College of Architecture, Arts and Construction

ART – Lecturer John Cummings, Professor and Chair Valerie Zimany, and MFA students Ellen Griffin and Ethan McKellar had their respective ceramic tile artworks acquired by the Tile Council of North America for its collection at its headquarters in Clemson’s Innovation Campus and Technology Park in Anderson. The work was selected from the Tile Heritage Foundation’s TEXTiles exhibition, which Zimany recently juried, and was exhibited at No.3 Pottery in the historic mill community of Simpsonville, SC. The exhibition addressed the theme of South Carolina’s complex history of the textile industry.

ARCHITECTURE – Professor Anjali Joseph, Director of the Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing, participated via teleconference in the 6th International Advisory Board Meeting of the Swiss Center for Health and Design in Nidau, Switzerland. The International Advisory Board is made up of experts in design, architecture, health and politics from around the world. During the event the group worked to further develop content, review research projects, and exchange ideas. Also, Joseph coauthored an article published in the Quality Management Journal titled, Separate Rooms for Patient Induction, Case Set-up and Breakdown: Innovative Operating Room Turnover Through Quality Management. The study concluded that the use of a separate induction room may have a positive effect on patient and staff safety. The induction room can also increase experiential quality for the patient and their family. Additionally, moving instrument breakdown processes out of the operating to a separate room for parallel processing can free up personnel for other end-of-case and room turnover activities, streamlining the process.

ART – MFA Graduate Program Coordinator and Associate Professor of Art Kathleen Thum is showcasing her solo exhibition, “Considering Carbon,” at Turchin Center for Visual Arts, Appalachian State University from Dec. 1, 2023 to May 4, 2024, funded by the CAAC Faculty Research Development Grant and CU SUCCEEDS Program 3 Project Completion Award. Also, Thum and BFA student in drawing, Sydnay Greene, are featured in “Emergence: A Survey of Southeastern Studio Programs” at the Bunzl Gallery located at The Bascom Center for Visual Arts in Highlands, N.C., from Jan. 20 to Apr. 27, 2024, celebrating the crucial role of teaching and mentoring in the development of student artists. Thum’s “Coal Dust” drawing was included in the 15th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, University of North Carolina – Asheville, from Jan. 19 to Feb. 19, 2024, while her work entitled “Blowdown Stack” was showcased in the “Paperworks” exhibition at Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, O.H., from Jan. 26 to Feb. 23, 2024. Thum’s art fosters dialogue on environmental issues, aligning with broader efforts for meaningful change.

ART – Associate Professor Anderson Wrangle’s photograph ‘Enter Christmas’ is on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in the new Nancy and Rich Kinder modern and contemporary building, in the gallery of photography works from the collection.  ‘Enter Christmas’ is an 8×10 contact print (toned gelatin silver print) photographed in 2003.  The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston holds one of the most significant photography collections in the world.

ART – Professor and Chair Valerie Zimany’s ceramic work is included in The Practice is the Point, on view in the William and Anna Jane Schlossman Gallery at the Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND through March 16, 2024. The exhibition highlights the union of artistic and social practice, by exploring the ways artists create, listen, and react to the needs of their communities. Zimany contributed to the collaborative installation developed by Steve Hilton, Professor of Art at Midwestern State University, TX and Fellow of the Council of NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts).

ART – The Bascom Center for Visual Arts in Highlands, N.C. has chosen BFA student in Sculpture Zrai Aiken and Assistant Professor of Art in Sculpture Alex Schechter for the juried exhibition titled “Emergence: A Survey of Southeastern Studio Programs” at the Bunzl Gallery. This exhibition aims to celebrate the crucial role of teaching and mentoring in the development of artists by showcasing the collaborative works of faculty and student pairs. Running from January 20th to April 27th, 2024, “Emergence” features 35 pairs of artists representing 23 higher education institutions from the Southeast. This exhibition serves as a celebration of artistic collaboration and an exceptional experiential learning opportunity for students creating contemporary art. The diverse range of artworks reflects various approaches to subject matter, innovative use of materials, and a mastery of traditional mediums taught and practiced in contemporary studio programs.

ART – Lecturer in Ceramics and Foundations John Cummings attended a two-week Red Lodge Clay Center residency during Clemson University’s 2023 winter break. The Center, known for its national and international recognition, supports ceramic artists, fostering creativity and providing a platform for new work. The residency, partly funded by the South Carolina Arts Commission and the John and Susan Bennett Memorial Arts Fund, highlights the importance of art in everyday life.

ARCHITECTURE – Gunnin Architecture Library librarian Ann Holderfield and Assistant Professor Berrin Terim curated the exhibition “Between the II Mirrors” with student work from ARCH 8600: “The Emergence of Modern Architecture.” The project emphasizes the critical role of representation in the history of architecture. 

ARCHITECTURE + HEALTH — Professor Anjali Joseph, Assistant Research Professor Sahar Mihandoust and doctoral candidate Swati Goel, all with the Center for Health Facilities Design & Testing (CHFDT), coauthored an article published in the Health Environments Research & Design Journal titled, “Design of Pediatric Outpatient Procedure Environments: A Pilot Study to Understand the Perceptions of Patients and Their Parents.” The study found that children undergoing surgery enjoyed murals, double chairs, patient beds, wall color, and access to a television. They disliked medical equipment and lack of child-friendly furniture. Most parents accompanying the children liked the murals, access to a television, and nature photos, while disliking the lack of privacy, lack of toys in waiting areas and lack of child-friendly furniture.

