception in 1979. Because the U.S. refuses to sign, people around the country have organized “Cities 4 CEDAW” campaigns.
JANUARY 2024: Melinda Reichelt (Department of English Language and Literature) published a chapter in "Nonnative English-Speaking Teachers of U.S. College Composition: Exploring Identities and Negotiating Difference," The WAC Clearinghouse; University Press of Colorado, 2024. This edited collection explores strategies for creating more inclusive writing programs.
FROM 2023
DECEMBER 2023: Three CAL graduate students, nominated by their advisors, were recognized in December by the University of Toledo's Graduate Council. The students are Kingsley Kanjin (M.A. Geography), Kennedy Lovell (M.A. English), and Michael Vang (Ph.D. Psychology).
DECEMBER 2023: Xianlin Jin (Department of Communication) published a co-authored article entitled, “Trust, Perceived Usefulness, and Intentions to Adopt Robotic Health Advisors for Physical and Relational Health Issues,” in The Social Science Journal (Taylor & Francis Online).
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2023: Dan Hernandez, Shin Yeon Joen, Deborah Orloff, Arturo Rodriguez,
and Barry Whittaker (Department of Art) have artwork on display in The Express Partners
Faculty Art Show. This group show, happening now through Dec. 15, features work by
selected art faculty from UToledo as well as from Owens and the University of Findlay.
The exhibition is on view at the Walter E. Terhune Art Gallery at Owens Community
College.
NOVEMBER 2023: UToledo music faculty member, David Jex, composed the music for a new
ballet by Nigel Bourgoine, artistic director of Ballet Theatre of Toledo. "A Night
Before Christmas at the Museum" premiered in November at the Valentine Theatre. The
story follows a little girl who spends an evening in the Toledo Museum of Art as Edgar
Degas's statue of "Little Dancer" springs to life, bringing to life also a number
of other famous works. Jex and Bourgoine have collaborated on several other past ballets
including, "Little Mermaid," "The Great Pancake Escape," "Beauty and the Beast," and
"The Ugly Duckling."
OCTOBER 2023: Anthony Edgington, Tyler Branson and Michelle Davidson (Department of English Language and Literature) spoke at the 2023 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Convention, "Conexiones." They presented a discussion entitled "Connecting First-Year Writers to the Campus Community: The Showcase of Student Writing at the University of Toledo." The showcase is a two-day “celebration of writing,” where first-year students share their research projects with the campus community in visual and new media genres.
OCTOBER 2023: Melissa Baltus Zych (Department of Sociology and Anthropology) received the Southeast Archaeological Conference's SEAC Rising Scholar Award.
OCTOBER 2023: Kim Nielsen (Disability Studies) won the William Best Hesseltine Award for Best Wisconsin Magazine of History Article of the Year for 2022. The article is: "Ott v. Ott: Family Violence, Divorce, and Women’s Agency in Nineteenth-Century Wisconsin." Published in the Wisconsin Magazine of History, Winter 2022 edition.
OCTOBER 2023: Anthony Edgington (Department of English Language and Literature) received the 2023 John Hollow Award from the College English Association of Ohio for his "outstanding, long-term service to the organization."
OCTOBER 2023: Renee Heberle (Law and Social Thought Program) helped spearhead the
successful effort to win a Spark grant from the Ohio Humanities Council for People
for Change, the Inside-Out Alumni organization. Members of People for Change include
alumni of Inside-Out classes. UToledo students and incarcerated students make up the
membership of People for Change. To see their work, visit the Inside-Out website.
OCTOBER 2023: Suzanne Smith (Department of English Language and Literature) received
the University Women's Commission Alice H. Skeens Award for "exceptional contributions
and achievements to UT, involvement and support in the UT community, active support
of women, and longevity."
OCTOBER 2023: Barry Jackisch (Department of History) presented a paper entitled "Rebuilding a 'Green' City in the Rubble: Conceptions of Urban Nature in the Reconstruction of East and West Berlin" at the conference Urban Narratives: Reconstructing and Re-Branding European Cities from the 20th Century until Present Day at the Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe in Marburg, Germany.
