College of Arts & Sciences

Publications 

Steere, Benjamin Allen, et al. Archaeological Survey/monitoring of Root Balls/fallen Trees in Historic Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina.

Presentations 

Vacca, A., Best, K. C., George, R. L., Melerine, L., WCU Research and Scholarship Conference, “Examining Contributing Factors to Natural Human Mummification at FOREST in Cullowhee, North Carolina,” Cullowhee, NC. 

Vacca, A. (Presenter & Author), Best, K. C. (Author Only), George, R. (Author Only), Melerine, L. (Author Only), American Academy of Forensic Sciences 77th Annual Meeting, “Examining Contributing Factors to Natural Human Mummification at FOREST in Cullowhee, North Carolina,” American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD.

Publications 

Smith-Escudero, Sarajane, et al. Chaos Theory and Its Applications in Forensic Anthropology. Forensic Science International: Synergy, Jun. 2025, p. 100587, doi:10.1016/j.fsisyn.2025.100587. 

Publications 

Armelli, Kerianne, et al. Body Donation: Opinions and Practices in Forensic Anthropology. Forensic Anthropology, Aug. 2025, doi:10.5744/fa.2024.0009. 

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. 

Eastman, J. M. (Presenter & Author), Riggs, B. H. (Author Only), 81st Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference, “A Study of Complementarity: The Buildings on Mounds A and B at Watauga,” Southeaster Archaeological Conference, Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center, Baton Rouge, LA. 

Riggs, B. H. (Presenter & Author), Eastman, J. M. (Presenter & Author), Sloan Lecture, “From Earth to Sky: Re-discovering Cherokee Astronomies through Non-Invasive Archaeologies,” Sloan Scholars Program, Alfred P. Sloane Foundation, Western Carolina University, Blue Ridge Conference Center, Cullowhee, NC, US. 

Publications 

Ennis, Georgia, et al. “Vincularse Al Bosque: Las Posibilidades Y Los Límites De La Investigación Colaborativa Y Producción Comunitaria De Medios.” Contraponiendo La Modernidad: Modelos Comunales Y Cooperativos De Pueblos Indígenas, Universidad del Rosario, 2025, pp. 81–115, doi:10.12804/urosario9789585005495.03. 

Ennis, Georgia. Georgia Ennis on Her Book, Rainforest Radio. Communication, Media, and Performance (CaMP) Anthropology Blog, 9 Jun. 2025, https://campanthropology.org/2025/06/09/georgia-ennis-on-her-book-rainforest-radio/. 

Ennis, Georgia. Field Notes: Rainforest Radio. University of Arizona Press, 12 May 2025, https://uapress.arizona.edu/2025/05/field-notes-rainforest-radio. 

Ennis, Georgia. Rainforest Radio: Language, Media, and Memory in the Ecuadorian Amazon. University of Arizona Press, 2025, p. 296, doi:https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.27024376. 

Ennis, Georgia, and Erin Debenport. “Introduction: Language Lives in Unexpected Places.” Special Issue: Language Lives in Unexpected Places, vol. 48, no. 1, American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Mar. 2025, pp. 1–20, doi:https://doi.org/10.17953/A3.4831. 

Ennis, Georgia, and Erin Debenport. Language Lives in Unexpected Places: New Engagements with Indigenous Languages and Media. Edited by Georgia Ennis and Erin Debenport, American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2025, https://escholarship.org/uc/aicrj/48/1. 

Ennis, Georgia. “Reweaving Language and Lifeways in the Western Amazon.” Language Lives in Unexpected Places: New Engagements with Indigenous Languages and Media, edited by Georgia Ennis, vol. 48, no. 1, American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Mar. 2025, pp. 113–36, doi:https://doi.org/10.17953/A3.2584.

Presentations 

Ennis, G., 2025 SLA Conference, “Narrative Refusal: The Dialogics of Western Amazonian Kichwa Narrative,” Society for Linguistic Anthropology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. 

Ennis, G., Unsettling Images, Engaging Fictions, “Discerning Real Amazonian Fakes: The Multivalent Semiotics of Napo Kichwa Media,” Brown University, Brown University, Providence, RI. 

Ennis, G., “Endangered Ecologies?: Undoing Linguistic and Environmental Oppression in the Western Amazon ,” Bowdoin College, VAC Beam Classroom, Brunswick, ME. 

Publications

Bailey, Christine A., et al. Assessing Patterns of Moisture Content in Decomposing, Desiccated, and Mummified Tissue in Western North Carolina. no. 4, Forensic Sciences, Nov. 2025, doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/forensicsci5040073. 

Passalacqua, Nicholas V, et al. Characteristics of Vertebral Body Augmentation in Human Skeletal Remains. no. 3, Forensic Anthropology, May 2025, pp. 200–05, doi:10.5744/fa.2024.0028. 

Presentations 

Klatt, L. (Presenter & Author), Bullock, M. (Author Only), Proper, J. (Author Only), George, R. (Author Only), Perera, N. (Author Only), SoCon Undergraduate Research Forum (SURF) 2025, “Estimating Postmortem Interval of Skeletal Remains by FTIR-ATR,” The Southern Conference (SoCon), Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC. 

