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Category: Faculty Activities

  • Faculty Spotlight: Lauren Hecht and Hayley Russell

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    Lucie Henrich ’25, Ellen Becken ’25, Lauren Hecht (Psychological Science), and Hayley Russell (Health and Exercise Science) received a research grant from the Association of Applied Sport Psychology for their project, “Attentional Focus in Long and Short Distance Track Runners,” in which they will use speak-aloud methodology to explore what D-III runners look at and…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Blake Couey

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    Blake Couey (Religion) published an article  “The Poet-Prophet in Leonard Cohen’s ‘Isaiah’” in the summer issue of Perspectives in Religious Studies. The issue honors the career of Richard F. Wilson, Couey’s undergraduate teacher and mentor at Mercer University.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Jon Grinnell

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    Jon Grinnell (Biology) was featured prominently in a recent New York Times article about bison attacks in Yellowstone Park. Grinnell and his students have researched bison behavior, ecology, and management at a reserve in South Dakota for the last 18 years or so, but, Grinnell says, “it was still a surprise to get an email…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Janie Frandsen

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    Janie Frandsen (Chemistry and Biology) presented a poster co-authored with students Rachel Trebesch ’25 and Kristin Martens ’23 titled “Transcriptome-wide analysis of E. coli small RNA binding site accessibility in target mRNAs” at the RNA Society Meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Kate Keller

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    Kate Keller (History) presented a paper “Migrating to France, Staying Connected to Senegal: Mamadou Kane, an African Migrant between Two Worlds” at the French Colonial Historical Society Annual Meeting in Charlottesville, VA.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Marcia Bunge

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    Marcia J. Bunge(Religion) published an article in the Journal of Lutheran Ethics on “Lutheran Foundations for Promoting Child Well-being and Addressing Child Maltreatment” (April 2024).

  • Faculty Spotlight: Hayley Russell

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    Hayley Russell (Health and Exercise Science) presented a talk “Nutrition, Anxiety, and GI Distress During Exercise” with her colleague Patrick Wilson (Old Dominion University) at The College and Professional Sport Dietitians Association Conference in Kansas City.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Glenn Kranking

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    Glenn Kranking (History and Scandinavian Studies) presented “Sticking Their Politics: Race and Immigration Debates through Stickers on the Streets of Copenhagen” at the Association for the Study of Nationalities Convention, hosted by Columbia University.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Kathy Lund Dean

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    Kathy Lund Dean’s (Business and Economics) book “How to Become an Effective Journal Editor in Business and Management: A Guide to Developing Authors,” is now available from Edward Elgar press. The book shares what Kathy learned over her 20 years of editorial work, not the least of which is that editors’ work goes well beyond…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Maria Isabel Kalbermatten

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    Maria Isabel Kalbermatten (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures) published the article “Depicting ‘La Grieta‘: The Role of Political Satire and Humor in Argentinean Polarization.” In this article, Kalbermatten explores “la grieta” in Argentine society, the deep and irreconcilable division, primarily between Kirchneristas and Anti-Kirchneristas, that fragments and polarizes the nation. It significantly shapes political, social,…