Faculty Achievements
February 2020
Dr. Laura H. Barbas Rhoden, professor of Spanish, was elected co-president (2020-1) of the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, a 1,500+ member professional organization dedicated to inspiring and promoting work in the environmental humanities. She also has a new publication, “Gendering EcoHispanisms: Knowledge, Gender, and Place in a Pluricultural Latin America.” (Hispanic Ecocriticism, edited by José Manuel Marrero, Peter Lang, 2019, pp. 69-92.)
Dr. Tracy J. Revels, professor of history, has two new publications: 1) “‘A Benevolent or Malevolent Agency’: Beryl Stapleton and Laura Lyons in The Hound of the Baskervilles.” (Essay in Resa Haile and Tamara R. Bowers, eds., Villains, Victims, and Violets: Agency and Feminism in the Original Sherlock Holmes Canon.) 2) “Dreams and Nightmares: Central Florida and the Opening of Walt Disney World” in the Journal of Florida Studies, Vol. 1, Issue 8, 2019. (http://www.journaloffloridastudies.org/files/vol0108/Revels-Dreams-Nightmares-WDW.pdf)
Jenny Bem, associate professor of accounting, was named by Impact America to its 2020 Hall of Fame for “creating lasting impact in our community” thanks to her dedication in building the SaveFirst program. She was this year’s honoree for the Carolinas.
Dr. Jeremy S. Morris, associate professor of biology, along with Jenna Link, James C. Martin and David R. Carrier, published “Sexual dimorphism in human arm power and force: implications for sexual selection on fighting ability” in the Journal of Experimental Biology (January 2020). The article also was highlighted in the journal’s “Inside JEB” feature.