Robert Franciosi, professor of English and honors,
wrote an article, "Being
present vs. being a presence," published in Inside Higher Ed.
Chris Hinsch, associate professor of marketing, was
interviewed about car
insurance prices for an article posted by WalletHub.
Two short films by Julie Goldstein, assistant
professor of film and video production, are being featured in the World Cinema
Carnival out of Kolkata, India. The films, "Design for
Dreaming" and "Ethereal Shift" are being featured in
the "Women and Society" and "Moment by Moment" programs.
Sketches
Faculty and staff members who have given presentations or had their
research published are detailed below. The campus community can self-submit
a sketch online for future publication.
Annis Water Resources Institute faculty, staff
members and students gave presentations at the Michigan Space Grant
Consortium’s fall conference held at Calvin University.
Bopi Biddanda chaired a session, “Out of Solar System Phenomena"
Nate Dugener, Ian Stone, Anthony Weinke and Biddanda: "Out of
Oxygen: Exploring Bottom Water Hypoxia Dynamics in a Great Lakes Estuary"
Alan Steinman and Ellen Foley: "Lake Responses to Elevated
Levels of Chloride and Phosphorus"
Charlyn Partridge and Maggie Petersen: "Microplastics and
Molecular Endpoints in Fathead Minnows"
Jonathan Walt and Sean Woznicki: "Mapping the Spread of
Invasive Plants in Michigan Wetlands"
Stone, Weinke and Biddanda: "Dancing the Night (and day)
Away: Extant Mat World Microbes Synchronize Migration to a Diel Tempo"
Sean Woznicki, assistant professor of water
resources, received a NASA Land Cover/Land Use Change Program grant,
totaling $449,817, for a project, “Water Scarcity in the Serbian
Danube: Agricultural Land Use Change and Irrigation." Woznicki
will serve as principal investigator with co-investigators from
Michigan State University and Michigan Technological University, and
collaborators from the USDA Agricultural Research Service and the
BioSense Institute at the University of Novi Sad, Serbia.
Heather Van Wormer, associate professor of
anthropology and department chair, was appointed to the Grand Rapids
Historic Preservation Commission for a three-year term.
Anal Shah, associate professor of film production,
wrote an article, "Ethics, Imagination and the Museum of
Memories," published in Millennium Film Journal.
Adrienne Wallace, associate professor advertising and
public relations, was re-elected to the WMPRSA board of directors and
will serve as secretary for the e-board.
Christine Rener, vice provost for instructional
development and innovation and director of the Pew FTLC, is a
co-author of a book, Midcourse
Correction for the College Classroom, published by Stylus Publishing.
Leanne Kang gave a presentation about research and oral histories of former GRPS students, staff and faculty at a community event. The project was funded by the Kutsche Office of Local History.
Motivational speaker Darrell "Coach D" Andrews spoke to hundreds of GEAR UP students; a sociology professor received a Distinguished Scholarly Publication award for his book.