Noteworthy
"Noteworthy" is a monthly compilation of important awards, achievements and grants received by Columbian College faculty, students and alumni. Articles published in academic journals are also included among these recognitions.
Recent Recognition
Jeffrey Ding (Political Science) appeared on the podcast “Tools and Weapons,” hosted by Microsoft President and Vice Chair Brad Smith.
Michael Doyle (SMPA) wrote the book Nightmare in the Pacific: The World War II Saga of Artie Shaw and his Navy Band (UNT Press, 2025).
Jennifer James (English) was elected to a three-year term on the Board of Editors of American Literature.
Cory Jorgensen (Arabic Studies) authored the book Throwing Down the Verbal Gauntlet, The Arabic Invective of Jarīr and al-Farazdaq (Brill, 2025).
Xiaofei Kang (Religion) received the Joseph Levenson Book Prize for her book Enchanted Revolution: Ghosts, Shamans, and Gender Politics in Chinese Communist Propaganda, 1942-1953.
Immanuel Kim (EALL) authored the book Rebranding North Korea: Changes in the Consumer Culture and Visual Media (University of Hawai’i Press, 2025). He also co-edited The Bloomsbury Handbook on North Korean Cinema (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025) and co-translated Hidden Heroes: Anthology of North Korean Fiction (Anthem Press, 2025).
Subrata Kundu (Statistics) wrote a “A Tribute to Nozer Darabsha Singpurwalla,” a special issue of New Frontiers in Reliability and Risk Analysis.
John Lill (Biological Sciences) was awarded a $152,587 grant from the National Science Foundation for research on emergent properties of biomass pulses and the effects of periodical cicadas on forest ecosystems.
Jasmine McGinnis Johnson (TSPPPA) co-edited the book Participatory Grantmaking in Philanthropy (Georgetown University Press, 2024).
David Mitchell (English) was featured in a Forbes review of his documentary film Disposable Humanity.