Ruzena Zatko (Anthropology), doctoral student, has recently been awarded the 2022-2023 Federal Employee Education and Assistance (FEEA) Fund Scholarship.

Deborah Kuhls, MD, (Medicine) has been named second vice-president-elect of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). Based in Chicago, the ACS is dedicated to improving the care of the surgical patient and to safeguarding standards of care.  

Eda Anlamlier (Marketing and International Business) presented her research titled, "Romantic Rebuttals: Moralistic Tensions in Positive Marketing within the Online Dating Industry," co-authored with Mengtian [Montina] Jiang (University of Kentucky), Colleen M. Harmeling (Florida State University), and Sevincgul Ulu…

Sam Leif, Danielle Head, and Michael McCreery (all Teaching and Learning) earned the Best Paper Award at the International Organization of Social Sciences and Behavioral Research fall conference for their paper, "A hardcore look at the casual measurement of gamer experience."

Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt, Aldo Barrita, Anthony King, and Michelle Strong (all Psychology) recently published a two-study publication titled, "The Slow Violence of Racism on Asian Americans During the COVID-19 Pandemic," in the journal Frontiers in Public Health.  Both studies tracked the unique relationships between psychosocial…

Roberto Lovato (English) was interviewed in the Los Angeles Times about the ongoing crisis in the city council following the anonymous release of recordings of council members making racist remarks. "L.A. has seen this script before," says Lovato in the article by LA Times journalist Jean Guerrero. "The one in which people of color in…

Vice president for Public Safety Services and director of University Police Adam Garcia was elected to the executive leadership board of the University and College section of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) at their annual conference held in Dallas, Texas, on October 15-17. More than 16,000 law enforcement professionals…

Tonya Walls (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) is celebrating her new publication, "EquityMatterz: Leveraging Critical Professional Development and Critical Mentorship to Retain and Sustain Teachers of Color," in the American Educational Research Association's (AERA) Handbook of Research on Teachers of Color and…

Tyler D. Parry's (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) book, Jumping the Broom: The Surprising Multicultural Origins of a Black Wedding Ritual (University of North Carolina Press, 2020), was awarded the 2022 Wayland D. Hand Prize from the American Folklore Society. Sponsored by the society's history and folklore section, the biennial…