History
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Matthew Sutton, professor, history, authored an essay in “Forum: Studying Religion in the Age of Trump” in Religion and American Culture’s (University of California Press).
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Honors and Achievements
Music
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Matthew Tatz, graduate student, music, won first place in the young artist brass division at the Northwest Regional Music Teachers National Association Competition, and advances to the national competition in Baltimore in March.
Mathematics and Statistics
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David Wollkind, emeritus professor, mathematics and statistics, coauthored Comprehensive Applied Mathematical Modeling in the Natural and Engineering Sciences: Theoretical Predictions Compared with Data (Springer Books).
Music
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Gregory Yasinitsky, Regents professor and director, music, authored Greg Yasinitsky’s Jazz Concerto for Piano and Orchestra to be premiered January 19 by the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra with soloist Willis Delony.
Music
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Shannon Scott, assistant professor, music, and her ensemble won third place in the 2016 American Prize in Chamber Music Performance for their CD Perennials, and released a new CD, Chimera, both via Albany Records.
Music
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Scott Blasco, assistant professor, music, utilizing a CAS External Mentorship Grant, authored the electronic work “Clouds, Light“ forthcoming in ink&coda. Another of Blasco’s compositions, Momentia-Minutia, was added to the repertoire of the Heartland Marimba Festival Academy, including an upcoming performance at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point.
Music
seabertsonGregory Yasinitsky, Regents professor and director, music, authored four big band compositions published by eJazzLines: “Serpentine”; “One-Two-Three”; “Singular Vision”; and “Sideways.” He also authored three forthcoming compositions: “The Big Beat” (Belwin Jazz/Alfred Music) and “Sofrito” and “Greg’s Groove” (Kendor Music).
History
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Lawrence Hatter, assistant professor, history, authored Citizens of Convenience: The Imperial Origins of American Nationhood on the U.S.–Canadian Border (University of Virginia Press), which received the 2016 Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for “outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies.”
Music
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Martin King, assistant professor, music, released the new CD Solitary Freedom through WSU Recordings.
Music
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Greg Yasinitsky, Regents professor and director, Brian Ward, clinical assistant professor, Brad Ard, instructor, and David Jarvis, professor, music, as members of the group Gator Tail released a new CD titled Gator Tail, and, along with other members of the WSU Jazz Big Band 2013-14 and 2014-15, directed by Yasinitsky, they released a new CD titled Singular Vision, both through WSU Recordings.