College of Arts & Sciences

Publications 

Seguchi, Noriko, and Kaleigh C Best. “Short Time, Big Impacts: Lessons, Legacies, and Future Directions Based on the Work of Stephen D. Ousley.” The Machines Are Winning: Essays in Honor of Stephen D. Ousley (1961-2022), vol. 7, no. 2-3, Forensic Anthropology, Oct. 2024, pp. 75–81, doi:10.5744/fa.2023.0027.

Presentations 

Passalacqua, N. V. (Author Only), Best, K. C. (Presenter & Author), George, R. (Author Only), Zejdlik-Passalacqua, K. J. (Author Only), 89th Annual Meeting for the Society for American Archaeologists, “Best practice recommendations for the treatment of “discovered” human remains lacking provenance,” Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans Marriott and the Sheraton New Orleans, New Orleans, LA.

Best, K. C. (Presenter & Author), Spencer, J. R. (Author Only), Jazwa, C. (Author Only), 89th Annual Meeting for the Society for American Archaeologists, “Marine Shell from Burials in St. Henry’s Cemetery (11S1742), East St. Louis, IL (1866-1908),” Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans Marriott and the Sheraton New Orleans, New Orleans, LA.

Presentations 

Casimir, J., 54th Annual Conference of the Association of Black Sociologists, “Renegotiating Social Contracts: Exploring Kinship Dynamics among South African Grandmother Caregivers Living with Chronic Illness,” Association of Black Sociologists, Montreal, Canada.

Casimir-Vadeboncoeur, J. (Presenter & Author), Virtual International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, “Interrogating Illness Narratives and Its Application in Global Health Research: A Case Study of Aging Women in Sub-Saharan Africa,” International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Virtual, IL.

Presentations 

Eastman, J. M. (Panelist), Riggs, B. H. (Panelist), Denson, A. C. (Panelist), “Beneath out Feet: Campus Archaeology and History at WCU,” Cherokee Studies, Apodaca 201, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

Eastman, J. M. (Presenter & Author), Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference, “What Watauga Town is Teaching Us About Cherokee Astronomy,” Ashore Resort and Beach Club, Ocean City, MD.

Riggs, B. H. (Presenter & Author), Eastman, J. M. (Presenter & Author), Anthropology and Sociology Brown Bag series, “Recent Research at Watauga Town: A Collaborative Approach to Preservation and Discovery,” Anthropology and Sociology Department.

Eastman, J. M. (Presenter & Author), 77th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference, “Tali Tsisgwayahi (Two Sparrows Town) and the Cullowhee Mound: Observations on a Cherokee Landscape,” Durham, NC.

Riggs, B. H. (Presenter & Author), Eastman, J. M. (Presenter & Author), Hoover, K. (Presenter Only), Waitt, K. (Presenter & Author), Yerka, S. (Presenter & Author), 77th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference, “Geophysics and Community Plan at Watauga (31MA89), a post Contact Cherokee Town,” Durham, NC.

Eastman, J. M., “Seeking a Cherokee Perspective on the Location of Tali Tsisqwayahi, the Cullowhee Mound Site.,” Office of State Archaeology 2020 Lecture Series, NC Department of Cultural Resources, Western Office, Asheville, NC.

Ernenwine, E. (Presenter & Author), Riggs, B. H. (Author Only), Eastman, J. M. (Presenter & Author), Waitt, K. (Author Only), 80th Southeastern Archaeological Conference, “Exploring Mississippian Community Patterns at Watauga Through Geophysical Survey,” Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Colonial Williamsburg Lodge, Williamsburg, VA.

Waitt, K. (Presenter & Author), Eastman, J. M. (Author Only), Ernenwine, E. (Author Only), Riggs, B. H. (Author Only), 80th Southeastern Archaeological Conference, “Focusing the Lens: Developing a Framework for Geophysical Data Interpretation of Mississippian Residences at Watauga,” Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Colonial Williamsburg Lodge, Williamsburg, VA.

Riggs, B. H. (Presenter & Author), Eastman, J. M. (Author Only), Cherokee Archaeological Symposim, “”A Most Distressing Scene”,” EBCI Tribal Historic Preservation Office, Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Conference Center, Cherokee.

Riggs, B. H. (Presenter & Author), Eastman, J. M. (Presenter & Author), WCU Research and Scholarship Conference (RASC), “Looking Skyward into the Past: Cherokee Archaeoastronomy.”

Riggs, B. H. (Presenter & Author), Eastman, J. M. (Presenter & Author), Dark Skies in Appalachian Identity, Culture, and Sense of Place, “The Sky at Watauga: A Cherokee Cosmoscape in Southern Appalachia,” Colgate University Department of Physics and Astronomy, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY.

Exhibits and Performances 

Eastman, J. M., “A Century of Cherokee Maskmaking.” (October 2023 – April 2024). 

Publications 

Ennis, Georgia, et al. “Relating to the Forest: Possibilities and Limitations of Collaborative Community Media.” Countering Modernity/Indigenous Communalism, Routledge Press, 2024, pp. 59–84, doi:https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003473565.

Presentations 

Ennis, G. (Author Only), American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting – 2024, “Does Kichwa Information Really Want to Be Free?,” American Anthropological Association, Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL.

Ennis, G., UCSD Linguistic Anthropology Lab, “Does Kichwa Information Really Want to Be Free?,” University of California – San Diego, Department of Anthropology, The University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA.

Ennis, G., Decolonizing Images, “Can the Subaltern Image? The Multivalent Semiotics of Napo Kichwa Media,” Brown University, Department of Anthropology, Brown University, Providence, RI.

Publications 

George, Rebecca L, et al. Collaborative Fire Research Program Using Donated Human Remains. no. 5, WIREs Forensic Science, Jul. 2024, p. e1526, https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wfs2.1526?campaign=wolearlyview.

Noel, Hannah, et al. Utilization of QPCR to Determine Duration and Environmental Drivers Contributing to the Persistence of Human DNA in Soil. no. 6, Genes, Jun. 2024, p. 741, doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/genes15060741

Presentations 

Passalacqua, N. V. (Author Only), Best, K. C. (Presenter & Author), George, R. (Author Only), Zejdlik-Passalacqua, K. J. (Author Only), 89th Annual Meeting for the Society for American Archaeologists, “Best practice recommendations for the treatment of “discovered” human remains lacking provenance,” Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans Marriott and the Sheraton New Orleans, New Orleans, LA.

Burks, C. R. (Presenter & Author), George, R. (Author Only), 93rd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists, “Examining the dental morphology of donors within the JAW Collection,” AABA, Los Angeles, CA.

Bullock, M. (Presenter & Author), Perera, N. T., George, R. L. (Author Only), West, F. L. (Author Only), 2024 Research and Scholarship Conference, “Optimization of sample preparation procedure of bones for Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR).,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

Fore, S. (Presenter & Author), Beck, K. (Author Only), Perera, N. (Author Only), George, R. L. (Author Only), WCU Research and Scholarship Conference, “Analysis of polar volatile organic compounds in grave soil by solid phase microextraction with gas chromatography mass spectrometry (SPME-GC-MS),” Cullowhee, NC.

Melerine, L. (Presenter & Author), George, R. L. (Author Only), Passalacqua, N. V. (Author Only), WCU Research and Scholarship Conference, “Testing decomposition scoring methods at FOREST in Cullowhee, NC,” Cullowhee, NC.

George, R. L. (Discussant), Snow, M. (Discussant), Lambacher, N. (Discussant), 76th Annual Conference of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, AAFS, Denver, CO.

Melerine, L. (Presenter & Author), George, R. L. (Author Only), Passalacqua, N. V., 76th Annual Conference of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, “Testing decomposition scoring methods at FOREST in Cullowhee, NC,” AAFS, Denver, CO.

George, R. L. (Presenter & Author), Baechle, R. (Author Only), Hall, A. (Author Only), 76th Annual Conference of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, “The reassociation of disparate elements at a human decomposition facility,” AAFS, Denver, CO.

Passalacqua, N. V. (Presenter & Author), George, R. (Author Only), Taylor, E., Perera, N. (Author Only), Chapman, E. (Author Only), AAFS 2024, “The Characteristics of a Vertebroplasty in Human Skeletal Remains,” American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Denver, CO.

Passalacqua, N. V. (Presenter & Author), George, R. (Author Only), Taylor, E., Konda, A. (Author Only), Perera, N. (Author Only), Chapman, E. (Author Only), 10th Annual Southeastern Bioanthropology Interest Group (SEBIG) Meeting, “Characteristics of a Vertebroplasty in Human Skeletal Remains,” SEBIG, Chapel Hill, NC.

Publications 

Hopkins, Sara S. “Book Chapter.” The Creative Ethnographer’s Notebook, edited by Melissa Cahnmann and Kristina Jacobsen, Routledge, 2024, https://www.routledge.com/The-Creative-Ethnographers-Notebook/Cahnmann-Taylor-Jacobsen/p/book/9781032429915.

Karlsburg, Jesse P., et al. (Special Section, Hymns Beyond the Congregation II): Spiritual Concert-Fundraisers, Singing Conventions, and Cherokee Language Learning Academies: Vernacular Southern Hymnbooks in Noncongregational Settings.. no. 1, Jan. 2024, pp. 110–40, doi:https://doi.org/10.17132/2377-231X.1237.

Presentations 

Hopkins, S. L. A. (Leader), Karlsburg, J. P. (Leader), Scholberg, G. (Leader), Harris, R. A. (Leader), Annual Meeting, “Singing Vernacular Southern Hymnody Through Sounding Spirit,” Hymn Society of America, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

Snyder, S. L. A. (Panelist), Cushman, E. (Chair), Alexander, B. (Panelist), Biennial Conference, “Crossing Epistemic Borders in Archival Spaces to Support Indigenous Language Persistence,” The Society for Multi-Ethnic Studies: Europe and the Americas, Joensuu, Finland.

Hopkins, S. L. A. (Panelist), Cushman, E. (Chair), Alexander, B. (Panelist), Annual Conference, “Toward a Culturally Meaningful Assessment of an Indigenous Language Persistence Digital Archive,” Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, Bodø, Norway.

Hopkins, S. S., UNESCO Decade of Indigenous Language Annual Lecture Series, “Community-based Cherokee Language Translation,” University of Georgia at Athens, Athens, GA.

Exhibits and Performances 

Snyder, S. L. A., “A Century of Cherokee Maskmaking.” (October 18, 2023 – Present).

Presentations 

Baylor, J. R. (Presenter Only), Mwaniki, M. F. (Presenter Only), National Council for Black Studies, “Freedom Libraries are the Future,” National Council for Black Studies, Hilton San Jose, San Jose, CA.

Publications 

Pyles, Micah Anthony, et al. “The Color of COVID: Historicizing the Structural Disparities That Drive Disproportionate Mortality Rates Among African American Communities.” N/A, Humanity & Society, doi:10.1177/01605976241299396.

Presentations 

Pyles, M. A. (Presenter & Author), Iacobucci, A. (Presenter & Author), Mid-South Sociological Association annual meeting, “Reflections on Race-based Urban Health Disparities: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic,” Nashville, TN.

Dr. Brett Riggs
Full Professor/Sequoyah Distinguished Professor
Anthropology and Sociology
bhriggs@email.wcu.edu

Presentations 

Eastman, J. M. (Panelist), Riggs, B. H. (Panelist), Denson, A. C. (Panelist), “Beneath out Feet: Campus Archaeology and History at WCU,” Cherokee Studies, Apodaca 201, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

Riggs, B. H. (Presenter & Author), Eastman, J. M. (Presenter & Author), Anthropology and Sociology Brown Bag series, “Recent Research at Watauga Town: A Collaborative Approach to Preservation and Discovery,” Anthropology and Sociology Department.

Riggs, B. H. (Presenter & Author), Eastman, J. M. (Presenter & Author), Hoover, K. (Presenter Only), Waitt, K. (Presenter & Author), Yerka, S. (Presenter & Author), 77th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference, “Geophysics and Community Plan at Watauga (31MA89), a post Contact Cherokee Town,” Durham, NC.

Ernenwine, E. (Presenter & Author), Riggs, B. H. (Author Only), Eastman, J. M. (Presenter & Author), Waitt, K. (Author Only), 80th Southeastern Archaeological Conference, “Exploring Mississippian Community Patterns at Watauga Through Geophysical Survey,” Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Colonial Williamsburg Lodge, Williamsburg, VA.

Waitt, K. (Presenter & Author), Eastman, J. M. (Author Only), Ernenwine, E. (Author Only), Riggs, B. H. (Author Only), 80th Southeastern Archaeological Conference, “Focusing the Lens: Developing a Framework for Geophysical Data Interpretation of Mississippian Residences at Watauga,” Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Colonial Williamsburg Lodge, Williamsburg, VA.

Riggs, B. H. (Presenter Only), Annual Hike in Panthertown Valley, “Cherokee Traditions in Panthertown,” Friends of Panthertown, Panthertown Valley, Cashiers, NC.

Riggs, B. H. (Presenter & Author), Eastman, J. M. (Author Only), Cherokee Archaeological Symposim, “”A Most Distressing Scene”,” EBCI Tribal Historic Preservation Office, Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Conference Center, Cherokee.

Riggs, B. H. (Presenter & Author), Eastman, J. M. (Presenter & Author), WCU Research and Scholarship Conference (RASC), “Looking Skyward into the Past: Cherokee Archaeoastronomy.”

Riggs, B. H. (Presenter & Author), Eastman, J. M. (Presenter & Author), Dark Skies in Appalachian Identity, Culture, and Sense of Place, “The Sky at Watauga: A Cherokee Cosmoscape in Southern Appalachia,” Colgate University Department of Physics and Astronomy, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY.

Exhibits and Performances

Ritter, W., Riggs, B. H., Riggs, P., “Fiddle Tunes and Fish Camps,” Earl Scruggs Center, Shelby, NC. (June 28, 2024).

Ritter, W., Riggs, B. H., Riggs, P., “Stringband performance at 47th Appalachian Studies Association Conference, hosted by WCU,” Bardo Arts Center, WCU, Cullowhee, NC. (March 7, 2024).

Dr. Ben Steere
Associate Professor
Anthropology and Sociology
basteere@email.wcu.edu

Presentations 

Steere, B. A., Webb, P., Kelly, K., 80th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference, “The “Conley Mound” in Andrews, North Carolina: Using a Virginia Antiquarian’s Records to put a Cherokee Place Back on the Map,” Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Williamsburg, VA.

Steere, B. A., Webb, P., Kelly, K., 11th Annual Cherokee Archaeology Symposium, “Putting the “Conley Mound” Back on the Map: Using Old Records to Reclaim a Cherokee Place in Andrews, North Carolina,” Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Historic Preservation Office, Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Council Fire Ballrooms, Cherokee, NC.

Steere, B. A., 89th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, “Heritage Management at the Cherokee Town of Noquisiyi (Nikwasi) in Franklin, North Carolina, USA. Paper Presented at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, LA.,” Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, LA.

Publications 

Bose, Indrani, and Olivia Briggs. Gene Model for the Ortholog of ImpL2 in Drosophila Simulans. Micropublication Biology/ CalTech Library, Nov. 2024, doi:10.17912/micropub.biology.000715.

Bose, Indrani. “Gene Silencing via RNA Interference in Cryptococcus.” Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 2775, Methods in Molecular Biology/ Springer, May 2024, pp. 91–106, doi:10.1007/978-1-0716-3722-7_7.

Presentations 

Costa, J. T., “Convincing Lyell: Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace, and the Great Transmutation Debate,” University of Toulouse, Centre de Biologie Integrative (CBI), Toulouse, France. 

Costa, J. T., TULIP Visiting Scholar Lecture, “Patience, Industry, and a Fair Share of Invention: Teaching Darwin with Darwin,” University of Toulouse/Paul Sabatier, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France. 

Costa, J. T., “Alfred Russel Wallace: Radical by Nature,” University of Toulouse, Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station (SETE), Moulis, France. 

Costa, J. T., “Charles Darwin & the Origin of Species: A Primer to Darwin’s ‘One long argument’,” University of Toulouse, Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station (SETE), Moulis, France. 

Costa, J. T., “Alfred Russel Wallace: Radical by Nature – A Sketch of a Life in Borders & Boundaries, Lines & Limits, Fringes & Frontiers…,” North Carolina Arboretum & Malaprop’s Book Store, North Carolina Arboretum, Asheville, NC. 

Costa, J. T., “RADICAL BY NATURE: CELEBRATING ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE AT 200,” Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath, United Kingdom. 

Costa, J. T., Alfred Russel Wallace Bicentennial Lecture, “Alfred Russel Wallace: Radical by Nature,” Linnean Society of London, Linnean Society of London, London, United Kingdom. 

Costa, J. T., Society for the Study of Evolution Annual Meeting, “Gould Plenary: “Patience, Industry, and a Fair Share of Invention” – Teaching Darwin with Darwin,” Society for the Study of Evolution, Convention Center, Albuquerque, NM. 

Costa, J. T., Alfred Russel Wallace Bicentennial Celebration, “What do Wallace’s Field Notebooks Reveal About His Evolutionary Thinking?,” Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, MA. 

Costa, J. T., Alfred Russel Wallace Bicentenary Symposium, ““Darwin & Wallace” – Insights from the Plan for Wallace’s Unpublished Last Book,” Oxford University Museum of Natural History and Maison Française d’Oxford, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, United Kingdom. 

Costa, J. T., History of Science Society Annual Meeting, “Alfred Russel Wallace and Selection in the Service of Utopia,” History of Science Society, Drake Hotel, Chicago, IL. 

Publications 

Sherer, Taylor N, et al. Floral Thermal Biology in Relation to Pollen Thermal Performance in an Early Spring Flowering Plant. Plant Biology, Jun. 2024, pp. 811–20, doi:10.1111/plb.13660.

Publications 

Noel, Hannah, et al. Utilization of QPCR to Determine Duration and Environmental Drivers Contributing to the Persistence of Human DNA in Soil. no. 6, Genes, Jun. 2024, p. 741, doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/genes15060741.

Publications 

Buser, Thaddaeus J., et al. “Freshwater Habitats Promote Rapid Rates of Phenotypic Evolution in Sculpin Fishes (Perciformes: Cottoidea).” No, vol. 204, no. 4, The American Naturalist, Oct. 2024, pp. 345–60, doi:https://doi.org/10.1086/731784.

Burns, Michael D, et al. High-latitude Ocean Habitats Are a Crucible of Fish Body Shape Diversification. no. 5, Evolution Letters, Sep. 2024, pp. 669–79, doi:10.1093/evlett/qrae020.

Presentations 

Storm, A. (Presenter & Author), ETSU Biological Sciences Invited Seminar Talk, “Exploring the unique features and functions of the BAM family,” Eastern Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN. 

Presentations 

Velasquez, A. C. (Presenter & Author), 35th annual Plant Molecular Biology retreat, “The bacteria inside our plants,” North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Wrightsville Beach, NC.

Presentations 

Graham, K. (Presenter & Author), Dinkelmeyer, B. D., Wallen, J. R., Youker, R. T., RASC, “Synthesis of water soluble Terp-ligands for bioassay and bioimaging,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhhe, NC.

Graham, K. (Presenter & Author), Dinkelmeyer, B. D., Wallen, J. R., Youker, R. T., SERMACS, “Synthesis of water soluble Terp-ligands for bioassay and bioimaging,” Altlanta.

Graham, K. (Presenter & Author), Dinkelmeyer, B. D., Wallen, J. R., Youker, R. T., Molecules in the Mountains, “Synthesis of water soluble Terp-ligands for bioassay and bioimaging,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

Presentations 

Hahn, K. (Presenter & Author), Parikh, A. (Author Only), Gregory, M. (Author Only), De Silva, C. R. (Author Only), Beimborn, C. (Author Only), American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, “Binding Biologically-Relevant Molecules to the Surface of CaF2 Nanocrystals Varying in Size and Morphology,” American Chemical Society, Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO.

Beimborn, C. (Presenter & Author), Pruitt, A. (Author Only), Ferrell, K. (Author Only), American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, “Towards an Understanding of How Size and Morphology Impact Ligand Binding on Perovskite Nanocrystals,” American Chemical Society, Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO.

Pruitt, A. (Presenter & Author), Ferrell, K. (Presenter & Author), Beimborn, C. (Author Only), Science in the Mountains, “Synthesis of Quantum-Confined Cesium Lead Bromide Perovskite Nanocrystals Using a Microwave Reactor,” North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

Hahn, K. (Presenter & Author), Parikh, A. (Presenter & Author), Gregory, M. (Author Only), De Silva, C. R. (Author Only), Beimborn, C. (Author Only), Science in the Mountains, “Temperature Effects on Binding Dynamics of Ethylenediaminetetraacetate on the Surface of CaF2 Nanocrystals,” North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

Hahn, K. (Presenter & Author), Parikh, A. (Presenter & Author), Beimborn, C. (Author Only), Research and Scholarship Conference, “Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Molecules Bound to Nanocrystal Surfaces,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

Ferrell, K. (Presenter & Author), Pruitt, A. (Presenter & Author), Beimborn, C. (Author Only), Research and Scholarship Conference, “Synthesis of Quantum-Confined Cesium Lead Bromide Perovskite Nanocrystals Using a Microwave Reactor,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

Publications 

George, Rebecca L, et al. Collaborative Fire Research Program Using Donated Human Remains. no. 5, WIREs Forensic Science, Jul. 2024, p. e1526, https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wfs2.1526?campaign=wolearlyview.

Noel, Hannah, et al. Utilization of QPCR to Determine Duration and Environmental Drivers Contributing to the Persistence of Human DNA in Soil. no. 6, Genes, Jun. 2024, p. 741, doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/genes15060741.

Presentations 

S. P. (Presenter & Author), Dinkelmeyer, B. D., Wallen, J. R., Burleson, M., De Silva, C. R., Molecules in the Mountains, “Substituent Effects on Photoluminescent Properties of Terpyridine-Zinc metal Complexes,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee.

Park, S. (Presenter & Author), Dinkelmeyer, B. D., Burleson, M., De Silva, C. R., Wallen, J. R., RASC, “Substituent Effects on Photoluminescent Properties of Terpyridine-Zinc metal Complexes,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

Presentations 

S. P. (Presenter & Author), Dinkelmeyer, B. D., Wallen, J. R., Burleson, M., De Silva, C. R., Molecules in the Mountains, “Substituent Effects on Photoluminescent Properties of Terpyridine-Zinc metal Complexes,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee.

Park, S. (Presenter & Author), Dinkelmeyer, B. D., Burleson, M., De Silva, C. R., Wallen, J. R., RASC, “Substituent Effects on Photoluminescent Properties of Terpyridine-Zinc metal Complexes,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

De Silva, C. R., Silva, G.S.T (Presenter & Author), Gulawitage, G.T.P.S., Wickramarachchi, P.A.S.R., Gregory, M., the International Conference on Innovation and Emerging Technologies (ICIET), “Nature’s Anti-Inflammatory Arsenal: Harnessing Green-Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles for Therapeutic Applications,” Colombo, Sri Lanka.

De Silva, C. R., Silva, G. S. T. (Presenter & Author), Gregory, M., Wickramarachchi, S. R., International Conference on Applied and Pure Sciences (ICAPS), “The dance of contaminants: how silver nanoparticles and cadmium alter the quality of deionized water,” Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.

De Silva, C. R., Privette, H. (Presenter & Author), Zink, A., Colón Rodríguez, A., Patterson, C., Layno, J., , 75th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS), “Computational studies of actinyl terpyridine derivatives for potential nuclear waste applications,” Atlanta, GA.

De Silva, C. R., Rupasinghe, M., Whitman, D. B., 75th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS), “Computational chemistry insight into the antioxidant properties and inhibition of EGFR signaling using Sri Lankan bee pollen derivatives,” Atlanta, GA.

De Silva, C. R., Silva, S., Gregory, M., Wickramarachchi, S., Gulawitage, G., Nawarathna, I., Hemachandra, C., Samarakoon, T., 75th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS), “Genotoxic and mutagenic effects of green synthesized chitosan mediated silver nanoparticles in a cadmium environment on Allium cepa plant,” American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA.

De Silva, C. R., Perez Galarza, E. (Presenter & Author), Greene, A., 75th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS), “Microwave assisted synthesis of strontium fluoride nanoparticles,” American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA.

De Silva, C. R., Gregory, M. (Presenter & Author), 75th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS), “Optimizing a closed-vessel microwave-assisted synthetic method for making calcium fluoride nanoparticles,” American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA.

De Silva, C. R., Dinkelmeyer, B. D., Park, S. (Presenter & Author), 75th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS), “Substituent effects on photoluminescent properties of terpyridine-zinc metal complexes,” Atlanta, GA.

Hahn, K. (Presenter & Author), Parikh, A. (Author Only), Gregory, M. (Author Only), De Silva, C. R. (Author Only), Beimborn, C. (Author Only), American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, “Binding Biologically-Relevant Molecules to the Surface of CaF2 Nanocrystals Varying in Size and Morphology,” American Chemical Society, Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO.

De Silva, C. R., Silva, G.S.T. (Presenter & Author), Gulawitage, G.T.P.S., Nawarathna, I., Gregory, M., Hemachandra, C., Samarakoon, H.M.T.R., Wickramarachchi, S.R., Second International Conference on Frontiers in Chemical Technology, “Individual and Interactive Toxicity of Chitosan Mediated Silver Nanoparticles and Cadmium on Growth of Allium cepa Plant,” The Institute of Chemistry, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

De Silva, C. R. (Presenter & Author), the Second International Conference on Frontiers in Chemical Technology-Institute of Chemistry, “Why is small so big? – Current Advances in Nanotechnology,” Institute of Chemistry – Ceylon, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

De Silva, C. R., Joaquin, G. L., Patterson, C., Privette, H., Rodriguez, A. C., Zink, A., American Nuclear Society (ANS) Annual Conference-2024, “A Computational Study of Terpyridine-Based Agents for Actinide Extraction in Aqueous Solutions,” Las Vegad, NV.

De Silva, C. R., Gulawitage, G.T.P.S., Silva, G.S.T. (Presenter & Author), Gregory, M., Samarakoon, H. M. T. R., Wickramarachchi, P.A.S.R., 2nd International Research Symposium on Traditional Medicine (AuRX), “Acute and Chronic Toxicity of Chitosan Mediated Silver Nanoparticles on Daphnia sp,” University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.

Hahn, K. (Presenter & Author), Parikh, A. (Presenter & Author), Gregory, M. (Author Only), De Silva, C. R. (Author Only), Beimborn, C. (Author Only), Science in the Mountains, “Temperature Effects on Binding Dynamics of Ethylenediaminetetraacetate on the Surface of CaF2 Nanocrystals,” North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

De Silva, C. R., Gregory, M. (Presenter & Author), Science in the Mountains – 2024, “Optimizing Closed-Vessel Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Calcium Fluoride Nanoparticles for Potential Luminescent Applications,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

De Silva, C. R., Privette, H. (Presenter & Author), National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), “Computational studies of uranium terpyridine derivatives for potential nuclear waste applications,” Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center,, Long Beach, CA.

De Silva, C. R., Perez Galarza, E. (Presenter & Author), National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), “Microwave Assisted Synthesis of Strontium Fluoride Nanoparticles,” Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach, CA.

De Silva, C. R., Privette, H., The 2024 Research and Scholarship Conference (RASC), “Computational studies of uranium terpyridine derivatives for potential nuclear waste treatment applications,” Cullowhee, NC.

De Silva, C. R., Perez Galarza, E. (Presenter & Author), Greene, A., Price, P., the 2024 Research and Scholarship Conference (RASC), “Microwave assisted synthesis of strontium fluoride nanoparticles,” Cullowhee, NC.

De Silva, C. R., Tidwell, C. (Presenter & Author), The 2024 Research and Scholarship Conference (RASC), “Microwave-assisted synthesis of terbium-doped calcium fluoride nanoparticles for potential luminescent applications,” Cullowhee, NC.

De Silva, C. R., Gregory, M. (Presenter & Author), the 2024 Research and Scholarship Conference (RASC), “Optimizing Closed-Vessel Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Calcium Fluoride Nanoparticles for Potential Luminescent Applications,” Cullowhee, NC.

Presentations 

Graham, K. (Presenter & Author), Dinkelmeyer, B. D., Wallen, J. R., Youker, R. T., RASC, “Synthesis of water soluble Terp-ligands for bioassay and bioimaging,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhhe, NC.

Graham, K. (Presenter & Author), Dinkelmeyer, B. D., Wallen, J. R., Youker, R. T., SERMACS, “Synthesis of water soluble Terp-ligands for bioassay and bioimaging,” Altlanta.

S. P. (Presenter & Author), Dinkelmeyer, B. D., Wallen, J. R., Burleson, M., De Silva, C. R., Molecules in the Mountains, “Substituent Effects on Photoluminescent Properties of Terpyridine-Zinc metal Complexes,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee.

Graham, K. (Presenter & Author), Dinkelmeyer, B. D., Wallen, J. R., Youker, R. T., Molecules in the Mountains, “Synthesis of water soluble Terp-ligands for bioassay and bioimaging,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

Park, S. (Presenter & Author), Dinkelmeyer, B. D., Burleson, M., De Silva, C. R., Wallen, J. R., RASC, “Substituent Effects on Photoluminescent Properties of Terpyridine-Zinc metal Complexes,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

Dinkelmeyer, B., Molecules in the Mountains, “Topochemical reactivity of internally substitutes dienes,” Western Carolina University, NC.

Ballard, S. (Presenter & Author), Molecules in the Mountains, “Optimization of Fluorescent Melanoma Cancer Probe.”

De Silva, C. R., Dinkelmeyer, B. D., Park, S. (Presenter & Author), 75th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS), “Substituent effects on photoluminescent properties of terpyridine-zinc metal complexes,” Atlanta, GA.

Presentations 

Duranty, E. R. (Presenter & Author), Appel, J. (Author Only), Ho, D. (Author Only), McCardle, H. (Author Only), Dobyns, B. (Author Only), Reichert, W. M. (Author Only), Electrochemical Society ECS 2022, “Additive Manufacturing of Biopolymers via Modified FDM 3D Printing Enabled by the Dissolution Properties of Hydrophilic Ionic Liquids,” The Electrochemical Society, Hilton, Atlanta, Atlanta, GA.

Duranty, E., WCU Faculty Work In Progress Sessions, “Additive Manufacturing of Biopolymers via Modified FDM 3D Printing Enabled by the Dissolution Properties of Hydrophilic Ionic Liquids,” WCU, WCU, Cullowhee, NC.

Duranty, E. R. (Presenter & Author), Appel, J. (Author Only), Ho, D. (Author Only), Dobyns, B. (Author Only), Reichert, W. M. (Author Only), Ionic Liquids GRC 2022, “Additive Manufacturing of Biopolymers via Modified FDM 3D Printing Enabled by the Dissolution Properties of Hydrophilic Ionic Liquids,” Gordon Research Conferences, Grand Summit Hotel at Sunday River, Newry, ME.

Shaw, T. A. (Presenter & Author), Duranty, E. R. (Author Only), SERMACS 2024, “The Effect of Microplastics on The Evaporation of Sea Water Droplets Via Acoustic Levitation,” American Chemical Society, AmericasMart Atlanta Convention Center, Atlanta, GA.

Valentine, F. D. (Presenter & Author), Shaw, T. A. (Author Only), Duranty, E. R. (Author Only), SERMACS 2024, “CO2 Capture of Monoethanolamine (MEA) Analysis via Acoustically Levitated Droplets,” American Chemical Society, AmericasMart Atlanta Convention Center, Atlanta, GA.

