Kelin Hull and Dr. Marilee Brooks-Gillies recently published a book chapter titled “Emotional and Embodied Relationality in Writing Center Administration: Attending to Institutional Status, In-Betweenness, and the (Re)Making of Community” in the collection Emotion and Affect in Writing Centers released by Parlor Press. About the Book Collaboratively written and single-authored chapters focus on topics such …

Chris Lamb’s latest book, Stolen Dreams: The Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars and Little League Baseball’s Civil War (University of Nebraska Press), was published on April 1 Summary: When the 11- and 12-year-olds on the Cannon Street YMCA all-star team registered for a baseball tournament in Charleston, South Carolina, in July 1955, it put the team …

Dr. Scott Pegg was recently interviewed several times on the Russian invasion of Ukraine: 1) WTWO/WAWV, Terre Haute, 2/22/22: https://www.mywabashvalley.com/news/local-news/rising-gas-prices-affect-local-motorists/ . 2) WEHT/WTVW, Evansville, 2/24/22: https://www.tristatehomepage.com/news/crisis-in-ukraine-raises-concerns-for-u-s-economy/ . 3) WTHR 13, Indianapolis, 2/24/22: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Vk7esGA9w . 4) WEHT/WTVW, Evansville, 2/25/22. 5) With Sydney Foreman, IU Bloomington for posting to the AP Video Pool. Scott Pegg is a …

Drs. Maria Brann and Jennifer Bute recently attended the grand opening of the Institute of Reproductive Grief Care in San Diego, CA, to present their research about effective communication when faced with pregnancy loss and how to assess prolonged grief. The goal of the Institute, which was founded by Life Perspectives, a non-political, non-religious global …

Dr. Carrie Foote was recently interviewed for a story on efforts to end HIV Stigma in Indiana law. Check it out here Carrie E. Foote is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, IU School of Liberal Arts, IU Indianapolis

Dr. Marilee Brooks-Gillies recently published the chapter “Embracing Difficult Conversations: Making Antiracist and Decolonial Writing Center Programming Visible,” in Linguistic Justice on Campus: Pedagogy and Advocacy for Multilingual Students published by Multilingual Matters About This book supports writing educators on college campuses to work towards linguistic equity and social justice for multilingual students. It demonstrates …

Senior Associate Faculty member Norman Minnick recently published the edited volume, The Lost Etheridge: Uncollected Poems of Etheridge Knight with ‎ Kinchafoonee Creek Press About This book contains over 200 poems — many previously unpublished — by the late poet Etheridge Knight Norman L. Minnick is a Senior Associate Faculty member in the Department of …

Dr. Elizabth Thill recently published the chapter titled, “Public Sculpture and Social Practice in the Roman Empire,” in the book The Oxford Handbook of Roman Imagery and Iconography published by Oxford University Press. Description This volume focuses primarily on visual imagery in the Roman world, examined by context and period, and the evolving scholarly traditions …

Dr. Karen Kovacik recently published a collection of translated poems by Polish writer Krystyna Dąbrowska with Zephyr Press titled Tideline. The book includes work from Dąbrowska’s first four books in Poland. About Exquisitely-crafted poems from Poland that explore how stories, and history, lie beneath the surface: of a neighbor’s face, city streets, ancient ruins, even …

Congratulations to Dr. Nancy Robertson for winning the Alvin S. Bynum Award for Excellence in Academic Mentoring! This award is given each year to outstanding academic mentors who have demonstrated longstanding and extraordinary commitment to the learning process. Nancy M. Robertson is an Associate Professor in the Department of History, IU School of Liberal Arts