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FACULTY IN FOCUS FACULTY IN FOCUS
Edgewood College is committed to excellence in teaching and learning. Here’s a look at what some of our faculty have been up to, as they continue to develop in our students intellect, spirit, imagination, and heart.
Judy Adrian, Instructor in the School of Integrative Studies COR Program, displayed a series of 4-6 week art shows at Madison Memorial, East, and Lafollette High Schools. The exhibits display African American art created by DarRen Morris, co-author, with Judy, of the book In Warm Blood: Prison & Privilege, Hurt & Heart (2014). Adrian spoke with more than 900 students as part of the exhibits. µ1
Julie Dunbar, Professor in the Music Department, presented “Segregation on Paper: Power and Peril in Writing a Women’s Musicological Narrative” at the National Women’s Music Festival in Middleton, Wis. in July 2016. µ1
Carrie Firman, Associate Professor in the Art Department, presented her digital art and design project entitled “Comparing with Kandinsky” at the Synesthesia and Cross-Modal Perception Conference, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, in April 2016.
Binbin Fu, Associate Professor and Special Assistant for Asian Affairs in the School of Integrative Studies, published a peer-reviewed article entitled “Re-Imagined Homes: Transnational Asian American Writing in Annie Wang’s The People’s Republic of Desire” in Asiatic, An International Journal of Asian Literatures, Cultures and Englishes. µ2
Steve Gilchrist, Director of the Sustainability Leadership Program in the School of Integrative Studies, accompanied four graduate students to Araquipa, Peru to work with and learn from international partners. A visit to the Alto Cayma community to work with a group of women called “Promotoras de Bienestar” (Promoters of Well-Being) built understanding and perspective across culture and geography. µ3
Jim Goll, Geoscience Professor, and Louise Stracener, Associate
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Professor in the Chemistry, Geoscience and Physics Department, presented at the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education held at Northern Colorado University in August. Two students, Erin Peterson and Erin Sincox, accompanied them on the trip and gained great experience presenting with them.
Ashley Holland, Associate Professor in the Psychology Department, coauthored an article with N.L McElwain, B.G. Ogolsky, J.M. Engle, and E.T. Mitchell entitled “Child–child similarity on attachment and temperament as predictors of positive interaction during acquaintanceship at age 3,” appearing in Developmental Psychology, 52, 1394-1408 (2016). µ4
Jill Kirby, Assistant Professor in the Religious Studies Department, was selected to participate during summer 2016 in a three-week seminar on the Reformation at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich. Her participation was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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