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Please see below for 2019 accomplishments in the following areas:
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Grants and Research
Gregory Lane听(economics) received a grant for $7,898 from Echo Mobile LLC听for his project 鈥淐an Online Marketplaces Reduce Barriers to Small Firm Growth.鈥澨Dec. 2019
Michael Brody听(environmental science) received a听grant for $22,500 from 猫咪社区app Councils for International Education听for his work on 鈥溍ㄟ渖缜鴄pp University and Ferghana State University Educational Partnership.鈥澨Dec. 2019
Adam McKay听(physics) received a grant for $83,841听(incrementally funded over the next three years for a total of $251,589) from NASA for his project "Establishing (OI) Observations as a Proxy for CO2 Production in Comets.鈥 Dec. 2019
Nathalie Japkowicz听(computer science) received a grant for $209,640 from the Department of Defense (DoD) and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency(DARPA) for the project "Lifelong Streaming Anomaly Detection.鈥 Dec. 2019
Catherine Stoodley (psychology) received a grant for $58,822 with a total expected funding of $180,048 over three years from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (funded by the Department of Defense) for her project "Biologic mechanisms and efficacy of cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation in ASD.鈥澨Dec. 2019
Michael Alonzo (environmental science) received a grant for $53,759 representing one year of funding with an expected total funding of $136,881 over three years from NASA-猫咪社区appFS Partnership to Advance Operational Forest Carbon Monitoring in Interior Alaska.听Dec. 2019
Christopher Petrella (Antiracist Research and Policy Center) received a grant for $150,000 from the Open Society Foundation(OSF)for his work with the Antiracist Research and Policy Center.听Nov. 2019
Demetrios Poulio听(physics) received a grant for $460,631 from NASA to continue work on project "Laser, Fiber, and Optical Technology". The new total awarded to date is $1,618,040.听Nov. 2019
Jessica Gephart听(environmental science) received a grant for $90,414 this represents incremental funding of a proposed three听year project with an听expected total award of $219,213 from Harvard University听(federal funding from National Science Foundation). This grant is听for her work on the project 鈥淐NH-L: Social-ecological traps and interactive dynamics of reef fisheries and human health.鈥澨Nov. 2019
Mieke Meurs (economics) received a grant for $200,000 from the Open Society Foundation (OSF) to support the organizational strengthening of the program for Gender Analysis of the Economy.听Nov. 2019
Alexander G. Zestos (Chemistry) received a $24,841 grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for his work on the Mechanisms of Amphetamine Abuse.听Nov. 2019
Fredrick Bruhweiler (physics) received a grant for $118,554, representing听partial funding for five year project totaling $894,654,听from NASA for his work听Developing Technologies for Instruments to Study High-Energy Processes in the Solar Atmosphere.听Nov. 2019
Nicole Angotti听(sociology) received a grant for $49,976 from George Washington University, DC CFAR (prime funding from NIH) for her research on "HIV after 50 in its Era as Chronic Condition in Rural South Africa.鈥澨Nov. 2019
Alexander Zestos听(chemistry) received a grant for $84,938 from Microprobes for Life Science Inc. (prime Sponsor NIH) for his work on "Multielectrode Arrays for Neurotransmitter Detection with Fast Scan Cyclic Voltammetry.鈥 Oct. 2019
Fredrick Bruhweiler听(physics) received a grant for $10,748 representing incremental funding of proposed 2 year project with an expected total award of $53,741听from Space Telescope Science Institute (STSci). This award is for his project 鈥淒own the Tube: A 21st Century Study of a Unique Stellar Jet.鈥 Oct 2019
Michael Robinson (math & stats) received a grant for $41,310 from BAE Systems for his project 鈥淰erifiable Automatic Language Analysis and Refactoring for INputs (VALARIN).鈥 This represents partial year 1 funding with the total funding expected to be $209,399.听Oct 2019
Karen Knee (environmental science) received a grant for $78,430 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) for her work on Investigating the role of groundwater in pollutant transport to Nu鈥檜uli Pala Lagoon, 猫咪社区app Samoa. Oct 2019
Naden Krogan (biology) received a grant for $97,764.72 from Rutgers University prime NSF for听research on 鈥淢apping and Functional Characterization of Cis-regulatory Module Variation in Plants.鈥 This funding represents year 1 of a 4 year project 鈥 totaling $401,816. Oct. 2019
Alexander Zestos (chemistry) received a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NINDS/NIMH) for his work on multielectrode arrays for neurotransmitter detection for $144,992.听Oct. 2019
Nancy Snider听(performing arts) received听an award for $15,000 from听The Marinus and Minna B. Koster Foundation, Inc. for听a Koster Foundation Summer Study Grant.听Sept. 2019
Kate Haulman (history)听has received听a grant for $25,000 from the听Smithsonian Institution for her project听鈥淚n Their Own Words: Audience-centric Metadata for Women鈥檚 History Objects.鈥澨Sept. 2019
Matthew Hartings (chemistry) received听a grant for听$17,020 from the听Parker Hannifin Corporation for the work on his听project regarding听Nitro Cold Brew.听Sept. 2019
Naden Krogan (biology)听received听a grant for听$390,993听from the National Insitute of Health (NIH) for the project听"Mechanisms Controlling Cellular Differentiation and Proliferation in a Plant Stem Cell Microenvironment."