Frid, J., George, R., Cromartie, A., WCU Research and Scholarship Conference, “Data Collection of Black Soldier Flies (Hermetia illucens) at WCU’s FOREST: Forensic Entomology as a Tool in Estimating Postmortem Intervals,” Cullowhee, NC. 

Vacca, A., Best, K. C., George, R. L., Melerine, L., WCU Research and Scholarship Conference, “Examining Contributing Factors to Natural Human Mummification at FOREST in Cullowhee, North Carolina,” Cullowhee, NC. 

Brown, A. J., Parker, C., de Silva, S., Bintz, B. J., Solomon, D. A., Schauble, D., Giblin, C. J., George, R., WCU Research and Scholarship Conference, “Foreign Human DNA Recovery in a Mock Sexual Assault Arson Scenario,” Cullowhee, NC. 

Waxenbaum, E. (Presenter & Author), Kim, J. (Author Only), Goliath, J. (Author Only), George, R. L. (Author Only), Litavec, H. (Author Only), 77th Annual Conference of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, “An Evaluation of the Forensic Anthropology DEIB Peer Engagement Program,” AAFS, Baltimore, MD. 

Vacca, A. (Presenter & Author), Best, K. C. (Author Only), George, R. (Author Only), Melerine, L. (Author Only), American Academy of Forensic Sciences 77th Annual Meeting, “Examining Contributing Factors to Natural Human Mummification at FOREST in Cullowhee, North Carolina,” American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD. 

Exhibits and Performances 

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

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

Publications

Steere, Benjamin Allen, et al. Archaeological Survey/monitoring of Root Balls/fallen Trees in Historic Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina.  

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. 

Eastman, J. M. (Presenter & Author), Riggs, B. H. (Author Only), 81st Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference, “A Study of Complementarity: The Buildings on Mounds A and B at Watauga,” Southeaster Archaeological Conference, Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center, Baton Rouge, LA. 

Riggs, B. H. (Presenter & Author), Eastman, J. M. (Presenter & Author), Sloan Lecture, “From Earth to Sky: Re-discovering Cherokee Astronomies through Non-Invasive Archaeologies,” Sloan Scholars Program, Alfred P. Sloane Foundation, Western Carolina University, Blue Ridge Conference Center, Cullowhee, NC, US. 

Dr. Diana Simpson
Adjunct Faculty
Anthropology and Sociology
dsimpson@wcu.edu

Publications 

Steere, Benjamin Allen, et al. Archaeological Survey/monitoring of Root Balls/fallen Trees in Historic Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina. 

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

Publications 

Steere, Benjamin Allen, et al. Archaeological Survey/monitoring of Root Balls/fallen Trees in Historic Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina. 

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 

Hugi, April L, et al. Developmental and Functional Interactions Structure Patterns of Variational Modularity in the Lunar Wrasse Skull. Integrative And Comparative Biology, Jun. 2025, doi:10.1093/icb/icaf099. 

Hodge, Jennifer R, et al. Unravelling the Effects of Ecology and Evolutionary History in the Phenotypic Convergence of Fishes. Systematic Biology, May 2025, doi:10.1093/sysbio/syaf034. 

Presentations 

Wingnean, K. (Presenter & Author), Hunt, E. (Presenter & Author), Beimborn, C. (Author Only), National Conference for Undergraduate Research, “Analyzing the Effect of Alkylamine Length on CsPbBr3Nanocrystal Storage Longevity,” The Council for Undergraduate Research, Pittsburgh, PA. 

Oleszscuk, K. (Presenter & Author), Beimborn, C. (Author Only), National Conference for Undergraduate Research, “Optimization of Octadecylamine Passivated Cesium Lead Bromide Nanocrystals by Varying Reaction Conditions,” The Council for Undergraduate Research, Pittsburgh, PA. 

Pentland, A. (Presenter & Author), Beimborn, C. (Author Only), National Conference for Undergraduate Research, “The Relationship between Temperature and the Binding of Surface Ligands on Cesium Lead Bromide Nanocrystals,” The Council for Undergraduate Research, Pittsburgh, PA. 

Wingnean, K. (Presenter & Author), Hunt, E. (Presenter & Author), Beimborn, C. (Author Only), Research and Scholarship Conference, “Analyzing the Effect of Alkylamine Length on CsPbBr3Nanocrystal Storage Longevity,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC. 

Oleszscuk, K. (Presenter & Author), Beimborn, C. (Author Only), Research and Scholarship Conference, “Optimization of Octadecylamine Passivated Cesium Lead Bromide Nanocrystals by Varying Reaction Conditions,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC. 

Pentland, A. (Presenter & Author), Beimborn, C. (Author Only), Research and Scholarship Conference, “The Relationship between Temperature and the Binding of Surface Ligands on Cesium Lead Bromide Nanocrystals,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC. 

