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Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education . This article analyzes Wagner’s short story, “University, Speaking,” for the depiction of adaptation and transformation of the higher education system. Wagner was invited to participate in a critical forum published by Utopian Studies about solarpunk. The central article by Alexa Weik von Mossner heavily cites Wagner’s scholarship and editorial work, and Wagner was invited to respond alongside Tobias Skiveren. The article and Wagner’s critical response is forthcoming from Utopian Studies . Marisa Sánchez, Ph.D. , assistance professor of art history, co-chaired the session, “Generalist Pedagogies: Strategies for Teaching Beyond Specialization,” with her colleague Kristen Carter, Ph.D., assistant professor of art history at Florida Southern College, at the 112 th Annual College Art Association conference held in Chicago, Ill. This panel inspired discussion — and new perspectives and strategies — on teaching beyond immediate specializations. Focused on art history programs, the four papers presented by each art historian explored and demonstrated how course development, assignments, outstanding individuals for their dedicated service to the College upon their retirement. Gary Hafer, Ph.D. , department of English, has been granted emeriti status after 32 years of teaching (also see pages XX-XX). Susan M. Ross, Ph.D. , has been granted faculty emerita and dean emerita status. Ross joined the faculty in the department of anthropology-sociology in 1998. Following a notable 18-year career in the classroom, she was promoted to associate provost for experiential learning and director of the Center for Enhanced Academic Experiences in 2016. She was later promoted to vice provost and then named dean of the College in 2022, where she directed the Center for Enhanced Academic Experiences, the Office of Academic Services Deans, the First Year Seminar Program, the Lycoming Partnership Program, College student and advising can incorporate different approaches and skills that cross disciplinary, geographic, material, and temporal lines while maintaining historical, socio-political, and theoretical specificity. Lycoming College extends its sincere gratitude to these

The article “Digital Multimodal Composing in Beginning L2 Spanish Classes: Student-Created Children’s Books” was published by Maybel Mesa Morales, Ph.D. , assistant professor of Spanish, in The International Journal of Literacies . Her paper, “Landscapes of Haptic Visuality and Affects: A Conversation with Cuban Filmmaker Patricia Ramos,” was published in the volume Cinematic Landscape and Emerging Identities in Contemporary Latin American Film by Lexington Books.

Jessica Munson, Ph.D ., associate professor of archaeology and anthropology, published “Ritual networks and the structure of moral communities in Classic Maya society” in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology . The article is part of a special issue entitled “People and Space: Defining Multiscalar Communities and Neighborhoods with Social Network Analysis and Theory.” Munson and Amelia Thompson ’25 presented their collaborative research at the 89 th Annual Meeting of Munson (pictured second from left) and co-organizer Amy Thompson, Ph.D. (University of Texas - Austin), led a Research Team Seminar on the topic “Relational Inequality in the Ancient Maya World” at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, N.M.

Society for American Archaeology in New Orleans, La. Their paper, “Differential access to public space and plaza capacity through time,” is a comparative analysis of Aguateca and Altar de Sacrificios — two sites in the Maya lowlands with high-resolution chronological controls — which will contribute to a larger multi-authored study as part of the Spatial Analysis of Maya Settlements working group. After providing 13 remarkable years of administrative leadership to the College, Philip Sprunger, Ph.D. , will rejoin the faculty in the department of economics in the fall of 2025 following a year-long sabbatical, during which time he will develop curriculum for his return to the classroom. Sprunger assumed the role of provost and dean of the College in 2011 and as provost and dean of the faculty in 2022. As provost, he oversaw an overhaul and improvement of the general education program, the addition of numerous new majors, and multiple successful accreditation cycles. He first joined the faculty in 1993. The scholarly work of Phoebe Wagner, Ph.D. , assistant professor of English, is being published in Mishra and Nicole Jakubczyk Oster, their article, “Who Speaks for the University? Social Fiction as a Lens for Reimagining Higher Education Futures,” is out from the International two academic journals. As the third author alongside Punya

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Julie Yingling, Ph.D. , associate professor of criminal justice and criminology, published “Power & Moral Capital — A ‘Theory of Access’ for People Receiving Public Assistance in Rural USA” in The Sociological Quarterly . Biliana Stoytcheva-Horissian, Ph.D. , chair and professor of theatre, was published in Theatre Topics , an official publication of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education by Johns Hopkins University Press. Her article, “Factors Affecting Theatre Faculty Job Satisfaction: A Thematic Analysis,” was co-authored with Kevork Horissian and Wei You and appeared in the March 2024 issue.

Andreas Rentsch, MFA , chair and associate professor of art, displayed his artwork in “The Polaroid Project” exhibition at the National Taiwan Normal University Museum of

Art in Taipei City, Taiwan. This landmark exhibition started in 2017 and has so far been shown in nine museums on three continents. Additionally,

three unique pieces from Rentsch’s “Pandemonium” series are currently included in an exhibition at the FASE Gallery in Empoli, Italy. The five artists in this show will later exhibit at C. Grimaldi Gallery in Baltimore, Md., in September 2024.

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