OCTOBER 2023: Rebecca Monteleone (Disability Studies) developed and facilitated a conference in Washington D.C. as part of the Plain Truth Project. The Plain Truth Project is a collaboration between journalists, researchers, and self-advocates with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The event brought together about 40 attendees, including self-advocates with intellectual and developmental disabilities, journalists, and representatives from disability organizations, including the National Down Syndrome Congress and the National Center for Disability and Journalism. (October 2023)
OCTOBER 2023: Under the leadership of Disability Studies faculty member Rebecca Monteleone, the Disability Studies Program and the Department of Theatre and Film collaborated with OpenSpot Theatre to present an original production created by actors and facilitators. OpenSpot is a Michigan-based program that provides theatre training and opportunities for actors with developmental disabilities. The October performance was the culmination of a 6-week training session with 22 actors with disabilities (several of whom are UToledo students in the Toledo Transition [T2] Program). Several UToledo theatre students served as on-stage support.
OCTOBER 2023: Four members of The University of Toledo faculty and staff and seven alumni were named to the 20 Under 40 list, an annual recognition of 20 distinguished community leaders from northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan who are younger than 40 years old. Awardees affiliated with the College of Arts and Letters included faculty member Joey Kim (Department of English Language and Literature) and CAL alumni Allison Fiscus (Art/Art History '09) and David Potts (History '07).
OCTOBER 2023: Peter Feldmeier (Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies) received the 2023 Streng Book Award for his book, "Experiments in Buddhist-Christian Encounter: From Buddha-Nature to Divine Nature." The Streng book award is given for excellence in Buddhist-Christian studies by The Society for Buddhist-Christian studies. "It is wonderful to see this work recognized," remarked Dr. John Sarnecki, the Chair of Philosophy and Religious Studies.
OCTOBER 2023: Jeanne Kusina (Department of Women's and Gender Studies) has been named a 2023 Donald H. Wulff Diversity Fellow by the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education. In awarding the fellowship, the committee noted that Kusina "demonstrated potential for innovation and excellence in DEI-related work.
OCTOBER 2023: Dan Hammel (Department of Geography and Planning) has accepted the position of acting vice provost for graduate affairs at UToledo.
OCTOBER 2023: Steinway & Sons named Michael Boyd (Department of Music) to its Music Teacher Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Queens, NY. The prestigious honor is presented every two years to talented music educators from the U.S. and Canada "who foster passion, creativity, and discipline in the next generation of piano artists." Dr. Boyd is also a Steinway Artist.
This honor arrives on the heels of the UToledo Department of Music attaining the coveted recognition of becoming an All-Steinway School - a tremendous achievement for the University of Toledo that Dr. Boyd has guided for the past 20 years. The result of that designation was a celebratory concert at Steinway Hall in New York, NY last spring that featured Dr. Boyd, current UToledo piano students, and alumni.
FALL 2023: Jim Ferris (Disability Studies Program) co-edited the recently published "Palgrave Handbook of Disability and Communication," examining the interconnection between disability and the discourse that makes it meaningful.
SEPTEMBER 2023: Mysoon Rizk (Department of Art) presented a lecture at the close of the exhibition "Friends, Neighbors & Distant Comrades: Selections from the Moore Collection of ’80s NYC Art" at the Frederick Layton Gallery in Milwaukee, WI.
SEPTEMBER 2023: Eric Zeigler (Department of Art) had an essay published by the Dark Mountain Project. He co-authored the work with fellow photographer Aaron M. Ellison. In the essay, "After the Fire," the pair document their travels to Nevada's Great Basin. According to the Dark Mountain Project website, they sought "to gain a deep time perception into the effects of fire on the natural world. Crossing fire-scarred lowlands and snow-shrouded passes, they contemplate how photographic processes old and new might grant us access to the perspectives of birds, insects, and ancient trees."
SEPTEMBER 2023: Dan Compora (Department of English Language and Literature) published a journal article, "Michigan's Monsters" in Contemporary Legend, and a book chapter, "Nowhere Is Safe: Suburban Terror in 'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' 'Shocker,' and 'Scream,'" in "A Critical Companion to Wes Craven" (Rowman and Littlefield). https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666919073/A-Critical-Companion-to-Wes-Craven
SEPTEMBER 2023: Andrew Mattison (Department of English Language and Literature) published a journal article, "Shakespeare, Steevens, and the Fleeting Moon: Glossing and Reading in Antony and Cleopatra," in Shakespeare Quarterly. https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/8/article/902095
"Resisting Anti-Asian Racism in Public-Facing Work and Teaching," a chapter by Joey Kim (Department of English Language and Literature) was published in "Scholars in Covid Times," edited by Melissa Castillo Planas and Deborah A. Castillo (Cornell University Press).
