October 2021 | Issue 10
NEXT ISSUE: November 2, 2021
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION
UT:10 Newscast to Air Weekly on WGTE-TV 30
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UT:10 News, UToledo’s student-produced weekly newscast, has a new home on WGTE TV, Toledo’s PBS network affiliate. Beginning last month, WGTE now broadcasts the newscast at 6:30 p.m. Fridays followed by “Rocket Talk,” a new 15-minute segment that highlights UToledo faculty experts. Read more...
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DEPARTMENT OF ART
Developing NASA Thermal Protection System Device
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This semester, the Department of Art's 3D area is fabricating a model Thermal Protection System (TPS) for NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Arizona-based TPSIC team. This collaboration is led by Brian Carpenter, assistant professor of 3D design and interdisciplinary art; Eric Zeigler, assistant professor of art; Ian Rummell, technical assistant; and art students Joseph Boorom and Anastasia King. |
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Pictured: Art student and team member Anastasia King and assistant professor of 3D design and Interdisciplinary Art, Brian Carpenter, as they prepare the vacuum bag system for MDF molds that will ultimately create the side panel structures for the model TPS/NASA heat shield. |
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DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC
UToledo Now an All-Steinway School
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After many years of diligent fundraising, The University of Toledo is now an official All-Steinway School. No small feat, the designation is awarded to a limited number of institutions with music degree programs. According to Steinway, All-Steinway schools "demonstrate a commitment to excellence and an unparalleled educational experience by providing their students with the rich, unrivaled sound, incomparable tone, and pristine touch of STEINWAY & SONS pianos. These pianos inspire students to realize their artistic talents, and best prepare them to compete at the highest level in the professional world."
Photo - UToledo professor of piano, Dr. Michael Boyd plays the Music Department's Steinway grand piano in the Recital Hall. Photo by UToledo Art Department alumnus, Robert Cummerow.
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DEPARTMENT OF WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES
Faculty Appointed Chair at Major Health Organization
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Dr. Kimberly McBride in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies was recently named Chairperson-elect for the Sexual and Reproductive Health Section of the American Public Health Association. Dr. McBride will begin her term as Chair in November 2021.
Founded in 1975, the Sexual and Reproductive Health Section (formerly the Population, Reproductive and Sexual Health Section) of APHA works to improve the health of women, men and children by ensuring that sexual and reproductive health remain major domestic and international priorities.
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DEPT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
CHAMPIONING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
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Jami Taylor, Ph.D., a UToledo professor of political science and public administration, was featured in the University of Toledo campaign highlighting faculty who are champions of inclusion.
An expert on LGBTQ policies, Taylor notes there are now more inclusive policies in employment discrimination but equality lags in sports inclusion and medical access.
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During the Olympics this summer, Taylor was repeatedly consulted by the international media on the subject of trans athletes. Dr. Taylor was quoted by Associated Press, Newsweek, New York Times, USA Today, Vice, and did a television interview for NewsHub (New Zealand). Dr. Taylor was also recently named to the new ProMedica LGBTQIA+ Patient and Family Advisory Council.
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CAL PUBLISHING AND EXHIBITION NEWS |
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On October 16, the Department of Geography and Planning will be the local host for the 2021 virtual meeting of the East Lakes and West Lakes Divisions of the American Association of Geographers (AAG). Presentations will cover topics such as the use of geospatial technologies to better understand the spread and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, cultural aspects of regions and communities, the geography of the Great Lakes shoreline, and urban planning aspects of cities and urban areas.
College of Arts and Letters faculty continue to publish peer-reviewed books with important university presses. From the Disability Studies program, Dr. Allyson Day’s new book, The Political Economy of Stigma: HIV, Memoir, Medicine, and Crip Positionalities, was published by the Ohio State University Press. From the Department of English Language and Literature, Dr. Barbara Schneider’s new book, Corporal Rhetoric: Regulating Reproduction in the Progressive Era, was released by the University of Alabama Press in August.
Dr. Kasumi Yamazaki, associate professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures, published two books in 2021: Digital Games and Language Learning: Theory, Development, and Implementation (Peterson, Yamazaki, & Thomas, 2021) with Bloomsbury Publishing, and Project-based Language Learning and CALL: From Virtual Exchange to Social Justice (Thomas & Yamazaki, 2021) with Equinox Publishing.
Dr. Manuel Ramos Montes, assistant professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures published the following article in the most recent volume of Literatura Mexicana (vol. 32, no. 2, 2021): "Poética de la culpa y la confesión en El libro vacío, de Josefina Vicens." (Poetics of guilt and confession in The Empty Book, by Josefina Vicens.)
