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Steiger Published and Accepted into Kennedy Center Directing Intensive

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By Michael Bruckler

Assistant Professor of Theater Amy Steiger recently published an article in the Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism titled “Paradoxical Sleep and Flights of Imagination: Sleep Rock Thy Brain and the Performance of Research.” Sleep Rock Thy Brain is comprised of three one-act plays commissioned for the 2013 Humana Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville, inspired by theatrical flying technology and the neuroscience of sleep.

July 27, 2018

Gantz and President Jordan at 2018 HERS Institute

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By Michael Bruckler

Katie Gantz, associate dean of faculty, completed a two-week leadership training program for women in higher education at the 2018 HERS Institute at Bryn Mawr College, located just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. SMCM President Tuajuanda C. Jordan was a featured guest on the closing day, joining the panel on Chief Executive Officers.  

 

July 27, 2018

Muchnick Published in Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences

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By Barry Muchnick

Barry Muchnick, assistant professor of environmental studies, published an article in June 2018 in the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. In “The Challenge of Coordinated Climate Change Education,” Muchnick and his co-authors highlight how sustainability educators can more effectively engage their students with climate policy while also supporting students’ civic and change agent skills and dispositions to take on critical social, economic, and environmental challenges that require collective action.

July 17, 2018

Byrd to give seminar on biosafety at Texas conference

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By Gretchen Phillips
Jeff Byrd, professor of biology, was invited to give a seminar on biosafety at the American Society for Microbiology's Conference for Undergraduate Educators July 26-29 at the Renaissance Austin Hotel in Austin, Texas. Byrd’s session, entitled "Keeping Microbes IN the Laboratory: Best Practices in Laboratory Biosafety" is scheduled for Friday, July 27. Byrd is the safety editor for the Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education for the American Society for Microbiology. The conference gathers nearly 400 undergraduate microbiology and biology educators, research faculty, and graduate studen
July 16, 2018