Linda Lister (Music) is co-author of the newly published book Voice Secrets: 100 Performance Strategies for the Advanced Singer (Rowman & Littlefield). 

Victoria Woo, (Dental Medicine) presented a poster, “Intraosseous Perineurioma Associated with Facial Cellulitis and Abscess Formation,” during the 2016 American Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology annual meeting in May. Her study described a rare case of extraneural perineurioma arising in the mandible of a 13-year-old patient that…

The School of Dental Medicine hosted the dean from the University of Taif’s dental school in Saudi Arabia to help him develop his clinical program with the goal of attaining international accreditation from the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA). Dean Yousef Al-Thomali met with Dr. William Davenport, Jr. and other faculty members to learn…

James Mah (Dental Medicine) gave two presentations in Canada during the Jasper Dental Congress, hosted by the Alberta Dental Association & College. “Management of Bruxism – Occlusal Guards vs Neuromodulators” focused on the dental and facial signs of chronic bruxism, radiographic finding, and treatments. “Advances in Clear Aligner Therapy”…

Brett Caroline Levner (Film) directed The Track, which is having its world premiere June 12 at the Dances with Films festival in Los Angeles.  The Track is an independent feature film about underage sex trafficking in Las Vegas. It stars Missy Yager (Mad Men), Sam Trammell (True Blood, The Fault in Our Stars), Michael Muhney (Veronica Mars,…

Robin Reinke (Dental Medicine) earned the 2016 Charles Craig Teaching Award from the Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honor Dental Society. The national award recognizes one new dental educator each year who demonstrates innovative techniques in teaching the art, science, and literature of dentistry, and encourages students to be life-long learners. Dr.…

Maurice Finocchiaro (Philosophy) has been notified by the home office of Oxford University Press that it has accepted his proposal for a “trade book” on the Galileo affair. Trade books are aimed at the general public, as distinct from textbooks and academic and technical books aimed at specialized audiences. The book plans to adapt for a general…

John Hay (English) is the author of "Broken Hearths: Melville's Israel Potter and the Bunker Hill Monument," an article published in the June issue of the New England Quarterly. Hay's essay analyzes a later novel by Herman Melville by exploring its dedication to the Bunker Hill Monument. This eminent national memorial took so…

Georgiann Davis (Sociology) recently published a co-authored, peer-reviewed article in the highly regarded journal Gender & Society. The article, "Giving Sex: Deconstructing Intersex and Trans Medicalization Practices," examines the different ways in which medical providers approach and treat intersex patients as compared to trans patients.…