Christopher Gascon
Christopher Gascon, Modern Languages Department, has been elected secretary of the Association for Hispanic Classical Theater (AHCT), an international scholarly organization of 200 academics, directors, actors and musicians that annually hosts a conference in El Paso, Texas, supports the Spanish Golden Age Theater Festival at the Chamizal National Memorial Theater, and publishes the journal Comedia Performance. As secretary, he will assist the president, vice-president and treasurer in running the organization. He has served the AHCT for 15 years.
Thomas Hischak
Thomas Hischak, Performing Arts Department, had his book, Off-Broadway Musicals: From Greenwich Village to The Toxic Avenger, released by Scarecrow Press/Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. The non-fiction book is a critical study that examines 375 off-Broadway musicals between 1919 and 2009.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article titled, “Still Saving the Constitution from Lawyers” that has just been published in the most recent issue of the Gonzaga Law Review.
Christina Knopf
Christina Knopf, Communication and Media Studies Department, recently spoke with the producer of Newsy’s “In The Loop” about political commentary and representation in comics and graphic novels. A portion of her interview appeared in the program’s opening segment during its Feb. 21 broadcast.
Ryan Vooris
Ryan Vooris, Sport Management Department, co-presented a paper titled “Genre Effects on eSport Consumption Habits” at the International Association for Communication and Sport annual summit in Boise, Idaho on March 30.
Susan J. Rayl
Susan J. Rayl, Kinesiology, presented a paper, "African American Basketball in New England, The Early 1930s," at the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) Annual Conference, held May 26-29, 2025, at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. She also served as the conference photographer.
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, is the organizer and chair for a panel titled “Mediating State-Society Relationships Across China, Korea, and the Philippines” to be presented virtually on March 26 at the Association of Asian Studies Annual Conference.
Gregg Weatherby
Gregg Weatherby, English Department, was a featured reader in July at New York City’s famed Cornelia Street Cafe. He read from his most recent published work as well as work in progress.
Brittany Adams
Brittany Adams, Literacy Department, had an article titled “Supporting Preservice Teacher Development of Culturally Responsive Reading Instruction Through a Cross-Course Assignment” published in Reading Horizons. Also, her article “Boundaries, Objectification, and Gender Norms: Addressing Sexual and Gender-Based Harassment with Middle Grade Literature” was published in Middle School Journal.
Kathleen A. Lawrence
Kathleen A. Lawrence, Communication and Media Studies Department, recently had a poem titled, “Hold Her Down, Shut Her Up” published in New Verse News. This poem was written in response to Senator Susan Collins’ speech to announce her decision to continue to support Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, despite dramatic testimony during the hearing and after reviewing the report of the brief FBI investigation. Lawrence parallels the physical silencing of Christine Blasey Ford by her attacker as described in her testimony to Collins’ muddled expository rationalizing why any further investigation is unnecessary. This is the third poem Lawrence has published in the last month interpreting the political-cultural environment of the current chaotic milieu.