The results of the 2008 Wiley Research Exposition are in. In the Social and Administrative Sciences division, Beth Horton (Ph.D. candidate, anthropology) took first place, Dina Olave Wirick (Ph.D. candidate, psychology) took second, and Sterling McPherson (M.S. candidate, psychology) took third. In the Arts, Humanities, and Education division, Robert Anderson (Ph.D. candidate, political science) and Kathleen Searles (M.A. candidate, political science) took first place for their paper "Can You Hear Me Now? A Time Series Analysis of the Effects of Communication Technology on the Complexity of Presidential Rhetoric."
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2008 WSU President's Awards, recognizing undergraduate and graduate students who exemplify exceptional leadership and service to the University and the community. Students are selected based on leadership and engagement consistent with the University's values of inquiry and innovation, character, teamwork, and diversity. Among the 40 awardees are Tia Ahlf (junior, sociology), Jackie Balatbat (B.S. '08, psychology), Brian Carlton (senior, history, civil engineering), Abigail Cutter (B.S. '08, sociology; women's studies), Perla Fletes (sophomore, psychology, Spanish), Britni Freiboth (B.A. '08, communication), Nikki Hahn (senior, women's studies), Sara Hein (sophomore, communication), Joni Howard (Ph.D. candidate, clinical psychology), Sativah Jones (senior, comparative ethnic studies), Colin Kennedy (junior, psychology, biology), Ann Nguyen (B.A. '08, political science; women's studies), Toru Onari (senior, communication), Adam Paniagua (junior, communication), Rebecca Polak (B.A. '08, social studies), Nicole Sawatzki (senior, Spanish, neuroscience), David Street (senior, Spanish, civil engineering), Lacretia Taylor (B.A. '08, communication), Chelsea Tremblay (sophomore, political science, women's studies), Kasey Webster (B.A. '08, political science), Andrew Zander (junior, social sciences), and Carolyn Zink (B.A. '08, anthropology; B.A. '08, history), as well as Saad Alshahrani (Ph.D. candidate, economic/natural resource sciences), who teaches the Arabic language courses in the Department of Foreign Languages and Cultures.
WSU's Association for Faculty Women has announced the winners of this year's graduate awards for women:
AFW Founders' Award (Master's)
First Place: Mary J. Rothlisberger (M.F.A. '08), nominated by Carol Ivory (professor and chair, fine arts)
Runner-up: Teri L. Mayfield (M.A. '08, philosophy), nominated by David Shier (associate professor and chair, philosophy)
AFW Harriett B. Rigas Award (Doctoral)
First Place: Cortney A. Franklin (Ph.D. '08, criminal justice), nominated by Leana A. Bouffard (assistant professor, criminal justice)
Runner-up: Lia Nogueira (Ph.D. candidate, economic sciences), nominated by Hayley Chouinard (assistant professor, economic sciences)
The WSU Libraries have selected the winners of the second
annual Student Research Excellence Award on the Pullman
campus, and there was a tie for first place.
Alison Kirpes (B.A. '08, English)
submitted her Honors thesis, "From Harlot to Human Being:
The Revised Anna Karenina." Her advisor for the
project was Birgitta Ingemanson
(associate professor, foreign languages and cultures).
Also winning first prize is Jorgen Olson
(senior, history), who entered a paper written for
Theresa Jordan's (instructor, history)
History 300 class entitled "Nationalism and the Vision of
Music." Both winners will receive a prize of
$1,000.
Three runners-up were also named. Each will
receive a $250 prize. These awards went to Molly
Boers (B.A. '08, fine arts) for her Honors
thesis "Suspicious Reception: Public Reaction to Three
Portraits of Marie Antoinette," Haley
Paul (B.A. '08, anthropology) for her Honors
thesis "Bigger, but Better? An Examination of Food System
Scale and Its Connection to Long Term Sustainability,"
and Rachel Waniata (senior, music) for
her Honors thesis "The Choral Styles of F. Melius
Christiansen and Robert Shaw: A Comparison."
Undergraduate students were invited to
submit a research paper they had written for a WSU class
during 2007, along with an essay outlining their research
strategy, use of information sources, and skills in
evaluating sources. A team of library faculty read all of
the submitted projects and evaluated the works based on
several criteria. All of the winners were honored at an
awards ceremony on April 21.