SEPTEMBER 2023: Dustin Pearson (Department of English Language and Literature) gave a reading at the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center.
SEPTEMBER 2023: Deborah Orloff (Department of Art) will be part of the Louisville Photo Biennial. Her work will be shown at the University of Louisville's Cressman Center for Visual Arts. The biennial encompasses more than 50 venues, working together to celebrate the medium and art of photography.
AUGUST 2023 Two assistant professors in the Department of English Language and Literature have recently published books with leading university presses. Joseph Gamble’s "Sex Lives: Intimate Infrastructures in Early Modernity" (University of Pennsylvania Press, August 2023) explores some of the most ordinary but least discussed elements of everyday life: intimate encounters and experiences as represented in great literature and casual writing alike.
Joey S. Kim’s "Romanticism and the Poetics of Orientation" (Edinburgh University Press, May 2023) treats lyric poems by William Blake, Lord Byron, Felicia Hemans, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and others in a startling new light, showing that the unstable conceptual relation between East and West pervades these works, pushing readers to think about familiar poems in entirely different ways.
MAY 2023 In the final official meeting of the 2022-23 Faculty Senate, three Senate committee chairs were recognized for their extraordinary leadership and service to The University of Toledo. They are Deborah Coulter-Harris and Anthony Edgington (Department of English Language and Literature), and Patrick Lawrence (Department of Geography and Planning).
SPRING 2023: Several CAL faculty received grants when The University of Toledo’s Office
of Research and Sponsored Programs announced its spring 2023 University Research Funding
Opportunities awards.
Melissa Baltus Zych (Department of Sociology and Anthropology) received a grant from the Archaeological
Research Fund for exploring the western edges of the Toledo area's long-lost Fort
Miamis.
The following faculty received Research Awards and Fellowships:
- Ayendy Bonifacio (Department of English) for Paratextuality in Anglophone and Hispanophone Poems (1855-1901).
- Daniel Compora (Department of English) for Talking Baseball: The Changing Role of Oral Traditions in America’s Pastime.
- Joseph Gamble (Department of English) for trans philologies.
- Clarissa Ong (Department of Psychology) for Examining Individual Networks in Context: How Does Responding Change Across Contexts?
- Parama Sarkar (Department of English) for Empire State of Mind: Colonial nostalgia, Orientalist fantasy, and the Crisis of National Identity in British cultural production (2000-2020).
SPRING 2023: Peter Feldmeier (Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies) published a book, "The Wisdom of the World’s Religions" (Orbis, December 2022). He also published an article, "Living Christ: A Spiritual Reading of the Gospels" (Liturgical Press, March 2023). Feldmeier also joined a research group with the Vatican’s Office of Interreligious Affairs.
MAY 2023: This month and next, Kim Mack (Department of English) will be on tour with her book “Living Colour’s Time’s Up,” a 152-page book published by Bloomsbury Academic for its prestigious 33 1/3 series examining seminal albums. Read more...
APRIL 2023: Suzanne Smith (Department of English) received the University Women's Commission Alice H. Skeens Award for "exceptional contributions and achievements to UT, involvement and support in the UT community, active support of women, and longevity."
APRIL 2023: Anthony Edgington (Department of English) received the 2023 John Hollow Award from the College English Association of Ohio for his "outstanding, long-term service to the organization."
APRIL 2023: Tyler Branson, Michelle Davidson and Anthony Edgington (Department of English) presented a roundtable entitled, "Building Community from Within: Showcase for Student Writing," at the College English Association of Ohio Spring Conference.
APRIL 2023: Andrew Mattison (Department of English) presented a paper titled "Dido's Mighty Line" at the Shakespeare Association of America Conference in Minneapolis.
APRIL 2023: Joey Gamble (Department of English) presented a paper, "Cassio's Wife: Sexual Infrastructures and Queer Biopoliticians", at the Shakespeare Association of America Conference in Minneapolis.
