Our faculty members participate in conferences around the world, conduct groundbreaking research, and publish books and journal papers that contribute to their field and highlight their expertise. We feature those accomplishments and more in this section. College of Arts and Humanities Nancy Erbe, professor of negotiation, conflict resolution and peacebuilding, wrote a book review on "Syria: A Decade of Lost Chances" for International Journal of World Peace (March 2015, 32(1): 104). Gilah Yelin Hirsch, professor of art and design, was a visiting artist at the International Painters' Symposium in Dunajska Streda, Slovakia, where she gave presentation on her work, "The Science of Art as a ... Read More
Faculty Highlights
Professor Kim Trimble teaches English-as-a-foreign-language teachers in Turkey
Kim Trimble, a professor of teacher education at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), was thrilled to be able to return to Turkey as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar, and relive one of the most “rewarding personal and professional” experiences of his life. Trimble had previously spent two one-year stints–in 2003-04 and 2009-10–living and teaching in Turkey through the Fulbright program and was honored to be awarded an unprecedented third award. As with his prior Fulbright posts, Trimble was a visiting faculty member at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey, where he taught in the Graduate School of Education's Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Foreign Language program (MA ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: August 2015
Our faculty members participate in conferences around the world, conduct groundbreaking research, and publish books and journal papers that contribute to their field and highlight their expertise. We feature those accomplishments and more in this section. College of Arts and Humanities Nancy Erbe, professor of negotiation, conflict resolution and peacebuilding, was recognized by the Acting Consul General of the United States in Rio de Janeiro Michael Yoder as the last Fulbright Distinguished Chair at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janerio (PUC-Rio) during a special event to celebrate the 12th anniversary and conclusion of the Fulbright Distinguished U.S. Studies Chair at the ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: July 2015
Our faculty members participate in conferences around the world, conduct groundbreaking research, and publish books and journal papers that contribute to their field and highlight their expertise. We feature those accomplishments and more in this section. College of Arts and Humanities Anne Soon Choi, associate professor of interdisciplinary studies, gave the keynote at the Integrating Student Research into Pedagogical Practice, a teaching and learning conference held at Longwood University on May 21. The title of her talk was: "Turn it Inside Out---Adapting Student Research as a High Impact Practice." Scott Morris, coordinator of guitar studies, led a master class in classical guitar ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: June 2015
Our faculty members participate in conferences around the world, conduct groundbreaking research, and publish books and journal papers that contribute to their field and highlight their expertise. We feature those accomplishments and more in this section. College of Arts and Humanities Gilah Yelin Hirsch, professor of art, was among the artists whose work was exhibited in Incognito 2015 in May at the Santa Monica Museum of Art. Hirsch is presenting a talk, “Reflections on Art as a Healing Process,” at the Advanced Study Institute in Cultural Psychiatry conference on the Arts in Cultural Psychiatry: Identity, Creativity and Transformation June 1-3 at McGill University in Montreal, ... Read More