ARCHITECTURE – Associate Professors Andreea Mihalache and David Franco won a $40,000 grant from the LS3P Foundation for the project titled “Addressing Climate Change and Tourism on Southeastern Barrier Islands.” This is the inaugural grant cycle of the LS3P Foundation that will support “leading design thinkers in advancing research, strategies, and technologies which promote transformative change, improve human and planetary well-being, increase economic mobility, and advance issues of health and social equity across the Southeast.”  

HISTORY — Humanities Hub director James Burns was an invited presenter at the symposium, “Colorful Threads: Bridging Oceans Through Artistic Narratives of the Indian Ocean Rim,” held at the Africa Institute in the United Arab Emirates in December. His presentation, “Movie-mad Island: Cinema and Public Leisure in Colonial Mauritius, 1897-1968,” featured an ARC-GIS Storymap that was developed with the assistance of Digital History Ph.D. student Addison Horton and staff at the Clemson University Geospatial Institute. All conference papers will be published in the Duke University Press Journal, “Monsoon: Journal of the Indian Ocean Rim.”

HISTORY — Professor Vernon Burton spoke on the “Two South Carolina Reconstructions and how Briggs v. Elliot became Brown v. Board” at the Horry County Museum on December 2 as part of the South Carolina Humanities series, “Just Sharing: Building Community Through Stories of Our Past.” On December 4, Burton’s discussion with David Rubenstein of the New York Historical Society on “Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court” aired on the “For the Ages: A History Podcast.” On December 7, Burton appeared as a guest alongside Maricopa County, Arizona, Supervisor Bill Gates on NPR’s “The Middle with Jeremy Hobson” to discuss how democracy is at stake in the 2024 election. On December 17, Burton lectured on African Americans and the American Revolution for the keynote of the Charleston Victory Day commemoration for Revolutionary Charleston America 250.

ENGLISH — Pearce Professor of Professional Communication Jordan Frith’s newest book, Barcode, has been mentioned on CNN, The Conversation and in The Atlantic. The book is an engaging exploration of the cultural history of the barcode that examines how this taken-for-granted 50-year-old technology significantly shaped the global economy and became maybe the most recognizable icon of contemporary capitalism. The book covers the early history of the barcode. It analyzes how the barcode somehow ended up playing a significant role in sci-fi dystopias, biblical prophecies, consumer protests, labor movements and a presidential election.

PERFORMING ARTS — Brooks Center Director Emerita Lillian Utsey Harder, artistic director of the Utsey Chamber Music Series, secured one broadcast on America Public Media’s “Performance Today” in December with a broadcast on December 11 of Joachim Stutschewsky’s “Hassidic Fantasy” by the Goldstein-Peled-Fiterstein Trio from their concert on February 9, 2023.

LANGUAGES — Department of Languages chair Joseph Mai’s in-depth review of Martin O’Shaughnessy’s recent work, “Looking Beyond Neoliberalism: French and Francophone Belgian Cinema and the Crisis,” in “SubStance.”

GLOBAL BLACK STUDIES — New assistant professor Vincent Ogoti co-authored an article with Reginold A. Royston titled “Voicing Afro-Modernity: How Black Atlantic Audiobooks Speak Back.” The piece published in the “Journal of African Cultural Studies” examines the evolving world of audiobooks and how they breathe new life into critical works of Black Atlantic literature. The authors explore how audiobooks like Zora Neale Hurston’s “Barracoon” and Yaa Gyasi’s “Homegoing” resonate with listeners, offering a fresh perspective on these profound narratives. The article highlights how sound studies scholars and literary critics alike can reconsider the importance of the “talking book” as a critical form of oral literature. Ogoti and Royston offer a method of “close listening,” drawing on the tactics of reading in sonic literary studies and suggest, through engagement with the work of scholars such as Ato Quayson, Tsitsi Jaji and others, an interdiscursive approach toward “binaural” voices in African and Afro-descendant cultural production.

LANGUAGES — Professor Eric Touya published “Liberal Arts Approaches to Teaching Women Entrepreneurship in Senegal: Narratives, Ethics, Empathy” in “The Entrepreneurial Humanities: The Crucial Role of the Humanities in Enterprise and the Economy.” He also published a review of “Gender and the Spatiality of Blackness in Contemporary Afro-French Narratives” by Polo B. Moji in “French Review, 97.2” and of “Misère de l’homme sans Dieu: Michel Houellebecq et la question de la foi” by Caroline Julliot et Agathe Novak-Lechevalier in “French Review, 97.1.”

ARCHITECTURE — Professor Anjali Joseph, Director of the Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing, coauthored an article published in Anesthesiology Clinics titled, Safety in Health Care: The Impact of Operating Room Design. The study concluded that the physical characteristics of an operating room influence the quality of the health care provided inside it, as well as the safety and well-being of the operating room personnel. Elements of the physical space can either enhance or disrupt the operating room workflow.

ARCHITECTURE — Professor Anjali Joseph and doctoral student Sara Kennedy, both with the Center for Health Facilities Design & Testing (CHFDT), presented “Physical Environment Considerations for the Future of Robotic Surgery” at the Healthcare Design Conference in New Orleans. The presentation reviewed the aims of the project, methodology, design considerations for Architects and the operating room environment.  The project is funded by the National Science Foundation. Project partners include Clemson University and Prisma Health.