Kim Blankenship (sociology) received听a grant for听$33,605 from George Washington University in order to support听her project, District of Columbia Center for AIDS Research (DC CFAR)Year 5.听Sept. 2019
Alexander G. Zestos (chemistry)听received听a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from 听the National Institute of Health, which will support his collaboration with a local company, Microprobes. This is the first SBIR grant that AU has ever received.听Sept. 2019
Philip Johnson听(physics) received听a grant for $105,910 (represents year 1 funding of proposed 4 year project - expected total award $443,088) from听NASA听for his work in IR High-Resolution Spectroscopic Studies in Astrobiology.听Sept. 2019
Philip Johnson (physics) received听additonal funding for $67,630 in addition to the original听$68,051 from NASA for the development of a modern planetary opacity database. The award total听is now $135,681.听听Sept. 2019
Douglas Fox (chemistry) received听a grant for听$6,176 from FiberLean Technologies听for the project "Nanocellulose听Migration from Food Coating." Aug. 2019听
Christopher Petrella (antiracist research and policy center)听received听a grant for $50,000 from Ford Foundation for his work "The Racial Reporting Guidebook.鈥澨Aug. 2019
Monica Jackson听(math & statistics)听received听a grant for $299,895 from听National Science Foundation (NSF) for her research听"ADVANCE AU: Assessing Gender and Racial Equity Among STEM Faculty.鈥 Aug. 2019
Alexander Zestos (chemistry) received听a grant for $50,000 from the National Science Founation (NSF) for his research听"I-Corps: Multielectrode Array Biosensor Development.鈥澨Aug. 2019
Nathan Larson (economics) received听a grant for $159,000 from the National Science Foundation听(NSF)听for his project听鈥淐ollaborative Research: Targeting Privacy.鈥澨Aug. 2019
Anastasia Snelling (health studies)听received a grant for $99,119 from the District of Columbia Department of Health to help obesity prevention in targeted settings.
Vladimir Airapetian (physics)听 received a grant from NASA to fund his project 鈥淣ASA TESS - Evolving Magnetic Lives of Young Suns.鈥
Alexander Zestos (chemistry) received an award from the National Institutes of Health for his "Study of the Molecular Mechanisms of Amphetamine Abuse."
Monica Jackson (mathematics and statistics)听received a $100,000 grant from the National Security Agency for her research titled, "Summer Program in Research and Learning.鈥
Monica Jackson (mathematics and statistics)听received a $64,000 grant from the Mathematical Association of America for her research titled, "National Research Experience for Undergraduates Program SPIRAL Program at 猫咪社区app University."
Monica Jackson (mathematics and statistics)听received a $9,895 grant from the Delta Kappa Gamma International Education Society for her research titled, "Summer Program Advancing Techniques in the Applied Learning of Statistics."
Cynthia Miller-Idriss听(education)听received a grant of $55,000 from the Southern Poverty Law Center, for her project "Confronting the Challenges of Demographic Change."
Robert A. Blecker (economics)听won a fellowship for a one-month visiting lectureship at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
Brendan Tunstall听(PhD, behavior, cognition and neuroscience)听 for his post-doctoral research.
Irena Volkov听(BS neuroscience '19)听received honoring outstanding graduate students in science and technology.
Laetitia Pierre-Louis (BS Neurobiology '22)听was accepted into the competitive Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences (CURE) program at the Dana Farber Cancer Center in Boston.