Reichert, W. M. (Presenter & Author), Wright, J. (Author Only), Duranty, E. R. (Author Only), ECS PRiME 2024, “Utilization of Cellulose/Ionic Liquids Solution for Additive Manufacturing,” Electrochemical Society, Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu, HI.

Duranty, E. R. (Presenter & Author), 30 Years of Polymer Science at UTK – Past and Future, “Off the Wall Projects with 3D Printing: FDM Printing Cellulose solvated by Hydrophilic Ionic Liquids and Calorimetric Measurements of Photo-initiated SLA Printing Resins supported via Acoustic Levitation,” University of Tennessee, Institute for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing, Knoville, TN.

Presentations 

Wise, C. (Presenter & Author), Fischer, A. (Author Only), Research and Scholarship Conference (RASC), “Construction of a Cavity Ring-down Spectrometer to Measure Ambient Aerosol Extinction,” Western Carolina University, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

Jordan, A. (Presenter & Author), Voeltz, K. (Presenter & Author), Fischer, A. (Author Only), Research and Scholarship Conference (RASC), “Determination of Non-structural Carbohydrates in Southern Appalachian Conifers via Infrared Spectroscopy​,” Western Carolina University, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

Fischer, A. (Presenter & Author), “Low-cost approaches to atmospheric sensing,” University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

Scott, A. (Presenter & Author), Fischer, A. (Other), Research and Scholarship Conference (RASC), “A low-cost photoacoustic spectrometer to study the climate effects of atmospheric aerosols,” Research and Scholarship Conference (RASC), Research and Scholarship Conference (RASC), Cullowhee, NC.

Publications 

Monti, Denise L., et al. An Inclusive Research and Education Community (iREC) Model to Facilitate Undergraduate Science Education Reform. Frontiers in Education, 2024, doi:10.3389/feduc.2024.1442318.

Hanauer, David, et al. The Professional Identity of STEM Faculty as Instructors of Course-based Research Experiences. Frontiers in Education, 2024, doi:10.3389/feduc.2024.1442306.

Bonogafsky, H B, et al. Complete Annotated Genome Sequence of Microbacterium Paraoxydans Phage Evcara, a Cluster GI Podovirus Isolated from Compost.. microPublication biology, Dec. 2024, doi:10.17912/micropub.biology.001398.

Bland, J A, et al. Microbacterium Phage Conley, Complete Genome PQ114753. 2024.

Bland, J A, et al. Microbacterium Phage Wolfstar, Complete Genome PQ114749. 2024.

Presentations 

Gainey, M. D., “Flipping the Switch-Regulation of a Novel Bacteriophage Repressor System,” Coastal Carolina University, SC.

Gainey, M. D. (Presenter & Author), Johnson, A. (Presenter & Author), Freer, K. (Author Only), Dehnuwala, M. (Author Only), Dinesh, H. (Author Only), Annual SEA Faculty Meeting, “Comparative Sequence and Structural Analysis Reveal Cyclic Oligonucleotide Sequestering Proteins in Actinobacteriophage Genomes,” Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Morris, J. (Presenter & Author), Timmons, C. (Presenter & Author), Gainey, M. D., Science in the Mountains, “Cluster A Bacteriophage Anti-Repressor Protein Solubility Testing,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

Edwards, J. (Presenter & Author), Pell, M. (Presenter & Author), Gainey, M. D., Science in the Mountains, “Determination of the Effect of a Novel Anti-Repressor Protein Establishment of Cluster A Lysogeny,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

Gainey, M. D., Science in the Mountains, “Flipping the Switch-Regulation of a Novel Bacteriophage Repressor System,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

Gainey, M. D., Sanderson, T. (Presenter & Author), Science in the Mountains, “Identification of Cluster M Mycobacteriophage Integration Sites in Mycobacterium Smegmatis,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

Martin, A. (Presenter & Author), Freer, K. (Presenter & Author), Yost, K. (Author Only), Gainey, M. D., Science in the Mountains, “The Discovery and Genome Annotation of Microbacteriophages Wolfstar and Evcara,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

Morris, J. (Presenter & Author), Timmons, C. (Presenter & Author), Gainey, M. D., Research and Scholarship Celebration, “Cluster A Bacteriophage Anti-Repressor Protein Solubility Testing,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

Edwards, J. (Presenter & Author), Pell, M. (Presenter & Author), Gainey, M. D., Research and Scholarship Celebration, “Determination of the Effect of a Novel Anti-Repressor Protein Establishment of Cluster A Lysogeny,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

Presentations 

Reiskind, M. (Presenter & Author), Byrd, B. D. (Author Only), Huffman, S. W. (Author Only), Richards, S. (Author Only), Joint Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Entomologic Society of Canada, and the Entomologic Society of British Columbia, “Mid-infrared spectroscopy for rapid determination of mosquito infection status,” Entomological Society of America, Entomologic Society of Canada, and Entomologic Society of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Gregory, T., Huffman, S. W., NCUR 2024, “The Diffusion of Limonene through Paraffin Wax Using Infrared Spectroscopy,” CUR, GA.

Publications 

Selig, Ian, and Alesia Jennings. GenAI Meets Backward Design: Empowering Faculty in Course Planning. The Best of the 2024 Teaching Professor Conference, 2024, https://www.magnapubs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Best-of-TPC-2024.pdf.

Presentations 

Selig, I. (Presenter & Author), Jennings, A. C., 2024 Innovative Teaching and Learning Conference, “Navigating the Future of Education: Integrating AI with Backward Design Strategies,” Zoom.

Presentations 

Koralege, R. (Chair), Hatton, R. (Presenter & Author), Science in the Mountains Conference, “Co-encapsulation of L-asparaginase and doxorubicin within polymer nanoparticles as an efficient nanocarrier for cancer drug delivery,” Western Carolina University.

Koralege, R. (Chair), Hines, R. (Presenter & Author), Science in the Mountains Conference, “Evaluating the Effect of Co-polymer Composition on the Esterolytic Activity of Encapsulated Enzymes,” Western Carolina University.

Koralege, R. (Chair), Helms, I. (Presenter & Author), Research and Scholarship Celebration 2024, “Redox-Responsive Polymer-Protein Nanoparticles as an Effective Drug Delivery System,” Western Carolina University.

Koralege, R. (Chair), Zielinski, W. (Presenter & Author), Research and Scholarship Celebration 2024, “Synthesis, characterization, and evaluation of zwitterionic, crosslinked, poly(sulfobetaine) polymer hydrogel particles for delivery of proteins.,” Western Carolina University.

Koralege, R. (Chair), Naef, M. (Presenter & Author), Research and Scholarship Celebration 2024, “Zwitterionic Poly(carboxybetaine) Polymer Hydrogels for Protein Delivery,” Western Carolina University.

Koralege, R. (Chair), Hines, R. (Presenter & Author), Research and Scholarship Conference 2024, “Evaluating the Effect of the Co-polymer Composition on the Esterolytic Activity of Encapsulated Enzymes,” Western Carolina University.

Publications 

Schneider, Kimberly R., et al. Undergraduate Research Programs for STEM Transfer Success: A Multi-Institutional Approach. no. 1, Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2024, pp. 54–63, doi:10.18833/spur/8/1/5.

Publications 

Evans-Newman, Kris C, et al. Classification of Mass Spectral Data to Assist in the Identification of Novel Synthetic Cannabinoids. no. 19, Molecules, Sep. 2024, p. 4646, doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29194646.

Presentations 

Bullock, M. (Presenter & Author), Perera, N. T., George, R. L. (Author Only), West, F. L. (Author Only), 2024 Research and Scholarship Conference, “Optimization of sample preparation procedure of bones for Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR).,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

Fore, S. (Presenter & Author), Beck, K. (Author Only), Perera, N. (Author Only), George, R. L. (Author Only), WCU Research and Scholarship Conference, “Analysis of polar volatile organic compounds in grave soil by solid phase microextraction with gas chromatography mass spectrometry (SPME-GC-MS),” Cullowhee, NC.

Fore, S. (Presenter & Author), Perera, N. (Author Only), 2024 Research and Scholarship Conference, “Analysis of Polar Volatile Organic Compounds in Grave Soil by Solid Phase Microextraction with Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (SPME-GC-MS),” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee.

Passalacqua, N. V. (Presenter & Author), George, R. (Author Only), Taylor, E., Perera, N. (Author Only), Chapman, E. (Author Only), AAFS 2024, “The Characteristics of a Vertebroplasty in Human Skeletal Remains,” American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Denver, CO.

Evans-Newman, K. C. (Presenter & Author), Schneider, G. (Author Only), Perera, N. (Author Only), AAFS 2024, “The Classification of Cannabinoids Using Mass Spectral Data for the Identification of Novel Synthetic Cannabinoids,” American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Denver, United States.

Passalacqua, N. V. (Presenter & Author), George, R. (Author Only), Taylor, E., Konda, A. (Author Only), Perera, N. (Author Only), Chapman, E. (Author Only), 10th Annual Southeastern Bioanthropology Interest Group (SEBIG) Meeting, “Characteristics of a Vertebroplasty in Human Skeletal Remains,” SEBIG, Chapel Hill, NC.

Presentations 

Graham, K. (Presenter & Author), Dinkelmeyer, B. D., Wallen, J. R., Youker, R. T., RASC, “Synthesis of water soluble Terp-ligands for bioassay and bioimaging,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhhe, NC.

Graham, K. (Presenter & Author), Dinkelmeyer, B. D., Wallen, J. R., Youker, R. T., SERMACS, “Synthesis of water soluble Terp-ligands for bioassay and bioimaging,” Altlanta.

S. P. (Presenter & Author), Dinkelmeyer, B. D., Wallen, J. R., Burleson, M., De Silva, C. R., Molecules in the Mountains, “Substituent Effects on Photoluminescent Properties of Terpyridine-Zinc metal Complexes,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee.

Graham, K. (Presenter & Author), Dinkelmeyer, B. D., Wallen, J. R., Youker, R. T., Molecules in the Mountains, “Synthesis of water soluble Terp-ligands for bioassay and bioimaging,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

Park, S. (Presenter & Author), Dinkelmeyer, B. D., Burleson, M., De Silva, C. R., Wallen, J. R., RASC, “Substituent Effects on Photoluminescent Properties of Terpyridine-Zinc metal Complexes,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

Motley, P. B. (Presenter & Author), Wallen, J. R. (Author Only), Western Carolinas ACS Section Outstanding Senior Awards Banquet, “Investigating the DNA synthesis activities of the Larva64 primase-polymerase,” Furman University, Ramsey Arena, Greenville, SC.

Motley, P. B. (Presenter & Author), Bucholz, C. J. (Presenter & Author), Wallen, J. R. (Author Only), Research and Scholarship Celebration, “Investigation of DNA binding and DNA synthesis activities of bacteriophage Larva primase-polymerase,” Western Carolina University, Ramsey Arena, Cullowhee, NC.

