Monday Memo February 5, 2018

Dean's Message

Dear Colleagues:

More good news to help us overcome any cold winter blues:

  • We have another big book award winner in the college. Prof. David Buckley's (Political Science) book Faithful to Secularism: The Religious Politics of Democracy in Ireland, Senegal and the Philippines (Columbia University Press: 2017) won the The International Studies Association’s Religion and International Relations Book Award. This award recognizes the best book published in the field of Religion and International Relations, a book that excels in originality, significance and rigor.
  • We have nineteen A&S students from thirteen different majors who have advanced to the second round of the Fulbright application process with host countries. This is a tremendous accomplishment, and might even set a new record!! Many thanks to Pat Condon and all of the faculty who are so great at helping to prepare our students as they make their applications.

I certainly hope you’ll join me tomorrow evening for the Phi Beta Kappa lecture presented by the Honorable Matthew Barzun, former Ambassador to the United Kingdom under President Obama. We have over 130 registrations so far, but you’re welcome to come even without registering. His topic is "Our Separate Worlds: Where Do We Go From Here? (Hint: More Humanities)." For a sneak peak, check out his recent interview with Mark Hebert ,or you can tune in to WFPL tomorrow morning  to hear Bill Burton's interview with the Ambassador. For more information about the lecture topic and Ambassador Barzun, go to uofl.me/as-pbklecture2018

The second annual A&S Celebration of Excellence will be held on Friday, April 13. I hope you have that date reserved, and are planning to nominate your colleagues if you haven't already, as we have plenty of deserving folks across the college. Nominations are due Feb. 16. It isn’t difficult, really, and your colleagues will be so appreciative! For a list of awards, criteria, and nomination forms, visit uofl.me/as-awards2018

Hope to see you tomorrow night!

Kimberly Kempf-Leonard, Dean

Announcements

The Commonwealth Center for Humanities and Society announces the 2018-19 Faculty Fellows:

Professor BradBowman (History). Confessional Boundaries and Shifting Religious Identities at the Dawning of the Islamic Period

Professor AnnaBrowne-Ribeiro (Anthropology). Race, Ethnicity, and Modernity at an Amazonian Crossroads.

Professor Melanie Gast (Sociology). Navigating Inclusion: Citizenship Status and How Immigrant Mothers Translate Involvement and Belonging Across Local Organizations

Professor Frank Kelderman (English). Sovereign Lessons: Narrating Childhood in Native American Literatures, 1830-1930

Professor KatherineMassoth (History). “That Was Women’s Work”: The Borders of Gender, Cultural Practices, and Ethnic Identity in Arizona And New Mexico, 1846-1941

Professor Susan Ryan (English). Figuring India in Nineteenth-Century American Print Culture.

Professor Kalia Story (Women’s and Gender Studies/Pan-African Studies). When the Rainbow is Enuf: The Racist and Heteronormative Politics of Neoliberal Queer Life.

Research & Creative Activity

Olorunsola Award for full-time, tenure-track assistant professors in A&S

A&S is soliciting applications for the Victor Olorunsola Endowed Research Award, which is awarded to faculty in their first four years of teaching. One award of $2,000 will be made this year. The deadline for applications is March 9, 2018. Guidelines and additional information online.
 

A&S Research and Creative Activity Grant for tenured or tenure-track faculty

A&S announces funding opportunities to promote research and creative activities of faculty members with the purpose of increasing the extramural research funding, and the number of scholarly publications, refereed exhibits, and artistic performances of the college. The deadline for submissions is March 9, 2018. Guidelines and proposal template online.
 

A&S Research and Creative Activity Grant for graduate students

A&S announces funding opportunities to promote research and creative activities of Graduate Students with the purpose of increasing the extramural research funding, the number of scholarly publications, refereed exhibits, and artistic performances of the college. The deadline for submissions is 4:00 PM on March 23, 2018. Guidelines and proposal template online
 

2018 (Spring) Internal Grants Program deadline is March 27

The call for proposals for the EVPRI Internal Grants Program is reinitiated and the EVPRI will be accepting applications for Spring 2018 review.  The Internal Grants Program (Research I, Research II and Undergraduate Research Grants) aims to assist faculty and students in new highly productive research projects.  All grant categories are open to full-time faculty, including full time faculty who mentor students for the Undergraduate Research Grants projects. Information and applications forms are available online.

Teaching

Call for Nominations for Woodcock Medal

The Woodcock Medal is considered the most prestigious recognition of accomplishment by an undergraduate student in the College of Arts & Sciences. The medal is awarded each year to “an outstanding senior whose personal characteristics and superior scholarship give promise of constructive leadership in society.”
 
The A&S Honors Thesis Committee selects the nominee for the Woodcock Medal on the basis of a student's record and at the recommendation of members of the faculty. Students completing summa projects are often strong candidates but faculty members are also encouraged to nominate exceptional students who did not choose to engage in a summa project. Please note that students will be considered only if we receive letters of nomination/support from members of the faculty. We do not limit the number of letters that can be submitted. 
 
Students eligible for nomination include those who graduated in December 2017 and those who will graduate in May 2018. When I receive a nomination I will inform the student and ask for a summary of accomplishments or résumé.
 
The Committee will meet in late March to consider candidates. I am asking that letters of nomination be sent to me by campus mail (University Honors Program, Etscorn Honors Center) or email (joy.hart@louisville.edu) by Tuesday, March 20 to facilitate distribution of materials to the committee.

Kudos

Student research wins award for summer research

Undergrad Brianna Mills (Physics & Astronomy) was one of five winners of the Chambliss Student Poster award at the 2018 American Astronomical Society meeting. There were over 100 undergraduate entrants in the competition. Ms. Mills is the first from UofL to win the Chambliss.