Colleen Baldwin (BS听physics and computer science '21) and Irena Volkov听(BA听neuroscience '19)听were awarded E-team grants from VentureWell.听They听are now听eligible for additional grants from VentureWell to continue pursuing their projects.
Catherine Stoodley (psychology)听received a three-year grant of $21,310 from the Children鈥檚 Research Institute (funded by the National Institutes of Health) for work with Principal Investigator Catherine Limperopoulos on a project titled "The Vulnerable Preterm Cerebellum: Elucidating Mechanisms and Consequences of Injury."
Carolyn Parker (education)听received a grant of $50,000 from the Education Forward DC for her project titled "Teacher Education Program Redesign."
Keith Leonard (literature)听was named one of the 猫咪社区app Council of Learned Societies' 2019 fellows for his research titled "Black Avant-Gardism."
Laura Cutler (Center for Israel studies)听received a grant of $50,000 from The Israel Institute, Inc. for her project, "Israel Institute Support Academic Year 2019-20."
Azua Luo听(BA environmental studies and international studies '19)听received a Fulbright research grant to China to examine the potential for public participation in sustainable fisheries management in Qingdao (Shandong Province).
Adam McKay (physics)听received a grant of $57,754, and will be incrementally funded over the next year for a total of $115,042, from NASA for his research titled "Observational Analysis Support for Giant Planets and Small Bodies in the Solar System."
Michael Baron (mathematics and statistics)听received a grant of $25,655 from the National Science Foundation for a project titled 鈥淨uality and Productivity Research Conference: Data and Science is a Winning Alliance."
Anastasia Snelling (health studies)听was awarded a DC Department of Health grant to implement and evaluate health promotion activities at local places of worship.听
Monika Konaklieva听(chemistry)听, which听is featured on the front cover of the SLAS Discovery journal for April 2019.
Patty Park (literature)听and will receive $40,000 over the next two years to advance artistic or professional development and/or to create new work.
John Bracht (biology) and Megan Nelson (alum, MS biotechnology)听developed a new rapid genetic test to detect antimicrobial resistance to two common antibiotics.
Fredrick Bruhweiler (physics)听received $57,704, as a part of a total of $1,523,740, which will be incrementally funded over the next 4 years, from NASA for his research titled "Advance Development of IR & Visible Array Spectrometers and Imagers for Ground-based & Space-borne Planetary Observations."
Dan Kerr听(history)听received a grant of $650,000 from the Trustees of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the Humanities Truck Project, an initiative using a customized truck as a mobile platform for collecting, exhibiting, preserving, and expanding dialogue around the humanities.
Monica Jackson (mathematics听and statistics)听received $100,000 funding for year 1 of a possible 2-year project from the National Security Agency (NSA) for "The Summer Program in Research and Learning."
Nancy Snider (performing arts)听was awarded $10,000 from The Marinus and Minna B. Koster Foundation, Inc, for her work titled "Koster Foundation Summer Study Grant for Music Majors."
Mieke Meurs (economics)听received a $130,000 grant from the Institute of International Education for her project, "Fulbright Foreign Student Program."
Victoria Connaughton听(biology)听was awarded $422,021 from the National Institutes of Health for her research titled, "Developmental manipulation of estrogen signaling alters adult visual function.鈥
Melissa Scholes Young听(literature)听was named a and will do research on "Reimagining Becky Thatcher" while in residence at the archives.
Laura Beers (history)听was awarded $56,135 from the North 猫咪社区app Conference on British Studies (NACBS) to serve as executive director.
Sarah Hoback (physics)听received a scholarship from the Society of Vacuum Coaters Foundation.
William Suk (alum, BS biology '68 and MS biology '70)听was to work in Thailand.
Catherine Stoodley (psychology)听was for her outstanding achievement and contributions to the science of psychology.
Elizabeth Cotter (health studies)听received a $25,000 from Common Threads for her research titled "Community Insight Focus Groups in Washington, DC."
Anastasia Snelling听(health studies)听received a grant of $50,000 from DC Central Kitchen (DCCK) for her research titled "Healthy Corners Partnerships: Building Sustainable Access to Healthy Foods," an evaluation of the Healthy Corners Program for the Food Insecurity and Nutrition听project.
Douglas Fox听(chemistry)听received $4,505, and is expected to receive additional funding of $23,191, from FiberLean Technologies for his research titled "Nanocellulose Labeling to Track Migration from Paper."