Department of Theatre and Film’s Dr. Matt Foss received a $1,500 grant from the Ohio Humanities Council to support Glacity Theatre Collective’s documentary project Sons of Toledo, which looks at the impact of COVID on Toledo’s African American barbers and their customers. The film was also featured at this fall's Momentum Festival in downtown Toledo.
UToledo art professor Dan Hernandez's work will be featured in an international exhibition, The Garden of Earthly Delights, through the artworks of Colección SOLO at Matadero in Madrid, Spain. The exhibition of 15 international artists runs through February and is an invitation to revisit Bosch’s work through the prism of our present-day. Artificial intelligence, digital animation, sound art, painting, and installation all feature in this exhibition experience informed by a legendary painting that continues to arouse fascination. Hernandez’s work is also currently included in an exhibition at Massachusetts College of Art’s Museum in Boston that will run through the end of 2021.
Hernandez and fellow art faculty member Arturo Rodriguez are featured this month in a two-person exhibition, Hyphenated: The Work of Dan Hernandez and Arturo Rodriguez, at the McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina. They also presented lectures and workshops on their work which explores the connections of disparate cultural elements.
In the Department of English Language and Literature, literature and creative writing faculty member Dr. Ben Stroud published a short story entitled “The Stomp” in the Summer 2021 edition of the influential magazine Zoetrope: All-Story.
Pieces from the body of work Elusive Memory by Deborah Orloff, interim chair of the Art Department, will exhibit in The Art Center Gallery at Anna Maria College in Paxton, MA. The exhibition aims to present the artist’s exploration of family, which resurrects from the seemingly ruined, the essence of memory and loss.
Film professor Holly Hey’s documentary Reentry Realties, Hope Deferred broadcast on WGTE Toledo in September, followed by a Facebook Live discussion with the director, student crew, and content advisors for the film, which included Dr. Renée Heberle, UToledo professor of Political Science and Public Administration. The 30-minute documentary centers on the relationship between Larry Thompson, an Ohio inmate, and his reentry mentor Joe Hoeflinger of Sylvania, Ohio.
Our undergraduates continue to excel. Political Science major Liam Baker had the paper that grew out of his summer research project (funded by office of undergraduate research grant), titled “Rojava: Future of the Middle East” accepted to be presented at the International Studies Association-Midwest meeting in November. English major Rin Baatz graduated and began her studies at Eastern Washington University in the MFA program in Creative Writing, with funding.
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The Blade and Yahoo: Partners for Clean Streams Celebrating 25 Years of Cleanups
Dr. Patrick Lawrence, professor and chair of the UToledo Department of Geography and Planning, discusses the importance of urban rivers and streams and why their protection is so critical for our drinking water and wildlife habitat.
The Blade and Yahoo: University Thespians to Return to the Stage this Fall
Holly Monsos, chair of the Department of Theatre and Film and professor of theatre and costume design, discusses the return of live productions during the 2021-22 academic year.
Dr. Joey Kim, visiting assistant professor in the Department of English Language and Literature, discusses in an op-ed the cultural representation of Korean American academics in the Netflix show “The Chair.”
13 ABC and NBC24: Faculty, Students Debut Film ‘Sons of Toledo’ at Momentum Festival
Dr. Matt Foss, associate professor of theatre and film, discussed the film he co-wrote and produced. More than a dozen UToledo students worked as production assistants, actors and behind-the-scenes photographers.
Dr. Michael Stauch, assistant professor of history, discusses terrorism and political violence, and Dr. Colleen Fitzpatrick, assistant professor of social studies education, discusses how to teach 9/11 as a historical event.
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Human Rights Attorney, Educator and Author
"We Broke a Dam: The Palestinian Intifada of Unity"
Oct. 10
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"Amplifying Women’s Voices in Pursuit of Sexual and Reproductive Health Justice" with Dr. Kimberly McBride; and “Shug and Squeak's Autobiographical Fictions: Blues Self-Creation in The Color Purple by Alice Walker" with Dr. Kimberly Mack
Oct. 21
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“What’s the Price of a Uterus? Exploring Surrogacy Through Feminist Theory” with Brittanie Maddox; and “Dissecting Diet Culture” with Maddalyn Carpenter
Oct. 27
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IMPORTANT FALL 2021 DATES
Oct. 14-15, 2021: Fall Break (no classes)
Nov. 11, 2021: Veterans Day (no classes, offices closed)
Nov. 24, 2021: No classes
Nov. 25-26, 2021: Thanksgiving Break (no classes, offices closed)
Dec. 6-17, 2021: Law Final Exam Weeks
Dec 10, 2021: Last Day of Class
Dec. 13-17, 2021: Final Exam Week
Dec. 18, 2021: University Commencement
Dec. 23-31, 2021: Winter Break (offices closed)
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