Faculty Highlights

• 
  Barney Awarded

  Tim Barney, associate professor and chair of the department of rhetoric & communication studies, won the 2020 Wrage-Baskerville Award by the Public Address Division of the National Communication Association.

• 
  Boland Awarded

  Linda Boland, professor of biology, has been awarded $35,880 from the National Institutes of Health for her role on the project, A Digital and Open-Source Amplifier for Oocyte Ion Channel Measurements.

• 
  Outka Receives Award

  Elizabeth Outka, professor of English, received the 2020 Book Award (monograph category) from the South Atlantic Modern Language Association for her book Viral Modernism: The Influenza Pandemic and Interwar Literature.

• 
  de Sá Published

  Rafael de Sá, professor of biology, published “Analysis of ultraconserved elements supports African origins of narrow-mouthed frogs” in Molecular Phylogenetic and Evolution.

   

• 
  de Sá in the Journal of Morphology

  Rafael de Sá, professor of biology, published “Tadpole of the Amazonian frog Edalorhina perezi (Anura: Leptodactylidae) with description of oral internal and chondrocranial morphology” in Journal of Morphology.

• 
  Kong Gives "Last Lecture"

  Joanne Kong, director of accompaniment, coordinator of chamber ensembles, gave this year's Last Lecture, hosted yearly by the Omicron Delta Kappa's Epsilon Circle. You can view the recording of “Covid-19: A Point of Awakening for Humanity” here.

• 
  Softic Discusses Work

  Tanja Softic, professor of art, recently discussed her work in “Displacements”, a virtual exhibition project by Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art in Charleston, SC. The recording of the conversation can be found here.

• 
  Vazquez Published

  Karina Vazquez, director of community-based learning, and a number of her students, recently published “Vulnerable Bodies: Domestic Violence in The Hispanic/Latinx Community During A Pandemic” in Latinx Talk. Read the article here.

• 
  Barracks Named Top 40

  Chaz Barracks, dissertation fellow in rhetoric & communication studies, was named one of Style Weekly’s “Top 40 Under 40” for 2020. Read about his accomplishments here.

• 
  Wu Published

  Carrie Wu, associate professor of biology, published "Evolution of multiple postzygotic barriers between species of the Mimulus tiligii complex" in the journal Evolution with coauthors Gabrielle Sandstedt and Andrea Sweigart from the University of Georgia.