Faculty Highlights

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  Lighting & Sound

  Maja White is an expert in performance lighting and sound. She is the resident lighting designer with the Chamber Dance Project in Washington, D.C. and has been lighting professionally since 1991. Maja works directly with choreographers and can speak to how lighting enhances the mood and the drama of the stage.

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  Costume Design

  An expert in costume design and construction, Johann Stegmeir has designed costumes for opera, theater, dance, feature films, and television all over the world. He collaborated with acclaimed director Bruce Beresford on costumes for the feature film, 'Peace, Love and Misunderstanding' and the television series ‘Mercy Street.’ Stegmeir can discuss the costume process from start to finish and how costume design differs by genre.

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  Pianist & Vegan Advocate

  A pianist and harpsichordist, Joanne Kong’s performances have been praised by The Washington Post for “great finesse and flexibility.” Additionally, she is one of today’s most sought after and compelling veganism advocates. She is the author of If You’ve Ever Loved an Animal, Go Vegan and travels internationally promoting vegan lifestyles.

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  Gupton Article

  Chemistry professor John Gupton and collaborators published, "Application of Vinylogous Carbamates and Vinylogous Aminonitriles to the Regiospecific Synthesis of Uniquely Functionalized Pyrroles and Quinolones," in Tetrahedron.

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  Crawford, Corbin Award

  Psychology professor Beth Crawford and post-doc Jonathan Corbin were recgonized with a $1,000 prize from Open Science Framework’s Preregistration Challenge for their paper, "Biased by the Group: Memory for an Emotional Expression Biases Towards the Ensemble."

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  de Sá Article

  Biology professor Rafael de Sá, with collaborators including Travis Cuddy, '14, published, "A molecular insight on the relationships of the poorly known genus Niceforonia Goin and Cochran, 1963 (Craugastoridae, Holoadeninae) in the journal Zootaxa.

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  Towns Article

  Rhetoric and communication studies professor Armond Towns published, "Black 'Matter' Lives," in Women's Studies in Communication.
  

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  Maurantonio Presentation

  Rhetoric and communication studies professor Nicole Maurantonio and colleagues presented "Confronting Pasts: Community Engagement and Empowerment," at the annual meeting of the National Humanities Alliance.

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  Mifsud Essay

  Rhetoric and communication studies professor Mari Lee Mifsud's essay "The Gift, The Market, and the Question of Living Well Together: Exploring Rhetorics of Allo-Liberalism as Antidote to NeoLiberalism," was publised in Society and Economy.

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  Vickery Article

  Rhetoric and communication studies professor Andrea Vickery published, "Everyday (imagined) talk: An exploration of everyday conversational topics and imagined interaction features," in Imagination, Cognition, and Personality.