Honors
Susan Hildebrandt
, LAN, was honored for her co-authored article “Communicative learning outcomes and world language edTPA: Characteristics of high-scoring portfolios” published in Hispania of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. The article earned an Honorable Mention for Outstanding Scholarly Publication in the category of Linguistics and Language Science/Pedagogy by the journal. The authors received their award at the AATSP banquet in Salamanca, Spain, in July.

Exhibitions
Kendra Paitz, University Galleries, authored “The ‘Perfect Memory’ of Water” by the Des Moines Art Center in conjunction with the premiere of Jen Bervin’s River. River is a hand-sewn silver sequin sculpture that is a one-inch-to-one-mile scale map of the Mississippi River.

Publications
John Baldwin, COM, published “A methodological nomad and an accidental scholar” in Communication Studies.

Marjorie Jones, CHE, co-authored “Effects of Specific Electric Field Stimulation on the Kinetics of Secreted Acid Phosphatases from Leishmania tarentolae and Implications for Therapy” for Pathogens.

Ali Riaz, POL, published “Future Trends of Bangladesh Politics” (in Bengali) for the Centre for Governance Studies of Bangladesh.

Cheri Simonds and John Hooker, COM, co-authored “Creating a culture of accommodation in the public speaking course” for Communication Education.  

Aslihan Spaulding, AGR, co-authored “Unwanted Horse Population in Illinois: Perceptions of Horse Owners, Non-Horse Owners, and Equine Industry Stakeholders” for the Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science.