APRIL 2023: Dustin Pearson (Department of English) was invited to participate in the Toledo National Poetry Month Kick-Off and Arts Collaboration at the Hilton Garden Inn Toledo Downtown. Pearson also participated in a panel titled "Global Decadence, Race, the Futures of Decadence Studies: Creative Writing Panel" at a virtual conference of The Jefferson Scholars Foundation at the University of Virginia.
APRIL 2023: Daniel Compora (Department of English) presented a paper, "Stephen King’s and Peter Staub’s Mythmaking: Jack Sawyer as an American Hero," at the Popular Culture Association Annual Conference in New York.
APRIL 2023: Ayendy Bonifacio (Department of English) participated in a symposium, "Black: Here and Now," at the Center for Humanistic Inquiry Fellows Conference at Amherst College. Bonifacio also published a chapter, "Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda and Puerto Rico's Colonia Press," in Latina Histories and Cultures: Feminist Readings and Recoveries of Archival Knowledge (Arte Público Press, University of Houston, 2023).
APRIL 2023: Dr. Charles Beatty Medina (Department of History) published a chapter, "African Maroons and Native Peoples on the 'Atlantic' Borderlands of Colonial Quito," in "At the Heart of the Borderlands: Africans and Afro-Descendants on the Edges of Colonial Spanish America," edited by Cameron D. Jones and Jay T. Harrison. Published by University of New Mexico Press.
MARCH 2023: Eric Zeigler (Department of Art) had work included in the Landscape 2023 International Photography Exhibition, Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, Scotland.
FEBRUARY 2023: Dr. Shingi Mavima (Department of History) published an article "Africana Digital Pedagogy: Cultural Exchange, Learning, and Innovation" (Co-authored with Drs. Clarence George of California State University, Sacramento, and Ja’La Wourman of James Madison University) in the Journal of African American Studies. Vol 26.
JANUARY 2023: Dr. Michael Stauch presented a research paper, "Policing Wageless Life in Detroit’s Carceral Era," at the 136th annual meeting of the American Historical Association conference in Philadelphia this month. The AHA is historians’ flagship professional organization.
JANUARY 2023: Ayendy Bonifacio (Department of English) published an essay, "The Institutionalization of Anti-Haitianism in Dominican History and Education," with the North American Congress on Latin America. Bonifacio also gave a presentation on the "Future of Latinx Studies" for a symposium, "Intersections Between Latinx Studies and Latin American & Caribbean Studies," at Vanderbilt University.
JANUARY 2023: Two Department of English faculty participated in the Modern Language Association Annual Convention in San Francisco this month. Ayendy Bonifacio participated in a roundtable on "Print Culture Studies and Modern American Culture." Joey Kim delivered a paper on "William Blake's Queer Phenomenology" and, separately, participated in a roundtable on "Racial Justice Work in the Humanities: Public-Facing Scholars’ Projects, Lessons, Limitations, and Hope."
JANUARY 2023: A trio of CAL faculty are recipients of The Arts Commission’s Merit Awards for 2022. The awards recognize outstanding local literary, performing and visual artists. Deborah Orloff (Department of Art) received the award for Visual Arts, Photography; Ayendy Bonifacio (Department of English) received the award for Literary Arts; and Jordan Buschur (Department of Art) received the award for Visual Arts, Painting/Drawing.
From 2022
DECEMBER 2022: Dr. Shingi Mavima’s article, “Performing the Third Chimurenga: Popular Expressions of Nationalism in the Context of Land Reform in Zimbabwe,” was published in the December issue (Vol. 3, No. 1) of Moja: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Africana Studies.
DECEMBER 2022: Matt Foss (Department of Theatre and Film) recently returned to Montana Shakespeare in the Parks to direct his commissioned play, "Hamlet Sandwich," a 45-minute performance of accessible Shakespeare, for its Montana Shakes! school tour. Montana Shakes! brings interactive, original plays featuring scenes from Shakespeare to sixty elementary schools each spring. The plays are accompanied by theatrical workshops which introduce Shakespeare to young people in an engaging way.
DECEMBER 2022: Kim Nielsen (Disability Studies) published “Ott v. Ott - Family Violence, Divorce, and Women’s Agency in Nineteenth-Century Wisconsin,” in the Wisconsin Magazine of History (Winter 2022).
