ARCHITECTURE — Lecturers Bryan Beerman and Kyle Kiser each received promotions at LS3P Architects. Beerman celebrated promotion to firmwide Design Leader, and Kiser celebrated promotion to Senior Associate with LS3P, where he also serves as Higher Education Sector Leader in Greenville.
CONSTRUCTION SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT — Interim Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Graduate Studies Shima Clarke published two articles. The first, written with co-authors Ann B. Lyons and Vivek Sharma is titled “Taxonomy of Trust and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in the Construction Industry” and is published in the Journal of the American Institute of Constructors (Volume 49, Number 01, Spring 2024, pg. 6-17). The second, co-authored by Adam Hoots, Ann B. Lyons and Charlie Dunn is titled “Building Trust for a Stronger Construction Industry: Exploring the Role of Trust in Project Success” and was presented at the 60th Annual ASC International Conference Proceedings in Auburn, Alabama, April 3-5.
ARCHITECTURE — Associate Professor Lyndsey Deaton published a book chapter titled “Dispossession, Adolescence, and the Missing Public Spaces of Hyderabad, India” in The Routledge Handbook of Diverse Childhoods and the Environmental Experience. The chapter was selected for open access, and can be viewed here.
ART — Professor Andrea Feeser published “When Blue and White Obscure Black and Red: Conditions of Wedgwood’s 1787 Antislavery Medallion” in the Spring 2024 edition of Journal18, and she presented the article in the Converse University Art History Lecture Series on April 25 with support from the South Carolina Humanities Council. Also, she served as the humanities scholar advisor for the Black agriculturalists permanent exhibition at the Bart Garrison Agricultural Museum of South Carolina, funded by the South Carolina Humanities Council.
CONSTRUCTION SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT —Construction science and management doctoral student Adam Hoots presented a poster on his dissertation topic, “Quantifying Trust in Construction: Using the Trust Circle to Manage Expectations on a Project Site” at at the 60th Annual ASC International Conference Proceedings in Auburn, Alabama, April 3-5.
ARCHITECTURE — Professor Anjali Joseph and doctoral student Monica Gripko, both with the Center for Health Facilities Design & Testing (CHFDT), coauthored an article published in the Health Environments Research & Design Journal titled,The Role of the Built Environment in Supporting Older Adults’ Engagement: A Narrative Literature Review. The review concluded that built environments influence older people’s physical and social engagement, significantly affecting their health, well-being, abilities, and longevity. Numerous design strategies can support older adults’ engagement, but more research is needed.
ARCHITECTURE — Professor Anjali Joseph and Assistant Research Professor Sahar Mihandoust, both with the Center for Health Facilities Design & Testing (CHFDT), coauthored an article published in Applied Ergonomics titled, Can Pre-Visit Exposure to Virtual Tours of Healthcare Facilities Help Reduce Child and Parent Anxiety During Outpatient Surgical Procedures? The study found that exposure to virtual facility tours days before the surgery was not helpful in positively impacting the psychological measures related to preoperative anxiety levels for the participants.
ART —Assistant Professor of Art in Sculpture Alex Schechter has been chosen for an Artist in Residence program at the Kimmel Harding Nelson (KHN) Center in Nebraska City, NE. He will be working there until mid-June, preparing for an upcoming show in October. The KHN Center grants up to seventy juried residencies annually to both established and emerging visual artists, writers, composers, and interdisciplinary artists from around the globe. Following his residency in Nebraska, Schechter will head to Wyoming to collaborate on a new body of work for a December exhibition.
ARCHITECTURE — Devi Soman, doctoral student working with Anjali Joseph at the Center for Health Facilities Design & Testing (CHFDT), received Global Alliance’s Vera Paster Award for 2024. The Paster Award is given annually to a student in the mental health disciplines who shows particular promise for enhancing the well-being of people who have been marginalized by racism.
ART – Professor and Chair Valerie Zimany completed the invitational Pentaculum residency at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, TN, May 6-13. ‘Pentaculum’ is a short-term residency providing invited artists unfettered time and space to work alongside peers and colleagues. Held twice annually, working artists in ceramics, fibers, metals, 2D, wood, sculpture and writing spend a week working on independent research. Pentaculum offers a stimulating atmosphere for collaboration, growth, and the opportunity to build meaningful relationships within the field of art. Zimany used the residency period to experiment further with surface patterning utilizing digitally printed and cut elements.