Congratulations to the recipients of Graduate School Travel Grants for spring 2008: Melissa Artstein (M.A. candidate, anthropology), Michelle Fiedler (Ph.D. candidate, anthropology), Heather Truelove (Ph.D. candidate, psychology), Maja Graso (Ph.D. candidate, psychology), Lin Yusheng (Ph.D. candidate, criminal justice), Alicia Rueda (Ph.D. candidate, psychology), Josh Hoops (Ph.D. candidate, communication), Pasang Sherpa (M.A. candidate, anthropology), Sterling McPherson (Ph.D. candidate, psychology), Hanna Morzenti (M.A. '08, criminal justice), Sharon Harvey (M.A. candidate, philosophy), Ming Lei (M.A. '08, communication), Kari Kelly (M.A. candidate, anthropology), Michael Schwartz (M.A. candidate, history), and Jennifer Brown (M.A. candidate, history).
WSU's mock trial teams had a good year at the Pacific Northwest Regional American Mock Trial Tournament, held at the University of Portland in February. Kathryn Chovil (B.A. '07, political science) won an Outstanding Attorney Award, and Chris Han (B.A. '08, philosophy/pre-law), a 3-year veteran on Team Crimson, won an Outstanding Witness Award. Team Crimson also earned an honorable mention for the Spirit of AMTA Award for good sportsmanship. The all-rookie Team Grey earned a bid to move to the next round of the tournament, the National Silver Tournament in Tucson, Arizona, March 15-16, where they finished with the best record WSU has ever had at a National Silver Tournament (3-4-1). Team Grey was composed of the following students: Kathryn Chovil, Patrick Colbert (freshman), Robert Colbert (B.A. '08, finance; B.S. '08, agribusiness), Karissa Dixon (B.A. '08, political science/pre-law), Amy Eilert (B.A. '08, criminal justice), Amanda Greer (B.A. '08, criminal justice), John Polonis (sophomore, political science/pre-law), Erika Thorsness (sophomore), Neil Wilson (B.A. '08, philosophy/pre-law), and Rachel Wolters (B.A. '08, political science/pre-law). Other students who competed in Portland include Kayla Bell (sophomore, political science/pre-law), Annabel Defty (B.A. '08, criminal justice and philosophy/pre-law), Chris Han, Corrinne Johnson (B.A. '08, political science/pre-law), Ann Nguyen (B.A. '08, political science/pre-law), Gordon Peterson (B.A. '08, political science/pre-law), Jared Reams (senior, philosophy/pre-law), Evan Roth (B.A. '08, political science/pre-law), John "Trip" Shields (junior, political science/pre-law), Ian Stamme (senior, political science/pre-law), Dan Taitingfong (senior, philosophy/pre-law), Chris Tanimoto (junior), and Alex Thompson (B.A. '08, political science/pre-law and philosophy/pre-law). The head coach of the team is Mitch Pickerill (associate professor, political science), and the assistant coach is Denise Mowder (Ph.D. candidate, criminal justice).
Brandon Chapman (Ph.D. candidate, anthropology) and Matthew Carroll (professor, natural resource sciences) were awarded a $10,000 grant through the Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit to research economic and natural resource management strategies of cattle-raisers at the Grant-Kohrs Ranch during the transition from open to closed rangelands in the late 19th century. The project is titled "Socio-Economic Study of Historic Ranching at Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site" and will result in a book-length report for the National Park Service by May 2009.
At the Northwest Anthropological Conference held in April in Victoria, B.C., Kelly Derr (Ph.D. candidate, anthropology) co-organized the session Coast to Crest: Ongoing Prehistoric Archaeological Investigation in Southwestern Oregon. She was first author on the paper "Faunal Remains from the Blue Barn Site, Coos County, Oregon" (with Mark Tveskov and Aaron Reed) and coauthor of "Excavations at the Tseriadun Site, Port Orford, Oregon" (with Tveskov, Christian Solfisburg, and Beth Hyman).
J. Patrick Dolan (M.A. candidate, anthropology) was first author of the poster "Sediment Deep: Analysis of a Northwest Coast House Deposit" (with Kelly Derr [Ph.D. candidate, anthropology]) at the Society for American Archaeology annual meeting in Vancouver, B.C. in March, and he was first author of the paper "Into the Earth: Geoarchaeological Analysis of a Marpole Phase House Deposit" at the Northwest Anthropological Conference in April.
