July-August 2024 Noteworthy

July 22, 2024

Asha Abdul-Mujeeb, MA ’25, (Museum Studies) was profiled in the article “How Asha Abdul- Mujeeb, a Black digital archivist, is preserving HBCU history” by the Reckon news organization.

Eric Grynaviski (Political Science) co-authored the book The Price of Empire: American Entrepreneurs and the Origins of America’s First Pacific Empire (Cambridge, 2024).

Chryssa Kouveliotou (Physics) received the prestigious Distinguished Scientist Award from the Southeastern Universities Research Association.

Eve Levenson, MPA ’23, (Public Administration) was profiled in The Washington Post for her work as the national youth engagement director for the Biden Campaign.

Courtney Middleton, MA ’24, (Art History) participated in the 54th annual Middle Atlantic Symposium in the History of Art organized by the National Gallery’s Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts.

Kathryn Newcomer (TSPPPA) co-edited the book Research Handbook on Program Evaluation (Edward Elger Publishing, 2024) and authored four chapters.

PhD candidate Emma Northcott (TSPPPA) won the 2024 Best Reviewer Award from the Academy of Management-Public and Nonprofit Division.

Bibiana Obler (Art History) wrote the essay “Not Your Grandmother’s Labor” for the book Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction.

Ben Page, MPP ’05, (TSPPPA) was appointed deputy assistant secretary for economic development and COO at the U.S. Economic Development Administration.

Sanjay K. Pandey (TSPPPA) was ranked ninth out of more than 32,000 public administration scholars by ScholarGPS.

Graduate student Gianna Ramirez (Speech Language Pathology) received the American Speech Language Hearing Association’s Students Preparing for Academic-Research Careers (SPARC) Award.

Camila Tapias, MPA ’20, (Public Administration) was elected to the GW Board of Trustees as a recent alumni trustee.

Brian Weeden, PhD ’17, (Public Policy Administration) was appointed policy and regulatory team lead at the Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy.