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Faculty News
Erin J. Rand, associate professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, authored “Minor Troubles: Racial Figurations of Youth Sexuality and Childhood’s Queerness” (Ohio State University Press). The book investigates a series of controversies about youth sexuality and queerness from the early 21st century: adult concerns about teen sexting, the bullying and suicides of queer kids, trans youths’ access to gender-segregated bathrooms at school, and sex education. Rand focuses on the rhetorical process of figuration in creating cultural ideas about childhood, providing a roadmap for understanding alarmist discourses about children, race, gender, and sexuality.
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Faculty News
SeWoong Kim, assistant professor of environmental and interior design in the School of Design, co-authored “Measuring the impact of the urban microclimate on housing price using the spatial hedonic pricing method: The case study of Mueller, Austin, TX” in ScienceDirect. This study examines the impact of outdoor thermal comfort levels on housing price variations within residential neighborhoods and evaluates the challenges and accuracy of assessing outdoor thermal comfort in these areas.
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Faculty News
David Tarleton, professor and chair of the Department of Film and Media Arts, and Adria Dawn, instructor in the Department of Film and Media Arts and Department of Drama, were directors of the Kid Culture segment in season 1, episode 4, “Air,” of the Apple TV+ series “Yo Gabba Gabbaland!” The segment tells the story of Bailey, a young girl living in Chicago. The series is a reimagining of the previous award-winning kids’ show “Yo Gabba Gabba!”
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Faculty News
Andrew Saluti, associate professor of museum studies in the School of Design, was quoted in the New York Times article "Exhale Through the Gift Shop" about museums adding scents to their exhibitions.
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Alumni News
Adara (“Darla”) Hobbs ’22 G ‘26, an alumna of the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, will soon begin a two-year research project examining the potential social justice and public health impacts of living in neighborhoods that have experienced the historical discriminatory practice of redlining. Hobbs was recently named a 2024-26 Lender Center for Social Justice student fellow and will work with Miriam Mutambudzi, assistant professor of public health in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics.
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Faculty News
Sam Van Aken, associate professor of studio arts in the School of Art, had his work “The Tree of 40 Fruit” included in Amy Stewart’s new book “The Tree Collectors” (Random House), which was reviewed by The New York Times (subscription required). His “The Open Orchard” at Governors Island, New York City, was included on Cultured’s list of “10 Essential Land Art Pilgrimages to Make Across the United States this Summer.”
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Faculty News
Izmir Ickbal, assistant professor of theater design and technology in the Department of Drama, was selected as the set designer for the New York City premiere of “The Divining: Ceremonies from in the name of the m/other tree,” a co-production of The Apollo and The National Black Theatre that ran in September. The production used movement, poetry, percussion, and visual art to encourage audience members to understand that their connection to the natural world is critical to their liberation.
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Faculty News
Juan Juarez, associate professor of studio arts in the School of Art, had his series of works titled “South Texas (Looking for Ghosts)” selected for the “The Last Sky,” the Texas Biennial, a geographically-led, independent survey of contemporary art in Texas that opened Aug. 24 and is ongoing. Read More...
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Faculty News
Ann Clarke, retired associate professor of studio arts in the School of Art and dean emerita of VPA, will show work in the solo exhibition “Ann Clarke: Interior Landscapes” at Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo, New York. The exhibition, which runs September 13 to March 2, 2025, is made possible in part with the support of a $10,000 New York State Council on the Arts Individual Artist grant.
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Faculty News
Rachel Dubrofsky, chair of the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, co-authored an article, “‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’: Queer Authenticity and Strategic Westernness,” with Zane Willard, a University of South Florida student. Published in Communication, Culture & Critique, their work explores the intersection of queerness and whiteness in “RuPaul’s Drag Race: UK vs The World."
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Faculty News
Anne Laver, associate professor in the Setnor School of Music, was a featured performer and presenter at the National Convention of the American Guild of Organists. Her recital included a work for trombone and organ by Assistant Professor Natalie Draper, commissioned by the San Francisco Special Projects Fund, as well as a piece by alumnus Asriel Davis G’23. Laver also gave a paper, “Organ Concerts at San Francisco World’s Fair,” with organ performance major Abbie Wood ’25.
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Faculty News
Rochele Royster, art therapist and assistant professor in the Department of Creative Arts Therapy, facilitated wellness workshops for a community art project, helping women explore themes of home, safety, and renewal while painting. The workshops culminated in a design for a street mural, installed at 1100 N. McBride St., Syracuse, by artist Daniela Nikolavsky. The project, initiated by Her Village, a wellness group for new American, refugee women, was made possible by Ocara Fine Arts Gallery, ME/WE Creative Arts Lab & Community Art Therapy Studio, and Hopeprint, Inc.
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Faculty News
Holly Greenberg, associate professor in the School of Art, is raising awareness of bird-window collisions, one of the leading causes of bird deaths, through a crowdsourced art project, Bird Collisions in the Anthropocene, recently featured in the Chicago Tribune (subscription required). Greenberg holds free workshops where attendees create a replica of one of the 10,836 birds that died from a window collision last year in Chicago. She will use the bird replicas to make an artwork the size of a football field.
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Faculty News
Kendall Phillips, professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, collaborated with Jared Case, curator of film exhibitions at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York, and College of Arts and Sciences Professor Will Scheibel for a nine-film series to explore the varied ways filmmakers have taken source material from comic books and brought it to the screen. "Beyond the Universe: Comic Books and Film" will run from June through August at the Dryden Theatre in Rochester and spotlight films from the past 45 years.
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Faculty News
Sylvia Sierra, associate professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, was quoted by Spectrum News 1 for the story “Political Memes Taking Over Social Media."
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Faculty News
Sylvia Sierra, associate professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, was quoted in the Newsweek story "Linguist Predicts That New Slang Is Coming Because of One Important Factor."
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Faculty News
Elisa Dekaney, associate dean of research, graduate studies, and internationalization in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) and a professor of music education in VPA and the School of Education, co-authored the peer-reviewed article “Parental Executive Functions and Motivations Unveil Variations in Young Children’s Screen Media Use" in Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica. The article is a result of VPA's partnership with Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie in São Paulo, Brazil, and visiting scholar Elizeu Macedo.
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Faculty News
Vocalist Marianne Solivan, assistant professor in the Setnor School of Music, joined forces with Mighty Quinn Records for her fifth release, Re-Entry. The album, which has a June 2024 release date, features Leandro Pellegrino, Steve Wood, Jay Sawyer, and Alex Terrier. The single, "Tal Vez," is out now.
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Faculty News
Elisa Dekaney, professor of music education in the Setnor School of Music and School of Education, participated in the event "Rethinking the Future: Exploring the role of social, behavioral, and neural sciences in overcoming global obstacles and promoting progress,” organized by the National Institute of Science and Technology on Social and Affective Neuroscience (INCT-SANI) and the Social and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory of the Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, Brazil. She presented the lecture “Silence as Discourse: Voice Equity in Research Practices.”
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Faculty News
Diane Grimes, associate professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, co-authored “Through the Lens of Whiteness: Challenging Racialized Imagery in Pop Culture” (Skinner House). The book examines how visual imagery in our popular culture is dominated by white ways of seeing, considers the contributions such images make to white supremacy culture in the United States, and how challenging those norms can support antiracist efforts.
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