Timmons, C. (Presenter & Author), Parikh, A. (Author Only), Hahn, K. (Author Only), Pentland, A. (Author Only), Oleszscuk, R. (Author Only), Wingnean, K. (Author Only), Beimborn II, J., American Chemical Society Spring Meeting, “Effect of Ligand Chain Length on the Binding Behavior in CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanocrystals,” American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA. 

Parikh, A. (Presenter & Author), Hahn, K. (Author Only), Pentland, A. (Author Only), Oleszscuk, R. (Author Only), Wingnean, K. (Author Only), Beimborn II, J., American Chemical Society Spring Meeting, “Optimization of Synthesis Parameters for the Ligand-Assisted Reprecipitation Method for Cesium Lead Bromide,” American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA. 

Presentations 

Brown, A. J., Parker, C., de Silva, S., Bintz, B. J., Solomon, D. A., Schauble, D., Giblin, C. J., George, R., WCU Research and Scholarship Conference, “Foreign Human DNA Recovery in a Mock Sexual Assault Arson Scenario,” Cullowhee, NC. 

Presentations 

De Silva, C. R. (Presenter & Author), 25th International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPRC-2025), “Artificial Intelligence in Chemistry Research: Transforming Discovery, Design, and Education,” University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 

De Silva, C. R. (Author Only), Prabani, M. M. (Author Only), Smith, J. (Presenter & Author), , 2025-Southeastern/Southwest Regional Meeting (SERMACS/SWRM), “Computational Chemistry Investigation of Antioxidant Activity in Phytochemicals from Morinda citrifolia,” Orlando, FL. 

De Silva, C. R. (Author Only), Adams, T. (Presenter & Author), Supik, J. (Presenter & Author), 2025-Southeastern/Southwest Regional Meeting (SERMACS/SWRM), “Effect of polyethylene glycol-based solvents and precursor salts on zinc oxide nanoparticle formation under microwave irradiation,” Orlando, FL. 

De Silva, C. R. (Presenter & Author), 2025-Southeastern/Southwest Regional Meeting (SERMACS/SWRM), “Rapid microwave synthesis and characterization of europium and terbium-doped nanomaterials,” Orlando, FL. 

Dinkelmeyer, B. D., De Silva, C. R., Whitehead, E. (Presenter & Author), Bollick, T. (Presenter & Author), Park, S. (Presenter & Author), Drake, P. (Author Only), National Conference on Undergarduate Research (NCUR), “Synthesis of Europium (III) Thenoyltrifluoroacetonate Terpyridine Complexes and the Influence of Electron Donors and Acceptors on Fluorescent Efficiency,” Council on Undergarduate Research, Duquesne University/ David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburch, PA. 

De Silva, C. R. (Author Only), Whitehead, E. (Presenter & Author), Bolick, T. (Author Only), Dinkelmeyer, B. D. (Author Only), National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), “Synthesis of Europium (III) Thenoyltrifluoroacetonate Terpyridine Complexes and the Influence of Electron Donors and Acceptors on Fluorescent Efficiency,” David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA. 

De Silva, C. R. (Author Only), Gregory, M. (Presenter & Author), National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), “Tuning Optical and Structural Properties of Lanthanide-Doped Calcium-Fluoride Nanocrystals,” David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA. 

De Silva, C. R. (Author Only), Perez Galarza, E. D. (Presenter & Author), Garusinghe, P. (Author Only), Smith, J. A. (Author Only), Paranagama, P. (Author Only), Southern Regional Honors Conference (SRHC-2025), “Evaluating the Antioxidant Properties of Bioactive Compounds from Endolichenic Fungi Using Computational Chemistry Methods,” Chattanooga, TN. 

De Silva, C. R. (Presenter & Author), Ruhuna International Science & Technology Conference (RISTCON-2025), “Microwave-Assisted Preparation of Lanthanide-Based Nanoparticles for Luminescent and Biomedical Applications,” University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka. 

De Silva, C. R. (Author Only), Gurusinghe, P. (Presenter & Author), Paranagama, P. (Author Only), Undergraduate Poster Presentation, Ruhuna International Science & Technology Conference (RISTCON-2025), “Antioxidant Property of Bioactive Compounds from Endolichenic Fungus in Sri Lanka via computation,” University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka. 

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. 

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.” 

Park, S. (Presenter & Author), Dinkelmeyer, B. D., DeSilva, C., Burleson, M., South Eastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS), “Substituent effects on photoluminescent properties of terpyridine-zinc metal complexes,” American Chemical Society, Orlando. 

Dinkelmeyer, B. D., De Silva, C. R., Whitehead, E. (Presenter & Author), Bollick, T. (Presenter & Author), Park, S. (Presenter & Author), Drake, P. (Author Only), National Conference on Undergarduate Research (NCUR), “Synthesis of Europium (III) Thenoyltrifluoroacetonate Terpyridine Complexes and the Influence of Electron Donors and Acceptors on Fluorescent Efficiency,” Council on Undergarduate Research, Duquesne University/ David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburch, PA. 