ARCHITECTURE — Professor Anjali Joseph, Sahar Mihandoust, doctoral student Monica Gripko and doctoral candidate Swati Goel, all with the Center for Health Facilities Design & Testing (CHFDT), presented “Patient Room Design: Engaging Clinical Teams Through Simulation-Based Evaluation and Design” at the Healthcare Design Conference in New Orleans. The presentation reviewed the work of the team with Indiana University Health, project background, methodology and outlined the benefits of the multiphase evaluation process. Project and evaluation partners include Clemson University and Indiana University Health.

ART – Principal Lecturer of Art Joey Manson has earned a spot in the inaugural class of Creative Inquiry (CI) Faculty Fellows. Manson, a sculptor with expertise in public and outdoor art, joined Clemson University’s Department of Art in 2002, bringing a wealth of experience from his years in New York City. His studio work is characterized by utilizing industrial materials to depict and abstract our technological and natural environments.   

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE – Professor Hala Nassar’s article, “Status of Women in Landscape Architecture: A Study of ASLA and CELA Career Success Metrics,” was accepted for publication in Landscape Journal. The article was co-authored by Ashley Steffens, Charlene LeBleu, and Ebru Ozer, who, along with Nassar, all served on the national Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA). The Research question, “Are women underrepresented in landscape architecture?” arose during their service to CELA and resulted in a multi-year research project that has now been presented at mutliple national and international conferences.

ART – The Turchin Center for the Visual Arts debuted Graduate Program Coordinator and Associate Professor of Art in Drawing Kathleen Thum’s solo exhibition, “Considering Carbon,” on Dec. 1 in Boone, N.C. Emphasizing climate discussions, the center encourages artists to creatively address climate change’s local and global impacts. Thum’s multimedia showcase explores the intricate link between humanity and carbon, urging viewers to reflect on its profound influence in daily life and within the broader context of climate change.

HISTORY – Professor Vernon Burton was interviewed on the Phoenix Riot and quoted in the Greenwood Index-Journal on November 8. He is participating in a documentary being filmed on the race riot. On November 3, Burton keynoted the conference honoring the retirement of Dr. Kenneth Noe, the Draughon Professor of Southern History at Auburn University. On November 11, he responded to the Southern Historical Association annual meeting plenary panel featuring his co-authored book, “Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court.” On November 15, Burton taught a Liberty Fund seminar over Zoom titled “Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War: the Gettysburg Address.” On November 17, he gave a lecture on Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address at the University of Illinois.

ENGLISH – Director of First Year Composition Sarah E.S. Carter presented “Post-Pandemic Adjusted Pedagogies: Flexible Peer Discussion and Other Low Stakes Assignments” at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association conference on November 11. She also published “Inviting Literacy Narratives for National Day on Writing” for the National Council of Teachers of English on October 18.

HISTORY – Associate Professor Caroline Dunn presented “Erudite Elite Women: The Education, Devotional Practices and Literary Culture of Medieval English Ladies-in-Waiting” at the annual meeting of the North American Conference on British Studies in Baltimore from November 9-12.

ENGLISH – Associate Professor Jonathan Beecher Field appeared on the Thanksgiving episode of the “Hand in the Dirt” podcast to talk about gravy and sausage dressing in the context of his Substack, “Sausage Season.”

PERFORMING ARTS – Brooks Center Director Emerita Lillian Utsey Harder, artistic director of the Utsey Chamber Music Series, secured three broadcasts on America Public Media’s “Performance Today” during November. This included a broadcast on November 24 of Michael Dudley’s “Prayer for our Times” by Sphinx Virtuosi from their concert on March 30; a broadcast on November 7,of Robert Schumann’s “Fantasiestucke” by pianist Alon Goldstein and clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein from their concert on February 9; and broadcast on November 16 of Henry Purcell’s Chacony in G minor for String Quartet, performed by members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (violinist Stella Chen, violinist Cho-Liang Lin, violist Matthew Lipman and cellist Sihao) from their concert on October 18, 2021.

PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION – Associate Professor Elizabeth Jemison was a keynote speaker at Facing History and Ourselves 2023 Southeast Benefit on November 30. Facing History works with secondary education teachers and students to explore histories of intolerance, bigotry and stories of courageous upstanders who created change. She spoke on the importance of teaching robust accounts of the past, connecting her teaching at Clemson to her experiences as a Facing History student years ago.

PERFORMING ARTS – Assistant Professor Lisa Sain Odom authored a cover article, “Trauma-Informed Voice Care,” published in the November/December 2023 issue of “Classical Singer” magazine. She interviewed leading researchers in the field of trauma-informed voice care and shared with readers how they can incorporate these practices into their own voice studios to create a learning environment that feels safer for all students.

LANGUAGES – Professor Salvador Oropesa published the book chapter “El Tánger internacional en la novela española. Dos visiones olvidadas, Salvador González Anaya y Tomás Salvador” in “Marruecos y América Latina en la cartografía transhispánica: abordjaes y desvelos actuales,” 2023, 153-76. The book is a collaboration between the Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi in Tangier, Morocco, and the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California in Mexicali Mexico. It was also written by Mehdi Mesmoudi, Marta Piña Zentella y Randa Jebrouni, coords.

PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION – Assistant Professor John Thames delivered a talk titled “Ritual, Textualization and the Festivals from Emar” at the national meeting of Biblical Literature in San Antonio, which was held November 18-21.

ENGLISH – Professor Susanna Ashton authored a review of Tara A. Bynum’s book, Reading Pleasures: Everyday Black Living in Early America (University of Illinois Press, 2023). The review was published in the November 2023 edition of History of Education Quarterly.

HISTORY – Professor Amit Bein presented a paper on “Turkey, Islam, and the Middle East in the Interwar Period” at an international conference at Columbia University in New York City.

HISTORY – Professor Vernon Burton authored a foreword to Ashton Davies’ book on significant Supreme Court cases, A Movement in Words (California, 2023). As part of its Dialogue Nights collection, the Atlantic Institute presented “Alexander v. SC NAACP, part II: Amicus Briefs as ‘Voices’ part of the dialogue” with scholars including Burton. On October 10, Episode 1 of Clemson University historian Otis Pickett’s podcast series “Purpose that Prevails” on the American South featured Burton and Professor Rhondda Thomas in conversation. On October 19, Burton gave the opening remarks for the South Carolina Awards in the Humanities luncheon and awards Ceremony in Columbia. He was part of the program and had a dialogue with Cecil Williams at the Clemson University 2023 Joseph and Mattie De Laine Lecture at the Madren Center. On October 31, Burton was interviewed by reporter Kamilah Williams and appeared on a Macon, Georgia, news station on a redistricting case and the closing of polling places.

ENGLISH – Director of First Year Composition Sarah E.S. Carter published “Inviting Literacy Narratives for National Day on Writing” for the National Council of Teachers on October 18.

HISTORY – Assistant Professor Joshua Catalano participated in a roundtable discussion, “Indigenous Peoples and Land-Grant Universities in the United States,” at the American Society for Ethnohistory conference in Tallahassee, Florida, on November 3, 2023. He also published a review of Elizabeth Rule’s Guide to Indigenous DC in Reviews in Digital Humanities.

LANGUAGES – Assistant Professor of American Sign Language Jody Cripps had two articles published in October. The first article with his colleagues was “Student Experiences and Outcomes in Flipped L2/Ln American Sign Language Classrooms: A Replication Study,” and it was published in Language Learning. The second one is “The Past, the Present, and the Future for American Sign Language,” published in The Endeavor. Along with this publication, he also gave this presentation at the American Society for Deaf Children’s Literacy Conference in Charleston. He gave a presentation titled “Experiences of a Researcher-Participant in Two Signed

Music Cases: The Black Drum and the Resonance Project” at the Society of Ethnomusicology conference in Ottawa, Canada. He also put on a musical performance called “Stars and Anchors” and was one of the panelists for the signed music concert called “Play It By Eye: An Introduction to Signed Music.”

ENGLISH – Lecturer Stevie Edwards’ third poetry book, Quiet Armor, was released from Northwestern University Press’ Curbstone Imprint on October 15. Edwards has recently done promotional readings for the book, including presenting on a panel at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, Tennessee, as well as book release events at Deep Vellum Bookstore in Dallas, Texas, and locally at The Pendleton Bookshop in Pendleton, South Carolina.

ENGLISH – Pearce Professor of Professional Communication Jordan Frith’s newest book, Barcode, was just published as part of the Object Lessons series. The book is an engaging exploration of the cultural history of the barcode that examines how this taken-for-granted 50-year-old technology significantly shaped the global economy and became maybe the most recognizable icon of contemporary capitalism. The book covers the early history of the barcode and analyzes how the barcode somehow ended up playing a big role in sci-fi dystopias, biblical prophecies, consumer protests, labor movements and a presidential election. Frith also published an article in Slate titled, “A Complex History of Things That Never Happened,” which traces the complicated roots of a recent conspiracy theory that linked together 5G networks, the Emergency Alert System and a zombie apocalypse.

PERFORMING ARTS – Brooks Center Director Emerita Lillian Utsey Harder, artistic director of the Utsey Chamber Music Series, secured a broadcast on October 25, 2023, on America Public Media’s Performance Today of Beethoven’s Sonata No. 9 in A Major (arr. by Ruben Renge) performed by Sphinx Virtuosi on March 30, 2023.

ENGLISH – Associate Dean Michael LeMahieu attended the Modernist Studies Association conference in Brooklyn, New York, where he presented a paper, “Apparently Slight Things: The Civil War’s Many Names,” as part of a special session on “Naming and Memorialization.”

ENGLISH – Professor Rhondda Robinson Thomas, Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature, was invited to be a participant for the “The Invisible Campus Comes to Light” panel during the 4th Annual Global Women’s Conference on October 18 at Agnes Scott College. It explored the themes of visibility, social mobility and success. She presented the concept for a digital humanities project titled “Contextualizing John C. Calhoun’s Fort Hill Plantation South Carolina Backcountry: Interconnected Communities of Enslaved Persons” at the Digitizing and Decolonizing Collections: The Sandbach Tinne Virtual Conference hosted by the University of Bristol and Bristol Digital Futures Institute.

