College of Arts and Sciences
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“Dawn Birds, Light Traffic, and Melodic Machines,” a 58-minute radio art piece created by John Barber, career-track professor, digital technology and culture at WSU Vancouver was jury-selected by international reviewers and broadcast in September as part of Radiophrenia from the Museum of Contemporary Art in Glasgow, Scotland. Additionally, his work on “Creating Classroom Podcasts” was accepted for peer review by Palgrave-MacMillan Publishing.
Chris Dreger, lecturer, digital technology and culture WSU Vancouver, exhibited 14 paintings at the West Linn Public Library (Oregon) in August. He is also scheduled exhibit his work at the West Linn City Hall Council Chamber in January of 2024.
Samuel Ginsburg, assistant professor, languages, cultures, and race, authored The Cyborg Caribbean: Techno-Dominance in Twenty-First-Century Cuban, Dominican, and Puerto Rican Science Fiction (Rutgers University Press). Ginsburg also presented “Untouched: Speculative Visions of Quarantine in the Works of Maielis González and Brenda Peynado” at the 2023 Latin American Studies Association conference in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Vilma Navarro-Daniels and Maria Serenella Previto, professors, languages, cultures, and race, WSU Pullman, coauthored “Del oscurantismo a la Ilustración: esbozo de una educación para la democracia en The Others de Alejandro Amenábar” (“From Obscurantism to Enlightenment: Outline of an Education for Democracy in Alejandro Amenábar’s The Others”) published in Contextos: Estudios de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación, Santiago, Chile).
Mechtild Tegeder, professor, biological sciences, was elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences.
Tahira Probst, professor, psychology, was elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences.
Nairanjana “Jan” Dasgupta, professor, mathematics and statistics and data analytics, was elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences.
Chris Dickey, assistant professor, music, received the LGBTQIA2S+ Faculty/Staff Distinguished Achievement Award of 2023 from the WSU President’s Commission on Gender Identity/Expression and Sexual Orientation (GIESO), in partnership with the Student Financial Services office.
Andra Chastain, assistant professor, history, WSU Vancouver, received an Albert J. Beveridge Award from the American Historical Association for a new book-length research project, Urban Air: A History of Smog in the Americas.