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  • Elisa Rizo publishes work in Afro-Hispanic Review

    Elisa Rizo, associate professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures, recently published an article that explores how Cuban artists Roberto Diago and René Peña challenge the metaphor of the ajiaco criollo—a stew-like symbol coined by Fernando Ortiz to describe Cuban identity as a harmonious blend of diverse cultural…

    September 10, 2025

  • Stacey Weber-Fève publishes chapter on Danse Film

    Stacey Weber-Fève, professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures, recently published an invited chapter in the anthologie, “Danser au féminin en Afrique: État des lieux, défis et perspectives” (Présence Africaine Éditions, 2025), was recently published over the summer. In her chapter, Stacey began a new research trajectory into…

    September 10, 2025

  • Megan Myers publishes Neighbor-Homes: Julia Alvarez and Edwidge Danticat Write Hispaniola and the Diaspora

    Megan Myers, Department chair in the Department of World Languages and Cultures and LAS Interim Associate Dean of Student Success, recently published a book titled, Neighbor-Homes: Julia Alvarez and Edwidge Danticat Write Hispaniola and the Diaspora by Routledge.

    September 10, 2025

  • Matthew Sivils publishes in American Gothic Studies

    Matthew Sivils, professor in the Department of English, recently co-edited an article in the publication American Gothic Studies titled “An edition of William Leete Stone’s “The Spectral Fire-Ship.” American Gothic Studies is a peer-reviewed journal of the Society for the Study of the American Gothic. Sivils, Matthew Wynn (co-edited with…

    September 10, 2025

  • Lindsay Preseau publishes article in Teaching German/Die Unterrichtspraxi

    Lindsay Preseau, assistant professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures, recently published an article, “A Comparative Analysis of Gender-Just Language in First-Year German Textbooks” in the journal Teaching German/Die Unterrichtspraxis. More information can be found on the Wiley Online Library website.

    August 25, 2025

  • Abby Dubisar publishes article in the Rhetoric Review’s Symposium on Intergenerational Mentoring

    Abby Dubisar, Associate Professor in the Department of English, recently co-authored a publication in the in the journal Rhetoric Review’s Symposium on Intergenerational Graduate Mentoring entitled “Near Peer Queer: Cultivating Vulnerability, Confidentiality, Whimsy and Joy in an (Un)Official Mentoring Relationship.”…

    August 8, 2025

  • Simon Cordery interviewed on American Museum of Science and Energy podcast, “AMSECast”

    Simon Cordery, Professor and Chair of the Department of History, recently appeared on the podcast AMSECast produced by the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge, TN. The episode discusses the development of railroading, as 2026 is the 200th anniversary of railroads. You can listen to the episode…

    August 4, 2025

  • Michael Bailey publishes volume for Bloomsbury’s “Cultural History of Magic”

    Michael Bailey, Distinguished Professor in the Department of History, recently edited and published “A Cultural History of Magic in the Middle Ages” with colleague Claire Fanger. The work is part of a 6 Volume Cultural History of Magic series published by Bloomsbury. You can find out more information on the…

    August 4, 2025