Max Paul Friedman听(history)听received a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award, valued at 45,000 Euros.
Maria Floro (economics)听received a $220,000 grant from the Open Society Foundation (OSF) for her research titled "Capacity Building for Policy Advocacy on Care."
Chun-Hsi Huang听(computer science)听received an award of $219,006 from the National Science Foundation to serve as the听2018-19 Program Director for听the Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace Program.听
Ying-chen Peng听(art)听received a $25,000 grant from the Chiang Ching Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange for her research titled, "Between Femininity and Masculinity: Empress听Dowager Cixi鈥檚 (1835 鈥 1908) Image Making in Art.鈥
Anastasia Snelling听(health studies)听received an award of $100,000 from the District of Columbia Office of State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) for her project, "Healthy Tots Program."
Toks Fashola听(education)听received a $16,200 grant from the University of Illinois in the first part of a 5-year award amounting to $98,864 for her research titled, "Evaluation of Texas A&M (TAMU) Engineering Research Center for Precise Advanced Technologies and Health Systems for Underserved Populations (PATHS-UP)."
Robert Shand (education)听received $20,831 in the first part of a two-year project funding from the Teacher's College at Columbia University, for his research titled "Exploring Academic Return on Investment as a Metric to Direct-level Funding towards Programs that Improve Student Outcomes."
Laura Owen听(education)听received $15,000 from the Sylarn Foundation for her research titled "Ward 8 Middle School Project."
Boncho Benev (physics)听received a $15,150 grant from the California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Federal Awarding Agency for his research titled "Parent Volatiles, Near-Nucleus Environment, and Outgassing in Comet 46P/Wirtanen: A historic Apparition for a Space Mission Priority Target, NASA-Keck Proposal #59.鈥
Boncho Benev (physics)听was awarded a grant for $102,055 from the University of Maryland Federal Awarding Agency: NASA for his research titled, "Organic Gases in Hartley 2鈥檚 Coma: Integrated Interpretation of Contemporaneous Spacecraft and Ground-based Datasets."
Jessica Leight (economics) received a grant of $20,000 from the Chiang-Ching-Kuo Foundation (CCKF) for her research titled "Export-driven Growth, Human Capital and Poverty in China.鈥
Stephen Casey (mathematics and statistics) was awarded his second 猫咪社区app patent for his work on cell phone technology.
Braxton Boren (performing arts) received $50,000 for "Hearing Bach Music As Bach Heard It鈥 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
Arvenita Cherry (anthropology) received $40,000 for "Monocacy National Battlefield 鈥 L鈥橦ermitage Oral Histories鈥 from the National Park Service (NPS).
David Culver (environmental science) received $68,751 from the National Park Service (part of the Chesapeake Watershed CESU agreement) for "A Survey of the Fauna of Seepage Springs in National Capital Parks-East (NACE)."
Douglas Fox (chemistry) was awarded a $149,900 grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for his 鈥淭ailoring Cellulose Nanomaterial Surface Properties for Improved Polymer Stress Transfer."
Silvina Guidoni (physics) was awarded $30,588 from the CUA Center of Excellence in the Physics of the Heliosphere and the Sun (CEPHE猫咪社区app) Educational Program Support for the Heliophysics Science Division.
Jessica Leight (economics) received $76,890 for "Fellowship with the Office of Evaluation Sciences" from GSA.
Stephen MacAvoy (environmental science) received a $10,000 grant for "Inorganic geochemistry and endocrine disrupters in urban streams: quantifying links between development patterns and water chemistry" sponsored by the University of District of Columbia (UDC).
Colin Saldanha (biology) received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA)Assignment Agreement grant in the amount of $211,996.
Rachel Watkins (anthropology) received $80,000 for "Monocracy National Battlefield 鈥 Ethnographic Overview and Assessment鈥 from the National Park Service (NPS).
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Appointments and Honors
Alexander G. Zestos (chemistry) received an award through the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies庐 (BRAIN) Initiative and will present his work at BRAIN Investigators meeting scheduled for June 1st- 3rd, 2020 in Arlington, VA.听Dec. 2019
Melissa Scholes Young (literature) was named a 2019 Quarry Farm Fellow at the Center for Mark Twain Studies. The fellowship includes a two-week research residency at Quarry Farm in Elmira, NY, Mark Twain's summer home where he wrote his most famous works. She presented a paper titled "Reimagining Becky Thatcher" at the quadrennial Clemens Conference in July 2019 in Hannibal, MO. The paper is forthcoming in 2020 in Mark Twain Journal, founded in 1936. Oct 2019
Sarah Marsh (literature) has been appointed a Margaret Henry Dabney Penick Resident Scholar at the Smithsonian Libraries beginning in January 2020.
