Academics & Research

Kim Shively, Susanne Shawyer, Kevin Otos and Fred Rubrek were among  presented scholarship on dramaturgy and acting technique at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education Annual Conference. 

The article by Wahl, professor of performing arts, and Artemis Preeshl, a visiting faculty member in the Department of Performing Arts last year, was published in the Voice and Speech Review.

Associate Professor of Spanish Mina Garcia presented a paper on "Cervantes and the Immigration Crisis" on Sept. 29.

The article, "Resilience and depression: The roles of racial identity, sexual identity and social support on well-being for Black LGB emerging adults” appears in the Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships.

The article was published in a recent edition of Wildlife in North Carolina.

Professor of Religious Studies Rebecca Todd Peters publishes chapter analyzing white anger in the recent presidential election.

The new resource summarizes 10 key opioid overdose prevention strategies for public heath, law enforcement, local organizations, and others striving to serve their community.

"Banning books, silences stories. Speak Out."  was the national theme centered around Banned Books Week, Sept. 23-29.

Research by Greg Haenel, professor of biology, and Victoria Moore, associate professor of chemistry, brought together expertise from their departments to better understand how mitochondria respond evolutionarily to extreme environments and hybridization. 

Joan Ruelle, dean of the Carol Grotnes Belk Library, published “Appreciative Inquiry and Shared Values: A Case Study” in the September 2018 issue of the Journal of New Librarianship.