Bishop, H. C. (Presenter & Author), Wallen, J. R. (Author Only), Research and Scholarship Celebration, “Quantification and Characterization of Larva64 Primpol Activity,” Western Carolina University, Ramsey Arena, Cullowhee, NC.

Reyes-Soto, B. (Presenter & Author), Bonogafsky, H. (Presenter & Author), Wallen, J. R. (Author Only), Research and Scholarship Celebration, “Study of Novel Proteins Containing an Immunity Repressor Domain,” Western Carolina University, Ramsey Arena, Cullowhee, NC.

Publications 

Noel, Hannah, et al. Utilization of QPCR to Determine Duration and Environmental Drivers Contributing to the Persistence of Human DNA in Soil. no. 6, Genes, Jun. 2024, p. 741, doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/genes15060741.

Presentations 

Bullock, M. (Presenter & Author), Perera, N. T., George, R. L. (Author Only), West, F. L. (Author Only), 2024 Research and Scholarship Conference, “Optimization of sample preparation procedure of bones for Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR).,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

Publications 

Woldeyohannes, Mesfin. “Generalized Optical Bloch Equations for a General Three-level Atom Interacting with a Linearly Polarized Light in the Electric Dipole and Rotating Wave Approximations.” No, vol. 12, no. 4, International Journal of Physics, Jul. 2024, p. 10, doi:https://pubs.sciepub.com/ijp/12/4/4/.

Woldeyohannes, Mesfin. “Generalized Optical Bloch Equations for a General Three-level Atom Interacting with a Linearly Polarized Light in the Electric Dipole and Rotating Wave Approximations.” NO, International Journal of Physcis, Jul. 2024.

Presentations 

Woldeyohannes, M., Science in the mountains, “Quantum optics of spontaneous emission in Photonic Band Gap materials,” Science in the mountains, Western Carolina University, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

Publications 

Cheshire, Grace, et al. Communication and Community: Utilizing Discussion Leadership to Foster Self-disclosure, Belongingness, and Peer-to-peer Relationships. no. 2024, Carolinas Communication Annual, Oct. 2024.

Presentations

Russell, V. (Panelist), Cheshire, G. (Panelist), Wisnewski-Parks, G. (Panelist), Annual Convention, “Critical positive communication pedagogy for sustainable happiness,” Interpersonal Communication Division, National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.

Russell, V. (Presenter & Author), Cheshire, G. (Presenter & Author), Wisnewski-Parks, G. (Presenter & Author), Annual Convention, “Critical positive communication pedagogy: Teaching the joy of social justice,” Critical and Cultural Studies Division, National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.

Cheshire, G., Catamounts for Civility, “Media Literacy & Critical Thinking,” Catamounts Connect, Western Carolina University, Cullowee, NC.

Cheshire, G., Leadership Chatuge Community Builders, “Leadership Communication & the Enneagram,” HINTON RURAL LIFE CENTER, HINTON RURAL LIFE CENTER, Hayesville, NC.

Presentations 

Eldredge, S. A., Public Relations Society of America’s Southeast District Conference, “We all want the same things. Bridging the intergenerational communication gap in the workplace.,” Public Relations Society of America, Knoxville, TN.

Eldredge, S. A., PRSA Healthcare Academy, “Intergenerational Conflict in the Workplace,” Public Relations Society of America, New York, NY.

Publications 

Cheshire, Grace, et al. Communication and Community: Utilizing Discussion Leadership to Foster Self-disclosure, Belongingness, and Peer-to-peer Relationships. no. 2024, Carolinas Communication Annual, Oct. 2024.

Noltensmeyer, Candy Jo, et al. “Building Cultural Competence.” Developing Culturally Responsive Learning Environments in Postsecondary Education, Information Age Publishing, 2024, https://www.infoagepub.com/products/Developing-Culturally-Responsive-Learning-Environments-in-Postsecondary-Education. 

Publications 

Russell, Vincent. Reimagining Democracy: Communication Activism, Social Justice, and Prefiguration in Participatory Budgeting. Lexington Books, 2025.

Russell, Vincent. “Warm Cookies of the Revolution: A Case Study of Democratic Culture Through the Framework of Civic Health.” Democracy as Creative Practice: Weaving a Culture of Democracy, edited by Tom Borrup and Andrew Zitcer, Routledge, 2024, pp. 199–209, doi:10.4324/9781003475996-23.

DeBrew, Kayler Elizabeth, et al. Confronting and (Re)constructing “Conquest Culture” in Outdoor Adventure: A Critical Analysis of #Microadventure Content on Facebook and Instagram. no. 4, Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, Nov. 2024, pp. 76–102, doi:10.18666/jorel-2024-12507.

Wisnewski-Parks, Gabriel, and Vincent Russell. “Democratic Education Through Public Speaking: A Review and Advance of Citizenship Preparation for Public Speaking Pedagogy.” The Routledge Handbook of Public Speaking Research and Theory, edited by Stevie M. Munz et al., 2024, pp. 298–307.

Presentations 

Russell, V. (Panelist), Cheshire, G. (Panelist), Wisnewski-Parks, G. (Panelist), Annual Convention, “Critical positive communication pedagogy for sustainable happiness,” Interpersonal Communication Division, National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA. 

Russell, V. (Presenter & Author), Cheshire, G. (Presenter & Author), Wisnewski-Parks, G. (Presenter & Author), Annual Convention, “Critical positive communication pedagogy: Teaching the joy of social justice,” Critical and Cultural Studies Division, National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA. 

Wisnewski-Parks, G. (Panelist), Russell, V. (Panelist), Annual Convention, “Democratic education through public speaking,” Basic Course Division, National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA. 

Russell, V., Civil Discourse Conference, “Effective communication for civil discourse,” Catamounts for Civility, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC. 

DeBrew, K., Schultz, C. S., Stonehouse, P., Russell, V., Cousineau, L., Coalition for Education in the Outdoors, “Curating a new meaning of outdoor adventure: (Re)thinking how we represent #Microadventure content on social media,” Black Mountain, NC

Presentations 

Weathers, M. (Presenter & Author), Gangel, M. (Author Only), International Conference on Social Media & Society, “Assessing College Students’ Perceptions of Digital Dating Abuse and Associated Correlates,” London, United Kingdom.

Publications 

Cheshire, Grace, et al. Communication and Community: Utilizing Discussion Leadership to Foster Self-disclosure, Belongingness, and Peer-to-peer Relationships. no. 2024, Carolinas Communication Annual, Oct. 2024.

Wisnewski-Parks, Gabriel, and Vincent Russell. “Democratic Education Through Public Speaking: A Review and Advance of Citizenship Preparation for Public Speaking Pedagogy.” The Routledge Handbook of Public Speaking Research and Theory, edited by Stevie M. Munz et al., 2024, pp. 298–307.

Presentations 

Russell, V. (Panelist), Cheshire, G. (Panelist), Wisnewski-Parks, G. (Panelist), Annual Convention, “Critical positive communication pedagogy for sustainable happiness,” Interpersonal Communication Division, National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.

Russell, V. (Presenter & Author), Cheshire, G. (Presenter & Author), Wisnewski-Parks, G. (Presenter & Author), Annual Convention, “Critical positive communication pedagogy: Teaching the joy of social justice,” Critical and Cultural Studies Division, National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.

Wisnewski-Parks, G. (Panelist), Russell, V. (Panelist), Annual Convention, “Democratic education through public speaking,” Basic Course Division, National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.

Presentations 

Briggs, L. T. (Presenter Only), Pennsylvania State Police Troop D Missing Child Recovery Training, “Cold Case Realities”,” Pennsylvania State Police Troop D., Cranberry Law Enforcement Training Center, 200 Barracks Road, Butler, PA 16001, Butler, PA. 

Briggs, L. T. (Presenter Only), Pasco County Sheriff’s Office and Emergency Response Training, ““Searching for the Missing.”,” Pasco County Sheriff’s Office and County Pasco Emergency Management, First Methodist Church 7432 Little Road, New Port Richey, Florida., New Port Richey, FL. 

Briggs, L. T. (Presenter & Author), Search and Rescue Training: Office of Emergency Management, Paramus, New Jersey, ““How to Search For and Protect Children on the Autism Spectrum.”,” Office of Emergency Management, James J. Tedesco III Life Safety Complex. Synchronous Virtual Training., Paramus, NJ. 

Presentations 

Caravelis, C., Police Social Work Conference, “Community Care: Successful Police Social Work Partnerships in the Rural South.,” New Haven, CT.

Presentations 

Hansen, J. A., Gugerli, S. (Presenter & Author), Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, “An analysis of the executive branch in state supreme court elections,” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Chicago, IL.

Presentations 

Markle, N. (Presenter & Author), Jackson, S. (Author Only), Southeastern Division of the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting 2024, “Race and Superfund Sites in North and South Carolina: A Geospatial Analysis of Environmental Injustice,” Southeastern Division of the American Association of Geographers, Greenville, SC.

Jackson, S. (Presenter & Author), Southeastern Division of the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting 2024, “The Lived Experience of Tornado Risk: Thematic Exploration of Individual Perceptions and Behavior,” Southeastern Division of the American Association of Geographers, Greenville, SC.

Markle, N. (Presenter & Author), Jackson, S. (Author Only), 2024 Annual Conference of the North Carolina Honors Association, “Race and Superfund Sites in North and South Carolina: A Geospatial Analysis of Environmental Injustice,” North Carolina Honors Association, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

Habets, M. (Presenter & Author), Jackson, S. L. (Presenter & Author), Baker, S. (Author Only), Huang, Q. (Author Only), Blackwood, L. (Author Only), Kemp, M. (Author Only), American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, “Assessing Social Vulnerability and Risk Analysis in State Hazard Mitigation Plans,” American Association of Geographers, Virtual, Honolulu, HI.

Jackson, S. L. (Presenter & Author), American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, “The Tornado Risk Survey: Assessing Risk Perceptions and Response Actions Among Illinois Residents,” American Association of Geographers, Virtual, Honolulu, HI.

Jackson, S. L. (Presenter & Author), Research and Scholarship Conference – Faculty Three Minute Research Competition, “Cities in the Storm: A Geospatial Assessment of U.S. Urban Tornado Occurrence,” Cullowhee, NC.

Presentations 

K. A., Annual Meeting of the Southern Criminal Justice Association, “The Role and Challenges of Guardians ad Litem in Upholding Best Interest and Minimum Care Standards,” SCJA, Greenville, SC.

Presentations 

Nielson, Kyler Richard, and Yan Zhang. COVID-19’s Effect on Crisis Intervention Team Calls for Service in Houston. no. 4, Springer, Aug. 2024, pp. 531–51, doi:10.1007/s12103-024-09757-9.

