February 2022 | Issue 14
NEXT ISSUE: March 3, 2022
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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS
CAL Awarded Health Humanities Grant
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A group of faculty in the UToledo College of Arts and Letters received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to create a health humanities minor aimed at improving healthcare, the first collaborative faculty grant from the NEH in the college in over a decade.
The three-year, $133,859 grant will support the development of academic curriculum at UToledo along with paid internships at health organizations and hospitals for liberal arts majors and aspiring physicians and nonclinical administrators. See more...
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CAL faculty responsible for the grant: Dr. Kim Nielsen (Disability Studies) Dr. Ally Day (Disability Studies),
Dr. Rachel Dudley (Women's and Gender Studies),
Dr. Melissa Gregory (Assoc. Dean, CAL).
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DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND PLANNING
Faculty Wins Top Award for Course Development
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Dr. Sujata Shetty, professor in the Department of Geography and Planning, along with her colleagues from BGSU, have been chosen by Columbia University’s Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) as one of the recipients of the 2022 Course Development Prize in Architecture, Climate Change, and Society.
The course, "Acclimatizing to Heat in a Legacy City: Urban Heat Islands, Segregation and Social Connections in Toledo, Ohio," will focus on the intersection between heat events and the structure of the City of Toledo, socio-economic and physical. The course description reads: "The main question we ask is: how can heat mitigation architecture and planning interventions further social equity? Our aim is to examine the connection of nature to human experience, and to integrate the wellbeing of individuals with the design of healthy public spaces and neighborhood-wide environments. The joint venture will advance and bolster climate literacy in Northwest Ohio."
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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
Arts Commission Honors CAL Faculty
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Dr. Kimberly Mack, UToledo associate professor of English and a scholar of African American literature and American popular music, received one of The Arts Commission’s Merit Awards for 2021 for outstanding local artists. Dr. Mack received the award for Literary Arts.
“The Arts Commission Merit Award means a lot to me, as it provided timely financial support for research I conducted at the Center for Brooklyn History at the Brooklyn Public Library in New York City,” Dr. Mack said.
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“My memoir-in-progress is about the importance of rock music in my relationship with my mother during my 1970s Brooklyn childhood, and I needed to do research about Brooklyn in order to provide a larger cultural and historical context for my narrative.”
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DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
Stress Reduction Research Study Seeks Student Participants
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Students: Are you interested in learning and using Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction to help manage your mental health and wellness? A FREE new program is currently recruiting interested UToledo students to participate in a clinical research study of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, offered on campus through the University of Toledo Psychology Clinic.
Program begins Feb. 7, contact Raegan Cupp right away if interested, or for more information.
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CAL PUBLISHING AND EXHIBITION NEWS |
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Department of World Languages and Cultures faculty member Dr. Kasumi Yamazaki's co-authored book called, Digital Games and Language Learning: Theory, Development and Implementation, was recently published by Bloomsbury Academic. This work provides an excellent overview of and current status of digital games in the language classroom.
Dr. Manuel R. Montes, Department of World Languages and Cultures, was featured in a recent podcast series with Latin American contemporary authors produced by NC Chapel Hill University's undergraduate Spanish students. Dr. Montes discussed his career as an author and students learned about some of his most recent published works in Spanish, which they studied in their Spanish Literature class at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Deborah Orloff, professor of art in the Department of Art, recently had new artwork featured in several internationally competitive exhibitions: Simple Form at Space Place Gallery in Nizhniy Tagil, Russia; Above and Under the Surface at Instruments of Memory in Los Angeles, California; and The International Photography Exhibition at the Museum of Gloucester in England.
Her artwork was also published in an internationally competitive book: The 8th International Photography Annual, published by Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH (ISBN 978-1-940862-32-3).
An artwork of UToledo Art Professor Barbara Miner was one of only 52 works (out of roughly one thousand international submissions) into the Los Angeles 8th Annual International Photography Exhibition. This year's show, PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO NOTICE | PHOTO EXHIBITION, runs February 26 - April 23, 2022. It can be seen online at dabart.me/upcoming.
English professor, Dr. Kimberly Mack, had a book chapter, “The Self-Fashioned American Blues Identity," published in Ralph Ellison in Context, edited by Paul Devlin, Cambridge University Press. She was also elected to the Modern Language Association GS Life Writing Forum Executive Committee for a five-year term.
Two faculty from the Department of English Language and Literature and the dean of the College of Arts and Letters, gave presentations last month at the Modern Language Association Conference, Washington D.C. Dr. Joey Kim gave two presentations: “Christian Conversion through Racial Exclusion in The Oriental or, Tung-Ngai San-Luk, The Second Chinese-Language Newspaper in the U.S.” and "Evangelical Orientalism in The Oriental or, Tung-Ngai San-Luk.”
Dr. Ayendy Bonifacio also presented twice: “Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda and Colonial Desires in Puerto Rico's Conservative Press” and “‘Cholera Immigrants’ in the US Periodical Press.” Dr. Charlene Gilbert, dean, presented "From Artist to Administrator: Divergent Paths" in a session on Academic Career Paths to the Deanship.
Dan Compora, associate professor in the Department of English, published an article, "The Ties that Bind: Familial Burdens in a Zombie Apocalypse," in the peer-reviewed online journal Revenant.
