Accomplishments: College of Liberal Arts

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy), Lauren Freeman (University of Louisville), and Avery Kolers (University of Tennessee) published "Double Binds of Reproductive Injustice: A Response to Kuczewski et al." in The American Journal of Bioethics.
Jeff Schauer (History) presented work at the European Congress of Conservation Biology at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Based on archival research in the National Archives of Zambia and the Natural History Museum (London), Schauer argued that critical qualitative historical analysis of the processes by which conservationists…
John Curry (History) presented a paper entitled "The Hagiography of Ünsi Hasan Efendi (d. 1723) as a marker of socio-cultural shifts in the eighteenth-century Ottoman Empire" at the 26th meeting of the CIÉPO (Comité International des Études Pré-Ottomanes et Ottomanes) Symposium, held in Varna, Bulgaria. His paper was part of a panel entitled…
Professor Roberto Lovato (English) wrote a feature length article for the Golden Goal titled "The Soccer Wars," which explores the relationship between futbol, conflict and the politics of empire at play in the World Cup.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented on an author-meets-critics panel on her book Intimate Borders: Feminist Migration Ethics as part of the "Non-Ideal Migration Ethics Workshop" and the 32nd World Congress of the International Association Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy held at Kadir Has University in Istanbul, Turkey. Other…
Researchers from the CANE (Cognitive Aging & Neuropsychological Equity) Lab: Stacey Moeller (Clinical Psychology), Katie Singsank (Clinical Psychology), Grace Goodwin (Clinical Psychology), and Samantha John (Brain Health), along with collaborators, published a study in Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical…
John Curry (History) presented a paper entitled "Tracking the Lives of Sufi Leaders Through Their Mecmua Collections" at a symposium organized on "Mecmuas in the Ottoman World: Interdisciplinary Approaches and Current Research." Held in June at the University of Vienna in Austria, the workshop focused on the use of pre-modern handbooks…
Adrianna Munson (Sociology) published “As Independent as Possible”: Competing Autonomies and the Quest for Adulthood in Theory and Social Inquiry. The article explores how staff and parents at an independent living program for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities navigate their competing definitions of independence.
Shane Kraus (Psychology) spoke on The Gambling Files podcast about research on addictions in U.S. veterans, "Addiction 33: Shane Kraus on Veteran addiction issues, plus the legendary Howard Stutz."
Michelle Tusan (History) published, ‘1776: Teaching the Declaration of Independence’ in the Journal of British Studies.
Roberto Lovato (English) wrote a feature-length article in The Nation magazine titled, "Saving the Scarlet Macaw in Narco Country." Lovato reports on efforts of Honduras' Miskito peoples to save the scarlet macaw in one of the remotest regions of the American continent.
Paul Vincent Ruma (Anthropology) published the peer-reviewed article, "Foundation Lost: Breaking's Knowledge Transmission Emergency and the MEBTRILL Foundation Method," in Global Hip Hop Studies. The article examines the challenges of preserving foundational knowledge in breaking as the dance expands globally and introduces the MEBTRILL…