Faculty and Staff Notes
Kristina Mani Article Published in "World Politics Review"
Professor of Politics Kristina Mani wrote in that in the presidential election in Venezuela, the military's position is complex and it may not necessarily support President Nicolas Maduro this time.
Josh Whitson Presents at Association of International Educators Ohio Conference
Assistant Dean and Director of International Student and Scholar Services Josh Whitson attended the 2024 NAFSA: Association of International Educators Ohio conference hosted by Ohio Dominican University on July 19 and presented an overview of the Fulbright IEA Program.
Will Parsons and Katelyn Bustin Coauthored Article Published
Chemistry and biochemistry faculty Will Parsons and Katelyn Bustin published an article titled 鈥溾 in ACS Chemical Biology along with Cassondra Davies 鈥24, Paul Kamitsuka 鈥23, Gabriel Negrao de Morais 鈥25, Regina Stasser de Gonzalez 鈥22, and collaborators from the University of Pennsylvania.
Gina P茅rez Featured on Podcast
Professor of Comparative American Studies Gina P茅rez was featured on The Revealer, an award-winning online magazine and that explores religion and its many roles in society and people鈥檚 lives, to discuss her new book Sanctuary People: Faith-Based Organizing in Latina/o Communities.
Greggor Mattson Wins Independent Publisher Book Award
Professor of Sociology Greggor Mattson won the gold medal for LGBTQ+ academic titles from the Independent Publisher Book Awards for Who Needs Gay Bars? Bar-Hopping through America's LGBTQ+ Places (Stanford 2023). He was also elected 2025-26 Chair of the Sexualities Section of the American Sociological Association.
Hal Sundt Article Published on "The Ringer"
Senior Lecturer of Writing and Communication Hal Sundt wrote about tornadoes, storm chasing, and the movie Twisters for .
Anna Lordan Presented at Conference in Ukraine
Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies Anna Lordan presented at the inaugural in the Carpathian Mountains, Ukraine, on exploring embodied knowledge with turn-of-the-20th-century Ukrainian writer Lesia Ukrainka, and facilitated a workshop in Lviv, Ukraine on "Writing: Becoming Our Own Mentor with students of the Invisible University," set up to support students whose studies have been impacted by the Russian invasion.
Chanda Feldman Poems Featured in Various Media
鈥淏lue Hour,鈥 a poem by Associate Professor of Creative Writing Chanda Feldman, from American Public Media. Feldman鈥檚 poems 鈥淏lue Hour,鈥 鈥淭oured the Imperial Medieval Castle,鈥 and 鈥淧alinode to a New Year of Trees鈥 also appeared in issue 61 of the Harvard Review. Her poems 鈥淭he Age of Discovery,鈥 鈥淭he Dead Sea,鈥 and 鈥淎s a Side Note to a Side Note in the History鈥 appeared in the spring 2024 issue of EPOCH literary magazine. Feldman鈥檚 poem 鈥淒emonstration鈥 was anthologized in This is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets.
Sonia Kruks Paper Presented at Conference in Berlin
Danforth Professor of Politics Emerita Sonia Kruks presented a paper titled "Varieties of Oppression in Beauvoir's Thinking" at the conference Simone de Beauvoir as a Moral Philosopher, held at the Free University of Berlin on June 28-29.
Ali Masood Article Published
Assistant Professor of Politics Ali Masood recently published an article titled, "" that examines how elite cues and affective animus impact public perceptions of the FBI, DOJ, and the U.S. Supreme Court in American Politics Research.