DECEMBER 2022: Rebecca Monteleone (Disability Studies) published, “Intellectual Disability and Epistemic Justice in Journalism: Reflections from a Pilot Project,” in the Canadian Journal of Disability Studies. Dr. Monteleone also provided a plain language translation of a recent article from the Center for Public Integrity called “Million-dollar question: How to find safe homes for those with complex needs,” by Amy Silverman. Senior editor for The Center for Public Integrity, Jennifer LaFleur, wrote an editorial on how and why the piece was published with additional accessibility features. In this editorial, she also quotes some of Monteleone’s academic research directly.
NOVEMBER 2022: Ben Stroud's (Department of English Language and Literature) story "The Stomp," previously published in Zoetrope, was noted in the list of "Other Distinguished Stories of 2021," in Best American Short Stories 2022.
NOVEMBER 2022: Ayendy Bonifacio (Department of English Language and Literature) appeared on an episode of the podcast "Academic Aunties," on an episode titled "Battling Toxic Productivity" that was inspired by Dr. Bonifacio's essay in Slate from October.
NOVEMBER 2022: Joey Gamble (Department of English Language and Literature) presented a paper, "Spenser's Trans Verse," at the Early Modern Trans Studies Conference at Bryn Mawr College.
NOVEMBER 2022: Christina Fitzgerald (Department of English Language and Literature) presented a paper, "Contrary Catastrophes in the York 'Flood' Play," at the American Society for Theatre Research conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.
NOVEMBER 2022: Kimberly Mack (Department of English Language and Literature) presented a paper, “Popular Music Criticism’s Fictions: The Black Presence in Rock Writing” at the Joint Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society, Society for Ethnomusicology, and Society for Music Theory in New Orleans, LA.
NOVEMBER 2022: Barry Whittaker (Department of Art) produced an experimental radio program which aired online through a sound organization in the Netherlands.
NOVEMBER 2022: Ruth Hottell, Professor Emerita of French and Chevalier de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques participated in a round table at the Colloquium "Rediscovering Françoise d'Eaubonne" at the University of Caen, France, and presented a discussion of translating Le féminisme ou la mort (Feminism or Death, How the Women's Movement Can Save the Planet). She also participated in the 12th Festival of Indian and Bollywood Cinema sponsored by the Université Paul Valéry in Montpellier, France.
OCTOBER 2022: Dr. Kim Gratz and Dr. Matthew Tull (Department of Psychology) published a paper in the October issue of World Psychiatry, the #1 psychiatric journal in the Social Sciences Citation Index. Their paper presents a clinically useful conceptualization of emotion regulation grounded in functional contextualism and evolutionary theory.
SUMMER 2022: Dr. Jami Taylor (Department of Political Science and Public Administration) co-authored an article which considers the growth of public surveys exploring variables shaping attitudes toward transgender people and policies. The article,"Transitioning Opinion? Assessing the Dynamics of Public Attitudes Toward Transgender Rights," appeared in Public Opinion Quarterly.
Dr. Rebecca Monteleone (Disability Studies) recently co-edited a collection of essays entitled, “Disability and Social Justice in Kenya: Scholars, Policymakers, and Activists in Conversation,” which was published by University of Michigan Press.
Dr. Jackie Layng (Department of Communication) had an article published in the AECT Interactions journal. The best-practices article underscores the importance of utilizing technology in college classes, whether the course is face-to-face or online.
Dr. Joey Kim (Department of English Language and Literature) published three poems, "An 'Oriental' Jane Doe," "Assimilation or," and "Occupied," in Singapore Unbound
Dr. Kimberly Mack (Department of English Language and Literature) published an essay, "It’s our version of 'Almost Famous’: Towards a Reimagined Canon of Rock Criticism,” in a collection of essays entitled "Lit-Rock: Literary Capital in Popular Music," edited by Ryan Hibbett, Bloomsbury Academic.
A poem by Dustin Pearson (Department of English Language and Literature), "A Season in Hell with Rimbaud," was featured in the widely read Poetry Daily at poems.com.He also gave poetry readings at Totem Books in Flint and at Prologue Bookshop in Columbus in September.
