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Rebecca Wolf, associate professor of drama, has received the Ezekiel Award of Outstanding Achievement for her lighting designs for "Missa Brevis."

Manami Ishimura, assistant professor of studio art, has been awarded an Artist Award for her juried exhibition Adaptation – Local Notes at the Tomayko Foundation, 2024.

Marie Snipes, associate professor of mathematics, has been awarded a NSF Conferences and Workshops in the Mathematical Sciences Grant for her project “Conference: Quasiweekend III,” which will fund travel for participants to attend a conference on quasiconformal analysis in Helsinki, Finland.

Joseph Adler, professor emeritus of Asian studies and religious studies, has published “Confucianism as a Religious Tradition: Linguistic and Methodological Problems,” in New Confucian Horizons: Essays in Honor of Tu Weiming, edited by Young-chan Ro, Jonathan Keir and Peter C. Phan, Lexington Books, 2024.

Aashna Aggarwal, assistant professor of psychology, has published “The hidden curriculum of gatekeeping: Dismissal experiences of health service psychology trainees,” with co-authors X. Zhou, K.A. Robbins, A.Khalil and A. Ciftçi, in the Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2024.

Simone Dubrovic, professor of Italian, has published “Anna Magnani: The (difficult) birth of a female film” in the Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies, Volume 12, Issue 4, October 2024.

Orchid Tierney, assistant professor of English, has published “The hysterical essay: poetry and the breakdown of form” in the 20th edition of The Tusculum Review, November 2024.

Austin H. Johnson, associate professor of sociology, has published “Cyclical Uncertainty: Healthcare Providers and Gender Affirming Care in Central Appalachia” with co-authors Chase Harless, Irene Park Ulrich, Tiara Giddings and Julia Oat-Judge in the International Journal of Transgender Health (Online First, December 2024).

Anton Dudley, associate professor of drama, will have his play "Honor and the River" produced by ART Station Theatre in Stone Mountain, Georgia, April 10-19, 2025.

Marcella Hackbardt, professor of art, has a solo exhibition, “Momentos,” on display Tuesday, Jan. 14, to Saturday, March 1, 2025 at the Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries, Cantelupe Gallery.

Patrick Ewell, associate professor of psychology, along with co-authors James C. Hamilton and Rosanna E. Guadagno, has published “The Spoilers of Virtual War: Experience and Performance Mediate the Relationship Between Violent Video Games and Hostility” in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, January 2025.

Katie Mauck, assistant professor of chemistry, has published “Influence of Deposition Temperature on Cu-BDC Surface-Anchored Metal–Organic Framework Formation” with co-authors Katherine Coffin ’26, Mary Elizabeth Anderson, Sklar Delozier, Dayton Maglich and Katherine Euston in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, December 2024.

Kerry Rouhier, associate professor of chemistry, along with Margo H. Goldfarb '20, Joseph Boesel '23, Kai C. Wilczewski-Shirai '21, Peter Reinhart '20, Trenton Scherger '23, Chloe Webb '23 and Morgan (Perrett) Newlun '17, published Synthesis of β-Alanine From Isoleucine and Propionate Catabolism via Aminotransferases in Plant Direct, December 2024.

Margaret Stevenson, associate professor of psychology, has published “Adolescence Does Not Divert Sex Offending Adolescents of Color from Criminal Legal System Involvement,” with co-authors Christian R. Picot ‘25, and Molly A. Rivers, in Child Maltreatment, 2025.

Hao Zhou, assistant professor of film, will premiere worldwide their film “Correct Me If I’m Wrong” at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. This project was supported by Kenyon’s Newton Chun Award.

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