Faculty and Staff Notes
John Gruber to Perform With the Akron Symphony Orchestra
John Gruber will perform George Walker's Trombone Concerto with the Akron Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, September 24.
KJ Cerankowski's Book a Contender for ASAP Book Prize
KJ Cerankowski's book Suture: Trauma and Trans Becoming was shortlisted for the ASAP (Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present) 2022 Book Prize.
Mauricio Betancourt Publishes Article
The journal Environmental Research: Climate, recently published the article “Conflicting outcomes of alternative energies: agricultural methane emissions and hydroelectricity, 1975–2015” coauthored by Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology Mauricio Betancourt.
Jiyul Kim Cited in Washington Post Article
Visiting Instructor of history Jiyul Kim was cited in a Washington Post article on the reunion of the "Chosin Few" veterans of the Korean War. Kim is writing a new history of the Korean War for Cambridge University Press in collaboration with East Asian Studies Professor Sheila Miyoshi Jager.
Shuming Chen publishes Article in ACS Catalysis
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Shuming Chen recently published an article in ACS Catalysis, "Cyclometalated Chiral-at-Ruthenium Catalyst for Enantioselective Ring-Closing C(sp3)–H Carbene Insertion to Access Chiral Flavanones." Co-authors include Peter Choi '23 and collaborators in Marburg, Germany.
Wendy Beth Hyman's Monograph Identified as an “Outstanding Academic Title”
Professor of English and Comparative Literature Wendy Beth Hyman's monograph, Impossible Desire and the Limits of Knowledge in Renaissance Poetry (Oxford UP, 2019), was identified as an “Outstanding Academic Title” by CHOICE 2021. Her co-edited collection, Teaching Social Justice Through Shakespeare: Why Renaissance Literature Matters Now (Edinburgh UP, 2019) has gone into paperback. She recently published an article, “Beyond Beyond: Cymbeline and the Ontology of Elsewhere,” in English Literary Renaissance 52.3. Along with Jen Waldron, she was guest editor of a special issue of that journal, Theorizing Early Modern Fictions. Finally, an article called “Patterns, The Shakespearean Sonnet, and Conduits of Scale” appeared in Spenser Studies 36 (June 2022).
Book Review by Sheila Miyoshi Jager Published in the New York Times
Professor of East Asian Studies Sheila Miyoshi Jager's review of A Continent Erupts: Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945-1955 (Norton, 2022) by Ronald H. Spector was published in the New York Times.
Cynthia Taylor Published Interview with Helen Hu
Associate Professor of Computer Science Cynthia Taylor published an interview with Helen Hu on the propagation of Process Oriented Inquiry Learning (POGIL) in Computer Science, in ACM Inroads magazine.
Jillian Scudder Receives NSF Grant to Fund Research
Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Jillian Scudder received an NSF RUI grant of $229,027 to fund her research program understanding galaxies in the nearby universe. This grant was also announced by Senator Sherrod Brown as one of seven grants coming to Northeast Ohio higher-education institutions.
Annemarie Sammartino Publishes Article in Washington Post
Professor of History Annemarie Sammartino published a piece on Co-op City, a cooperative in the Bronx, and its lessons for affordable housing policy makers and advocates in the Made by History section of the Washington Post. The Post article draws upon her recent book, Freedomland: Co-op City and the Story of New York (Cornell UP, 2022).