De Silva, C. R. (Author Only), Whitehead, E. (Presenter & Author), Bolick, T. (Author Only), Dinkelmeyer, B. D. (Author Only), National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), “Synthesis of Europium (III) Thenoyltrifluoroacetonate Terpyridine Complexes and the Influence of Electron Donors and Acceptors on Fluorescent Efficiency,” David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA.

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. 

Duranty, E. (Presenter & Author), Shaw, T. A. (Author Only), Valentine, F. D. (Author Only), ACS Spring 2025, “Exploring effects of microplastics on droplet evaporation during hurricane formation,” American Chemical Society, San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA. 

Presentations 

Ferguson, K., CAS Faculty Research Grant Presentation, “”Spectral Behavior of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) Using Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)”,” Western Carolina University College of Arts and Sciences, Cullowhee, NC. 

Alley, R. (Presenter & Author), Pavel, G. (Presenter & Author), Ferguson, K. (Author Only), RASC, “Investigating the Spectral Behavior of Synthetic Cathinones Using Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR).,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC. 

Publications 

Miller, Jerry, et al. “Spatiotemporal Variations in Microplastics Concentrations in Alluvial Deposits Prior to and Following Hurricane Helene, Pigeon River Basin, Western North Carolina.” Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, 2025, doi:10.1130/abs/2025am-7881. 

Presentations 

Jordan, A. D. (Presenter & Author), Fischer, A. (Author Only), Research and Scholarship Conference (RASC), “Broadband Cavity Enhanced Spectroscopy of Acoustically Levitated Liquid Droplets,” Western Carolina University, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC. 

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 North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC. 

Presentations 

Sanderson, T. (Presenter & Author), Gainey, M. D. (Author Only), Research and Scholarship Celebration, “The Novel Repression System of Cluster M Mycobacteriophages,” Western Carolina University. 

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 

Sither, C., Rothermund, M. (Author Only), Guilliams, B. (Author Only), Byrd, B. D., Huffman, S. W. (Presenter & Author), American Mosquito Control Association Annual Conference, “Predicting Aedes triseriatus Parity and Age with Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy,” American Mosquito Control Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 

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. 

Publications 

Passalacqua, Nicholas V, et al. Characteristics of Vertebral Body Augmentation in Human Skeletal Remains. no. 3, Forensic Anthropology, May 2025, pp. 200–05, doi:10.5744/fa.2024.0028. 

Presentations 

Klatt, L. (Presenter & Author), Bullock, M. (Author Only), Proper, J. (Author Only), George, R. (Author Only), Perera, N. (Author Only), SoCon Undergraduate Research Forum (SURF) 2025, “Estimating Postmortem Interval of Skeletal Remains by FTIR-ATR,” The Southern Conference (SoCon), Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC. 

Sudarshana, S. P. I. (Presenter & Author), Kadigamuwa, C. C. (Author Only), Perera, N. (Author Only), International Conference on Applied and Pure Sciences 2025, “Machine learning-based classification to assist the screening of novel psychoactive substances,” University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 

Saint-Jean, T. (Presenter & Author), Perera, N. (Author Only), WCU Research and Scholarship Conference, “Use of Chatbots in Chemistry Research: Can Chatbots Accurately Identify Chemical Classes?,” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC. 

Publications 

Lawson, Jeffrey K, and Matthew J Rave. Recursion: A Lesson About a Lesson. no. 2, Mathematics in School, Mathematical Association, Mar. 2025, pp. 29–31. 

Presentations 

Lawson, J. K. (Presenter & Author), Rave, M. J. (Presenter & Author), NC Network of Math Teachers’ Circles 9th Annual Summer Immersion, “Egyptian fractions: The best thing since sliced bread,” NCNMTC, NCCAT, Okracoke, 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. 

Publications 

Russell, Vincent, et al. Teaching Radical Love: Implementing Critical Positive Communication Pedagogy in the Classroom. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, Jan. 2026, doi:10.1177/23294906251406941. 

Presentations 

Russell, V. (Presenter & Author), Cheshire, G. (Presenter & Author), Wisnewski-Parks, G. (Presenter & Author), Annual International Communication Association Conference, “Teaching radical love: Implementing critical positive communication pedagogy in the classroom,” Instructional and Developmental Communication Division, International Communication Association, Denver, CO. 

Publications 

Connelly, Donald W, et al. “The Role of Radio and Ham Radio When Everything Else Fails During Crisis: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Helene.” No, Issue 1 2025, vol. Vol 13, International Crisis & Risk Communication Association Reports, 2025, pp. 130–34, doi:https://doi.org/10.69931/001c.142861. 

Presentations 

Connelly, D. W. (Presenter & Author), Western Carolina chapter of the Public Relations Soeicty of America, “The role of radio and ham radio when everything else fails during crisis: Lessons learned from Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina,” Western Carolina chapter of the Public Relations Soeicty of America, North Carolina Aboretum Education Building, Asheville, NC. 

Connelly, D. W. (Presenter & Author), 2025 International Crisis and Risk Communication Conference, “The role of radio and ham radio when everything else fails during crisis: Lessons learned from Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina,” International Association of Risk and Crisis Communication (IARCC), Clemson University, Clemson, SC. 