Stephen D. Casey (mathematics and statistics)听received the Drew University 2019 Distinguished Alumni in the Sciences Award.
Lonnie Bunch (BA history '74 and MA history '76)听has been appointed as the 14th secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
Lindsey B. Green-Simms (literature)听won the African Literature Association's Best First Book prize for her book Postcolonial Automobility.
Liza Wilson (BS environmental science '21)听was named a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Hollings Scholar.
Moriah Mitchell听(BA biology & mathematical epidemiology '19)听was accepted to graduate programs at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine, Brown University, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Harvard Medical School. She will attend Harvard this fall.
Sam Fromkin (BA musical theatre '19)听 which recognizes outstanding minority young men and women who have distinguished themselves in their academic and athletic pursuits.
Ibram X. Kendi (Antiracist Research and Policy Center)听has been awarded a 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship.
The 猫咪社区app University Physics Department was identified as one of the听few co-ed departments where over 40% of the physics majors are female in the 猫咪社区app Institute of Physics听2019 report on the听state of women in the academic disciplines of physics and astronomy.
Rachel Louise Snyder (creative writing)听was honored with the Alliance for HOPE International鈥檚 Hope Rising Award for excellence in journalism for her writing on domestic and gender-based violence.
Alexander G. Zestos (chemistry)听 for his recent publication in their journal, Analytical Methods.
Sybil听Williams (critical race, gender, and culture studies collaborative)听was selected as 猫咪社区app University's听NAACP Professor of the Year.听
Richard C. Sha听(literature)听received the 2018 Barricelli Prize, awarded annually to the best book published in Romanticism.
Richard C. Sha听(literature)听won a Fulbright to University of Bologna in Italy for Spring 2020.
Deborah Clegg (health studies)听received the 2019 Gill Center Transformative Research Award for outstanding contributions to cellular, molecular or systems neuroscience.
Arthur Shapiro (psychology and computer science)听was selected to receive an Outstanding Faculty Mentorship in Undergraduate Research award, based on听nominations submitted by his students.
David Keplinger (literature)听won 听for his collection, "Another City."
Jenna Wiegand听(environmental science) received the Veronique Pittman Student Award for Cancer Prevention Day for her research on environmental contaminants in the Anacostia River, many of which are carcinogenic.
Stephen Casey (mathematics and statistics) was听honored with Drew University鈥檚 2019 Alumni Achievement Award in the Sciences.
Jack Anthony听(MA audio technology '18) from the DC Chapter Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America for his paper entitled 鈥淭imbral dimensions of cross-modal perception.鈥
Chloe Brown (sociology) was accepted into the Congressional Black Caucus Fellowship program.
Dan Kerr (history) was elected to the position First Vice President for the Oral History Association.
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Publications, Exhibitions, and Productions
William Leap (anthropology) published a new book,听Language Before Stonewall: Language, Sexuality, History. Dec. 2019
Jeff Gill (mathematics and statistics) with Michelle Torres, wrote a book chapter, "Flagship Entries: Generalized Linear Models" in the SAGE Research Methods Foundations.听
Jeff Gill (mathematics and statistics) wrote 鈥淏ayesian Methods for Sociological Research: An Introduction鈥 for Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, forthcoming late 2019.
Jeff Gill (mathematics and statistics) with Simon Heuberger (PhD candidate, 猫咪社区app government and quantitative methods)听wrote 鈥淕eneralized Linear Models: A Modern Perspective鈥 for the SAGE Handbook of Research Methods in Political Science and International Relations, forthcoming fall 2019.
Jeff Gill (mathematics and statistics) published the book
Anthony Ahrens听(psychology)听published an article titled "Acting for Good Reasons: Integrating Virtue Theory and Social Cognitive Theory"
Alexander G. Zestos (chemistry)听co-published "Use and Future Prospects of in Vivo Microdialysis for Epilepsy Studies"
Melissa Scholes Young (literature)听released a new fictional single story chapbook titled Guinea Pig听about the ethically ambiguous practice of medical testing.