Dr. Karie Peralta, associate professor of Sociology, was recently elected to the council of North Central Sociological Association, a regional association that seeks to further the development of sociology as a scientific and scholarly discipline through research, effective teaching and professional collaboration, and the wide utilization of sociological skills and knowledge concerning social policy issues. ncsanet.org/
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At a recent concert at Lucille's, Ellie Martin sang some of her own compositions, but also paid homage to the musicians who taught her, like Jon Hendricks, Claude Black, and Clifford Murphy.
When Dan Hernandez was growing up in the ‘80s, he spent hours playing classic Nintendo and Sega Genesis video games, resulting in his exhibit Dan Hernandez: New Work. Now on display at 20 North Gallery, New Work.
UToledo alum Carlos Washington's play, "20K Leagues Under the Sea," leads to many awards and successes for the young playwright.
Alec Simon’s original work, “Elkshire,” will take the stage for four performances this February at the Center for Performing Arts, representing the culmination of years of writing that started back in middle school. “Elkshire” is a fantastical journey through a far-off land. The story follows Merrick, an inventor, as she tries to impress the town’s ruler while trying not to derail the flow of daily life for those living in the town. But a force works to upend everything and Merrick must save her friends, family and the town as a whole.
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DEPARTMENTS OF ART AND WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES,
AND THE CATHARINE S. EBERLY CENTER
A traveling exhibit introducing the voices of individuals who have experienced abortion. These stories belong to individuals who have had abortions and others who are close to the abortion experience. Their narratives provide a broad picture of abortion in the United States.
Carlson Library, 5th floor
DEPARTMENT OF WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES
- “Detriments of Women in Psychiatric Healthcare: A Content Analysis of Women in Benzodiazepine Advertisements” with Geneva Krieger
- “Death Becomes Her: An Exploration into Woman Funeral Directors and Embalmers” with Kylee Gregg
DEPARTMENTS OF COMMUNICATION AND WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES
Dr. Ludlow will share several contemporary popular culture examples of abortion stories that challenge the prochoice movement to let go of a few entrenched and/or binary ways of thinking and to better incorporate reproductive justice principles into prochoice advocacy and activism.
Carlson Library, Room 1005
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DEPARTMENT OF ART
Faux Space Art Exhibition
Exhibit on display through Spring semester, Ritter Planetarium lobby
Faculty Art Exhibition - Reception (note new date below - was Feb. 4)
Friday, Feb. 11 (6-8:30 p.m.) Exhibit on display through Feb. 11, Center for the Visual Arts (CVA)
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DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND FILM, STUDENT AFFAIRS
SONS OF TOLEDO Film Screening/Discussion Thursday, Feb. 10, 6:45 p.m.
Center for Performing Arts
Screening of the award-winning film SONS OF TOLEDO, by UToledo theatre prof, Matt Foss, followed by a discussion, led by Interim VP of Student Affairs Valerie Walston, with a panel of local leaders that will include Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz.
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DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND FILM
Written and directed by UToledo theatre major Alec Simon, ELKSHIRE is a fantastical journey through a far-off land, which follows Merek, an inventor, as he tries to impress the town's ruler before having to save his friends and family from a force that works to upend everything.
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PROGRAM IN LAW AND SOCIAL THOUGHT
Game Night! Thursday, Feb. 10, 7-9:30 SU Room 2582
Join LST students for music, food, and gaming of all sorts.
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DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC
Concerts
- Jazz Ensemble - Monday, Feb. 21, 7 p.m., (CPA, Recital Hall)
- ART TATUM MEMORIAL JAZZ SCHOLARSHIP CONCERT - GUEST RICK ROE - Wednesday, Feb. 23, 7 p.m., (CPA - Recital Hall)
- Chamber Singers and University Chorus - Tuesday, March 1, 7 p.m. (CPA, Recital Hall)
- Wind Ensemble - Wednesday, March 2, 7 p.m. (University Hall, Doermann Theatre)
- University Orchestra - Thursday, March 3, 7 p.m. (University Hall, Doermann Theatre)
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ROGER RAY INSTITUTE FOR THE HUMANITIES
Wednesday, Feb. 23, 12 -1:30 p.m. (Memorial Field House 2420) - Open forum discussion on Engaging Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Humanities. For faculty, students, and staff with a catered lunch.
Wednesday, March 23, 6 - 7:30 p.m. (Toledo Lucas County Public Library, Main Branch)
Dorothea Dix, an asylum and prison reformer, and later Civil War Superintendent of Union Army Nurses, profoundly shaped U.S. psychiatric healthcare. Her work prompted officials to fund a vast expansion of medicalized, racially-differentiated insane asylums between 1830 and 1875. Join us for this exploration of Dix’s activism and its consequences.
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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS
Wednesday, Feb. 23, 1-2:30 p.m. (SU 2500 & Webex)
Celebration of the life of bell hooks and the legacy of her books through a discussion of what her life meant to those in attendance. There will be a special opening from Kevin Powell, who will begin the conversation with the influence bell hooks had on the world as well as his life.
Co-sponsored by the College of Arts and Letters, Office of Multicultural Student Success, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Catharine S. Eberly Center for Women, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and the Jesup Scott Honors College.
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IMPORTANT SPRING 2022 DATES
Mar. 7-11, 2022: Spring Break (no classes)
Apr. 29, 2022: Last Day of Class
May 2-6, 2022: Finals Week
May 7, 2022: University Commencement
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