Honors
Erin Durban-Albrecht, ANT, won the National Women’s Studies Association’s First Book Prize for 2015 for her manuscript, Postcolonial Homophobia: United States Imperialism in Haiti and the Transnational Circulation of Antigay Sexual Politics.
Julie North, Parking & Transportation, has been elected to the Women In Parking’s 2016/17 Leadership Board.
Pam Walden, Registrar’s Office, has been named president-elect of the Illinois Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (IACRAO).
Publications
MyoungJin Kim, Kim Astroth and Cynthia Kerber, MCN, were part of a group that co-authored “Behind Bars: Experiences Conducting Behavioral Addictions Research in a County Jail” in the Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services.
Susan Calderon and Caroline Mallory, MCN, published “A Systematic Review of Oral Health Behavior Research in American Adolescents” in the Journal of School Nursing.
Logan Miller, ANT, published “Ritual economy and craft production in small-scale societies: Evidence from microwear analysis of Hopewell bladelets” in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology.
Laurel Perez, ENG, published “Lack” and “Ending As Beginning” in Tuck Magazine.
Hyun-Sook Kang, ENG, published “Teacher candidates’ perceptions of non-native English-speaking teacher educators in a TESOL Program: ‘Is there a language barrier compensation?’ in the TESOL Journal.
Readings and Exhibitions
Irene Taylor, ENG, gave a reading of “Mothers 1,” “Mothers 2” for the opening ceremony of the Barn Quilt Heritage Trail—McLean County.
Cynthia Kukla’s, ART, solo exhibition, Arcadia, was displayed at the Korean Cultural Center of Chicago, January 14-28. The 35 paintings in the exhibition were made in Greece at ancient sites and inspired by the myths of the ancient Mediterranean.
Presentations
Kim McCord, MUS, presented “Assistive Music Technology and Autism” at the National Association for Music Education Pre-Conference on Music and Autism in Nashville.