Deborah Orloff (Department of Art) presented a lecture in Budapest as part of an artist-in-residency. In addition, she and fellow photographer, Ruth Adams, have an exhibition titled, "Eroded Histories," on display at Mt. St. Joseph University in Cincinnati. The exhibit will run through Oct. 28.
Dr. Gaby Semaan (Department of World Languages and Cultures) presented "The Role of FM Radio Stations in Creating a Space for Civil Public Discourse during and following the Years of Civil War in Lebanon" at the Center for the Study of Muslim and Arab Worlds conference held at the University of Hawaii in March.
Dr. An Chung Cheng (Department of World Languages and Cultures) has also recently published two co-authored articles:
- "Acquisition of L3 Spanish combinations: development in multilingual contexts" was published in Porta Linguarum: Revista Interuniversitaria De Didáctica De Las Lenguas Extranjeras. The co-authors were Lu, Hui-Chuan Lu, Cheng, An Chung, & Yeh, Meng-Hsi.
- "西班牙語第三人稱受詞代名詞與指涉名詞此訊處理之眼動研究 [The input processing of Spanish object pronouns and the referents: An eye-movement study]" appeared in 外國語言研究 Languages and International Studies. The co-authors were Lai, Yi-Sin, Lu, Hui-Chuan, and Cheng, An Chung.
Dr. Friederike Emonds (Department of World Languages and Cultures) gave paper entitled, “Was macht die Fußballbraut am Sonntagnachmittag? Gender ideology in Robert Stemmle’s Das große Spiel (1942),” at the September 2022 international German Studies conference in Houston, Texas.
Dr. Edmund Lingan (Department of Theatre and Film) co-wrote and acted in "The Adventures of Cheeto and One-Eyed Booger," which was accepted to screen in the Houston Comedy Film Festival in August. The film initially premiered at the Louisiana Film Prize Festival in the fall of 2021.
Dr. Matt Foss (Department of Theatre and Film) and his team of students worked with Madhouse Creative to create a video about depression among college students and how to reach out and get help.
This summer, Dr. Andrew Rhodes (Department of Music) presented a competitively selected clinic session called, “Building Resilience: Exploring the Social-Emotional Benefits of Collegiate Athletic Bands” at the 2022 College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) Athletic Bands Symposium hosted at the University of Central Florida.
Dr. Ayendy Bonifacio (Department of English Language and Literature) was awarded the Equality and Excellence in Education Achiever Award by the Association for Equality and Excellence in Education.
Dr. Rebecca Monteleone (Disability Studies) received a "Special Recognition Award" from SALUT, Self-Advocates LUcas TolEdo. Dr. Monteleone was instrumental in the creation of the Adaptive Storytelling Workshop, where self-advocates learned how to find their voice and share their story.
Dr. Qun Wang (Department of Political Science and Public Administration) won the Gabriel G. Rudney Memorial Award for Outstanding Dissertation in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research presented by the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA). ARNOVA is the most prestigious nonprofit research association. This award is the highest honor for dissertations on nonprofit studies. Dr. Wang will accept the award at the ARNOVA annual conference in November.
Dan Hernandez and Barbara Miner (Department of Art) took first and second place at The 2022 IVLA Virtual Art Exhibition "Views and Visions: Connecting and Sharing the Visual," a juried international exhibition.
The short film, "Sons of Toledo," co-written and produced by Dr. Matt Foss (Department of Theatre and Film), continues to screen at national and international film festivals. It recently received top short film prizes from the Phoenix Film Festival and DC FilmFest, and screened in Norway, Canada and the U.S. this summer. It was also a semi-finalist for the American Black Film Festival’s HBO Short Film Award.
Dr. Kim E. Nielsen (Disability Studies) has been asked to sit on the Scholars Advisory Council for the National Women’s History Museum.
In a journal article, "Analysis of Worldwide Research on Craft Beer," Dr. Neil Reid (Department of Geography and Planning), was named the foremost global expert on economic impact studies of the craft brewery industry.
Michelle Davidson (Department of English) presented a working paper, "Positioning First-Year Students as Developing Scholars: Boosting Belonging, Connectedness and Self Efficacy" at the summer convening of Project for Education Research that Scales (PERTS).