Naoko Wowsugi (art)听opened an group exhbition at Sala 1 Gallery in Rome, Italy titled "Storie americane."
Jenny Wu听(alum, MFA studio art)听 titled "Quietly Powerful."
Mills Brown (alum, MFA studio art)听 at Latela Curatorial.
Mills Brown (alum, MFA studio art)听 at Sense Gallery.
Brian Barr (alum, MFA studio art)听 at the Arlington Arts Center.
Aaron Posner and Meghan Raham (performing arts)听 which Posner wrote and directed and Raham provided scenic design.
Jean Kim (alum, MFA studio art) appeared in a group exhibition at the Korean Cultural Center in honor of Women's History Month,听titled "To Be A Woman."听
Kate Haulman (history) co-curated a new Smithsonian exhibition at The National Museum of 猫咪社区app History titled "All Work, No Pay" about women's invisible labor.
Anastasia Snelling and Jessica Young (health studies) and Johanna Elsemore (alum, nutrition studies)听 titled, "The Role of Institutions of Higher Education in the Food Justice Movement."
N煤ria Vilanova (world languages and culture) published the article "Otras performances: la frontera de Costhwaite en contraste", in Despu茅s del boom de los estudios fronterizos.听
N煤ria Vilanova (world languages and culture) published an听article titled "Indigenidad e indigenismo en el cine peruano."
Mark Nelson (computer science)听, concluding a research project funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, for which he also served as external scientific advisor.
Sherburne Laughlin听(performing arts)听contributed a chapter to听 which explores cultural governance across the United States.听
Arthur Shapiro (psychology and computer science)听 in Japan, for his work titled 鈥淗elix Rotation: A New Twist on Pulfrich and Hess.鈥
Karen Knee (enviornmental science)听published a paper linking oil and gas development in the Marcellus Shale to regional patterns in stream water quality, including elevated arsenic levels in areas with more oil and gas development.
Melissa Scholes Young (literature)听was invited to present听鈥淲riting from Roots in 鈥楢merica鈥檚 Hometown鈥: Flood, a Novel鈥 at 听at the Center for Mark Twain Studies at Elmira College.听
Allan Litchman (history) published a new book about voting rights,
Don Krimes (art)听presents new art and pieces reworked from the 1980s at a new exhibit at the MK Gallery.
David Gerard (mathematics and statistics) authored in the November 2018 Genetics journal.听
A philosophy paper by听Asia Ferrin (philosophy & religion) has been accepted for inclusion in the Fall 2018 Young Philosophers Workshop and Lecture Series at The Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University.
Douglas Fox (chemistry) co-authored The Chemical Society Review , "Current characterization methods for cellulose nanomaterials."
Rachel Sullivan Robinson (SIS and sociology) published on AU's
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In the Media
John Bracht (biology) has been quoted in United Press International, Popular Mechanics, Mother Nature Network, Interesting Engineering, and Eurekalert featuring his work on sequencing the genome of the 'devil worm'.听Nov. 2019
Stefano Costanzi (chemistry)听has been quoted as a nonproliferation expert in the story "Poison used on Russian spy may soon be banned," published in the prestigious journal Science. A recent article that听published in the journal The Nonproliferation Review (Costanzi and Koblentz, "Controlling Novichoks after Salisbury: revising the Chemical Weapons Convention schedules", Sep 30, 2019) was cited in the story as well. Oct 2019
Rachel Louise Snyder (literature)听appeared on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah to , No Visible Bruises.
Ibram X. Kendi (Antiracist Research and Policy Center)听wrote an for The Atlantic about Robert Smith's gift to graduates of Morehouse College.
Allan Lichtman (history)听appeared on to make predictions about the 2020 election.
Lonnie Bunch (BA history '74 and MA history '76)听was featured in the Washington Post in a piece titled ""
Peter Starr (Dean of College of Arts & Sciences)听joined to talk about what makes a graduation speech great.
Caleen Sinnette Jennings (performing arts)听was featured in the听 for her two new autobiographical plays 鈥淨ueens Girl in the World鈥 and 鈥淨ueens Girl in Africa.鈥
NO VISIBLE BRUISES: What We Don鈥檛 Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us written by听Rachel Louise Snyder (Literature)听was featured in the New York Times听article "10 New Books We Recommend This Week" and the Washington Post article "."
