New Books
Melissa Panek, professorial lecturer of French, wrote The Postmodern Mythology of Michel Tournier.
Victoria Grady, adjunct professor of organizational sciences, authored The Pivot Point: Success in Organizational Change, which was featured by Leadership Now's Leading Blog as one of the best books on leadership for August 2012.
Alexander Huang, associate professor of English, recently penned World Literature and World Theatre: Aesthetic Humanism in Cultural Globalization. He also received a grant from Stiftung Mercator, one of the largest private foundations in Germany, to fund research for his new book, World Literature and World Theatre: Aesthetic Humanism in Cultural Globalization.
Awards and Recognition
Brandon Bartels, assistant professor of political science, received a $24,518 grant from the National Science Foundation in support of his project, “Collaborative Research: A Workshop on the Normative Implications of Empirical Research in Law and Courts.”
Professors of Art Therapy Donna Betts and Jordan Potash were awarded the American Art Therapy Association Research Award 2012 for their collaboration on "An Art Therapy Study of Visitor Reactions to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Experience."
Houston Miller, professor of chemistry, was awarded $350,000 from the National Science Foundation for his research on laser diagnostics.
Dmitry Streletskiy, a post-doctoral researcher in the Geography Department, received a $168,138 grant from the National Science Foundation in support of his project, “Collaborative Research: Interactions Between Air Temperature, Permafrost and Hydrology in the High Latitudes of Eurasia.”
Erin Marie Williams, MA ’07, PhD ’11, won an L’Oréal USA Fellowship For Women in Science award for her postdoctoral research in hominid paleobiology.
Hal Wolman, professor of political science, was named the winner of the Norton Long Career Achievement Award for his contributions to the study of urban politics through scholarly publication, the mentoring of students, and public service.