Talking Points
Communication
Dr. Ross Collins has been selected as the recipient of the Dale Hogoboom Endowed Professorship Award for 2013-2015. Student Sam Herder won a regional journalism award last week for his sports columns in The Spectrum. Herder won second place in the sports column writing category of the Society of Professional Journalist's Region 6 "Mark of Excellence" awards. Sam's award came in the large-school division -- that division includes schools like Minnesota, Wisconsin, Marquette, UW-Milwaukee, South Dakota State and others. More info on the conference is available at http://midwestjournalism.com. More information on the award is available at http://www.spj.org/a-moe.asp.
Criminal Justice/Political Science
Dr. Gary Totten has published an article, “The Dialectic of History and Technology in Edith Wharton’s _A Motor-Flight through France_,” in the journal _Studies in Travel Writing_ (Spring 2013). The article examines how Edith Wharton contrasts historical sites with the modern technologies (such as the automobile) that allow her access to such sites during her motor tours through France in 1906-1908. Dr. Totten has also been invited to give a keynote address at a symposium, “Edith Wharton and _The Custom of the Country_: Centennial Reappraisals,” to be held August 22-23 at Liverpool Hope University, UK. He will be sharing his research on the influence of early-twentieth century Dakota divorce culture on Wharton’s novel, _The Custom of the Country_. The research is supported by a Gunlogson Fund Award from the NDSU Institute for Regional Studies.
English
Miriam and Andrew Mara presented at the American Conference on Irish Studies. Andrew Mara presented on “Computers, Humans, and Tigers: Ireland’s Reaffirmation of Global Posthumanism," and Miriam Mara presented on, “Machinic Masculinity and Digital Passivity: Networks of Sadness in the Past and Present of Anne Enright’s Fiction.” Miriam Mara also chaired a panel on Irish Women Writing.
Josh Anderson, BA English 2011 and also named to NDSU's Tapestry of Diverse Talents, accepted a University Fellowship for his first year of doctoral study at Ohio State University in American minority literatures. Anderson is currently completing his MA at Utah State as an editorial fellow with Western American Literature. The PhD fellowship is OSU's most prestigious award for incoming doctoral students. OSU is the editorial home of Studies in American Indian Literatures, and Josh will be mentored by its editor Chad Allen.
Betsy Birmingham is being inducted into the Tapestry of Diverse Talents on May 3 at 12 p.m. at the Memorial Union's Century Theater.
Kevin Brooks and Betsy Birmingham are traveling to Drury University in Springfield, MO April 22-25 to consult with a core team of faculty interested in institutional transformation around issues of climate and gender equity.
Undergraduate English major Linnea Nelson received two scholarships for her study abroad experience in Leeds, UK, this fall at the 2013 Green and Golden Globe Awards, sponsored by the the division of Equity, Diversity, and Global Outreach.
On April 5 and 6, the first meeting of Undergraduates Inc. took place on the NDSU campus in conjunction with the 10th Annual Red River Graduate Student Conference (RRGSC). More than 40 students, both graduate and undergraduate, from 12 different universities participated in this year's proceedings and over 70 people attended Dr. Kirk St. Amant’s keynote luncheon address. Thanks to the generous support of NDSU’s departments of English & History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies and the Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, three presentations could be recognized with awards: Graduate students Bethany Berard of the University of Winnipeg and MK Laughlin of North Dakota State University and Undergraduate student Imelda Wistey of Iowa State University. The conference was co-organized by NDSU’s Verena Theile (English) and David Silkenat (History) and faculty from English & History at St. Mary's University of Minnesota and Iowa State University. It was hosted by the English Department’s Graduate student organization and the RRGSC committee chairs, graduate students Holly Rust (MA Literature) and Tatjana Schell (PhD Writing, Rhetoric, and Culture), are to be commended on their work.
Natalie Smith Carlson presented at the “Breastfeeding and Feminism Symposium” on March 21st in Chapel Hill, NC about the ways our NDSU campus could become more breastfeeding friendly and in doing so, inspire changes in the surrounding community and its attitudes towards breastfeeding. Natalie Smith Carlson also presented at the MnWe Conference, on April 4th in Bloomington, MN, sharing an assignment she developed to help first year writing students understand how past messages about race have influenced their current attitudes. Using memory and sensory detail, research and rhetorical analysis, her students explore their own racial biases and the social context that helped to create them.
History
John K. Cox gave a talk on April 9 at UND on the Bosnian genocide and the dissolution of Yugoslavia. He was invited to Grand Forks by the University of North Dakota's Center for Human Rights and Genocide Studies and spoke in conjunction with the exhibition "The Rescuers: A Photo Exhibition about Courage in the Face of Genocide" at the Chester Fritz Library. A complete video of Cox's talk is available at: http://und.edu/centers/human-rights-and-genocide-studies/rescuersbosnia.cfm
David Silkenat recently chaired a panel on suicide and the Civil War at the Organization of American Historians meeting in San Francisco and was also interviewed by CSPAN3 about his research of the history of suicide.
Brad Morris won an Apple Polisher award based upon his exceptionally positive impact on students. Morris was nominated by one of the Bison Ambassadors.
Mark Harvey was cited for his recent essay: “The Environmental History of the Truman Years, 1945-53,” in Daniel S. Margolies, ed., A Companion to the Presidency of Harry S. Truman (Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012), 260-286.
Modern Languages
Carlos Hawley received the Sudhir Mehta Memorial Faculty Travel Award.
Visual Art
Visual arts majors Mataya Armstrong, Matthew Bregier, and Brynn Joki have artwork exhibited in ‘Student International Small Print Show’ curated by graphic arts faculty Dr. Wael Sabour of El Minia University in Egypt. Armstrong’s lithograph titled “Pardon Me French” is one the exhibition’s featured artworks. The image reflects on her fascination with the artist Magritte and mustaches. Joki’s drypoint titled “Lift Me Up” seeks to portray women again in an innocent light and view them with respect. The subject’s body language, clothing, and accessories highlight a willingness to be fearless and independent. “Popeye Throws Like Discobolos” by Bregier humorously unveils society through hybrid characters composed of morphed historical comic characters and classical art.
Kent Kapplinger and printmaking students Jonathan Carlson, Derek Graham, Rosie Kelly, Sydney Martin, Dani Pauley, Megan Ward, and Ian Warner, along with faculty and students from Concordia College, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Minot State University, North Dakota State University, University of Manitoba, University of North Dakota, and Valley City State University tackled challenging issues concerning the use or misuse of natural resources through the medium of printmaking and portfolio exchange. An exhibition of the work titled Oil and Water will be on display at the Plains Art Museum through May 12. The project was coordinated by professors Heidi Goldberg (Concordia College), Kent Kapplinger (NDSU), and John Volk (MSUM). One full portfolio will be donated to each participating institution and one will be prepared to travel.
