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Assistant Professor of Sociology Ben Weiss has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to examine why Lithuania lags other European nations in addressing gender-based violence (GBV). During his time in the Department of Criminology at Vilnius University, Professor Weiss will interrogate the role Lithuanian non-governmental organizations play in bridging state and supra-state GBV prevention and intervention efforts.

Visiting Assistant Professor Chris Blakley has been awarded two  travel grants! First, Professor Blakley will use the History of Medicine Collections at the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library of Duke University. They will be conducting research on the histories of race science, Manifest Destiny, and sensory knowledge in the U.S. Exploring Expedition, which mapped the Pacific Ocean and surrounding lands between 1838 and 1842. Then, they will  conduct research at the American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming. Here, they will be researching the military-scientific expeditions during the 19th Century, including the Raynolds Expedition, the Hayden Geological Survey, and the work of pioneer and scientist Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden.

Associate Professor of Diplomacy and World Affair Igor Logvinenko the award for Best Book in International Political Economy by the International Studies Association for 2021-2023. His , Global Finance, Local Control: Corruption and Wealth in Contemporary Russia, sheds light on the intersection of global finance and the fights over property rights in post-Soviet Russia. 

How do pop-culture themes increase engagement and academic achievement among students and faculty? Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Susan Geffen and coauthor have been awarded a grant from the Association for Psychological Science’s Fund for Teaching and Public Understanding of Psychological Science. Abigail McLaughlin (‘23) will contribute to the project, entitled "Assessing Student and Faculty Outcomes of Themed Courses."

Professor of Psychology Andrew Shtulman was elected the 51st president of the , the premier scientific and educational organization for philosophically interested psychologists and psychologically interested philosophers.

 

Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics Alec Arellano gave a lecture entitled "Continuity and Change: John Dewey on Navigating Democratic Identity" at Southern Oregon University. Professor Arellano’s contributed to SOU's annual campus theme speaker series. His talk highlighted how the vision of post-Christian spirituality elaborated in Dewey's book "A Common Faith" contains a valuable yet under-explored component of Dewey's account of the dispositions of character that are requisite for democratic citizenship.

Assistant Professor of Physics Sabrina Stierwalt gave a plenary talk at the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society, the main professional society for astronomers in the United States. She highlighted the student research being done in the and received a standing ovation from the ~3,000 people in the audience.