HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY – Professor Rod Andrew was interviewed about his book The Marines’ Fight for Survival: War, Politics, and Institutional Crisis, 1945-1952 for the “Preble Hall” podcast series produced by the United States Naval Academy Museum. The episode aired on September 14.
ENGLISH – Assistant Professor Stevie Edwards has had a number of poems published recently from the manuscript for her fifth book, Born on a Saturday Night: “Ode to a Cheeseburger” and “How to Quit Drinking” in Anti-Heroin Chic, “American Sonnet” and “American Triolet” in Mezzo Camim, and “Allium Feast” and “A Stranger on the Internet Wants to Know How Depression Feels” in Diode Poetry Journal.
LANGUAGES – Lecturer of ASL Tasha Goodrich delivered a TEDxClemsonU talk on Saturday, September 26, titled “Accessibility Is Not Optional.” The entire event is available to view on YouTube.
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES – Professor and Chair Lisa Melançon w s named winner of the Best Research Article in Programmatic Perspectives, which is the journal of the Council for Programs in Scientific and Technical Communication. The award is given to authors who have made exceptional contributions to the field of technical, professional, and scientific communication. Research from her article has been integrated into the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies’ Professional Communication and Information Design program, which directly serves over 2,800 Clemson students a year.
PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION – Professor Charles Starkey presented “Radical Virtue Externalism” at 2026 International Society for Moral Psychology Conference at Cornell University on September 17-19, 2026.
ENGLISH – Professor Rhondda Robinson Thomas accepted an invitation to participate in the “Reckoning Well: Working Toward Reparative Institutional Histories of Slavery” working group that met at the AASLH and NCPH Joint Conference in Providence, RI, on September 16-19, 2026, to help create a practitioner network that will share challenges, successes, and ethical dilemmas through the development of a practical framework for responsible research, descendant engagement, and transparent interpretation that strengthens institutional accountability and supports community repair. Thomas was also recently appointed to the Culture and Community at the Penn Center National Historic Landmark District Advisory Board.
