October 2022 | Issue 19

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CAL interim dean, Dr. Melissa Gregory and alumna Jackie Calmes ('77 Journalism)

CAL alumna, Jackie Calmes ('77 Journalism) is honored at UToledo's Homecoming Gala.

CAL alumna, Danielle Lutman (2015 WGST) was honored for her work with the LGBTQA+ community.

The UToledo 2022 Homecoming Gala honored two alumni from the College of Arts and Letters. Jackie Calmes received the College of Arts and Letters Distinguished Alumni Award. Calmes, an opinion columnist for the Los Angeles Times, graduated from UToledo in 1977 with a degree in journalism. Before joining The Times in 2017 as White House editor, she worked at the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, covering the White House, Congress and national politics. She served as the chief political correspondent and chief economic correspondent at each paper. In 2004, she received the Gerald R. Ford Journalism Prize for Reporting on the Presidency.  She is the author of "Dissent: The Radicalization of the Republican Party and its Capture of the Court."

Danielle Lutman received The Edward H. Schmidt Outstanding Young Alum award. This award is presented to a University graduate who is 40 years of age or younger in recognition of outstanding achievement in their career while providing leadership and noteworthy service to the Alumni Association, University or community. Lutman has served as a trailblazer for LGBTQA+ initiatives, equity and inclusion on the University’s campuses. She worked to establish gender-neutral housing and bathrooms on campus and was part of the planning committee for Take Back the Night Toledo, a local grassroots event to raise awareness of sexual and domestic violence. Lutman is a two-time UToledo alumna. She received her B.A. in Women's and Gender Studies (2015) and her M.S.W. in Social Work (2017). 

TOPIC: The Lebanese Diaspora, Loss and Recovery, a Personal Retrospective

Mother-daughter duo, Adele Ne Jame and Melissa Chimera of Hawaii, combine their expertise in poetry and art to represent species extinction, globalization and human migration. Their work has been displayed at the Sharjah, United Arab Emirates International Biennial in 2009 and most recently at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, MI.

SPEAKER Kimberly Mack, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of English and Africana Studies Affiliated Faculty

Wednesday, October 19 at 6 p.m.

Toledo Lucas County Public Library-Main Branch

325 Michigan Street, Downtown Toledo

Free parking in garage behind the library

This presentation focuses on two prominent Black American rock writers--Cynthia Dagnal-Myron and Vernon Gibbs--who wrote during the 1970s and 80s for many publications, including Detroit's legendary CREEM magazine. Dr. Mack's talk will show how their bold writing style disrupted that era's race and gender expectations for what a rock writer (and rock star!) should look like.

UToledo alumnus Gabriel Kovach (Film/Video '22) worked on a film that won awards at the 2022 Cannes World Film Festival. "After You," directed by Noah Pescara, won Best Student Film and Best Director of the Future in the July awards.

"Earlier this year, I worked as director of photography and composer for my cousin, Noah Pescara, who was completing his thesis film at American University in Washington DC," stated Kovach. "I was also attending UT full time, so with a lot of prior communication with profs, I was able to work in Virginia from February to March for pre-production and principle photography. It was essentially a two-person shoot, I took all of the responsibilities of the camera, lighting, and music departments, and Noah acted as director, producer, and editor."

Kovach is grateful for his education at UToledo. "As a student, it can be challenging to trust your own abilities and it becomes easy to fall into doubt, but through consistency (and many obstacles), we completed the film.... The Film faculty at UT pour their hearts and minds into the prospect that we are able to form tangible, meaningful relationships with cinema and find our own ability to speak through it.... I would also like to give a big thanks to Professor Holly Hey for always being my mentor and advocate."

2022 Cannes World Film Festival

The National Security Agent awarded The University of Toledo a two-year prestigious STARTALK grant for nearly $200,000. UToledo is one of 19 recipients in the country and the only teacher program in Ohio. The STARTALK-UToledo LEADER Program will provide professional development opportunities for 70 Arabic, Chinese and Korean teachers in the United States.

Dr. An Chung Cheng (Department of World Languages and Cultures) will oversee the program curriculum, instruction, and administration, as program director. She will lead a team of nine experienced teacher trainers and education technology specialists, including Dr. Gaby Semaan, director of Middle East Studies and Arabic program coordinator for the department. Dr. Semaan will teach and coach the group of Arabic teachers both online and on campus. Their work will address the decades-long shortage of qualified world language teachers in an estimated 44 states and Washington D.C. 

