Faculty-Staff Achievements
Yelena Biberman-Ocakli, associate professor of political science, published (with Maj. Alex Deep) 鈥溾�� on the Modern War Institute at West Point website.
Jenny Huangfu Day, associate professor of history, published "" in the journal Twentieth-Century China.
Jordana Dym, professor of history and director of Latin American and Latinx Studies Program,
gave an invited lecture for the IV Congreso Centroamericano de Historia on April 22.
Her presentation focused on the strengths and weaknesses of a robust, inclusive but
indirect electoral system in early 19th-century Central America.
Giuseppe Faustini, professor of Italian, delivered a paper, 鈥淧irandello poeta,鈥� for the Pirandello
On Air webinar, sponsored by the Pirandello Society on April 30. Faustini also participated
in a panel discussion.
Christopher Mann, assistant professor of political science, was interviewed by the for an article about the impact of the census apportionment of congressional seats.
Kelly Melekis, associate professor and chair of the Department of Social Work, has received a Fulbright
U.S. Scholar Program award to teach and conduct research at Vytautas Magnus University
in Kaunas, Lithuania, as part of a project on social work in a global context. Her
research will explore cultural variations in palliative and end-of-life care and end-of-life
care education.
Tammy C. Owens, assistant professor of American studies, published 鈥溾�� in the volume 鈥淐hildren and Youth as Subjects, Objects, Agents: Innovative Approaches to Research Across Space and Time鈥� (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021).
Pushkala Prasad, professor of management and business, presented the paper 鈥淲hose Womb is This? Feminist
Divisions Around Global Commercial Surrogacy鈥� at the Southern Connecticut State University鈥檚
Women and Gender Studies Conference on April 23.
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