Staff & Faculty

Dan Chen, assistant professor of political science, received a 2023 Spring Centennial Center Research Grant from the American Political Science Association.

Jennifer Bowie, associate professor of political science, received the 2023 School of Arts & Sciences Outstanding Mentor Award. 

Jeff Simpson, director of NMR and computational support, and Michael Leopold, Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Professor of Chemistry, and a team of undergraduates published a paper in ACS Applied Nano Materials on using functionalized gold nanoparticles to detect the neonicotinoid pesticides believed to be harming bee populations.

Timothy Barney, associate professor of rhetoric and communications studies, was a featured presenter at Mapping Armageddon 1945-2045, sponsored by the UK-based Living Maps Network, which gathers researchers, community activists, artists, and others around the idea of mapping for social change, public engagement, and critical debate.

Justin Wigard, post-doc research associate in rhetoric and communciations studies, published a review of Stephen Graham Jones' Don’t Fear the Reaper for Los Angeles Review of Books.

Ravynn Stringfield, visiting assistant professor of media studies, published "A Duet with History: Lizzo and James Madison’s Crystal Flute" on Nursing Clio. 

Ravynn Stringfield, visiting assistant professor of media studies, was featured on BBC 4 Radio as a guest on a segment about princesses, specifically discussing about the dynamics of Afrofuturism and princesses in Black Panther.

Michael Leopold, Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Professor of Chemistry, along with collaborator Jeff Simpson, director of NMR and computational support, and a team of undergraduates published a paper in ACS Applied Nano Materials on using functionalized gold nanoparticles to detect the neonicotinoid pesticides believed to be harming bee populations.