Presentations 

Bradshaw, J., Conference on College Composition and Communication, “Endemic WPAs: Designing “Post-Covid” Support for Faculty and Students,” Chicago, IL. 

Exhibits and Performances 

Bridgers, R. Y., “A Monumental Project,” Cullowhee, NC, USA. (November 7, 2023 – Present).

Presentations 

Wall, A. (Presenter & Author), Williams, K. (Presenter & Author), Graduate Research Symposium, “[FACULTY MENTOR]: Closing the Gap: Roles & Responsibilities of K-12 English as a Second Language (ESL) Teachers for Service Coordination with Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs),” WCU, WCU, Cullowhee, NC.

Callahan, E. E., Philological Association of the Carolinas (PAC), “Tarheel Latin@English: New Dialect Formation in the Nuevo New South,” Philological Association of the Carolinas (PAC), Western Carolina University, Asheville, NC.

Publications 

Claxton, Mae M. Rev. of Exposing Mississippi: Eudora Welty’s Photographic Reflections, by Annette Trefzer.. no. 2, Women’s Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2024, pp. 272–75, doi:10.1080/00497878.2024.2302814.

Claxton, Mae M. Rev. of Community Across Time: Robert Morgan’s Words for Home, by Rebecca Godwin. The Journal of the North Carolina Association of Historians, Oct. 2024, pp. 97–99.

Presentations

Claxton, M. M., Appalachian Studies Association, “”Lillian Smith as Appalachian Activist: Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Killers of the Dream (1949-2024)”,” Cullowhee.

Presentations 

Fenton, M. C., Hungarian Fulbright Commission Orientation Conference, “Cultural and Educational Differences Between the U.S. and Hungary,” Hungarian-American Fulbright Commission, Corvin Hotel, Budapest, Hungary.

Publications 

Gastle, Brian W. ““Chaucer and Labor.”.” Routledge Companion to Global Chaucer, Routledge, 2024.

Presentations 

Gastle, B. W., 2024 Sewanee Medieval Colloquium, “Respondent: Panel 37. Enforming Violence,” Sewanee: The Univ. of the South, Sewanee: The Univ. of the South, Sewanee, TN.

Publications 

Huber, Beth. Political Rhetoric Archive (PRA) Part Four: Tea and Maga. 2024, politicalrhetoricarchive.wcu.edu.

Huber, Beth. “The Godot Particle”. Theater/Practice, Apr. 2024, p. 12, https://www.theatrepractice.us/current.html.

Exhibits and Performances 

Huber, B., “”The Godot Particle”,” Santa Rosa, CA. (2024 – July 2024).

Huber, B., “”What You Sow”,” New York, NY. (August 1, 2024 – August 25, 2024).

Presentations 

Huber, P. J., Southeastern Association of Cultural Studies Conference, “”We’re Still Selling Justice: The Rhetoric of For-Profit Probations Systems”,” Southeastern Association of Cultural Studies, UNCG, Charlotte, NC. 

Huber, P. J., Conference on College Composition and Communication, “The Impermanence of Revision Rhetoric: Transitory Rhetoric in Larger Ecologies,” CCCC, Portland, OR.

Jeremy Jones 
Associate Professor 
English Studies 
jbjones@email.wcu.edu 

Publications 

Jones, Jeremy Brian. Literary Landscape. Our State Magazine, Oct. 2024, https://www.ourstate.com/literary-landscape/.

Jones, Jeremy Brian. Forging a Family Tree. Our State Magazine, Mar. 2024, https://www.ourstate.com/forging-a-family-tree.

Presentations 

Jones, J. B., Appalachian Studies Association, “Writing Family,” ASA, Cullowhee, United States.

Jones, J. B., Association of Writers and Writing Programs, “The Art of Building and Sustaining Writing Communities,” AWP, Kansas City Convention Center, Kansas City, MO.

Publications 

Naser-Hall, Emily. Enter Your Chambers and Shut Your Doors Behind You: Bodily Containment, Proliferation, and the Right to Privacy in the American Horror Film. no. 3, Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, May 2024, pp. 78–101, https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/349/article/927687.

Naser-Hall, Emily. Earners and Spenders, Husbands and Wives: The Affective Restraints on Women’s Labor in High Cold War American Sitcoms. no. 1, New Review of Film and Television Studies, Apr. 2024, pp. 58–87, https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rfts20.

Naser-Hall, Emily. Dirty, Dirty Lizzie: Visualizing Midcentury Narratives of Psychoanalysis, Intimacy, and Deviance. no. 2, Shirley Jackson Studies, Feb. 2024, https://shirleyjacksonstudies.org/?p=235.

Naser-Hall, Emily. The Millennial Techno-Anxiety of Landlocked. Certified Forgotten, 2024, https://certifiedforgotten.com/landlocked/.

Presentations 

Naser-Hall, E. (Author Only), Futures of American Studies Institute, “Virginia Woolf Relates to a Carrot: Eisenstadt v. Baird (1972) and Explicit Language’s Tragic Absurdities,” Dartmouth College, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.

Naser-Hall, E. (Presenter & Author), American Literature Association Symposium for the Society for the Study of the American Gothic, “Because This is America: Crises of Futurity in the American Frontier Gothic,” American Literature Association Society for the Study of the American Gothic, Hawthorne Hotel, Salem, MA.

Naser-Hall, E. (Presenter & Author), Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture, “Dirty, Dirty Lizzie (1957): Visualizing Midcentury Narratives of Psychoanalysis, Intimacy, and Deviance,” University of Louisville, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.

Naser-Hall, E. (Presenter & Author), Battaglia, A. (Presenter & Author), Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture, ““‘But Those Are From Crazy People’: Calls from the Madhouse and Testimonial Injustice in Steven Soderbergh’s Unsane”,” University of Louisville, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.

Exhibits and Performances 

Reisinger, C. B., “March for Health,” Sylva, NC. (April 1, 2017 – Present).

Presentations 

Rountree, T. A., Appalachian Studies Association Conference, ““Queer Archives and Archival Practices in Appalachia.”,” Appalachian Studies Association, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

Rountree, T. A., Conference on Undergraduate Regional Engagement,, ““Pride in the Mountains: LGBTQ+ Community Activism in Western North Carolina.”,” WCU Brinson Honors College, WCU Campus, Cullowhee, NC.

Presentations 

Waters, W. L., SEACS, “Formal Subversion as Reclamation: “The Sonnet Doesn’t Belong to You”,” UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC.

Presentations 

Wright, L. L., 7th International Animal Futures Conference: Animal Advocacy in the Environmental Crisis, “Resisting the Masculinist Rhetoric of “Plant-Based”: An Ecofeminist Vegan Intervention,” The Estonian animal advocacy organization Loomus and the Estonian Vegan Society, Online, Tallin, Eastonia.

Wright, L. L., iHumanities College Summer School of Literary Theory and Philosophy, ““Literature and Animal Studies”,” University of Wales, Trinity Saint David and St. Berchman’s College, Kerala, India, Online, Wales, England, India.

Publications 

Kring, David A, et al. Potential Bedrock Exposures of Schrödinger Impact Melt Sheet And/or Polymict Impact Breccias Within a Crater Floor Fracture System and Volcanic Vent. Planetary and Space Science, Mar. 2025.

Kring, David A, et al. Geological EVA Science Among Impact Craters and Permanently Shadowed Regions Near a Summit Ridge on Malapert Massif. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Mar. 2024, p. Abstract #2078.

Valencia, Sarah, et al. Nominal Artemis Samples Specific Action Team (NAS-SAT) – Lunar Exploration Analysis Group & Extraterrestrial Materials Assessment Group. 2024.

Anderson, F Scott, et al. Implementing Lunar in Situ Dating with the DIMPLE Paylaod. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Mar. 2024, p. Abstract #2547, https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2024/pdf/2547.pdf.

Anderson, F Scott, et al. In Situ Dating of Lunar Basalt Samples at Ina. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Mar. 2024, p. Abstract #2336, https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2024/pdf/2336.pdf.

Madera, Alissa, et al. Magmatic Plumbing System of Young, Lunar Mare Basalt: Northwest Africa (NWA) 8632. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Mar. 2024, p. Abstract #1266, https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2024/pdf/1266.pdf.

Presentations 

Fagan, A. L., Anderson, F. S., Braden, S., Levine, J., Bierhaus, E. B., Fausch, R., Head, J. W., Joy, K., Pernet-Fisher, J., Tartése, R., Wurz, P., Yant, M., Geological Society of America Connects 2024, “In-situ petrologic and regolith clues: Assessing irregular mare patch hyoptheses through lander and rover cameras on DIMPLE,” Anaheim, CA.

Larsen, L., Cornell, M., Platt, S., Barker, G., Boonsue, D., Brundrett, J., Duggar, K., Hobson, L., Koury, A., Murphy, D., Posadas, A., Rehrig, A., Shoffner, K., Starnes, B., Whitney, B., Fagan, A. L., 73rd Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section Geological Society of America, “Geochemical and Petrologic Examination of Corundum Knob Lithologies.”

Presentations 

Jennings, C. (Presenter & Author), Forcino, F. L., Stafford, E. S., Schoepfer, S. D., Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, “Factors influencing fossil preservation in the Pennsylvanian Keechie Creek Shale of Mineral Wells, Texas,” Geological Society of America, Anaheim, CA.

Presentations 

Whitson, D. (Presenter & Author), Gibbs, K. (Author Only), WCU’s Research & Scholarship Conference, “Assessing Habitat Availability for Muskellunge in Western North Carolina Streams,” Cullowhee, NC.

Thompson, F. (Presenter & Author), Gibbs, K. (Author Only), WCU’s Research & Scholarship Conference, “Water Temperature May Limit Species Reintroductions in the Upper Little Tennessee River Basin,” Cullowhee, NC.

Barnes, J. (Presenter & Author), Gibbs, K. (Author Only), Martin, T. (Author Only), South Carolina American Fisheries Society, “Habitat Correlates of Southern Appalachian Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) Populations in South Carolina,” Pickens, SC.

McCarson, G. (Presenter & Author), Dunn, J. (Author Only), Gibbs, K. (Author Only), McLarney, B. (Author Only), North Carolina American Fisheries Society, “Evaluating Associations Between Riverine Habitat and Spread of a Non-native Minnow Species in the Little Tennessee River System,” Sylva, NC.

Whitson, D. (Presenter & Author), Gibbs, K. (Author Only), North Carolina American Fisheries Society, “Assessing Habitat Availability for Muskellunge in Western North Carolina Streams,” Sylva, NC.

Barnes, J. (Presenter & Author), Gibbs, K. (Author Only), Martin, T. (Author Only), North Carolina American Fisheries Society, “Habitat Correlates of Southern Appalachian Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) Populations in South Carolina,” Sylva, NC.

