by Currently
September 21st 2020
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Every week during the academic year, Currently celebrates faculty and staff accomplishments, including appearances on panels, presentations, recent publications or performances, and research grants.
- Talya Bauer and Berrin Erdogan, business faculty, and Donald Truxillo, psychology faculty, had their paper titled “Navigating Uncharted Waters: Newcomer Socialization Through the Lens of Stress Theory,” published in 2015 in the Journal of Management, recognized as a finalist for the journal’s 2020 Scholarly Impact Award.
- Scott Burns, geology faculty emeritus, is part of the inaugural cohort of fellows at Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society, for distinguished contributions to geology, soil science, terroir and wines, Sigma Xi, community organizations, teaching, mentoring, lifelong learning, and colleagues world-wide. Sigma Xi is an international research honor society for scientists and engineers. The fellow of Sigma Xi distinction is awarded on a competitive basis to members who have been recognized by their peers.
- Grace Dillon, Native American studies and university studies faculty, was interviewed for the article “‘We’ve Already Survived an Apocalypse’: Indigenous Writers Are Changing Sci-Fi” by the New York Times.
- Scott DuHadway, business faculty, was the chair and moderator of the session “Broadening our Understanding of Behavioral Experiments for OSCM” at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in August.
- Ted Khoury, business faculty, co-convened the conference sub-plenary titled “Organizing the Global Refugee and Migration Movements: Protecting the Dispossessed and Promoting Solidarity” at the European Group of Organizational Studies (EGOS) annual conference from July 2-4.
- Susan Kirtley, English faculty, was part of the team nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism. Kirtley is associate editor of Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society.
- Susan Kirtley, English faculty, was featured in a Q&A titled “Comics Education in Conversation” with Random House Books.
- Charla Mathwick, business faculty, is currently serving as the co-editor of a special issue on “Women Entrepreneurs” in the Case Research Journal. The Case Research Journal is published by the North American Case Research Association and is the leading academic journal for cases in business and related disciplines in North America.
- Christopher Monsere, Maseeh College of Engineering & Computer Science civil and environmental engineering chair, was awarded the 2020 Outstanding Educator Award from the Western District of the Institute of Transportation Engineers. His primary research interests are in design and operation of multimodal transportation facilities including user behavior, comprehension, preferences and the overall safety effectiveness of transportation improvements.