Publications + Presentations

Erika Trapl, associate director of the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhood (PRCHN) and associate professor of population and quantitative health sciences, and Anna Thornton Matos, REACH project manager at PRCHN, recently authored an article for Preventing Chronic Disease, a journal…

Timothy Beal, the Florence Harkness Professor of Religion and chair of the Department of Religious Studies, wrote about the connection between horror films and religion, showing how scary movies may actually support central ideas of religion. The piece, titled “The Horror: Religion and the…

Catherine Scallen, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities and associate professor of art history, wrote about the sale of “Lot and His Daughters” by Peter Paul Rubens, a famous Flemish Baroque painter, which went for $58 million. Her article was published on Meural, a platform for…

A textbook on linear algebra written by Mark Meckes and Elizabeth Meckes, both professors of mathematics, applied mathematics and statistics, was reviewed by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), the main venue for reviews of books at this level. The book, Linear Algebra, was published by…

Department of Religious Studies Chair Timothy Beal’s recent book, The Book of Revelation: A Biography, was recently reviewed by Inside Higher Ed. The review described how Beal’s book details the perception of The Book of Revelation and how he addressed the Revelation’s impact on art and…

Darin Croft, professor of anatomy, Denise Su, adjunct assistant professor of biology, and Scott Simpson, professor of anatomy, co-edited a volume titled Methods in Paleoecology: Reconstructing Cenozoic Terrestrial Environments and Ecological Communities, which was recently published by…

Adam Maraschky, a PhD student in the Department of Chemical Engineering, and his advisor Rohan Akolkar, the F. Alex Nason Professor and faculty director of the Great Lakes Energy Institute, recently published a paper in Journal of Electrochemical Society. Titled “Mechanism Explaining the Onset…

Rachel Lovell, senior research associate at the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, briefed the U.S. Congress about her work on untested sexual assault kits as part of the Division on Women and Crime (DWC) of the American Society of Criminology. At the Congressional…

Brian Gran, professor of sociology and law AND faculty associate of the Center for Policy Studies, served as a discussant during a United Nations (UN) Day of Discussion. The UN Committee on Economic, Cultural and Social Rights held this Day of Discussion to focus on the human right to science. Gran…

Kathryn Lavelle, the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor in World Affairs, was invited to participate in a panel discussion on the domestic legacy of Woodrow Wilson's agenda at the 50th anniversary celebration of the founding of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the United States’…