Heejun Chang, School of Earth, Environment, and Society faculty, and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, received the Gilbert F. White Distinguished Career Award from the Water Resources Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers.
Steven Fuller, world languages & literatures (German) faculty, had his book Walking the Footsteps of a Forgotten Revolution: Friedrich Hecker’s Insurrection of 1848 selected as the featured title in the April/May edition of German Life magazine.
Cristina Herrera, professor and Chair of Chicanx and Latinx Studies, has won the 2026 National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Book Award for her monograph, Welcome to Oxnard: Race, Place, and Chicana Adolescence in Michele Serros's Writings, University of Pittsburgh Press.
Shirley A. Jackson, sociology faculty, is serving as Interim Chair for the PSU Department of Sociology for the Spring 2026 term.
Shirley A. Jackson, sociology faculty, served as a panelist on the American Sociological Association’s Section on Sociological Practice and Public Sociology webinar, Applying Cultural Capital to the Job Search.
Moriah McSharry McGrath, Urban Studies and Planning faculty, was selected as a site visitor to Taller Communidad La Goyco in San Juan, Puerto Rico by the Small Business Anti-Displacement Network.
Catherine McNeur, history faculty, was interviewed for OPB's Evergreen podcast How to Take Care of Oregon's Beloved Bagby Hot Springs.
Aaron Rousseau, sociology faculty, is serving on the PSU-AAUP Grievance Committee.
Ken Ruoff, history faculty, served as Chair and discussant for the panel, Japanese Conservatism Since the 1990s and the Rise of Participatory Populism, for Association for Asian Studies 2026 Annual Conference, March 2026.
Emily Shafer, sociology faculty, is starting a three-year term (2026-2028) on the editorial board of Gender & Society.
Jeremy Spoon, School of Earth, Environment, and Society faculty, was selected to serve on an ad-hoc committee convened by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to review The Nature Record, a "holistic assessment of U.S. lands, waters, and wildlife, and the benefits they provide."