Alumna Hannah Alley (Communication ‘10) self-published a poetry collection: Sun-Soaked Shadows.
Dr. Jennifer Brady (World Languages and Cultures) served as guest editor of a special feature published in Hispania in 2023 titled, “Public Humanities in Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Contexts."
Dr. Jill Doerfler (American Indian Studies) co-edited a special issue of American Periodicals: A Journal of History & Criticism on Indigenous Periodicals. She also co-authored the introduction, “ ‘You Could Speak the Truth with a Tongue of Fire’: The Cultural and Political Work of Indigenous Periodicals.”
Undergraduates Mackenzie Ehrenberg, Ripley Erickson, Madeline Fife, Maya Gort, Auda Ilvedson, Bosco Jacobson, Emily Markgraf, Jennette Schmitt, Emily Spaniol, Maryann Stafford, Suzy Wuertz, and Paige Wussow each had art selected by artist, guest curator, and alumna Susanna Gaunt (Painting, Drawing and Printmaking ‘17) for display in the Duluth Art Institute’s 2024 UMD Emerging Photographers online show. The Duluth Art Institute and the UMD Art & Design Photography area have collaborated on this exhibition annually since 2007.
Dr. Kathryn Haglin (Political Science) published "They're Coming for You! How Perceptions of Automation Affect Public Support for Universal Basic Income" in Social Science Computer Review and "The Personality and Politics of Cryptocurrency Investors" in American Politics Research. Both papers are co-authored with Dr. Soren Jordan (Auburn) and Dr. Grant Ferguson (TCU).
Dr. Lisa Horton (English, Linguistics, and Writing Studies [ELWS]), Dr. Jason Ford (Philosophy), and Dr. David Beard (ELWS) (with Clare Ford, Aaron Propes, and Peter Soulen) published an essay "From Television to Videotape and Back Again: Intellectual Property Laws in the TSU of Doctor Who" in the collection Televisual Shared Universes (Lexington Books).
Alumnus Trevor Klueg (Graphic Design ’96), animator for Teen Titans Go! at Warner Bros., had his illustration, “Together we can reach New Heights!” included in the Animation Guild’s (Local839) 2024 calendar.
Alumna Christina Labey (Studio Art ’07) was interviewed as a bookmaking expert for the article “How to Produce a Photobook” in Aperture.
Alumnus Chance Lasher (Writing Studies ‘23); Zomi Bloom, MBA; and (ELWS) Dr. David Beard’s article "Improving Rural Mental Health Care: Upstream and Downstream Solutions" appeared in Minnesota Physician.
Professor emerita Linda LeGarde Grover (American Indian Studies) published A Song over Miskwaa Rapids (University of Minnesota Press).
Alumna Haley McMillan (Communication and Spanish ‘11) self-published two novels: The Hearts We Keep and Margot James is Fine.
Undergraduate Britney Mendez (Criminology ‘24), was a member of the 2023 cohort of McNair Scholars. She presented her research project "Celebrity Influence on UMD Students’ Perception of the Death Penalty” on October 12, 2023 at the Undergraduate Research Program held at UW-Superior and at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (April 8-10, 2024) in Long Beach, CA. Her primary mentor was Dr. Scott Vollum (Criminology & Sociology); Dr. Janelle Wilson (Sociology) served as co-mentor.
Master of Professional Studies (MPS) student Mary Orman’s MPS project, a perinatal loss resource guide, was published in print and online by St. Luke's Hospital. She is completing the MPS under the state's over-65 tuition structure, which is $10/credit. Her project was overseen by Dr. Mitra Emad (Medical Anthropology) with Dr. David Beard (ELWS).
Visiting Fulbright Professor with the Department of Studies in Justice, Culture, and Social Change (2010 and 2020), Dr. Eszter Siposné Nándori (University of Miskolc, Hungary) has published with Dr. Tim Roufs (Anthropology) “The Effect of Economic Conditions on Poverty Perception in Minnesota” in SN Social Sciences.
Dr. Justin Rubin (Music) and Dr. Brett Linski (Music) recorded a song cycle in Weber Music Hall with Alice Pierce, John Pierce, and Diana Shapiro (all former UMD faculty). The song cycle, Visions and Memories, was composed by Dr. Rubin and based on six poems Dr. Linski wrote.
Undergraduate Addison Severs (Studio Art ‘25) helped design the 2023 Haunted Ship.
Dr. Sara Sowers-Wills (ELWS) received the 2023 CAHSS Award for Research and Creative Activity.
Assistant Professor John Teschner (ELWS) published his second novel, Valley of Refuge (Forge Books).
Dr. Maureen Tobin Stanley and Dr. Jennifer Brady (both of World Languages and Cultures) published an article in Hispanic Studies Review on a recent novel by Najat El Hachmi.
Department of Theatre alumni from the past 50 years celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Marshall Performing Arts Center on Saturday, April 13, 2024. 800+ theatre majors have graduated from UMD since the department was established in 1974.
Dr. Janelle L. Wilson (Sociology) co-published two articles with Dr. Carmen M. Latterell (Mathematics): “Flipped Classrooms, Mathematics Identity, and Preservice Elementary Teachers” in MathAMATYC Educator and “Not Asking for Help / Feeling Dumb: Preservice Elementary Teachers Reflect on Math Classes” in European Journal of Mathematics and Science Education. Dr. Wilson also co-published “Nostalgia and the Corona Pandemic: A Tranquil Feeling in a Fearful World” with Dr. Michael Hviid Jacobsen (Aalborg University, Denmark) and Dr. Krystine I. Batcho (LeMoyne College, Syracuse, NY) in The Emerald Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions for a Post-Pandemic World: Imagined Emotions and Emotional Futures. Additionally, Dr. Wilson’s article, “From Distress to De-Stress: Key Stressors and Coping Strategies for College Students,” appeared in Psychology Today.
Dr. Elizabethada Wright (ELWS) and Dr. David Beard (ELWS) published A Charge for Change (Parlor Press), an anthology demonstrating the powerful futures of rhetorical studies.
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