McCarson, G. (Presenter & Author), Dunn, J. (Author Only), Gibbs, K. (Author Only), McLarney, B. (Author Only), Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society, “Evaluating Associations Between Riverine Habitat and Spread of a Non-native Minnow Species in the Little Tennessee River System,” Chattanooga, TN.

Barnes, J. (Presenter & Author), Gibbs, K. (Author Only), Martin, T. (Author Only), Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society, “Habitat Correlates of Southern Appalachian Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) Populations in South Carolina,” Chattanooga, TN.

Gibbs, K. (Presenter & Author), Styers, D. M. (Author Only), Martin, T. H. (Author Only), Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society, “Prioritizing watersheds in the Upper Little Tennessee River to guide restoration initiatives,” Chattanooga, TN.

Whitson, D. (Presenter & Author), Gibbs, K. (Author Only), Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society, “Assessing Habitat Availability for Muskellunge in Western North Carolina Streams,” Chattanooga, TN.

Publications

Kiiru, Winnie, et al. Mpala Research Centre Strategic Plan 2024-2029. Mpala Research Centre, 2024, p. 20 pages.

Presentations 

Rockhill, A. P., Zahner Conservation Lecture Series, “Roaming the Wilds: Exploring NC Mammals Shore to Summit,” Highlands Biological Station, Highlands, NC.

Rockhill, A. P. (Presenter & Author), Smith, B. (Other), North Carolina Chapter of The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, “A Preliminary Assessment of Wildlife Use of mid- to high-elevation Rhododendron Thickets in western North Carolina,” North Carolina Chapter of The Wildlife Society, YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly, Black Mountain, NC.

Publications

Katie, Schneider, and Terri S Hogue. A Future Without Control Basins: Compound Forest Disturbance and the Disappearance of Undisturbed Forested Catchments in the Western United States. Ecohydrology, Nov. 2024, doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2750.

Presentations 

Moon, C. (Presenter & Author), Katie, S. (Author Only), Becker, P. (Author Only), Corona, C. (Author Only), Hogue, T. (Author Only), American Geophysical Union 2024 Fall Meeting, “Using Machine Learning to Identify Model Parameterizations for Improving Streamflow Prediction Following Forest Disturbance,” Colorado School of Mines, Washington, DC.

Schneider, K. (Presenter & Author), Smith, K. (Author Only), Bonwell, C. (Author Only), Moon, C. (Author Only), Becker, P. (Author Only), Rust, A. (Author Only), Hogue, T. (Author Only), American Geophysical Union 2024 Fall Meeting, “Advancing Hydrologic Models to Capture Changes in Water Budget Partitioning after Climate and Forest Disturbances,” Colorado School of Mines, Washington, DC.

Bonwell, C. (Presenter & Author), Schneider, K. (Author Only), Smith, K. (Author Only), Kurzweil, J. (Author Only), Sibold, J. (Author Only), Wobus, C. (Author Only), Blake, S. (Author Only), Bergere, A. (Author Only), Hogue, T. (Author Only), American Geophysical Union 2024 Fall Meeting, “Advancing Parameterizations in a Fully Integrated Hydrologic Model: Disturbance and Climate Change Scenarios in a Colorado Headwater Basin,” Colorado School of Mines, Washington, DC.

Philippus, D. (Presenter & Author), Corona, C. (Author Only), Schneider, K. (Author Only), Hogue, T. (Author Only), American Geophysical Union 2024 Fall Meeting, “Daily Stream Temperature Modeling and Forecasting for Ungaged Watersheds Across the CONUS,” Colorado School of Mines, Washington, DC.

Becker, P. (Presenter & Author), Moon, C. (Author Only), Schneider, K. (Author Only), Johnson, H. (Author Only), Hogue, T. (Author Only), American Geophysical Union 2024 Fall Meeting, “Parameterizing a physically based land surface model to capture wildfire disturbance in western U.S. watersheds,” Colorado School of Mines, Washington, DE.

Publications

Schoepfer, Shane DeGennaro, et al. Extremely High Resolution XRF Core Scanning Reveals the Early Triassic Depositional History of the Montney Formation in Northeastern British Columbia, Canada. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Mar. 2024, p. 112019.

Presentations 

Hogan, H., Schoepfer, S. D., Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, “Provenance of Volcanogenic Sediments in Wuchiapingian and Earliest Changhsingian Strata at Penglaitan,” Portland. 

Arias, S., Schoepfer, S. D., Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, “Resumed Oceanic Upwelling in the Early Triassic from Isotopic Analysis of a Spathian Atoll,” Portland. 

Arias, S., Gaddy, E., Lloyd, A., Mauney, A., Moorer, S. T., Sylvester, A., Schoepfer, S. D., Southeastern Geological Society of America Meeting, “Developing a Facies Model for an Early Triassic Seamount in the Panthalassic Ocean.” 

Shen, C., Schoepfer, S. D., Henderson, C. M., Moslow, T. F., Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, “Cyclostratigraphy of the Lower Triassic (Induan-Olenekian) Montney Formation in NE British Columbia, Western Canada.” 

Schoepfer, S. D., Henderson, C. M., Moslow, T. F., Shen, C., Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, “Extremely High Resolution XRF Core Scanning Reveals the Early Triassic Evolution of the Western Pangaean Margin.” 

Jennings, C. (Presenter & Author), Forcino, F. L., Stafford, E. S., Schoepfer, S. D., Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, “Factors influencing fossil preservation in the Pennsylvanian Keechie Creek Shale of Mineral Wells, Texas,” Geological Society of America, Anaheim, CA.

Presentations

Jennings, C. (Presenter & Author), Forcino, F. L., Stafford, E. S., Schoepfer, S. D., Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, “Factors influencing fossil preservation in the Pennsylvanian Keechie Creek Shale of Mineral Wells, Texas,” Geological Society of America, Anaheim, CA.

Presentations

Gibbs, K. (Presenter & Author), Styers, D. M. (Author Only), Martin, T. H. (Author Only), Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society, “Prioritizing watersheds in the Upper Little Tennessee River to guide restoration initiatives,” Chattanooga, TN.

Publications 

Ferguson, Robert Hunt. “Gallatin Roberts and Asheville’s Great Depression.” Buncombe Origins: The Making of Asheville and Buncombe County, Buncombe County Special Collections, Pack Library, 2024, pp. 66–69.

Ferguson, Robert Hunt. Review of Gin, Jesus, and Jim Crow: Prohibition and the Transformation of Racial and Religious Politics in the South by Brendan J. J. Payne. no. 1, Church History, Mar. 2024, pp. 214–16.

Presentations 

Ferguson, R. H., Southern Labor Studies Association, “I Reckon Everyone was in the Union’: Textile Labor Unionism in a North Carolina Community,” Southern Labor Studies Association, Chattanooga, TN.

Exhibits and Performances 

Ferguson, R. H., “Music Parlor Exhibit,” Dillsboro, North Carolina, USA. (August 2020 – Present). 

Publications 

Yan, Yanjun, et al. Co-offering Engineering and Non-Engineering Courses on Faculty-led Trips to Foster Global Competence via Interdisciplinary Learning. American Society for Engineering Education, 2024.

Publications 

Haager, Julia B. Eugenics, Sex and Family Life Education, and Juvenile Delinquency in Los Angeles County, California. no. 2, History of Education Quarterly / Cambridge University Press, May 2024, pp. 121–43, doi:10.1017/heq.2024.6.

Haager, Julia. Festschrift for Dr. Carole Srole, Emeritus Professor of History, California State University, Los Angeles. Perspectives: A Journal of Historical Inquiry / Cal State Los Angeles History Department Journal, 2024, p. online special feature, https://arcg.is/1Dj5jH2.

Presentations 

Haager, J. B. (Presenter Only), pre-Blue Ridge Pride gathering at Womansong: A Community Choir for Joy, Community, and Justice, “Pride History: From the Lavender Scare to Gay Liberation and Beyond,” Womansong: A Community Choir for Joy, Community, and Justice, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, Sandberg Hall, Asheville, NC.

Haager, J. B. (Author Only), Massey, S. G. (Presenter & Author), Annual Meeting of the Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology, “Stories from GMHC: Recalling the First 15 Years of AIDS,” Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology and Boston College, Boston College, Boston, MA.

Haager, J. B. (Presenter & Author), Masey, S. G. (Presenter & Author), National Council on Public History and Utah Historical Society’s joint 2024 Annual Meeting, “Documenting Epidemics: Social Justice, Ethics, and Best Practices,” National Council on Public History and Utah Historical Society, Hotel Conference Meeting Room, Salt Lake City, UT.

Haager, J. B. (Presenter & Author), Massey, S. G. (Author Only), Adrian, C. (Author Only), South Carolina Historical Association Annual Meeting, “Sex Innovation: How the Gay Liberation Movement of the 1960s-70s Helped HIV/AIDS Activists in the 1980s-90s to Eroticize Safer Sex,” South Carolina Historical Association, Francis Marion University, Florence, SC.

Presentations 

Harvey, K., Annual Congress, “Railroads and Engineers in Creating ‘South America’ as an Entity,” Latin American Studies Association, Bogotá, Colombia.

Publications 

Mensah, Tracy Lucky Angmorkie Tawiah. Sindhi Businessmen and Postcolonial Industrial Development in Ghana. African Economic History Network, Mar. 2024, https://www.aehnetwork.org/blog/sindhi-businessmen-and-postcolonial-industrial-development-in-ghana/.

Presentations 

Swigger, J. I., National Council on Public History Annual Meeting, “”Extending the Power of Public history Through Open Access Digital Publishing”,” National Council on Public History, Las Vegas, NV.

Presentations 

Aldeni, M. (Presenter & Author), 2024 Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM 2024), “On the Exponential-Gumbel Distribution: Regression and Application,” San Francisco, CA.

Publications 

Barnes, Julia, and Michelle Hewson. A Conversation with Michelle Hewson: A Unique Path to a Data Science Career. no. 1, Math Horizons, Aug. 2024, pp. 5–7, https://doi.org/10.1080/10724117.2024.2368380.

Barnes, Julia, et al. April Fools Break Math Rules. no. 4, Math Horizons, Apr. 2024, pp. 5–9, https://doi.org/10.1080/10724117.2024.2313428.

Barnes, Julie. The Math Community – Our Extended Family. Math Values Blog/ Mathematical Association of America Website, 30 Jan. 2024, https://www.mathvalues.org/masterblog/the-math-community-our-extended-family.

Presentations 

Barnes, J., MAA Mathfest, “FEM in STEM: A Club to Connect Students and Faculty across STEM Fields,” Mathematical Association of America National Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN.

