Faculty and Staff Notes
David Forrest Book Named a 2023 "Outstanding Academic Title"
David Forrest's book, (University of Minnesota Press, 2022), has been named a 2023 "Outstanding Academic Title" by .
Shuming Chen Recent Coauthored Articles Published
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Shuming Chen has recently published three articles with 厙ぴ勛圖 student coauthors. Chemoselective Quinoline and Isoquinoline Reduction by Energy Transfer Catalysis Enabled Hydrogen Atom Transfer was published in with Kyogo Nagashima 24 and collaborators from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Pd/IPrBIDEA-Catalyzed Hydrodefluorination of gem-Difluorocyclopropanes: Regioselective Synthesis of Terminal Fluoroalkenes, appeared in the with Zachary Cheng 25 and collaborators from Renmin University of China. Most recently, Nitrene-Mediated Enantioselective Intramolecular Olefin Oxyamination to Access Chiral 帠-Aminomethyl-帠-Lactones, was published in with Clayton Ritter 23 and collaborators in Marburg, Germany.
Jan Miyake President of the Society for Music Theory
On November 11, Professor of Music Theory Jan Miyake started her two-year term as President of the .
Jason Stalnaker Coauthored Paper Published in "Physical Review D"
Professor of Physics Jason Stalnaker and 厙ぴ勛圖 students Eduardo Castro Mu簽oz 23 and Ehsan Nikfar 25 have coauthored a paper in on a search for magnetic signatures of hidden-photon and axion dark matter in the wilderness. The article is being highlighted by the journal as an Editors Suggestion.
Kirk Ormand Article Published in Volume of Collected Essays from Routledge Press
Professor of Classics Kirk Ormand has published a new article in a volume of collected essays dealing with notions of temporality in ancient Greek and Latin literature. Ormand's essay, titled " 'But Now': The Temporality of Archaic Greek Invective" appears in from Routledge Press, pp. 121-139. The volume is edited by Kate Gilhuly and Jeffrey Ulrich.
Steven Huff Book Chapter Published
Professor of German Steven Huff has recently published a book chapter titled "Amnesia, Chaos, Trauma: Kleist's Memory Games" in Memory in German Romanticism: Imagination, Image, Reception. Ed. Christopher R. Clason et al. London: Routledge, 2023. Chap. 1, 23-47.
Yveline Alexis Writes Commissioned Essay
Public Books and Dr. Marlene Daut commissioned Yveline Alexis to write an essay, which she named, "." The work explores themes between Drs. Grace Sanders Johnson and Takkara K. Brunson's books about feminism, black political organizing, and our multilingual archives.
Ghassan Abou-Zeineddine Received 2023 Evelyn Shakir Creative Nonfiction Award
Professor Ghassan Abou-Zeineddine recently attended the Arab American Book Awards ceremony at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, on Saturday, November 11, where he received the 2023 Evelyn Shakir Creative Nonfiction Award for his coedited anthology . Hadha Baladuna explores the diverse range of the Arab diaspora in the Detroit metro area.
Jackie Zubin Awarded Dorothy Brickman Award for Outstanding New Professional
Jackie Zubin was awarded the Dorothy Brickman Award for Outstanding New Professional last week at the NAFSA Association of International Educators Region VI conference in Lexington, KY. This award is presented to an outstanding individual who has made significant contributions to their campus, regional organization, and the field of international education.
Joey Rizzolo Narrates Immersive Fiction Podcast
Cinema Studies Lecturer Joey Rizzolo can be heard as the narrator of the current season of Night Vale Presents' immersive fiction podcast, "." All episodes are free to download at Night Vale's website, or wherever you get podcasts.