Faculty Highlights

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  Husain Article

  Sociology professor Atiya Husain published "Are Jews white?" in Slate.

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  McGowen Presentation

  Political science professor Ernest McGowen was one of 100 scholars to present at the Collaborative Multiracial Post-Election Survey (CMPS) Summer Research Workshop and Planning Meeting at UCLA in August. McGowen presented on the effect of suburban residence on black political behavior, using zip code level census data and measures of urbanicity.

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  Eakin Award

  Religious studies professor and master of liberal arts program chair Frank Eakin was awarded an Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who’s Who, a publisher of biographical profiles.

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  Skromne Grant Biology professor Isaac Skromne has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to support his research with zebrafish and bone disease.
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  Salisbury Award

  Geography professor David Salisbury was given the Private Sector & Government Award at the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers in May 2018.

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  Pollock Article

  Chemistry professor Julie Pollock, along with colleague Carol Parish and several UR undergraduates, has published "Analysis of MEMO1 Binding Specificity for ErbB2 Using Fluorescence Polarization and Molecular Dynamics Simulations," in Biochemistry.

• Tilton, Arnold Grant

  Rhetoric professor Lauren Tilton and mathematics professor Taylor Arnold received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop software that will analyze how moving images such as film, television, and news broadcasts shape cultural norms.

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  Smith Feature

  Sable Elyse Smith, a new faculty member in Visual Media and Arts Practice, had her work featured in an article in Art in America magazine.

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  Dumbaugh Article

  Math professor Della Dumbaugh and her daughter Hannah Fenster published "Calculating Intersections: The Crossroads of Mathematics and Literature in the Lives of Mother and Daughter," in the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics.

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  Parish Grant

  Chemistry professor Carol Parish received a grant from the National Science Foundation for her project, "RUI: Characterizing Pyrolysis and Combustion Pathways for Asphaltene Model Compounds."