New Books
Falling up the Stairs by Claudia Chapline, BA ’53 (Red Comma Editions)
Contemporary Art: 1989 to the Present by Alexander Dumbadze, associate professor of art history (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)
Globalization and Austerity Politics in Latin America by Stephen Kaplan, assistant professor of political science and international affairs (Cambridge University Press)
Roman Palmyra: Identity, Community, and State Formation by Andrew M. Smith II, assistant professor of classics and history (Oxford University Press)
Awards and Recognition
Gus Weiss Associate Professor of Theoretical Physics Andrei Afanasev and Mona Zaghloul, chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, received a $150,000 grant from Dominion Virginia Power to engineer solar cells that will increase efficiency in the conversion of solar light into electricity.
Doctoral candidate in political science Bret Barrowman received an Advanced Research Fellowship from the American Councils Title VIII Combined Research and Language Training Program for research and language training in Georgia and the Ukraine.
David Braun, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, received $100,000 from the National Science Foundation to research early human behavior at a site in Elandsfontein, South Africa.
Dana Tai Soon Burgess, chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance, was appointed to the Commission on Asian Pacific Islander Affairs by Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray.
Journalism major Sarah Ferris and political communication major Sara Snyder won the first annual Manheim-Sterling Undergraduate Research Prizes.
Adrienne Hancock, assistant professor of speech and hearing sciences, received $150,000 from the National Institutes of Health to study gender perception of transgender speakers.
Jake Haselswerdt, a graduate student in political science, received a doctoral dissertation research improvement grant from the National Science Foundation for his project "Policy Tools and Public Opinion.”
Llewelyn Hughes, assistant professor of political science and international affairs, won an Abe Fellowship from the Social Science Research Council for his project on firm structure and the politics of climate change.
Oleg Kargaltsev, assistant professor of physics, had his research on the “Helical Jet of the Vela Pulsar” published in Astrophysical Journal.
Eric Lawrence, associate professor of political science, published "The Publication of Precedents and Its Effect on Legislative Behavior" in Legislative Studies Quarterly.
James Mahshie, chair of the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, received $200,000 from the Department of Education to study rhythm, intonation, and voice characteristics of children with cochlear implants.
Kimberly Morgan, associate professor of political science, and graduate student Alexander Reisenbichler co-authored "From 'Sick Man' to 'Miracle' – Explaining the Robustness of the German Labor Market During and After the Financial Crisis 2008-09" in Politics and Society.
Suzanne Wright Quaide, BA '88, has been selected by her peers to receive the Eastern Region Museum Education Art Educator Award of the National Art Education Association. Wright has served as the director of education for the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC since 2000.
Gregory Schiller, BA '96, was awarded the 2012 Missing Children’s Child Protection Award by the U.S. Department of Justice, and the 2012 John Walsh Award from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for his efforts in prosecuting Internet Crimes Against Children cases in Palm Beach County, FL.
Nikolay Shiklomanov, assistant professor of geography, received $160,000 from the University of Tromso, Norway, to study Arctic urban sustainability in Russia. With Dmitry Streletskiy, research scientist in the Department of Geography, he also received $170,000 from the National Science Foundation to conduct collaborative research on the interactions between air temperature, permafrost, and hydrology in the high latitudes of Eurasia.
Akos Vertes, deputy chair of the Department of Chemistry, won the Chemical Society of Washington's Hillebrand Prize for his innovative work in discerning fundamental processes in MALDI and Electrospray Mass Spectrometry and their applications in proteomics research and in vivo imaging. Vertes is the fourth member of the Department of Chemistry to receive the award; previous winners are Professors Nicholae Filipescu (1971), David Ramaker (1988), and Akbar Montaser (2000).
Professor of English Gayle Wald served as an editorial consultant and is a featured talking head in the documentary "Godmother of Rock Sister Rosetta Tharpe", part of PBS’s American Masters series, which will air on February 22. The film is based on her book Shout, Sister, Shout!