Music
adrianaYoon Wha “Yuna” Roh, assistant professor, career track, music, won Grand Prize in the London International Music Competition.
Yoon Wha “Yuna” Roh, assistant professor, career track, music, won Grand Prize in the London International Music Competition.
Stephen Bollens, professor, biological sciences, environment, WSU Vancouver, was named to the Washington State Academy of Sciences.
Allan Felsot, professor, environment, WSU Vancouver, was named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society.
Peter Boag, professor, history, WSU Vancouver, co-curated the Washington State History Museum exhibit “Crossing Boundaries: Portraits of a Transgender West, 1860-1940” which won a 2022 Leadership in History Award of Excellence from the American Association of State and Local History.
Timothy Kohler, professor emeritus, anthropology, was named to the National Academy of Sciences.
WSU Jazz Big Band, led by Greg Yasinitsky, Regents professor, music, won DownBeat magazine’s 2022 Graduate College Large Jazz Ensemble Award recognizing the quality of the band’s asynchronous virtual recordings included on the group’s latest CD, “Jazz During Lockdown.”
Nairanjana (Jan) Dasgupta, professor, mathematics and statistics, received the WSU 2022 Woman of the Year Award.
Dean Johnson, associate professor, career track, mathematics and statistics, received the 2022 Outstanding Service Award from the American Statistical Association.
Eric Remaley, associate teaching professor and alumnus (’02 PhD Math.), mathematics and statistics; Ruth Gregory, associate professor, digital technology and culture; and five graduate students: Reanne Chilton, psychology; Aditi Dahiya, chemistry; Arian Karimitar, anthropology; Paula Kimmerling, mathematics and statistics; and Kathryn Manis, English, each received a 2022 WSU President’s Award for Leadership.
Numerous publications, presentations, and other accomplishments of anthropology faculty can be found in the department’s winter/spring newsletter.