Patricia A. Heisser Metoyer (Psychology, Interdisciplinary, English), before International Women’s Day on March 8, was selected as a formal delegate to the United Nations Women CSW66 on March 31. UN Women, NGO participants, including the UNA-USA delegation, will identify global strategies to address gender gaps primarily due to discriminatory…

Sheila Bock (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) published a book chapter “Waking Up Sleeping Metaphors of Diabetes” in the edited volume (Un)doing Diabetes: Representation, Disability, Culture.

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) published the op-ed,  "What We’ve Gotten Wrong about the History of Reconstruction" in the Washington Post on Jan. 23. Co-written with Robert Greene II of Claflin University, the op-ed describes the remarkable life of Henry E. Hayne, a South Carolina politician in the…

  Patricia A. Heisser Metoyer ( Psychology and Interdisciplinary Studies) recently was selected by the University of California, Irvine Alumni Association to be interviewed for an alumni data confirmation and oral history initiative. She was the first Black/African American woman to receive a Ph.D., magna cum laude, in psychology from UCI.…

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) along with Robert Greene II of Claflin University, co-edited the volume, Invisible No More: The African American Experience at the University of South Carolina, published last month by the University of South Carolina Press. This singular volume explores the lives and experiences of…

Sheila Bock (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) was an invited panelist in two roundtable discussions as part of “Cultural Health: A Forum on Folk Medical Systems," a symposium held in conjunction with the American Folklore Society's 2021 annual meeting. The goal of this virtual symposium was to bring folklorists, doctors,…

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) appeared on The Colin McEnroe Show, a program on Connecticut Public Radio, to discuss the history of the handshake. The discussion was based upon Parry's research on the origins of the Black American handshake, usually known as the "dap," as an extension of West African cultural…

Anne Stevens (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies; English) published the revised second edition of Literary Theory and Criticism: An Introduction. The second edition features new or expanded coverage of affect theory, critical race theory, disability studies, ecocriticism, posthumanism, and transgender studies.

Tim Gauthier (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) gave a  “A Quieter ‘9/11’ Novel?: Solipsism and Passivity in Recent Fiction"  for an International Conference at Europa-Universität Flensburg (virtual), entitled “9/11: Twenty Years On.”

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) contributed to the report Minneapolis May Become Ground Zero in the Criminal Justice Debate, written by journalist Glenn Daigon regarding the current debates about "defunding the police" throughout the United States, specifically the Public Safety Charter Amendment under…

Monica Hernández-Johnson (Educational Psychology and Higher Education); Valerie Taylor and Ravijot Singh (both Interdisciplinary, Gender, & Ethnic Studies); and Norma A. Marrun, Tara J. Plachowski, and Christine Clark (all Teaching and Learning) coauthored an article, “Like Where Are Those Teachers?”: A…

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) published an article in the Washington Post on July 14 that examines the current debates over critical race theory and Confederate monuments, showing how the suppression of Black history deliberately misrepresents how we understand the past and civil rights activists throughout the U.S…