Month: December 2023

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.