Publications 

Eldredge, Scott Allen, et al. ADEPT: Building a Model of Communication for Athletic Training Students. Athletic Training Education Journal, 2025, doi:10.4085/1947-380X-24-051. 

Publications 

Connelly, Donald W, et al. “The Role of Radio and Ham Radio When Everything Else Fails During Crisis: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Helene.” No, Issue 1 2025, vol. Vol 13, International Crisis & Risk Communication Association Reports, 2025, pp. 130–34, doi:https://doi.org/10.69931/001c.142861. 

Publications 

Eldredge, Scott Allen, et al. ADEPT: Building a Model of Communication for Athletic Training Students. Athletic Training Education Journal, 2025, doi:10.4085/1947-380X-24-051. 

Publications 

Russell, Vincent, et al. Teaching Radical Love: Implementing Critical Positive Communication Pedagogy in the Classroom. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, Jan. 2026, doi:10.1177/23294906251406941. 

Russell, Vincent. Opinion: UNC’s Syllabi Public-posting Mandate Erodes Academic Freedom. USA Today, 28 Dec. 2025, https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/12/28/opinion-uncs-syllabi-public-posting-mandate-erodes-academic-freedom/87901726007/. 

Russell, Vincent. What If Deliberative Competence Was a Core Requirement of General Education?. Deliberative Citizenship Initiative, 6 Nov. 2025, https://deliberativecitizenship.org/deep/what-if-deliberative-competence-was-a-core-requirement-of-general-education/. 

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

Presentations 

Russell, V. (Discussant), Annual Convention, “Activism and Social Justice Division 2025 research-in-progress roundtable,” National Communication Association, Denver, CO. 

Russell, V. (Panelist), Annual Convention, “Mock trials to translate scholarship and create pathways to public action,” National Communication Association, Denver, CO. 

Russell, V. (Presenter & Author), “Community-engaged teaching and research,” Gender-responsive Opportunities for Women (GROW) in Academia. 

Russell, V. (Presenter & Author), Cheshire, G. (Presenter & Author), Wisnewski-Parks, G. (Presenter & Author), Annual International Communication Association Conference, “Teaching radical love: Implementing critical positive communication pedagogy in the classroom,” Instructional and Developmental Communication Division, International Communication Association, Denver, CO. 

Russell, V. (Presenter & Author), “Warm Cookies of the Revolution: A case study of democratic culture through the framework of civic health,” College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO. 

Publications 

Connelly, Donald W, et al. “The Role of Radio and Ham Radio When Everything Else Fails During Crisis: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Helene.” No, Issue 1 2025, vol. Vol 13, International Crisis & Risk Communication Association Reports, 2025, pp. 130–34, doi:https://doi.org/10.69931/001c.142861. 

Presentations 

Weathers, M. (Presenter & Author), Gangel, M. (Author Only), National Communication Association Annual Conference, “Assessing College Students’ Perceptions of Digital Dating Abuse and Associated Correlates,” New Orleans, LA. 

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. 

Weathers, M., Gangel, M., Elliott, A. (Author Only), Huddleston, H. (Author Only), D.C. Health Communication Conference, “Assessing College Students’ Perceptions of Digital Dating Abuse and Associated Correlates.,” Washington, DC. 

Elliott, A. (Presenter & Author), Weathers, M., Gangel, M., Huddleston, H. (Author Only), RASC, “Assessing College Students’ Perceptions of Digital Dating Abuse and Associated Correlates: Worst Dating Experiences,” Western Carolina University. 

Huddleston, H. (Presenter & Author), Gangel, M., Weathers, M. (Author Only), Elliott, A. (Author Only), RASC, “Assessing College Students’ Worst Experiences of Digital Dating Abuse.,” Western Carolina University. 

Publications 

Russell, Vincent, et al. Teaching Radical Love: Implementing Critical Positive Communication Pedagogy in the Classroom. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, Jan. 2026, doi:10.1177/23294906251406941. 

Presentations 

Russell, V. (Presenter & Author), Cheshire, G. (Presenter & Author), Wisnewski-Parks, G. (Presenter & Author), Annual International Communication Association Conference, “Teaching radical love: Implementing critical positive communication pedagogy in the classroom,” Instructional and Developmental Communication Division, International Communication Association, Denver, CO. 

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 Managment, 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. (Presenter Only), International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference, “Community Care Program: An Evidence-Based Approach for Embedding Social Workers in Rural Agencies,” IACP, Denver, CO. 

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

Allen, C. M. (Presenter & Author), Caravelis, C. (Presenter & Author), WCU Foundation Board of Directors Meeting, “Community Care.” 

Publications 

Norris, Robert J., et al. Expanding Wrongful Conviction Analyses: A Framework to Foreground Temporality and Change. no. 11, Crime, Law and Social Change, Jan. 2026, p. 20, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10611-025-10263-0. 

Norris, Robert J., et al. Examining Wrongful Convictions Through the Lens of Behavioral Ethics. no. 0, Criminal Justice Review, Dec. 2025, p. 13, doi:10.1177/07340168251408472. 

