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Achievements
Publications and achievements submitted by our faculty, staff, and students.
Matthew Derrick
Geography
Matthew Derrick, chair of the Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Analysis, was invited to the First International Congress of Geography of Apurímac and South
of Peru, College of Geographers of Peru, where he delivered a talk titled "Adventures and Applicability in Geographic Research: Faculty-Undergraduate Collaboration at Humboldt State University" on August 30, 2020.
Jared D. Larson
Politics
In early June, Dr. Larson, who is also a Research Associate for the Instituto Galego de Análise e Documentación Internacional, based in Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain, was interviewed by Nós Diario about the Trump presidency, the pandemic, police violence, and the upcoming elections in the U.S. The interview, published in Galician, can be read here:
https://www.nosdiario.gal/articulo/internacional/violencia-policial-nos…
Jared D. Larson
Politics
Over the summer, Dr. Larson contributed an essay entitled "Coronavirus and the Contagion of Illiberal Democracy" to a collaborate series called "Quarantined Across Borders," published by Media Rise and Texas A&M University. The piece can be read at:
https://oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/bitstream/handle/1969.1/188100/Jared%…
Ahmed Foggie
Geography
Ahmed Foggie, lecturer in the Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Analysis, recently published an article title "Why the Translantic?" in the 2020 (Vol. 59) edition of the California Geographer, the flagship peer-review journal of the California Geographical Society.
Amy Rock
Geography
Amy Rock, along with co-author James Taber, recently published "Home Tweet Home: Can Social Media Define a Community?", in the Journal of Appalachian Studies. The study used Twitter data to investigate whether the boundaries of a cultural region could be identified from geotagged tweets and hashtags. (Spoiler alert: it can!)
Rae Robison
Dance, Music & Theatre
In July, Rae Robison was elected to the National Board of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. She will serve a three year term as the Design, Technology & Management Member at Large. This is a prestigious position as there are only 2 national "at-large" members on the board at any time.
Kerri J. Malloy
Native American Studies
Kerri J. Malloy, Native American Studies presented his paper “Rising from the Terminal Narrative: Rhetoric of anti-Indian violence in the United States,” at the Violence and Society International Conference virtually at the London Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, London, August 22, 2020.
Kerri J. Malloy
Native American Studies
Kerri J. Malloy, Native American Studies was invited by the Holocaust Education Center of the Champaign-Urbana Jewish Federation to present a lecture, “Genocide in Guatemala and Central America,” to fifth, eighth, and tenth-grade teachers. The workshop was part of a series to enhance or introduce teachers to content knowledge and materials to better prepare them for the development of a curriculum, unit plan, or specific lesson plans on the teaching of Holocaust and Genocide as described within the Illinois State mandate (Public Act 86-780) for the teaching of Holocaust and Genocide.
Associate Professor Rae Robison
Dance, Music & Theatre
Rae Robison has been elected by the Kennedy Center American College Theatre organization to serve a 3 year term as the Design, Technology, and Management Member at Large. This position acts as a liaison to the 8 regions and serves as 1 of 2 national member posititons.
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Native American Studies
Kaitlin Reed, Assistant Professor, Native American Studies, published two entries in the Global Encyclopedia of Territorial Rights: "Taken from the Earth: Fishing, Hunting, and Gathering Rights" & "The Debate about Responsibility for Land"