HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY – Professor Rod Andrew gave an invited lecture to the Emeritus College on “Andrew Pickens and the American Revolution in the South” on February 26.
ENGLISH – On February 18, Professor Susanna Ashton delivered a video talk to the Kennebec Historical Society of Maine about her research into fugitives who escaped from South Carolin, focusing on the life of James Matthews, who escaped from Dorchester, SC and built a life in Hallowell, Maine.
LANGUAGES – American Sign Language faculty Jody Cripps and Stephen Fitzmaurice, along with Rachel Soudakoff (Deaf Adventures) gave a presentation about their students’ study abroad experiences titled Study Abroad Using ASL: A Case Study of “Life as a Signer” at the University of Arizona’s Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Roundtable in Tucson, AZ.
ENGLISH – Assistant Professor Stevie Edwards’ fourth book of poetry, The Weather Inside, was recently released by the University of Arkansas Press. This book was a finalist for the Miller Williams Poetry prize, judged by National Book Award Winner, Patricia Smith. A book release event is planned at Pendleton Bookshop for April 24th at 6 p.m.
PERFORMING ARTS – Lillian Utsey Harder, Brooks Center director emerita and artistic director of the Utsey Chamber Music Series, secured broadcasts of five selections on American Public Media’s Performance Today: guitarist Ziggy Johnston and flutist Anthony Trionfo’s performance of Astor Piazzolla’s Ausências (arranged by Sergio Assad and João Luiz) on February 12 from their concert on April 1, 2025; Ziggy and Miles Johnston’s performance of Radames Gnattali’s Suite Retratos for two guitars (movt.4) on February 16 from their concert on April 1, 2025; Septura’s performance of Scott Joplin’s Suite from Treemonisha (movts. 3 & 4) and George Gershwin’s An American in Paris on February 18 from their concert on October 28, 2025; Sphinx Virtuosi’s performance of Beethoven’s Sonata No. 9 in A Major (movt. 3) on February 23 from their concert on March 30, 2023.
PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION – Senior Lecturer Brett Patterson was selected by the Clemson University Honors College to be the Faculty Fellow for the incoming class of the National Scholars Program.
PERFORMING ARTS – Associate Professor Kerrie Seymour will be reprising the role of Annie Wilkes in William Golding’s stage adaptation of Stephen King’s Misery at Wolfbane Productions in Lynchburg, Virginia from April 10 – 26. She will be performing under contract with Actors’ Equity Association. Also, she directed the Clemson Players’ production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, which performed in the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts earlier this month.
PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION – Associate Professor Charles Starkey presented the paper, “Emotion, Binding, and Synesthesia” at the annual meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology in Atlanta in February.
