March 2024 Noteworthy

March 13, 2024

Lisa Bowleg (Psychology) received a $21,090 grant from the National Institutes of Health to measure daily intersectional stigma experiences for Black people with disabilities.

Eric H. Cline (Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies) was selected for the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Israel in the 2024-2025 academic year.

Sarah Coloma, MA ’23, (Interaction Design) was featured on NPR and the TED Radio Hour’s “Body Electric” podcast for her thesis on The Balance Chair, which automatically ejects the user for a work break. 

Jeffrey Ding (Political Science) received a $287,718 grant from Schmidt Futures for the study, “Transferring Safety: Keep your friends safe, and your enemies safer?”

Matt Eich (Photojournalism) was selected for a 2024-2025 Professional Visual Arts Fellowship from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts for his ongoing series, Bird Song Over Black Water.

Sylvia Jones (English) published “Three Poems” online with Relegation Books’ R&R Journal.

Alexa Alice Joubin (English) co-edited a new edition of King Lear (Broadview Press, 2023). 

Sandy Kawano (Biology) received a National Science Foundation Career Award for her research in salamander biomechanics.

Annie Liontas (English) published the memoir, Sex with a Brain Injury: On Concussion and Recovery (Scribner, 2024).

Scott Logan, MPA ’03, (Public Administration, Policy Analysis and Evaluation) was named director of legislative affairs at the United States Agency for International Development.

Courtney Middleton, MA ’24, (Art History) presented “Mickalene Thomas’s ‘Jet Blue’ and the Complexities of Pleasure” at the 54th annual Middle Atlantic Symposium in the History of Art, organized by the National Gallery of Art’s Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts.

Beatrice Phillips, BA ’23, (Political Science, Journalism and Mass Communication) was featured by NPR in the article “Here are our 10 best college podcasts in America.”

Kathryn Prinkey, MA ’23, (Museum Studies) became the new curator of exhibits & engagement at the Nabb Research Center at Salisbury University and presented her first exhibition, “From Patch to Plate: The Sweet Journey of Delmarva Strawberries.”

Lucia M. Rafanelli (Political Science) published the book, Promoting Justice Across Borders: The Ethics of Reform Intervention (Oxford University Press, 2024).

Chet'la Sebree (English) authored a poem in This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets (Little, Brown and Company, 2024).

Holden Thorp (Chemistry) was named to the 2024 STATUS List, featuring 50 influential people shaping the future of health and life sciences.

Gayle Wald (American Studies) was appointed to the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Committee of Scholars.

Brian Widuch, MPP ’16, (Public Policy) started a new assignment with the National Security Council.