DEPARTMENT OF ART

AXON RESIDENCY WITH ARTIST JOEL LIPMAN – OPENING RECEPTION

Exhibit October 24 - Dec. 9, 2022, Artist Reception: Oct. 24, 2022 at 6 p.m.

UToledo Center for the Visual Arts Main Gallery



The UToledo Department of Art welcomes Joel Lipman as the Axon Guest Artist-in-Residence. During his residency, Lipman will also present a talk in the Main Gallery in November.

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC UPCOMING CONCERTS

"A TIME FOR CHANGE" - CHAMBER SINGERS AND UNIVERSITY CHORUS

Friday, Oct. 14, 2022 at 7 p.m.

University Hall, Doermann Theatre

UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA

Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022 at 7 p.m.

University Hall, Doermann Theatre

UNIVERSITY WIND ENSEMBLE

Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022 at 7 p.m.

University Hall, Doermann Theatre

JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Monday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m.

Center for Performing Arts Recital Hall

DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND FILM

SCREENING OF FILM FACULTY WORK - "REENTRY REALITIES"

Friday, Oct. 21, 2022 at 6 p.m.

McQuade Law Auditorium

The UToledo College of Law will present a reception, book launch and film screening of Professor Holly Hey's film, "Reentry Realities: Hope Deferred." The film is a combination of experience, education and revelation into the root causes of incarceration and serves as a survival guide for those who are preparing to reintegrate into society as free men and women.

Free guest parking is available for this event in Parking Areas 12 and 12S, the lot adjacent to the law school, with no ticketing except for metered, reserved or handicap spaces.

THEATRE PRODUCTION AUDITIONS

Thursday and Friday, Oct. 27-28, 2022 from 7-10 p.m.

The UToledo Department of Theatre and Film will be auditioning for its spring events, The Festival of New Student Work and the department's production of "Blood at the Root" by Dominique Morisseau. Auditions are open to everyone, including members of the general public.

To sign up, complete an online audition registration form and then sign up for a time slot in the Center for Performing Arts. For more information about auditions and how to prepare, visit the Theatre and Film Department auditions webpage.

Visit our events webpage for more events.

PARKING: Parking is not free for any of the events listed above, unless noted so. For those without University parking, a visitor parking permit is required to park on campus. Visit parkutoledo.com to purchase a parking permit.

PUBLISHING AND CREATIVE ACTIVITY

Dr. Kim Gratz and Dr. Matthew Tull (Department of Psychology) published a paper in the October issue of World Psychiatry, the #1 psychiatric journal in the Social Sciences Citation Index. Their paper presents a clinically useful conceptualization of emotion regulation grounded in functional contextualism and evolutionary theory.

Dr. Jami Taylor (Department of Political Science and Public Administration) co-authored an article which considers the growth of public surveys exploring variables shaping attitudes toward transgender people and policies. The article,"Transitioning Opinion? Assessing the Dynamics of Public Attitudes Toward Transgender Rights," appeared in Public Opinion Quarterly.

Dr. Rebecca Monteleone (Disability Studies) recently co-edited a collection of essays entitled, “Disability and Social Justice in Kenya: Scholars, Policymakers, and Activists in Conversation,” which was published by University of Michigan Press.

Dr. Jackie Layng (Department of Communication) had an article published in the AECT Interactions journal. The best-practices article underscores the importance of utilizing technology in college classes, whether the course is face-to-face or online.

Dr. Joey Kim (Department of English Language and Literature) published three poems, "An 'Oriental' Jane Doe," "Assimilation or," and "Occupied," in Singapore Unbound.

Dr. Kimberly Mack (Department of English Language and Literature) published an essay, "It’s our version of 'Almost Famous’: Towards a Reimagined Canon of Rock Criticism,” in a collection of essays entitled, "Lit-Rock: Literary Capital in Popular Music," edited by Ryan Hibbett, Bloomsbury Academic. 

Dustin Pearson's (Department of English Language and Literature) poem, "A Season in Hell with Rimbaud," was featured in the widely read Poetry Daily at poems.com. He also gave poetry readings at Totem Books in Flint and at Prologue Bookshop in Columbus in September.