Prof. Yanoviak's article named Editor's Choice

Prof. Steve Yanoviak (Biology) had a collaborative paper highlighted as an Editor’s Choice article in the journal Biotropica. Stephen P. Yanoviak, Cheryl Silveri, Alyssa Y. Stark, John T. Van Stan II and Delphis F. Levia Jr. (2017). Surface roughness affects the running speed of tropical canopy antsBiotropica 49(1): 92-100.

Strickley's short story collection is among three winning manuscripts

Gold Wake Press chooses from among over 400 submissions to select three winning manuscripts: a poetry collection, a novel, and a short-story collection. Sarah Anne Strickley's (English) short-story collection - Fall Together - won, and will reach readers in June. Fall Together, draws together stories that investigate characters on the brink of various forms of collapse--some literal (like a coal mining disaster) and some more figurative (like a mid-life crisis).

Co-authored paper on nursing home interventions

Prof. Suzanne Meeks (Psychological & Brain Sciences) and her former doctoral student Brian Ludwin recently had a paper on nursing home interventions from Ludwin's dissertation published online ahead of print. It was picked up by the McNight’s Long Term Care News, the daily newsletter for the nursing home industry. Go to mention on McKnight's and click on "antipsychotics message " hyperlink to see full text of article.

In the News

Staff Picks: French Film Festival (LEO Weekly) - About French Film Festival.

Staff picks: Literary LEO (LEO Weekly, 2/7/18) - Judges panel for Literary LEO Awards includes Prof. Mary Carothers (Fine Arts)

Louisville is awful at treating eating disorders. Can this scientist change that? (Louisville Magazine, 2/2/18) - Prof. Cheri Levinson (Psychological & Brain Sciences) advocates for more effective eating-disorder treatment.

The fate of Louisville's Confederate statue is in the hands of this small group (Courier-Journal, 2/1/18) - References members of this public art advisory committee which includes Prof. Chris Reitz (Fine Arts) and Prof. Dewey Clayton (Political Science). 

French films shown during festival at university, museum (Bowling Green Daily News, 2/1/18) - About UofL's French Film Festival

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer promises to address city’s trash problem (WFPL, 2/1/18) - Prof. Kelly Kinahan (Urban & Public Affairs) weighs in on the trash problems in certain city neighborhoods. 

The GOP is demonizing the Dreamers (LEO Weekly, 1/31/18) - References Congressman Yarmuth's guest at the State of the Union address, A&S & Business student Leo Salinas Chacon. He is also president of the Hispanic Latin American Student Organization.

Deans of the Louisville art scene, the giants in our midst (LEO Weekly, 1/31/18) - Among those "giants" profiles is A&S alumna Elmer Lucille Allen, ceramicist, who earned her MA from Fine Arts in 2002.

‘The Magic Play,’ a unique piece of theater …and don’t miss: ‘Guiando a Molly’ and ‘Eurydice’ (LEO Weekly, 1/31/18) - Marty Rosen gives Theatre Arts' production of Eurydice a thumbs up. 

Don't be a prisoner. Find happiness and reclaim your humanity (Courier-Journal, 1/31/18) - Prof. Ricky Jones (Pan-African Studies) considers why so many unhappy and what the solution to that unhappiness might be. 

U of L Professor breaks down President Trump's first State of the Union Address (Spectrum News, 1/31/18) - Prof. Nick Paliewicz (Communication) says President Trump’s rhetoric was consistent with past speeches. 

Yarmuth and his State of the Union guest – a DACA recipient – say speech ‘demonizes’ immigrants (Courier-Journal, 1/31/18) - Leo Salinas Chacón, A&S and business student, weighs in on Trump's State of the Union address

Fischer names members of Public Art and Monument Advisory Committee (WFPL, 1/30/18) - Committee members include Prof. Chris Reitz (Fine Arts) and Prof. Dewey Clayton (Political Science). 

Full range of contemporary French cinema on display at UofL French Film festival (Insider Louisville, 1/30/18)

The next Louisville: What trash cans tell us about poverty in Louisville (WFPL, 1/30/18) - Prof. Daniel DeCaro (Psychological & Brain Sciences) weighs in on the psychological impacts of living in a neglected environment. 

State of the Union: Live from Louisville (BBC World Service, 1/30/18) - Prof. Jasmine Farrier (Political Science) was interviewed extensively by the BBC World Service about the State of the Union address. Additionally, Prof. Farrier and two political science students were invited to participate in a live broadcast of the BBC World Service during the State of the Union to get their real-time reactions and thoughts to the speech.  

Former Lexington mayor wants job back in seven-way race (WKYT, 1/30/18) - Alumnus Ronnie Bastin (Criminal Justice) running for mayor in a 7-way race. 

Addressing NKY's shortage of affordable housing (WVKU, 1/29/18) - Prof. Matthew Ruther (Urban & Public Affairs) was a panelist  on 2/1/18 discussing the shortage of affordable housing in Northern Kentucky

Trump’s two-faced immigration strategy rides an ancient racist dichotomy (Salon, 1/28/18) - Prof. Adam Enders (Political Science) is quoted and his research is featured. 

UofL Theatre echoes #MeToo movement with season of women playwrights (Insider Louisville, 1/25/18)

Louisville Seminary’s Black Church Studies Consultation to address pastoral care in congregations and communities (The Presbyterian Outlook, 1/22/18) - This year’s Black Church Studies Consultation preacher is Prof. M. Brandon McCormack (Pan-African Studies). He will be presenting “Black Joy in the Mo(u)rning" on February 27. 

A potential government shutdown (WPR, 1/18/18) - A talk show on Wisconsin Public Radio with host Rob Ferrett and guest Prof. Jasmine Farrier (Political Science)