Month: August 2023

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. 

PERFORMING ARTS – In July, Professor of Theatre Becky Becker had a chapter, “Walking that Rickety Bridge: Cultural Ambivalence in Tess Onwueme’s What Mama Said,” published in Emerging Perspectives on Tess Onsonye Onwueme: Women, Youth, and Eco-Literature.  Onwueme is a Nigerian-born playwright who, as the book cover notes, “has established herself as one of the key voices in Nigerian drama.”

INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES – Rhetorics, Communication and Information Design Professor David Blakesley presented “The Modern Parlor: Co-Creating Knowledge in Online Learning Communities” with Angela Atwell of Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University at “Education 3.0: Yellowdig’s Learning Conference.”

HISTORY – Professor Vernon Burton published an essay and responses to essays titled “Reconstruction Revolution: Did we have a Constitutional Revolution but not Reconstruct the South?” in the Online Liberty Library. In May, The Post and Courier published an op-ed by Burton and co-author Armand Derfner, titled, “Alito is wrong: US Supreme Court needs more scrutiny not less.” Post and Courier Burton’s Creative Inquiry class, The Veterans Project, was also featured in the Post and Courier as well as on WYFF News 4. In June, Burton spoke to the Mellon Teacher Cohort on Voting Rights and civic education at Clemson University and spoke on race and the Supreme Court at the Ware Shoals Lion Club meeting.  He also appeared on an episode of the Obehi Podcast, “The Life & Legacy Of Rev Joseph A. Delaine.” In July he was invited to give a keynote at the University of Colorado honoring the retirement of Prof. Myron Guttman. Also in July, as Executive Director of the College of Charleston’s Low Country and Atlantic World (CLAW) program, he hosted the annual meeting of the interdisciplinary St. George Tucker Society.

PERFORMING ARTS ­­– Professor of Music and Director of Percussion Paul Buyer’s new book, World Music: Diversity in Styles, Instruments, and Culture will be published in January 2024 by Kendall Hunt Publishing. This innovative textbook travels to the United States, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, India, Japan, Indonesia, Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba, and Brazil, with a final chapter on Playing for Change. Buyer was also appointed as Acting Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in the College of Arts and Humanities and will continue teaching percussion in the Department of Performing Arts. 

HISTORY ­– Assistant Professor Joshua Catalano and co-PI, Assistant Professor Aby Sene-Harper (Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management) were awarded a $113,000 grant from the National Park Service to conduct an ethnographic overview and assessment of Congaree National Park. Project team members also include Lecturer Briana Pocratsky (Sociology) and Associate Professor Kaifa Roland (Global Black Studies).

LANGUAGES ­– Assistant Professor of American Sign Language Jody Cripps co-authored an article, “Visual Translation and the Amazing Broken Telephone Kaleidoscope: A Dialogue,” published in Theatre Research in Canada journal. Also, as the Editor-in-Chief of Society for American Sign Language Journal, he published a special issue on Deaf Women Studies.

ENGLISH – Director of First-Year Composition and Lecturer Sarah E.S. Carter published an interview article for the Journal of Veterans Studies, “Endless Potential for Veteran Research: Forces in Mind Trust Research Centre.”

HISTORY – Associate Professor Caroline Dunn published “Philippa of Hainault” in The Chaucer Encyclopedia, edited by Richard Newhauser et al. She also presented “Elite Service and Noblewomen’s Friendship Networks in Later Medieval England” in July at the International Medieval Congress in Leeds, England.

ENGLISH – Associate Professor Jonathan Beecher Field attended the Society of Early Americanists in College Park, MD, this past June, and shared a presentation titled “Puritan Studies Now: Beyond White-on-White Crime.”

PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION – Assistant Professor Quinn Hiroshi Gibson presented a paper entitled “Philosophy’s Role in Theorizing Psychopathology” at the annual meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, June 21-23. He also presented a paper entitled “Depression, Intelligibility, and Non-Rational Causation” at the 10th Annual International Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable, University of Bologna, June 8-9 and at the annual Canadian Philosophical Association meeting at York University in Toronto, May 29-June 1.

HISTORY – Professor H. Roger Grant authored his 40^th academic book, Sunset Cluster: A Shortline Railroad Saga published in July by Indiana University Press.

PERFORMING ARTS – Brooks Center Director Emerita Lillian Utsey Harder, artistic director of the Utsey Chamber Music Series, secured a broadcast on America Public Media’s Performance Today on June 7 of Tracing Visions by Valerie Coleman, performed by the Sphinx Virtuosi at their Brooks Center concert on March 30, 2023. A broadcast of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s performance on October 18, 2021 of Howard Ferguson’s Octet for Winds and Strings, Op. 4 was broadcast on July 28, 2023. Each broadcast reached an estimated 260,000 listeners.

ENGLISH – Professor Tharon Howard’s article, “Focusing on Governance for a Real Client in a Content Strategy Course ” was published in Volume 53, Issue 4 of Journal of Technical Writing and Communication.

PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION – Associate Professor Elizabeth Jemison earned a three-month training fellowship with Sacred Writes, a Henry Luce Foundation-funded program housed by Northeastern University that trains scholars of religion for public-facing work. Jemison took part in a cohort of scholars focused on work in race, justice, and religion with colleagues from universities across the world—Cornell University, American University of Iraq, University of Colorado, Louisiana State University, Villanova University and more.

ENGLISH – Assistant Professor Clare Mullaney attended the First Book Institute at Penn State University, which “features workshops and presentations led by institute faculty aimed at assisting participants in transforming their book projects into ones that promise to make the most significant impact possible on the field and thus land them a publishing contract with a top university press.” In June and July, she was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities summer stipend to continue working on a book manuscript.

ENGLISH – Associate Professor Angela Naimou edited Diaspora and Literary Studies in the Cambridge Critical Concepts series (Cambridge University Press, July 2023). 

PERFORMING ARTS – Associate Professor Kerrie Seymour will be directing a reading of William Inge’s Picnic, being performed on Monday, September 18 at 7 p.m. at the Warehouse Theatre in Greenville. This reading is part of the theatre’s 50th anniversary celebration. Additionally, she made her fourth guest appearance on the Inspired Intentions podcast (part of Skyterra Wellness in Brevard, NC), where she discussed acting techniques as they relate to public speaking. She will return to the podcast again in December to discuss the connection between participation in the arts, specifically theatre, and mental health.

PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION — Assistant Professor John Thames gave a lecture entitled “Israelite Ritual and Late Bronze Age Continuity: Observations from Psalms” at the annual meeting of the European Association of Biblical Studies in Siracusa, Sicily.

LANGUAGES – Professor Eric Touya published “‘La France ne se sent pas bien’: fractures, populisme, démocratie et l’élection présidentielle de 2022.” The French Review, Vol. 96. no 4, p. 81-94. He also read a paper entitled “Gilets jaunes, justice sociale, et démocratie en France aujourd’hui: voix littéraires, philosophiques, socio-économiques et politiques” at the 2023 American Association of Teachers of France Conference, Trois-Rivières, Canada.

PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION ­­­­– Associate Professor Ben White delivered a paper entitled “The Revelation of the Father’s Doxa: Jesus’ Seamless Tunic as Temple Veil in John 19:23-24” at the International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Pretoria, South Africa on July 6th.