Drummond, Clayton B. Examining Official Misconduct Laws Through the Lens of Wrongful Conviction.. no. 0, Criminal Justice Review, Dec. 2025, p. 22, doi:10.1177/07340168251400661. 

Presentations 

Drummond, C. B. (Author Only), American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, “Officer, Trainer, and Leadership Insights on the Effectiveness of Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Training,” American Society of Criminology, Marriott Marquis Washington D.C., Washington D.C., DC. 

Drummond, C. B. (Presenter & Author), American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, “Before Abolition: Inside-Led Activism to Reform Perpetual Confinement,” American Society of Criminology, Marriott Marquis Washington D.C., Washington D.C., DC. 

Presentations 

Adams, M. F., Shakespeare Association of America Annual Meeting, “Weather and Spontaneous Generation in Shakespeare’s later plays,” Shakespeare Association of America, Sheraton Boston, Boston, MA. 

Publications 

Boatright, Michael David. Revisioning Emerson as a Theorist of Reading. Palgrave Macmillan, 2025, p. 164, doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-76242-0. 

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).

Publications 

Fernandes, Maggie, et al. The Trouble with “Ungrading”: Toward Disciplinary Specificity in Alternative Writing Assessment. Journal of Writing Assessment, Apr. 2025, https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3s97p28z. 

Presentations 

Brier, E. C., Southeastern Association of Cultural Studies Conference, “‘always a thing of magic’: Teaching Trans Literature in the Undergraduate Creative Writing Classroom,” UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC. 

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. 

Callahan, E. E., Rojas, A. (Presenter Only), En Las Afueras: Early Childhood Speech and Language Services for Spanish-Speaking Families in Rural Spaces, “”Understanding Lanaguage and Literacy Development”,” American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation ASLH New Investigators Research Grant / WCU Faculty Dr. Claire Wofford (CSD), Online. 

Presentations 

Darnell, E. L., Southeastern Association of Cultural Studies Regional Conference, “Research Papers in the Age of Ever-Evolving Multi-Media: Re-thinking Our Structural Approach for Teaching Research and Critical Inquiry in Modern College Classrooms,” SEACS, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC.

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. “”Sex Work in the Medieval West”.” Companion to Sexuality in the Medieval West, ARC Humanities Press, 2025, p. 25. 

Publications 

Hamilton, Emma. “Writing Is for You, You Are for You”: Breaking Away from Phallogocentrism in Campbell’s Monomyth. no. 1, Convergences, Jan. 2025, https://theseacs.org/convergences/. 

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. Tea and the Tempest. Our State, May 2025. 

Jones, Jeremy Brian. Standing Still. Garden & Gun, Feb. 2025. 

Exhibits and Performances 

Jones, J. B., “Appalachian Music and Reading,” Elon University, NC. (March 4, 2025). 

Publications 

Martin, Alice. ‘To Act as Interpreter’: Organizing Labor(s) in the Ladies’ Christian Union. no. 2, Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers/University of Nebraska Press, May 2025, pp. 284–92. 

Presentations 

Martin, A., Understanding Histories, Imagining Futures: 25 Years of SSAWW, “Introduction to ‘Practical Strategies for Digital Recovery in the Classroom’,” Society for the Study of American Women Writers, Philadelphia, PA. 

Martin, A., Understanding Histories, Imagining Futures: 25 Years of SSAWW, “The Stories Our Mothers (Never) Told Us: On Crafting Literature From Family Archives,” Society for the Study of American Women Writers, Philadelphia, PA. 

Martin, A., C19 2024: The End, “Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s Editorship of the Advocate,” C19, Pasadena, CA. 

Martin, A., American Antiquarian Society Fellows Talk, “Playing with Scripted Intimacy: The Uptake of American Autograph Albums, 1820-1860,” American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA. 

Martin, A., ALA Conference 2023, “The Social Archive of Alice Dunbar Nelson’s Diary,” American Literature Association, Boston, MA. 

Martin, A., INCS 2023: Movements, “Playing with Scripted Intimacy: The Uptake of American Autograph Albums, 1820-1860,” Interdisciplinary Nineteenth Century Studies, Knoxville, TN. 

Martin, A., C19 2022: Reconstructions, “‘Fair Friendship binds the whole celestial frame’: The Rhetorical and Material Genres of Friendship in the Cassey-Dickerson Albums,” C19, Coral Gables, FL. 

Martin, A., MLA 2019 Conference, “‘When Shall I Wake?’: Uncanny Repetition and Female Alienation in Serial Depictions of Childhood,” MLA, Chicago, IL. 

Martin, A., NACADA 2018 Conference, “Learning from their Stories: Incorporating Narrative Structure to Support Academically At-Risk Students,” The National Academic Advising Association, Phoenix, AZ. 

Exhibits and Performances 

Martin, A., “Smoky Mountain Storytellers,” Franklin, NC. (November 22, 2025 – Present). 

Martin, A., “CIPHER Launch Reading,” Hendersonville, NC. (September 21, 2025 – Present). 