Barnes, J., North Carolina Math Teachers Circle, “Escape Event,” NCAT, Cullowhee, NC.

Barnes, J., Smoky Mountain Math Teachers Circle, “Escape from the science building,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

Barnes, J., MAA SE Section Annual Meeting, “FEM in STEM: A Club to Connect Students from Different Disciplines,” MAA, SE Section, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, TN.

Presentations 

Lawson, J. K. (Presenter & Author), Best, D. J. (Author Only), Bryan, S. (Author Only), Mathematical Association of America Southeastern Section, “Constructing a Corequisite for Precalculus: the Virtues of Collaboration,” Mathematical Association of America, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.

Presentations 

Borchelt, N. A., Despeaux, S. E., NCCTM Annual Meeting, “North Carolina Network of Math Teachers’ Circles: Spreading Math Love for 10 Years,” North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Winston-Salem.

Borchelt, N. A., NCNMTC Summer Immersion Workshop, “Exploding Dots!!,” North Carolina Network of Math Teachers’ Circles, North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Ocracoke, NC.

Borchelt, N. A., NCNMTC Summer Immersion Workshop, “Left, Right, or Center??,” North Carolina Network of Math Teachers’ Circles, North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Ocracoke, NC.

Borchelt, N. A., NCNMTC Summer Immersion Workshop, “Julia Robinson Math Festival Fun!!,” North Carolina Network of Math Teachers’ Circles, North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Ocracoke, NC.

Borchelt, N. A., NCNMTC Summer Immersion Workshop, “Number Bracelets,” North Carolina Network of Math Teachers’ Circles, North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Ocracoke, NC.

Presentations 

Lawson, J. K. (Presenter & Author), Best, D. J. (Author Only), Bryan, S. (Author Only), Mathematical Association of America Southeastern Section, “Constructing a Corequisite for Precalculus: the Virtues of Collaboration,” Mathematical Association of America, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.

Publications 

Moun, Monu, et al. Star-Critical Connected Ramsey Numbers for 2-Colorings of Complete Graphs. Transactions on Combinatorics, Nov. 2024, pp. 211–22, https://toc.ui.ac.ir/article_28651_1d475a3047b6054f8fd40fc12ec44034.pdf.

Budden, Mark R., and Bruce Landman. Rainbow Numbers for the Generalized Schur Equation X_1+x_2+.+ X_{m-1} = X_m. Australasian Journal of Combinatorics, Sep. 2024, pp. 66–79, https://ajc.maths.uq.edu.au/pdf/90/ajc_v90_p066.pdf.

Budden, Mark R., and Hayden Privette. Multicolor Ramsey Theory for a Fan Versus Complete Graphs. Discrete Mathematics Letters, Jul. 2024, pp. 143–49, https://www.dmlett.com/archive/v13/DML24_v13_pp143-149.pdf.

Publications 

Despeaux, Sloan E. “Mathematical Men in Humble Life: Philomaths from North-West England as Editors of ‘Questions for Answer’ Journals.” Beyond the Learned Academy: The Practice of Mathematics 1600-1850, Oxford University Press, 2024, pp. 139–57.

Presentations 

Borchelt, N. A., Despeaux, S. E., NCCTM Annual Meeting, “North Carolina Network of Math Teachers’ Circles: Spreading Math Love for 10 Years,” North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Winston-Salem.

Despeaux, S. E., Workshop PatriMaths (Patrimoines et patrimonialisation des mathématiques (XVIIIe-XXe)), “Augustus De Morgan’s Anonymous Articles for the Penny Cyclopaedia: Curation of Mathematics for the Masses,” Agence Nationale de la Recherche, France, Centre International de Rencontres Mathématiques, Luminy, France.

Publications 

Holliday, Mark A. “Scope Rule Comprehension by Novice Python Programmers.” Proceedings of the 56th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2, February 26-March 1, 2025, vol. Proceedings of the 56th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2, ACM, 2025, doi:10.1145/3641555.3705247.

Presentations 

Jaqua, K. M. C. (Presenter & Author), 2024 Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics, “Understanding Volumes of Revolutions: Is it an Apple, or is it a Cake?,” NCCTM, Benton Convention Center, Winston-Salem, NC, United States.

Jaqua, K. M. C., Math Camp 2024, “Hexaflexagons,” NC Network of Math Teachers Circle, NCCAT, Cullowee, NC.

Presentations 

Lawson, J. K. (Presenter & Author), Best, D. J. (Author Only), Bryan, S. (Author Only), Mathematical Association of America Southeastern Section, “Constructing a Corequisite for Precalculus: the Virtues of Collaboration,” Mathematical Association of America, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.

Lawson, J. K. (Presenter & Author), Dalton, J. (Presenter & Author), Pierce, N. (Author Only), UNC Faculty & Academic Development Consortium, “Institutional Responses to Student Success,” UNC System, UNCA, Asheville, NC.

Lawson, J. K. (Presenter & Author), Dalton, J. (Presenter & Author), Pierce, N. (Presenter & Author), UNC System Meeting, “Institutional Responses to Student Success,” UNC System Office, Raleigh, NC.

Publications 

Menke, Jenna, et al. Students Said They Enjoyed It, and I Am Actually Looking Forward to Grading This Way”: Lessons Learned from Implementing Video Feedback in Mathematics Teacher Education Coursework.. 1st ed., vol. 2024, Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, 2024, pp. 2178–83, https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/224277/.

Presentations 

Zimmerman, S. (Presenter & Author), 2024 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Research Conference, “Impactful engagement: A strengths-based framework for engaging with mathematics students’ written work,” National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Chicago, IL.

Menke, J. (Presenter & Author), Cudd, M. (Presenter & Author), Stoddard, E. (Presenter & Author), Zimmerman, S. (Presenter & Author), 35th International 2024 SITE (Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education) Conference, “Students said they enjoyed it, and I am actually looking forward to grading this way”: Lessons learned from implementing video feedback in mathematics teacher education coursework.,” Las Vegas.

Solér, M. (Presenter & Author), Howell, T. (Presenter & Author), Zimmerman, S. (Presenter & Author), Redd, T. (Presenter & Author), 2024 American Association of Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting, “Holistic curricular interventions to support African American male students in mathematics and statistics gateway courses.,” American Association of Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC.

Presentations 

Henderson, D. G., John J McDermott: A Teacher for whom Philosophy was a Way of Life, “This is Serious,” Queens College CUNY, Hybrid: Zoom and the James Muyskens Conference Room.

Publications 

Mershon, Katharine Elizabeth Rand. “”Gender and Sexuality”.” Animals and Religion, edited by Barbara Ambros et al., 1stth ed., Routledge, 2024, https://www.routledge.com/Animals-and-Religion/Aftandilian-Ambros-Gross/p/book/9781032330181.

Publications 

Whitmire, John F. Cutting Some UNC Asheville Majors Threatens Overall Quality of Education. The Citizen-Times, 14 Jul. 2024.

Presentations 

Whitmire, J. F., PCA National Meeting, “Moral exemplarity and the education of mercy in _The Lord of the Rings_,” Popular Culture Association, Chicago, IL.

Publications 

Cooper, Christopher A, et al. Intraparty Republican Factionalism as Identity in the Modern American South. no. 1, American Politics Research, 2024, pp. 30–40.

Presentations 

Fagan, C. J. (Presenter & Author), Michelsen, N. G. (Presenter & Author), North Carolina Political Science Association Conference, “American Educational Disarmament in the Face of Rising Nuclear Threats,” North Carolina Political Science Association, Asheville, NC.

Publications 

Michelsen, Niall G. “Building Youthful Habits of Voting.” Generational Politics in the United States: From the Silents to Gen Z and Beyond, University of Michigan, 2024, p. 454, doi:https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.11621506.

Michelsen, Niall G. Mason-Dixon: Crucible of the Nation. no. 1, International Social Science Review, Mar. 2024.

Presentations 

Fagan, C. J. (Presenter & Author), Michelsen, N. G. (Presenter & Author), North Carolina Political Science Association Conference, “American Educational Disarmament in the Face of Rising Nuclear Threats,” North Carolina Political Science Association, Asheville, NC.

Presentations 

Garcia-Castanon, S., CATI Conference, “Traducir lo intraducible, o cómo hacer que Shakespeare “suene” en español,” Carolina Association of Translators and Interpreters (CATI), University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Charlotte, NC.

Garcia-Castanon, S., 29th Literary Festival, “Don Quijote de la Mancha, la obra de un “autor fracasado” que conquistó el canon literario mundial,” Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Exhibits and Performances 

Garcia-Castanon, S., “New York Poetry Festival,” New York City. (October 2021 – Present). 

Publications 

Lehman, William E. “Chat(bot)ting up a Storm: How AI Is Changing the Game in Foreign Language Teaching.” World Languages and Cultures in the Public Sphere: Selected Proceedings of the 25th Southeast Conference on Languages, Literatures, and Film, BrownWalker Press, 2024.

Grieb, Margit, et al. World Languages and Cultures in the Public Sphere. Edited by Margit Grieb et al., BrownWalker Press, 2024.

Lehman, William E. Chinese Characters to Come Alive at Library. 14 Apr. 2024.

Presentations 

Lehman, W. E., SAMLA 2024, “The Screams behind the Scenes: The Violence of Herzog’s Ecstatic Truth,” South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Jacksonville, FL.

Lehman, W. E., NeMLA 2024, “Der Elefant im Raum: Facing the Facts of Generative AI Models in the German Classroom.,” Northeast Modern Language Association, Boston, MA.

Publications 

Martinez Jr, Michael. Neoliberal Ideologies and the Contested Formation of Mercamadrid, or the Shifting Visibilities of Urban Infrastructure. Journal of Urban Cultural Studies, 2024.

Martinez Jr, Michael. Review of from the Theater to the Plaza: Spectacle, Protest, and Urban Space in Twenty-First-Century Madrid by Matthew I. Feinberg. Romance Quarterly.. 2024.

Presentations 

Martinez Jr, M., Race in Iberia Symposium at The Ohio State University, “The Centro District Must Hold: Race, Criminality Maps, and Citizen Insecurity in Early-democratic Madrid,” Columbus, OH.

Martinez Jr, M., Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, “From the Panopticon to the Labyrinth: Neoliberal Consumer Culture, Post-Franco Madrid, and the Everyday Urban Imaginaries of Jesús Ibáñez,” Lexington, KY.

Martinez Jr, M., Céfiro Conference, “Editor’s Panel Round Table,” Lubbock, TX.

Presentations 

Ono, Y. (Author Only), The 39th of Annual Conference – Southeastern Association of Teachers of Japanese (SEATJ), “To Make the World Kinder – Yasashii Sekai e,” Southeast Association of Teachers of Japanese, Universty of North Carolina, Greensboro, Cullowhee, NC, US.