ARCHITECTURE — Professor Anjali Joseph was invited to participate in the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Director’s Roundtable Series in October. This series was titled, ‘A Call to Action to Improve Healthcare Safety Significantly and Sustainably’. This series of virtual meetings brought together healthcare experts from various parts of the healthcare industry to help start the process of “designing safety into the system.” Joseph discussed the role of the physical environment as a critical part of this system and the importance of leveraging the facility design process to minimize built environment latent conditions that adversely impact patient safety.

ARCHITECTURE — Sara Kennedy, a doctoral student working with Anjali Joseph at the Center for Health Facilities Design & Testing, received the 2023-2024 Arthur N. Tuttle Jr. Graduate Fellowship in Health Facility Planning from the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) to support her dissertation research. She is studying the impact of the built environment on workflows and team communication during robotic-assisted surgery. The Tuttle fellowship aims to advance graduate students’ knowledge of planning and design for healthcare environments, resulting in a research-informed design approach and proposal. Kennedy received $8,600 through this award to support the completion of her dissertation study.

CONSTRUCTION SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT – Associate Professor Jason Lucas and Assistant Professor Dhaval Gajjar organized a first-of-its-kind “Build Your Future” Upstate Hardhat Field Day Event on October 27^th at Carolina High School in Greenville. The event was sponsored by The Stanley Black and Decker Foundation and the Carolina AGC Foundation. The event brought 60 students from three Greenville County High Schools together to participate in a construction-focused curriculum developed by Lucas and Gajjar and construction science and management Ph.D. student Cayla Anderson Thomas. They were supported by members of the industry and the South Carolina Be Pro Be Proud Simulation truck in exposing high school students to possible careers in the construction industry. 

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE – Professor Mary G. Padua was invited by the University of Nevada’s School of Architecture (UNLV-SoA) to deliver the special lecture entitled, “Speculations on the Landscape”, on October 17^th in Las Vegas and sponsored by Klai Juba Wald as part of UNLV-SoA’s fall lecture series. Padua’s lecture discussed the impact of technology on trends in designed landscapes since the late 20^thcentury and her current research on “traumatic” urbanism and the post-World War II Asian-American diaspora and post-pandemic Health-based Axioms for Designed Outdoor Immersive Restorative Environments. 

CITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING – Assistant Professor Enrique Ramos Santiago recently presented a peer-reviewed paper at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference in Chicago. The presentation of the paper titled ‘Planning and Urban Design Lessons from an Overlooked New Deal Village: Eleanor Roosevelt in San Juan of Puerto Rico’ was well attended, and an extended version of the paper is now under review in a high-ranking transportation science journal. Ramos-Santiago presented a novel approach to measuring accessibility to opportunities on foot that helps in evaluating distinct urban designs’ effectiveness in providing walking accessibility as a key attribute in human settlements. In addition, the paper presents a revelatory case of a New Deal village that has been overlooked in the city planning, urban design, and architecture literature for more than eight decades. Of the four cases compared, Eleanor Roosevelt Village more closely represents the attributes of new urbanist developments and registers markedly higher scores and ranking related to accessibility to multi-activities by foot. It also reveals the influence of context, culture, and governance regimes in the long-term evolutive trajectories of change and pedestrian accessibility in each case.

ART – Associate Professor Anderson Wrangle presented “The Outer Banks, The Carolinas, and Reflections on Topographic Photography Projects” at the SPE South Central/SouthEast Conference on October 22 at Columbus State University. In October, Wrangle’s work was also shown in the 2023 SECAC Members’ Exhibition at the SECAC Annual Conference in Richmond, VA; the 2023 Society for Photographic Education South Central and Southeast Members’ Exhibition at Columbus State University; and the 2023 Hambidge Art Center Auction in Atlanta. 

INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES – David Blakesley, professor of Rhetorics, Communication, and Information Design, published two book chapters: “Elaborate Rhetorics” in Writing Spaces 5: Readings for Writers, and  “Illuminating Kenneth Burke, Engaging Publics” in In the Classsroom with Kenneth Burke, edited by Ann George and M. Elizabeth Weiser. Parlor Press, 2023, pp. 73–103.

ENGLISH – Sarah E.S. Carter, director of First-Year Composition, and Marley Bickley, assistant director of First-Year Composition, gave a presentation at Feminisms and Rhetorics (Sept. 30^th—Oct. 3^rd) titled “Re-Vamping FYC Professional Development to include Training Initiatives to Promote Diverse Student Populations.”

LANGUAGES – Assistant Professor Jody Cripps provided a presentation titled American Sign Language Acquisition: Building Blocks to South Carolina Hands and Voices’ Building Bridges Family Conference in Columbia on September 16, 2023. He was also a moderator for a panel on the topic of signed language delay and disorders at the Saffran Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience and Rehabilitation of Communication Disorders in Philadelphia on September 30, 2023. As an editor for the Society for American Sign Language Journal, he is pleased to announce that the special issue titled Deaf Women: Agents of Change (Volume 6, Issue 2) has been published in September 2023.

PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION – Assistant Professor Quinn Hiroshi Gibson published a paper,with Adam Bradley of Lingnan University, Hong Kong, in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science entitled ‘Monothematic Delusions and the Limits of Rationality.’ The paper argues that existing accounts of monothematic delusions in the philosophical literature over-rationalize them, likely because it is assumed that a rationalistic model is the only way to make sense of them. He argues that this is a mistake and that delusional cognition can be rendered intelligible if instead it is modeled on empathically traceable but non-rational forms of thought

PERFORMING ARTS – Brooks Center Director Emerita Lillian Utsey Harder, artistic director of the Utsey Chamber Music Series, secured seven broadcasts on America Public Media’s Performance Today during August and September: a broadcast on August 4 of pianist Alon Goldstein and clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein performing Robert Schumann’s Fantasiestucke from their concert at the Brooks Center on February 9, 2023; a broadcast on August 14 of violinists Stella Chen and Cho-Liang Lin, violist Matthew Lipman, and cellist Sihao He of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln performing Henry Purcell’s Chacony in G minor for String Quartet from their concert on October 18, 2021; a broadcast on August 17  of Sphinx Virtuosi performing Ricardo Herz’s Sisofo na Cidade Grande, a broadcast on August 31 performing Valerie Coleman’s Tracing Visions; a broadcast on September 12 of Sphinx Virtuosi performing Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasilieras No. 9 from their March 30, 2023 concert; a broadcast on September 15 of cellist Amit Peled and pianist Alon Goldstein performing Ernest Bloch’s From Jewish Life from their concert on February 9, 2023; and a broadcast of pianist David Fung and the Verona Quartet performing Grazyna Bacewicz’s Piano Quintet No. 1 on September 27 from their concert on November 1, 2022. The seven broadcasts reached an 1,820,000 listeners.

ENGLISH – Associate Dean Michael LeMahieu presented a paper, “Ordinary Logic, Generic Racism,” at a conference on “Logic and Modern Literature” at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland.

LANGUAGES – Professor and Chair Joseph Mai published “Ordinary Ghosts: Care, Attention, and Media Critique in Cerno, une anti-enquête” in Contemporary French Civilization (Volume 48, Number 2, 2023, pp. 115-131). The article examines a creative use of podcasting media through the lens of ordinary language and care philosophies. Mai was also named to the editorial board of the same journal.

HISTORY – Professors J. Brent Morris and Vernon Burton’s co-edited Reconstruction Beyond 150:  Reassessing the New Birth of Freedom was published by the University of Virginia Press. He served as a political analyst about race and politics with Karthik Ramswayamy on the Political Lens podcast. Burton was the first signature, responsible for obtaining other historians’ signatures, and one of the two historians who advised the attorneys preparing an amicus brief for Alexander v. SC NAACP to the US Supreme Court, upholding the federal judge decision in support of creating a second viable congressional district for minority voters to elect a candidate of choice. On September 12, he spoke at the premiere of SCETV “The World of Cecil” at the Nickelodeon in Columbia.  On September 15, he was in conversation with former Clemson student Bob Elder on “Where History, Memory and Place Collide: John C. Calhoun and Clemson University” in the Self Auditorium at the Strom Thurman Institute. On September 25, Burton gave the College of Charleston’s Constitution Day Lecture, “Justice (Still?) Deferred: Race, Voting Rights, and the U.S. Supreme Court.” The next day,he spoke at the International African American Museum on the plaintiffs in the Briggs v. Elliot case from Clarendon SC, commonly known as Brown v. Board of Education (1954).  On September 28, he was honored at Lander University in a program “A Celebration of Vernon Burton” a video of which can be seen here. Lastly, on September 20, Burton spoke at Penn Center on the Civil Rights movement.

ENGLISH – Assistant Professor Clare Mullaney published an article titled “Extra Consciousness, Extra Fingers: Automatic Writing and Disabled Authorship” in American Literature‘s Fall issue.

ENGLISH – Associate Professor Angela Naimou presented a paper on international law and Adania Shibli’s novel Minor Detail at the Association of Postcolonial Thought’s second annual symposium at the University of Michigan—Ann Arbor. She also participated, with a fellow Clemson ECAR chapter colleague, in the second annual Every Campus a Refuge national conference, held at Wake Forest University. Every Campus a Refuge is a national higher education initiative that envisions colleges and universities as key partners in refugee resettlement and integration. The Clemson chapter offers programs and services to support resettled residents while deepening significant place-based learning for students of any major.

LANGUAGES – Professor Johannes Schmidt presented at the biennial conference of the International Herder Society. This year’s meeting took place in the historic town of Bückburg (Lower Saxony, Germany) where Herder lived and work from 1771 to 1776. Herder is one of the city’s main historical figures, and the city welcomed the society with open arms and a full program of events, including a rare performance — on historical instruments — of the oratorio “Lazarus,” a collaboration of J. Chr. Fr. Bach and Herder. Schmidt’s presentation was entitled “Herder’s (Re-?)Orientation during the Bückeburg Years 1771–1776—Becoming Maverick, Dissenter, and Individualist.”

PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION – Associate Professor Ben White published a chapter entitled “Paul and His Diverse Champions” in the Cambridge History of Ancient Christianity.

REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT – Professor Stephen Buckman recently co-authored with Erwin van der Krabben, Alexander Lord, and James Spencer a report for the Lincoln Land Policy Institute entitled “Willingness to Pay for Climate Change Adaptation: International Case Studies on Private Developers’ Preparedness to Contribute to Urban Climate Adaptation.” The report examines what developers are or are not willing to pay to protect their holdings from climate change.