Publications 

Naser-Hall, Emily. Conjuring the Unplayable. Mid Theory Collective, 2025, https://mid-theory.com/2025/09/04/conjuring-the-unplayable/. 

Naser-Hall, Emily. What Is Your House Made Of: Colonial Returns in the Wolf House (2018). Horror Homeroom, 2025, https://www.horrorhomeroom.com/what-is-your-house-made-of-colonial-returns-in-the-wolf-house-2018/. 

Presentations 

Naser-Hall, E., American Literature Association Conference, “Little Intimacies, Terrible Things: Routine Rituals and Monstrous Domesticity in The Road Through the Wall,” American Literature Association, Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA. 

Naser-Hall, E., Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture, “The Husbands Panic: Don’t Worry Darling (2022) and Post-#MeToo Rhetorics of Consent,” 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., Carolina Writing Program Administrators Conference, ““Creating Our Own Public Stories: Writing Program Publicity.”,” Carolina Writing Program Administrators, Little Switzerland, NC. 

Rountree, T. A., Appalachian Studies Association Conference, ““‘Here I Am’: The Prosthetic Memory of Dolly Parton in Dumplin’”,” Appalachian Studies Association, Cookeville, TN. 

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 

Hewitt, Tracy, and Frank Louis Forcino. The Influence of a STEM Unit on the Interest in and Understanding of Science and Engineering Between Elementary School Girls and Boys. no. 20, Discovery Education, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1007/s44217-025-00404-x. 

Publications 

Adrian, Casey, et al. “You Folks Are the Ones That Are Going to Carry On”: Conducting Collaborative, Digital, Cross-Generational Oral Histories. no. 2, Oral History Review / Taylor Francis, Aug. 2025, pp. 381–414, doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/00940798.2025.2535278. 

Publications 

Harvey, Kyle. Creatures of Fashion: Animals, Global Markets, and the Transformation of Patagonia by John Soluri, Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 2024, 408 Pp., US$99.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4696-7571-8, US$27.95 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-4696-7572-5. no. 2, Journal of Tourism History, Jul. 2025, p. 213–15, doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/1755182X.2024.2432126. 

Publications 

Mensah, Tracy Lucky Angmorkie Tawiah. H-Diplo Review of Jeffrey Ahlman, Ghana: A Political and Social History. Bloomsbury, 2023. no. 639, H-Diplo, Sep. 2025, https://networks.h-net.org/group/discussions/20122432/h-diplo-review-639-mensah-ahlman-ghana. 

Mensah, Tracy Lucky Angmorkie Tawiah. 83 Kɔm and the Rawling Chain: A Historical Analysis of Famine and Food Crisis in Ghana,. no. 2, International Journal of African Historical Studies, Sep. 2025, pp. 115–35. 

Presentations 

Mensah, T. L. A. T. (Panelist), BHC Annual Meeting, 2025, “Rawlings’ Chain: Famine and the Long 1983 in Ghana,” Business History Conference, Crowne Plaza, Downtown, Atlanta, GA. 

Mensah, T. L. A. T., Emerging Scholars Manuscript Proposal Workshop, “Business and Belonging: Sindhi Merchants in Twentieth Century Ghana,” Business History Conference, Atlanta, GA. 

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 

Barnes, J., Mathematical Association of America Southeast Section, “Using teacher.desmos to help mathematics students write papers,” High Point University, High Point, NC. 

Barnes, J., SE Section NExT, “Tactile Visualization Techniques for Teaching Calculus,” Mathematical Association of America Southeast Section, High Point University, High Point, NC. 

Publications 

Despeaux, Sloan E. The Educational Times and Woollymathematics.com: Gateways to a Dynamic Mathematical Problem-Solving Community from the Past. Mathematical Intelligencer, 2025, p. 336–41, doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-025-10467-1. 

Despeaux, Sloan E, and Adrian Rice. Introduction to the Special Issue. no. 6, The American Mathematical Monthly, Jun. 2025, p. 476–78, doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/00029890.2025.2476370. 

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, Benton Convention Center, 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. 

Borchelt, N. A., Zimmerman, S., Singh, R., Despeaux, S. E., 2025 North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics, “Rediscovering the joy of mathematics: Teacher voices from math circles,” North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Winston Salem, NC. 

Publications 

Gao, Zhikai, et al. “Comparing Students’ and Teachers’ Assessments of Office Hours.” Proceedings of the 56th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2, ACM, 2025, pp. 1459–60, doi:10.1145/3641555.3705147. 

Islam, Saminur, et al. “EclipseMonitor: A Real-Time Student Programming Environment Data Collection Tool.” Proceedings of the 56th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2, ACM, 2025, pp. 1489–90, doi:10.1145/3641555.3705170. 

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, pp. 1477–78, doi:10.1145/3641555.3705247. 

Presentations 

Holliday, M. A. (Author Only), The 56th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, “Scope Rule Comprehension by Novice Python Programmers,” ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), Pittsburgh David Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA. 

Presentations 

Johnson, C. C., AMS 2025 Spring Southeastern Sectional Meeting, “Reciprocal Transformations and Their Discrete Maharam Extensions,” American Mathematical Society, Clemson University, Clemson, SC. 

