Staff & Faculty

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Faculty & Staff Accomplishments

Dr. Dan Chen
Chen Awarded

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

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Dr. Jennifer Bowie
Bowie Awarded

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

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Dr. Jeffrey Simpson
Simpson, Leopold, & Students Published

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.

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Dr. Timothy Barney
Barney Presented

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.

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Dr. Justin Wigard
Wigard Published

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.

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Dr. Ravynn K. Stringfield
Stringfield Published

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

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Dr. Ravynn K. Stringfield
Stringfield Interviewed

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.

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Dr. Michael Leopold
Leopold, Simpson, & Students Published

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.

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