Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez (Journalism and Media Studies) recently published "Laboratory of reaction: SB 17 in Texas, the anti-DEI movement, and implications for higher education" in Communication Education. The article contextualizes recent anti-DEI legislation through an analysis of the think tank networks, its ideological underpinnings,…

Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez (Journalism and Media Studies), with co-authors, was awarded a Top Paper Award (Runner-Up) in the Global Media Division at the 75th Annual Convention of the International Communication Association. There he presented a co-authored paper entitled "Populist Connective Memories: YouTube Users' Reactions to the Coverage of the…

Amanda Melilli (Libraries) was a panelist for "Censorship is Still a Drag" at the 2025 American Libraries Association Annual Conference & Exhibition. Panelists discussed their research and current issues related to the censoring of LGBTQIA+ materials in libraries. 

John M. Bowers (English) has his article "Chaucer's Wife of Bath and Clooth-Makyng" accepted for publication by in ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes, and Reviews.

Yeunkyung Kim (Healthcare Administration and Policy) published an article, "Factors associated with receipt of caregiver training among family and unpaid caregivers of people living with dementia," in the Journal of Aging and Health Research.

Professor Nachman Gutowski's (Law) forthcoming article 'Disclosing the Machine: Trends, Policies, and Considerations of Artificial Intelligence Use in Law Review Authorship' is a highlighted scholarly article in the Generative AI in the Legal Field for Loyola University Chicago LibGuide. 

Megan McDonough, Vidhani Goel, and Samantha Smith (Public Health) received the Delta Omega Honor Society Best Poster Awards. Delta Omega is a national honorary society for graduate students in public health, founded in 1924 at Johns Hopkins University. McDonough, Goel, and Smith will present their posters at the Delta Omega poster sessions at…

Teddy Uldricks (History) presented a research paper on "Weaponization of Rape and Sexual Assault by the Japanese Army in China during the War of Resistance: Spontaneous Atrocity or Deliberate Policy?" at the International Academic Symposium Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Victory in World War II and the Chinese People's War of Resistance…

Elizabeth Stacy (Life Sciences), in collaboration with Becky Ostertag at the University of Hawaii, published: "Niche conservatism and sympatric parallel evolution may help to maintain eight nascent tree taxa along a sharp elevation gradient," in Functional Ecology. They asked how eight races, varieties, and species of ʻŌhiʻa trees (Hawaiian…