ARCHITECTURE – The Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing (CHFDT) recently received the 2023 Touchstone Award in the Platinum Category through the Center for Health Design (CHD) for their project, Realizing Improved Patient Care through Human-centered Design in the Operating Room (RIPCHD.OR). The RIPCHD.OR project was awarded its first Touchstone Award in the Gold Category in 2017. This award recognizes using an evidence-based design (EBD) process to increase value, improve outcomes and engage stakeholders.

ARCHITECTURE – Assistant Professor Lyndsey Deaton was accepted into the 2023-24 National Institute of Health (NIH) Accelerator Program for a project linking gentrification to community health through child mobility in South Carolina. The NIH Accelerator Program is an intensive mentoring program intended to strategically position investigators from Health Sciences Center (HSC) partner institutions (Clemson University, Prisma Health, Furman University, and UofSC Medical School-Greenville), so that by the end of the program, each participant will have a complete and competitive NIH grant application.

ARCHITECTURE — Professors Anjali Joseph and David Allison, along with Sahar Mihandoust, a Research Associate in Architecture + Health, all with the Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing, coauthored an article published in the Health Environments Research & Design Journal titled, Anesthesia Workspaces for Safe Medication Practices: Design Guidelines. Findings from the study are summarized in seven evidence-based design guidelines, including (1) locate critical tasks within a primary field of vision, (2) eliminate travel into and through the anesthesia zone (for other staff), (3) identify and demarcate a distinct anesthesia zone with adequate space for the anesthesia provider, (4) optimize the ability to reposition/reconfigure the anesthesia workspace, (5) minimize clutter from equipment, (6) provide adequate and appropriately positioned surfaces for medication preparation and administration, and (7) optimize task and surface lighting.

 ARCHITECTURE – Anjali Joseph, David Allison, Fernanda Goulart, Sahar Mihandoust, a Research Associate in Architecture + Health, along with the entire Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing research team, held the “Pediatric Mental and Behavioral Health in the ED” workshop in September. The workshop was conducted as part of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality funded patient safety learning lab, ‘Realizing Improved Patient Care through Human-centered Design for Pediatric mental and behavioral health in the Emergency Department (RIPCHD.PED)’. The purpose of this 4-year project is to develop safer, more human-centered ED work systems for pediatric mental and behavioral health care that minimizes patient stressors while improving provider well-being.                   

ARCHITECTURE – Anjali Joseph, doctoral student Sara Kennedy, and the Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing (CHFDT) research and Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering Jackie Cha organized and participated in the “Adapting to the Future of Robotic Surgery: Understanding Training and Design Environments for Human-Robot Teams” workshop held in August. The event aimed to help develop, discuss, and review the Robotic-Assisted Surgical (RAS) devices and systems with regards to the human-robot interaction, built environment, and training associated with it.

ARCHITECTURE — Anjali Joseph and Sahar Mihandoust, a Research Associate in Architecture + Health, both with the Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing, coauthored an article published in the Health Environments Research & Design Journal titled, Identifying Built Environment Risk Factors to Provider Workflow and Patient Safety Using Simulation-Based Evaluation of a Pediatric ICU Room. The study concluded that simulation-based evaluation of prototypes of patient care spaces can help identify characteristics of minor and major flow disruptions related to the built environment and can provide valuable information to inform the iterative design process.

ART – Assistant Professor of Art in Sculpture Alex Schechter gained recognition when his artwork was featured in the online art magazine, Hyperallergic. Schechter’s work, “The Transcendent Nadir” (2022), was selected for inclusion in the “WACK!” Exhibition at the HOT BED Art Gallery in Philadelphia. The exhibition commenced on June 17 and concluded on August 12, 2023.

ART – Assistant Professor of Art in Graphic Design Drew Sisk presented his talk, “Alternate Realities and Speculative Futures: Contending with AI in Art and Design Pedagogy and Practice,” at the SECAC (formerly the Southeastern College Art Conference) on October 12 in Richmond, Virginia. Sisk’s presentation explored the intersection between AI and the design world, shedding light on how artists and designers perceive and engage with this transformative resource. The following day, Sisk was invited to share his research and meet with MFA students in the Graphic Design program at Virginia Commonwealth University.

ART – The UCF Art Gallery at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, F.L. hosted the solo exhibition “Covering Carbon” by Graduate Program Coordinator and Associate Professor of Art in Drawing Kathleen Thum from August 24 to September 29, 2023. “Covering Carbon” was an exhibition that delved into the intricate relationship between humans and fossil fuels. Featuring a series of drawings and cut-paper wall installations, it explored the physical and material qualities of coal and oil to raise awareness about our connection, disconnection, and dependence on these resources. Using diverse visual and conceptual approaches, the exhibition highlighted the profound impact of fossil fuels on contemporary existence while acknowledging their concealed and enigmatic nature, often controlled by the industry.

ART – Professor and Chair Valerie Zimany edited and acted as publication coordinator for the catalog “As Good As Gold: 50 Years of the MFA at Clemson,” which will be distributed by Clemson University Press. The catalog accompanies the three-part juried exhibition, commemorating a half-century of the MFA Visual Art program at Clemson. The exhibition features 70 alumni who graduated between 1973-2023, and was organized by Denise Woodward-Detrich, director of the Lee Gallery, with Harriett Green, independent art consultant and former Visual Arts Director of the South Carolina Arts Commission, acting as juror.

