Faculty & Staff Achievements

Publications

Jean-Luc Bordeaux Publishes Francois Le Moyne History ( Art )

March 27, 2013

Bordeaux, who is an Emeritus Faculty of the art department, will publish “Francois Le Moyne (1688-1737) – Opera Completa – His Influence and Legacy” in France. The book, which took 15 years to research, will be released by Les Editions Faton.  Jean-Patrice Marandel, currently the Robert H. Ahmanson Senior and Chief Curator of European Art at LACMA, will write the preface.

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Peri Klemm Will be Published in “Veiling in Africa” Anthology ( Art )

March 27, 2013

Klemm, an associate professor of art history, will have her article “We Grew Up Free but Here We Have to Cover Our Faces: Veiling Among Oromo Refugees in Eastleigh, Kenya” released as part of an anthology, “Veiling in Africa.” The Indiana University Press release is scheduled to be available in May, 2013.

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Robert Chianese Begins Writing For ‘American Scientist’ ( English )

January 18, 2013

Chianese, a former professor, has become an invited columnist for the “American Scientist,” writing about relationships among the humanities, arts and sciences. Chianese’s initial essays constitute a series of evaluations of just how ecologically “green” some iconic works of Earth Art actually are. The title for the series is “How Green Is Earth Art?” and the first essay, focusing on Robert Smithson’s “Spiral Jetty,” appears in the current January/February 2013 issue.

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Rick Talbott’s ‘Jesus of Nazareth’ Reviewed ( Religious Studies )

September 5, 2012

Talbott had his review of the book, “Jesus of Nazareth: An Independent Historian’s Account of His Life and Teachings” (Casey, T & T Clark International) published in the Sept. 2012 edition of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion.

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Miriam Neirick Recounts the Rise and Fall of the Russian Circus in Her New Book ( History )

August 22, 2012

Neirick, an associate professor in the Department of History, has written a book on the history of the Russian Circus entitled “When Pigs Could Fly and Bears Could Dance: A History of the Soviet Circus”. Published by the University of Wisconsin Press, the book looks at the seven-decade reign the circus had as a cultural mainstay in the Bolshevik-era Soviet Union.

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American Physical Therapy Association Takes Right ‘Approach’ With Sean Flanagan Monograph ( Kinesiology )

July 24, 2012

Flanagan had a monograph entitled “Systems and Principles of Therapeutic Exercise” published by the American Physical Therapy Association as part of the independent study course series “Education and Intervention for Musculoskeletal Injuries: A Biomechanics Approach.”

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Richard Heermance And U of A’s Paul Kapp Team Up To Gauge ‘Erosion’ ( Geological Sciences )

February 2, 2012

Heermance co-authored a study with University of Arizona geosciences professor Paul Kapp titled “Wind erosion in the Qaidam basin, central Asia: implications for tectonics, paleoclimate, and the source of the Loess Plateau,” in the April/May issue of GSA Today.

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Steven Oppenheimer Looks to Improve ‘Science Education Worldwide’ ( Biology )

February 2, 2012

Oppenheimer wrote an editorial titled “Improving Science Education Worldwide,” that has been selected by the American Society for Cell Biology for inclusion in its next publication.

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Barry and Annie Cleveland Have ‘Designs’ Released In North Carolina. ( Theater )

February 1, 2012

The Clevelands have published their book, “The Designs of Carrie Robbins,” which was released at the annual Conference and Stage Expo of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology in Charlotte, N.C. in March.

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Veda E. Ward ( Recreation and Tourism Management )

December 31, 2011

Ward contributed to “Women as Social Warriors: A framework for community service-learning combining Amazonian feminist thinking and social justice education theories (pp. 103-120). Sterling,VA: Gender Identity, Equity and Violence: Multidisciplinary Perspectives through Service Learning.

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