December 2021 Noteworthy

December 9, 2021

Luciana Borio, BS ’92, MD ’96, (Psychology) and Tom Cortese, BA ’02, (Philosophy) were named to Business Insider’s list of 100 People Transforming Business.

Michele Carlson and Maria del Carmen Montoya (Corcoran) published essays in Out of Place: Artists, Pedagogy, and Purpose (Punctum Books, 2021).

Kyrae Dawaun, BFA ’13, (Corcoran) was named a Hamiltonian Artist Fellow for the Class of 2021-2023.

Alexa F. Dectis, BA ’15, (Communication); Rosemary Kalonaros, BA ’14, (Dramatic Literature, English); Remi Anne M. Yamamoto, BA ’14, (Political Science);  Jonquel Orthea-Theresa Jones, BA ’19, (Criminal Justice); and Alayna B. Treene, BA ’16, (Journalism & Mass Communication) were named to the 2022 Forbes “30 Under 30” list.

Alex Evans, BA ’20, MFS ’21, (Forensic Chemistry) published the article “Analysis of drug residue in needle-exchange syringes in Washington, D.C.” in Forensic Science International.

Vanessa Northington Gamble (American Studies) was nominated to the National Council of the Humanities by President Biden.

Keryn Gedan (Biology) received a $10,545 grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to test high marsh restoration techniques to benefit salt marsh birds.

Neil Johnson (Physics) authored the article “New Math to Manage Online Misinformation” for SIAM News, the journal of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

Paul Kendrick, BA ’05, MPA ’07, (American Studies) authored the book Nine Days: The Race to Save Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life and Win the 1960 Election (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021).

Michael Mann (Geography) received a $22,893 grant from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to study fire probability modeling for avoided emissions.

Sara Matthiesen (History) authored the book Reproduction Reconceived Family Making and the Limits of Choice after Roe v. Wade (University of California Press, 2021).

Ingrid Wicker McCree, BA ’89, (Criminal Justice) was named to Sports Illustrated’s list of 100 Influential Black Women in Sports and profiled in the article “The Trailblazing Path of North Carolina Central University’s Ingrid Wicker McCree.

Andika Perkasa, MPhil ’11, (Public Policy and Administration) was sworn in as Indonesia's new military commander.

Lara Sheehi (Professional Psychology) authored the book Psychoanalysis Under Occupation: Practicing Resistance in Palestine (Routledge, 2021).

Jason Steinhauer, BA ’02, (American Studies) authored the book History Disrupted: How Social Media and the World Wide Web Have Changed the Past (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022).

Bryan Stuart (Economics) received a $142,176 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to explore the impact of customized job recommendations.

Jung Yun (English) was featured in The New York Times article “8 New Books We Recommend This Week” for her novel O Beautiful.