Publications 

Lawson, Jeffrey K, and Matthew J Rave. Recursion: A Lesson About a Lesson. no. 2, Mathematics in School, Mathematical Association, Mar. 2025, pp. 29–31. 

Presentations 

Lawson, J. K. (Presenter & Author), Rave, M. J. (Presenter & Author), NC Network of Math Teachers’ Circles 9th Annual Summer Immersion, “Egyptian fractions: The best thing since sliced bread,” NCNMTC, NCCAT, Okracoke, NC. 

Publications 

Zimmerman, Stacey C. Enhancing Fraction Understanding: A Strengths-based Approach for Preservice Teachers. North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2025, http://www.pmena.org/proceedings/. 

Singer-Freeman, Karen, et al. A Strengths- Based Intervention and Evaluation of Supportive Practices for Black Men in Calculus 1. Journal of Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness, Jun. 2025. 

Presentations 

Borchelt, N. A., Zimmerman, S., Singh, R., Despeaux, S. E., 2025 North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics, “Rediscovering the joy of mathematics: Teacher voices from math circles,” North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Winston Salem, NC. 

Payne, C., Zimmerman, S., Redd, T., 2025 104th Southeastern Sectional Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America, “Making an MPAACT on Student Success in the UNC System,” Southeastern Mathematical Association of America, High Point, NC. 

Cudd, M. (Presenter & Author), Menke, J. (Presenter & Author), Zimmerman, S. (Presenter & Author), Stoddard, E. (Presenter & Author), 2025 Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Annual Conference, “Integrating Video Feedback in the Classroom: Preservice and Inservice Math Teachers’ Perspectives,” Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Reno, NV. 

Stoddard, E. (Presenter & Author), Zimmerman, S. (Presenter & Author), 2025 Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Annual Conference, “Trying Something New: Mathematics Teacher Educators’ Experiences Providing Video Feedback,” Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Reno, NV. 

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. Dogs Save: Stories of Canine Redemption in US Culture. Columbia University Press, 2026, https://cup.columbia.edu/book/dogs-save/9780231206969/. 

Publications 

Abankwa, Daniel. China’s State-Capitalist Development Model: Is It Viable in Ghana?. no. 1, Politics & Policy, 2025, p. e70009, doi:10.1111/polp.70009. 

Presentations 

Abankwa, D., Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), “Obsolescing Bargaining Power (OBP) Model: Testing the Model Among Western MNCs in the Wake of China’s Rise,” Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Chicago, IL. 

Abankwa, D., Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), “The Paradox of “Progressive Neoliberalism”: Understanding the Left’s Embrace of Market Reforms in Contemporary Africa,” Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Chicago, IL. 

Presentations 

Fagan, C. J., Michelsen, N. G., 82nd Annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference, “End of Deterrence? The Ukraine-Russia War and Nuclear Strategy,” Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House, Chicago, IL. 

Presentations 

Fagan, C. J., Michelsen, N. G., 82nd Annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference, “End of Deterrence? The Ukraine-Russia War and Nuclear Strategy,” Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House, Chicago, IL. 

Publications 

Burkholder, Ashley Grace, et al. Does the Relative Education Model Explain Turnout Across Racial and Ethnic Groups?. no. 3, The Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics, Nov. 2025, pp. 650–63, doi:10.1017/rep.2025.10014. 

Wager, Emily. My Vote History Is Public Information? The Consequences of Administrative Transparency for Public Attitudes Toward Elections. The Journal of Politics, Oct. 2025, doi:10.1086/739293. 

Wager, Emily, and Lucy Britt. The Racialized Impacts of Confederate Symbols in Public Spaces: The Case of Courthouses. The Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics, Sep. 2025, pp. 1–25, doi:10.1017/rep.2025.10015. 

Exhibits and Performances 

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

Presentations 

Lehman, W. E., PAMLA Conference 2025, “Past Perfect: Creation of Sublime Memory in Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010),” The Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, Intercontinental Conference Center, San Fancisco, CA.

Lehman, W. E., 26th Southeast Conference for Languages, Literatures and Film, “Alternative Facts: The Ends and Means of Werner Herzog’s Ecstatic Truth,” Southeast Conference for Languages, Literatures and Film, Stetson University, DeLand, FL.

Publications 

Martinez Jr, Michael. Review of the Paradox of Paradise: Creative Destruction and the Rise of Urban Coastal Tourism in Contemporary Spanish Culture by William Nichols. Romance Quarterly. 2025.

Martinez Jr, Michael. The Sheet That Covers All Ghosts: Citizen Insecurity, Criminality Maps, and the Emergent Territorialities of Capitalist Power in Early-Democratic Madrid. Hispania, 2025.

Presentations 

Martinez Jr, M., Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, “Spanish Automobility Cultures and the Formation of Madrid’s M-40 Ring Road,” Lexington, KY.

Martinez Jr, M., Midwest Modern Language Association Convention, “Bienvenido a Madrid: Food Representation and the Urban-Rural Dialectic in Post-Franco Spain,” Milwaukee.