Andrei Afanasev (Physics) received a $363,658 grant from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command to study interactions of twisted light at sub-wavelength scales.
Tara S. Behrend (Organizational Sciences and Communication) authored the article “Person-vocation fit across the world of work: Evaluating the generalizability of the circular model of vocational interests and social cognitive career theory across 74 countries” in the Journal of Vocational Behavior.
Senior photojournalism major Keren Carrion was accepted to the New York Times Portfolio Review.
Lee Colan, MPhil '87, PhD '93, (Industrial/Organizational Psychology) authored the book The Power of Positive Coaching: The Mindset and Habits to Inspire Winning Results and Relationships (McGraw-Hill Education, 2019)
Lauren Cross, PsyD ’18, was featured in the Washington Post article “To be a trauma counselor, you need very specific training. These programs can get you there.”
Sylvain Guiriec (Physics) received a $42,000 grant from NASA for testing a new unified model for Gamma-ray emissions.
Graciela Kaminsky (Economics and International Affairs) was named one of the 12 most influential Argentine economists in the world by the newspaper Cronista.
Peter Loge (Media and Public Affairs) presented on “Return to Ethics in Political Communication” at Yale University.
Thomas Mallon authored the novel Landfall (Pantheon, 2019).
American studies doctoral candidate Kimberly Probolus authored the letter to the editor “A Woman’s Plea: Let’s Raise Our Voices!’’ in The New York Times.
Nina Seavey (Media and Public Affairs) was a panelist at the Copyright Matters event “Public Domain: The Lifecycle of Copyright” at the Library of Congress.
James Sham (Fine Arts) co-authored the article “Patent-bot” in the MIT journal Leonardo.
John Sides (Political Science) received a $300,000 grant from the Democracy Fund to support the “Monkey Cage” column in The Washington Post.
Rachel Tache (Psychology) received a $1,000 grant from the Society for Community Research and Action to support the development of a Systems of Oppression Learning Tool.
Stephanie Travis (Interior Architecture) won the International Advisory Board’s International Award for Excellence for her article “Pure Form: The Interior of the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC,” in Design Principles & Practices Journal Collection.
Nikki Usher (Media and Public Affairs) gave the presentation “Theorizing Beyond a Construct and The Case of Washington Political Journalism” at the OsloMet Digital Journalism Focus Seminars at Oslo Metropolitan University.
Akos Vertes (Chemistry) appeared on Oxford Global’s Genomics and Synthetic Biology Series.
Two Theatre Department faculty members were nominated for Helen Hayes Awards honoring Washington, D.C., theater: Matthew R. Wilson was nominated for the Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play for his performance in Swimming With Wales at 1st Stage. Tonya Beckman was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play for The Skin of Our Teeth at the Constellation Theatre Company.
Amy Zanne (Biology) was selected as one of the most-cited researchers for her contributions to academic papers over the last decade as tracked through Web of Science.