ARCHITECTURE — Professors Anjali Joseph and David Allison, along with Sahar Mihandoust, a Research Associate in Architecture + Health, all with the Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing, coauthored several articles that were published recently. Joseph and Mihandoust coauthored an article published in Transactions in GIS titled, “Using GIS to improve public health emergency response in rural areas during the COVID-19 crisis: A case study of South Carolina, US.” The study found a significant benefit of this model is the ability to integrate data from multiple sources using a geography-based approach. Spatial analysis allows for the rapid pinpointing of vulnerable communities and the identification of public health deserts where the two variables may overlap. Joseph and Allison also coauthored an article published in the Health Environments Research & Design Journal titled, “Designing for Family Engagement in Neonatal ICUs: How Is the Interior Design of Single-Family Rooms Supporting Family Behaviors, From Passive to Active?” The study identified three behavioral patterns and five themes showing how single-family rooms’ private bathrooms, family storage, family zone partitions, positive distractions, and information boards can support families’ home-like, educational, collaborative, and infant care behaviors.

ART –Ceramics and Foundations Art Lecturer John Cummings contributed to Leicester, NC’s artistic landscape through a recent annual studio tour, intertwining his artistry with sustainability. His work echoes his commitment to conserving natural resources by employing wood-firing techniques. His artwork’s inclusion in the upcoming “State of Clay in Indiana III” Juried Exhibition, Aug. 25 – Oct. 7 at the Grunwald Gallery of Art, Bloomington, IN, showcases his proficiency while embodying his dedication to ecological consciousness.

ARCHITECTURE – Lyndsey Deaton, Assistant Professor of Architecture in Architecture + Health, was the Senior Architect and Planner on two of six projects that received “Honor Awards” — the highest national awards given by the American Planning Association this year — with the firm, The Urban Collaborative. The first is an Honor Award for Outstanding Area/Site Development Plan for the Air Force Institute of Technology. The second is an Honor Award for Outstanding Collaborative Planning Project for the NASA Kennedy Space Center Vision Plan and Programmatic Environmental Assessment. 

 ARCHITECTURE – Anjali Joseph and the Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing (CHFDT) research and Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering Jackie Cha coauthored an article that was published in Ergonomics titled, “The Compatibility of Exoskeletons in Perioperative Environments and Workflows: An Analysis of Surgical Team Members’ Perspectives and Workflow Simulation.” The study revealed five unique themes and demonstrated that exoskeletons were compatible with daily duties.

Joseph also recently participated in the 5th International Advisory Board Meeting at the Swiss Center for Health and Design in Nidau, Switzerland. The International Advisory Board is made up of experts in design, architecture, health and politics from around the world. During the event the group worked to further develop content, review research projects, and exchange ideas.

ARCHITECTURE – Lecturer Kyle Kiser began a new position at LS3P Architects Greenville as Higher Education Sector Leader. He joins the firm with fellow School of Architecture faculty Bryan Beerman and Harrison Floyd. 

ARCHITECTURE – Assistant Professor Berrin Terim has published a co-authored article titled “Material Nature or Perversion: The Case of Aluminum” in Architecture Research Quarterly (ARQ).

ART – MFA Graduate Program Coordinator and Associate Professor of Art in Drawing Kathleen Thum was selected to participate in the juried “Scribbles” Exhibition at NYC’s Carter Burden Gallery, curated by Lois Bender and Amy Cheng from June 1 to 28, 2023. Thum also substantially contributed to the group exhibition “In the Time of Climate Change” at the Wailoa Center in Hilo, Hawaii. Three of her Carbon Series drawings were featured prominently within this exhibit, running from July 7 to 27, and organized by the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s Art Department.

ART  – Associate Professor of Art in Photography Anderson Wrangle garnered significant recognition in the prestigious southXeast Contemporary Art Triennial catalog. This publication, presented by the University Galleries of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, F.L., showcased Wrangle’s compelling images that vividly captured the essence of the Outer Banks. His photographs found a place within the catalog and took center stage in the accompanying exhibition.

ART – Valerie Zimany completed a 5-week residency at C.R.E.T.A. Rome in Rome, Italy from April 24-May 28, 2023 during her Spring 2023 sabbatical. Her project Confezione Floreale was on view in the C.R.E.T.A. Rome gallery in Rome with a reception and artist talk on May 26, 2023. In Confezione Floreale, Zimany opened inquiry into flora of Italian maiolica and sculpture to explore the visual ‘in-betweenness’ of ceramics as an information system and storyteller. “Maiolica” is a tin-glazed earthenware produced from the 15th century in Italy, with a palette derived from metal oxides: cobalt blue, antimony yellow, iron red, copper green, and manganese purple, with parallels to Zimany’s research on historic Japanese overglaze enamels. Considering entanglements of visual languages and an ‘in-betweenness’ of locations in her sculptures, Zimany used the residency period to research the confluence of cultural influences as recorded through Italian maiolica in museum collections and architecture.  Zimany’s project received both a Clemson Faculty SUCCEEDS Program 3 Award by Clemson’s Vice President for Research, titled “Floreali Confezionate: Artwork Production and Field Research on Botanicals in Renaissance Italian Maiolica,” and a South Carolina Arts Commission Artist Project Grant.