Alan Kraut (history) was quoted in a recent article from the
Kara Reynolds and Ralph Sonenshine (economics) spoke to about the trade war and tariffs. Sonenshine also spoke with on the history of tariffs.
Braxton Boren听(performing arts)听wrote an article for the Los Angeles听Times
Pamela Nadell听(history)听was reviewed by the听New York Times for听
Michael Brenner听(Center for Israel听studies)听wrote an article for The Times of Israel
Dan Perkins听(alum, MFA studio art)听 in the 10th Anniversary edition of ARTMAZEMAG.
Ernesto Castaneda听(sociology)听was interviewed by WMUR9
Laura Beers听(history)听wrote an article for The Washington Post's .
Sybil Williams听(performing arts)听was featured in Washingtonian discussing the performing arts faculty's expertise.听
Ibram X. Kendi听(history)听was mentioned in the Washingtonian in their "Guest List" feature as one of the people they would enjoy inviting over for drinks, food, and conversation.听
Cynthia Miller-Idriss听(education and sociology)听 about the New Zealand mosque attacks.
Amelia Tseng听(world languages and culture)听 about 鈥減honological adaptation,鈥 which describes how two city names can be pronounced differently.
Jessica Owens-Young听(health studies)听about the health implications of high rent.
Erica Munkwitz听(history)听co-published an article in Smithsonian Magazine titled
Dan Arbell听(history)听spoke with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in an article titled, about the听government鈥檚 positioning in relation to the elections in Israel next month.
Ximena Varela听(arts management)听 discussing arts management programs at universities.
Jack Rasmussen听(AU museum)听 about the 猫咪社区app University Museum's Corcoran Collection.
Pamela Nadell听(Jewish studies)听wrote an opinion piece in the Washington Post titled
Ximena Varela听(arts management)听 to discuss the lack of diversity at many major art museums, including the National Gallery of Art.
Stefano Costanzi听(chemistry) spoke to The Telegraph Magazine about chemical weapons and their effects on humans in
Laura Beers听(history) wrote for CNN Online.
Stefano Costanzi听(chemistry) at the Stimson Center.听
Ibram X. Kendi听(history)听published in The Atlantic.
Kyle Dargan听(creative writing)听 as a featured poet.
Rachel Louise Snyder听(literature)听was placed in听Esquire听25 Most Anticipated books of 2019 with her forthcoming听book
Kyle Dargan听(literature)听was mentioned in the New York Times听"New and Noteworthy" section for
Laura Beers听(history)听 with Matt Peterson of The Atlantic to discuss the Labour Party and Brexit.
Laura Beers听(history)听published in the Washington Post.
Cynthia Miller-Idriss听(education and sociology)听co-authored " in Diverse Issues of Higher Education.
Ibram X. Kendi听(history)听launched a new series,听. The series will review the current systems that create racial inequity and how to dismantle it to create an antiracist America.
Allan Lichtman听(history)听published in Fortune.
Douglas Fox听(chemistry)听presented his crab shell based flame retardant work at the NIST Disaster Resilience Symposium in August, .
Laura Beers听(history)听published an .
Mieke Meurs and Kelly Jones听(economics)听co-authored blog posts for Ms. Magazine about gender economics.
Maria Rose Belding听(BA public health '19)听was for her work with the non-profit she co-founded, MEANS, which connects unwanted food to charities and shelters who provide it to the hungry.
David Cowan听(MA arts management '15)听was recently making an impact in the Detroit area. He鈥檚 applying what he learned here at AU to make a difference in Detroit鈥檚 civic and social life.
Justin Jacobs 听(history)听published in the Washington Post.
Melissa Scholes Young听(literature)听was chosen as 听with her novel FLOOD.听
Bruce Schneier (MA computer science '88)听published an article in The Atlantic titled "."听
Allan Lichtman (history)听published in the Washington Post, and explained how voting fraud suspicions have historically been used as an excuse to restrict voting access.
Allan Lichtman (history)听published in 猫咪社区appA Today.
Daisy Gebbia-Richards (BA psychology '20) published in the Fair Observer with Cynthia Miller-Idriss, professor of sociology and director of the International Training and Education Program.
Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy (education) published titled "A dual-enrollment program for DC听high school students could help fill classrooms in the future."
Justin Jacobs (history) was asked to appear before the 猫咪社区app House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs and regarding China's policies toward the Uyghur ethnic group.
The published an article on The Embattled Vote in America by Allan Lichtman (history).