Deborah Orloff (Department of Art) presented a lecture in Budapest as part of an artist-in-residency. In addition, she and fellow photographer, Ruth Adams, have an exhibition titled, "Eroded Histories," on display at Mt. St. Joseph University in Cincinnati. The exhibit will run through Oct. 28.

Dr. An Chung Cheng (Department of World Languages and Cultures) has recently co-authored and published two articles:

• "Acquisition of L3 Spanish combinations: development in multilingual contexts" was published in Porta Linguarum: Revista Interuniversitaria De Didáctica De Las Lenguas Extranjeras. The article was co-authored by Lu, Hui-Chuan Lu, Cheng, An Chung, & Yeh, Meng-Hsi.
• "西班牙語第三人稱受詞代名詞與指涉名詞此訊處理之眼動研究 [The input processing of Spanish object pronouns and the referents: An eye-movement study]" was published in 外國語言研究Languages and International Studies. The article was co-authored by Lai, Yi-Sin, Lu, Hui-Chuan, and Cheng, An Chung.

Dr. Friederike Emonds (Department of World Languages and Cultures) gave paper entitled, “Was macht die Fußballbraut am Sonntagnachmittag? Gender ideology in Robert Stemmle’s Das große Spiel (1942),” at the September 2022 international German Studies conference in Houston, Texas.

AWARDS

Assistant professor Dr. Ayendy Bonifacio (Department of English Language and Literature) was awarded the Equality and Excellence in Education Achiever Award by the Association for Equality and Excellence in Education.

Dr. Rebecca Monteleone (Disability Studies) received a "Special Recognition Award" from SALUT, Self-Advocates LUcas TolEdo. Dr. Monteleone was instrumental in the creation of the Adaptive Storytelling Workshop, where self-advocates learned how to find their voice and share their story.

Dan Hernandez and Barbara Miner (Department of Art) took first and second place at The 2022 IVLA Virtual Art Exhibition “Views and Visions: Connecting and Sharing the Visual," a juried international exhibition. 

CONGRATULATIONS

Dr. Kim E. Nielsen (Disability Studies) has been asked to sit on the Scholars Advisory Council for the National Women’s History Museum.

In a journal article, "Analysis of Worldwide Research on Craft Beer," Dr. Neil Reid (Department of Geography and Planning), was named the foremost global expert on economic impact studies of the craft brewery industry.

For a complete list of recent achievements, visit our website.

NBC 24 (9/29/22): UToledo Professor, Poet Discusses His Work

Timothy Geiger, professor of English, reads one of his poems and talks about his award-winning poetry.

13 ABC (9/27/22): Catastrophic Consequences if Putin Uses Nuclear Weapons

Dr. Joel Voss, associate professor of political science, discusses the war in Ukraine.

The Blade (9/25/22): Appendix, Tailbone, Goosebumps: How Did We Wind Up With Largely Useless Body Parts?

Dr. Shahna Arps, assistant professor of anthropology, and Dr. Stephen Markowiak, a general surgeon at UTMC, discuss vestigial organs.

13 ABC (9/23/22): UToledo Hosts 25th Annual Vigil for Banned Books Week

Dr. Paulette D. Kilmer, professor of communication and coordinator of the UToledo Banned Books Coalition, talks about the right to read and think freely.

The Blade (9/19/22): Tony Kushner to Spark Thought Through ‘Complicated Truths’ in UToledo Lecture

Dr. Joseph Gamble, assistant professor of English, discusses this year’s speaker at the annual Edward Shapiro Distinguished Lecture 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at Doermann Theatre in University Hall.

WTOL 11 (9/9/22): Britain Mourns Longest-Reigning Monarch

Dr. Kristen Geaman, associate lecturer of history, discusses the British monarchy after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. 

The Blade (9/4/22): Not Always the Faithful Learning about Faith at Area Colleges

Dr. Yonatan Miller, director of the Center for Religious Understanding and the Philip Markowicz Assistant Professor of Judaism and Jewish Biblical Studies, discusses how religion is taught in an academic setting.

The Bradford Era (9/1/22): A Bradford native's passion for film, theater

Sarah Potter, UToledo Film/Video alumna ('19), has found success in Chicago and Buffalo, NY. Looking back, Potter said she chose UToledo because she loved the campus and it offers both digital and analog film studies.

For a complete list of recent media appearances, visit our website.