Faculty-Staff Achievements
Kris Covey, visiting assistant professor of environmental studies and sciences, presented during Al Gore’s virtual 2020 Climate Underground Conference. In a presentation titled “,” Covey and collaborator Bruno Basso of Michigan State University discussed field work done at Gore’s Caney Fork Farms in Tennessee by Zoe Pagliaro ’20, Shaylan Kolodney ’21 and Sylvan Suzhay&˛Ô˛ú˛ő±č;’22&˛Ô˛ú˛ő±č;and how it is part of a larger effort to unlock the potential of regenerative agriculture as a climate solution. The numbers Gore cites for carbon sequestration in the Reuters article are based on Covey’s Climate Underground presentation.
Stephen J. Ives, associate professor of health and human physiological sciences, published a research paper in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, “” in collaboration with Julian Egan-Shuttler ’16 and Rohan Edmonds of Creighton University.
Michael Janairo, manager of communications and strategic initiatives at the Tang Teaching Museum,
was awarded a prize for poetry written by a military family member in the annual , administered by literary journal. His poem, "," is published in the anthology “Our Best War Stories."
Rebecca Krefting, chair and associate professor of American studies, was invited to contribute an essay, “Minority Report: Joking About the Other,”&˛Ô˛ú˛ő±č;to the new book “,” edited by Steven Benko (McFarland & Co., 2020).
Jason Ohlberg, assistant professor of dance, led a panel presentation on decolonizing courses in
dance history at the National Dance Education Organization’s annual conference, “Dismantling
the Canon: Challenging Traditional Narratives to Reveal a More Complex History of
Dance.”&˛Ô˛ú˛ő±č;Ohlberg presented alongside colleagues Paula J. Peters, assistant professor at SUNY Fredonia, and Catherine Cabeen, associate professor at Marymount Manhattan College.
A religion and politics podcast hosted by Bradley Onishi, associate professor of religion, titled “,” is now an institutional partner with the at the University of California Santa Barbara. The show currently averages 45,000
downloads per month.
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