Speech & Hearing Sciences

Currently Accolades: People for September 27, 2021

by Currently September 22nd 2021

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  1. Jola Ajibade, geography faculty, was featured in “Amazon Faces Activism, Rising Tide of Environmental Justice” by Roll Call. 
  2. Jola Ajibade, geography faculty, was featured in “Climate Change, Cascading Disasters, and the Pacific Northwest Heat Wave” by PDX Monthly. 
  3. Jola Ajibade, geography faculty, was featured in “Climate Change, Heat Dome and Climate Adaptation” by KOHI Radio.
  4. Kathi Inman Berens and Rachel Noorda, English faculty, had their research “Immersive Media & Books 2020” featured in the articles “Who Listens to Audiobooks?” and “Book Pirates Buy More Books, and Other Unintuitive Book Piracy Facts” from BookRiot.
  5. Shelly Chabon, vice provost for academic personnel and dean of interdisciplinary general education and speech and hearing faculty, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, the highest honor issued by the association.
  6. Shirley A. Jackson, sociology faculty, served as a session organizer and presider for “’Let’s Have a Real Talk’: The Dynamics of Gender, Race, and Allies” at the Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting on Aug. 4.
  7. Shirley A. Jackson, sociology faculty, is vice-president-elect of the Pacific Sociological Association and president-elect of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. 
  8. Maura Kelly, sociology faculty, was quoted in the article “Dozens of Nooses Have Shown Up on U.S. Construction Sites. The Culprits Rarely Face Consequences” from The Washington Post.
  9. Sirisha Kothuri, civil and environmental engineering, received the 2021 Research Professional of the Year award from the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals.
  10. Thea Prieto, English, discussed her new book, “From the Caves” with Leni Zumas, English faculty, hosted online by Powell’s Books on Aug. 12.
  11. Nicole Miller Rigelman, education faculty, was awarded the Stewart Professorship in Mathematics Teaching and Learning. 
  12. Ken Ruoff, history faculty and Center for Japanese Studies director, was interviewed for the article “Emperor Naruhito, Whose Family Has Long Supported the Paralympics, Will Formally Open the Games” from The New York Times.
  13. Vivek Shandas, urban studies and planning faculty, was interviewed on “Heat Mapping Portland: Why Do Some Areas Get Hotter Than Others?” by KGW 8.
  14. Dara Shifrer, sociology faculty, served as a submission reviewer for the American Educational Research Association.
  15. Dara Shifrer, sociology faculty, served as a mentor pairing organizer for the Disability and Society section of the American Sociological Association.
  16. Dara Shifrer, sociology faculty, served as the chair of the James Coleman Article Award Committee with the American Sociological Association’s Sociology of Education Section.
  17. Hyeyoung Woo, sociology faculty, served as a session organizer and presider for “Section on Asia and the Global Asian Diaspora” and as a session presider on “Women in Asia and Asian America” at the Annual Meetings of American Sociological Association on Aug. 8.
  18. Hyeyoung Woo, sociology faculty, served as a faculty mentor with the mentoring program at the Association of Korean Sociologists in America. 
  19. Leni Zumas, English faculty, is a finalist for the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature.
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