Publications
Criminology, Law, and Society
Andrew Novack published a book titled Criminal Convictions in U.S. Tribal Law: Collateral Consequences, Pardons, and Expungements in Indian Country (Routledge)
Department of Economics
Desiree Desierto published the following articles:
- “The Political Economy of Status Competition: Sumptuary Laws in Preindustrial
Europe” (with Mark Koyama), 2024. The Journal of Economic History. 2024:1-38. - “Corruption for Competence”, 2023. Economics of Governance 24: 399–420
Department of English
Billy Howell published an essay titled "Snake Boy" in Fugue.
Modern and Classical Languages
Olga R. Arans published the following:
- Classical Mythology." (E-book) Kendall Hunt, 2021.
"Essays in the Legacy of Greece and Rome." Cognella Publishers, 2024. - Digging for Classical Roots of English: Fun with Vocabularies." Amazon Kindle, 2024.
- "Iambe and Baubo: A Study in Ritual Laughter. Academia.edu.
- an educational publication for minor learners: "Silly Spelling Verses With Some Grammar And Vocabulary Exercises.
- a Poetry collection (Russian and English): Epigrammata
Humberto González Chávez published a book review in Renaissance Quarterly.
Department of Philosophy
Davis Kuykendall published an article titled "In Defence of the Agent and Patient Distinction: The Case from Molecular Biology and Chemistry in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.
School of Integrative Studies
David Powers Corwin published the following articles:
- “Peer to Peer Leadership Models in Women and Gender Studies Centers: Bridging Academic and Student Affairs Through Student Leadership Opportunities” Journal of Women and Gender In Higher Education, vol 16. no 4. 2023, pp 315-318 with Casey Klemmer and Victoria Westermeyer (two SIS students)
-
Teaching Oral Communication Skills Through Friendships” Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy Vol 11 Iss. 2. with Casey Klemmer and Julia Timpane (two SIS students)
Service to the Profession
Department of Economics
Desiree Desierto became Associate Editor of the Journal of Economics, Management, and Religion.
Grants
Department of Economics
Desiree Desierto received a $20,000 grant (with Mark Koyama) from Emergent Ventures.
Jason Dunick secured a six-figure grant to fund the Center for Economic Education at Mason. The Center provides professional development support for K-12 teachers who teach economics and personal finance in our local public schools. This external grant funded a full-time position of an Associate Director, Patrick DeRosa, who executes the Center's programming and outreach initiatives. The important work of the Center was featured in this year's CHSS Community Impact Report.
Conference Presentations
Department of English
Bill Howell presented "Gately As Gravedigger: The Shakespearean Fool Refigured in David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest" at the Afterlives Conference.
Shyam Patel presented "Metabolizing Misery: Irrevocable Injustice and the Body Politic in Oscar Wilde's Prison Writings" at the Center for Humanities Research Symposium on "Paradoxes of Democracy and Repair."
Cathy Saunders presented "Finding Belinda Brown in Unexpected Places: Traces of a Black Wife, Mother, and Independent Thinker in a Lost Cause Narrative" at the Virginia Forum Conference.
School of Integrative Studies
David Powers Corwin presented" In Support of "Nasty Women" Politics: How Second Wave Feminism Foreshadowed Alt-Right Women Politicians" at the Southwest Popular Culture and American Culture Conference
Invited Talks
Modern and Classical Languages
Natalia Dudnick gave a talk titled "Subjectivity, Memory and Migration in the works of Nino Haratishwili" at Miami University.
August 13, 2024