Aaron Saiewitz (Accounting) was recently re-appointed to the editorial advisory and review board for Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory (AJPT). It is an A-level journal on the Lee Business School Journal List and is widely considered the premier journal focused on auditing research. This is Saiewitz's second three-year term on the…
Ranita Ray (Sociology) received multiple scholarship awards. Her book, The Making of a Teenage Service Class: Poverty and Mobility in an American City (University of California Press, 2018), was awarded the 2020 Pacific Sociological Association Distinguished Scholarship Award, and it was also selected as a finalist for the 2020…
Christian Jensen, Michelle Kuenzi, and Dan Lee (all Political Science) published an article, "The Effects of Political Parties on Roll-Call Voting in Kenya's Parliament" in The Journal of Legislative Studies. They find that parties and coalitions induce structure to roll-call voting, although clientelism and ethnicity continue to influence the…
Dr. Jordana Haber (Medicine) was a speaker at this past year's FIX (FemInEM Idea Exchange) Conference in New York City. In her FIX talk, "From Vision to Action," she highlights where we struggle to lead change, and steps we can take to bring our ideas to fruition. Her talk and blog post were highlighted this week on feminem.org .
Aidy Weeks (Libraries) was selected as a Medical Library Association 2020 Research Training Institute Fellow. The highly prestigious training institution will be offered in a virtual format this month and will provide high-quality advanced research methods curriculum and learning model, with mentoring and support…
Amy Glasofer, Catherine Dingley, and Andrew Thomas Reyes (all Nursing) published an article, “Medication Decision Making Among African American Caregivers of Children with ADHD: A Review of the Literature” in the Journal of Attention Disorders. The article was published online in June ahead of print. Glasofer is a doctoral student.
P. Jane Hafen (English) is the author of Help Indians Help Themselves: The Later Writing of Gertrude Simmons Bonnin (Zitkala-Sa), which has been featured as book of the Month on Native America Calling.    
Mark Lenker (Libraries) presented at Together Wherever, a virtual conference hosted by the Association of College and Research Libraries. With colleagues Liz Kocevar-Weidinger (Virginia Military Institute), Tatiana Pashkova-Balkhenhol (Millersville University), and Emily Cox (North Carolina State University), Lenker presented "…
Kenneth Izuora (Medicine) has been elected to serve a three-year term on the National Board of Directors of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) and on the Board of Trustees of the American College of Endocrinology. He previously served as president of the Nevada chapter of the AACE. He is part of the department of…

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