Lung-Chang Chien (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-authored "Geographic Variability in Gestational Weight Gain: a Multilevel Population-based Study of Women Having Term Births in Florida (2005-2012)", which appeared in the July issue of Annals of Epidemiology. This study examined the extent of geographic variability in gestational…
Katherine Howard and Karl Kingsley (both Dental) recently published their work, "Prevalence of Scardovia Wiggsiae among a Pediatric Orthodontic Patient Population." It appears in the current issue of Dental Science.
Marta Soligo (Sociology) published an article, "Film Imaginaries for Tourism – An Innovative Promotional and Sustainable Approach," in the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) volume Innovation in Tourism – Bridging Theory and Practice.
Arpita Basu (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) co-authored “Strawberries Improve Pain and Inflammation in Obese Adults with Radiographic Evidence of Knee Osteoarthritis,” which appeared in the August issue of Nutrients, an open access journal of human nutrition. Knee osteoarthritis is a chronic condition that causes pain, disability, and…
Robert Futrell (Sociology) recently was interviewed by US News and World Report and Kaiser Health News about the Charlottesville, Virginia, events and the rise of white supremacy. He is the co-author of American Swastika: Inside the White Power Movement's Hidden Spaces of Hate.
David Weiller (Music) returned to the College Light Opera Company (CLOC) in Falmouth, Massachusetts, to conduct a production of The Desert Song, a popular 1926 American operetta by Sigmund Romberg. In its 49th season, CLOC is one of the oldest and most respected summer-stock theater companies in the country. It is a community in which young…
Nerses Kopalyan and Tiffiany Howard (both Political Science) co-authored the book Sex, Power, and Politics (Palgrave 2016). Additionally, Kopalyan is the author of World Political Systems After Polarity (Routledge 2017).
Dana Bickmore (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) and Marytza Gawlik (Florida State University) recently published the second of two edited volumes of research focused on the charter school principal, Unexplored Conditions of Charter School Principals: An Examination of the Issues and Challenges for Leaders. This second volume …
Jing Nong Liang (Physical Therapy) co-authored “Standing on Wedges Modifies Side-Specific Postural Control in the Presence of Lateral External Perturbations,” which investigated the role of wedges and external lateral perturbations on anticipatory and compensatory postural adjustments. This publication is part of an inter-institutional…

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