The 2008 Bateman Case Study Competition team, which included Jessica Fitts (B.A. '08, communication), Jana Lindsey (B.A. '08, communication), Kirby Pratt (B.A. '08, communication), Justin Dotterweich (B.A. '08, communication), and Alana Morgan (senior, communication), earned honorable mention. The team competed against schools from across the country. Stacey Hust (assistant professor, communication) was the faculty advisor.
The winning College Hill Historic District sign design from Kristin Arola's (assistant professor, English) English/digital technology and culture course (Engl/DTC 336) have been installed and can now be seen around College Hill. The designers include Lauren Clark (M.A. candidate, English; B.A. '07, digital technology and culture), Tamara Vallejos (B.A. '08, English), Josh Bland (B.A. '07, political science), and Tim Chun. "We are really excited to contribute in this way to the Historic District," said Vallejos. "As a WSU senior leaving this area, this project has enabled me to leave a piece of me here, and that is really neat."
Katie Arosteguy's (Ph.D. candidate, English) essay entitled "'Things Men Must Do': Negotiating American Masculinity in Jack London's The Valley of the Moon" has been accepted for publication in a special issue on "masculinities" in Atenea: A Bilingual Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences, due out in June.
Andrew McCarthy (Ph.D. candidate, English) attended this year's meeting of the Shakespeare Association of America in Dallas and presented a portion of his dissertation at a session titled "Medieval Shakespeare." The seminar looked to make connections between the playwright and the medieval past and featured scholars from across the country. McCarthy's review of Philip Butterworth's Magic on the Early English Stage appeared in the January issue of Early Modern Literary Studies.
Jared Anthony (Ph.D. candidate, English) co-hosted a workshop session with Diane Kelly-Riley (Writing Program) and Dick Law (General Education) at the Pacific Northwest Higher Education Teaching and Learning Conference in Spokane in early May. The workshop, "Slouching toward Alignity (with apologies to W.B. Yeats and Stephen Colbert)," was a condensed version of the GenEd/Writing Program workshop series offered at WSU spring semester. The workshops focus on aligning pedagogy and assessment with learning goals.
Jenny Zylstra (B.A. '08, English) was awarded an Auvil Undergraduate Research Scholarship for spring 2008. She was pursuing independent research in early modern law and print culture. Starting in August 2008, Zylstra will begin graduate work in library science. Todd Butler (assistant professor, English) was directing her studies.
Donna Evans (Ph.D. candidate, English) presented Turned Inside(r)-Out(sider): Finding Middle Ground in a Rural-Urban Rift at the March 13–15 conference of the Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The theme for this year's interdisciplinary conference was "The Image of the Outsider in Literature, Media, and Society."
Anthony Dell’Ario (M.A. '08, English) has been hired to develop educational materials for high-level ESL classrooms at Kangnam Poly school in Seoul, South Korea. He will be departing for South Korea in mid-May, and will be working there for a year.
Tobias Walther's (M.F.A. candidate) photograph "Signals 02" received second place for photography at the 2008 CVG Show at Collective Visions Gallery in Bremerton, Washington.
Heather McGeachy, Brad Dinsmore, and Tobias Walther (all M.F.A. candidates) showed work in Transparent: An Exhibit Exploring Issues of Transparency, at (Scene)MetroSpace Gallery in East Lansing, Michigan, March 7 through April 20.
Christine Alexandre-Zeoli (junior, fine arts) exhibited her paintings at Artisans at the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown, Washington, April 6–27, in a showcase titled Just the Beginning.
Mary Rothlisberger (M.F.A. candidate) was invited to collaborate with Dutch artist and writer Monique Besten at the Stichting KIK artist-residency in Kolderveen, a small village in the Netherlands. In April, she spent 2 weeks in the Netherlands, installing new work in the village's former dairy factory. Kolderveen is a small town in the province of Drenthe, a primarily agricultural region. Stichting KIK invites artists to live and work within the village, providing that their work actively involves the surrounding rural communities.
The WSU Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) awarded Morgan Leap (B.A. '08, Spanish; B.A. '05, history) the 2007–2008 Distinguished Service Learning Award in the student category. Each year the center recognizes one student, one faculty member, and one community partner who display a commitment to learning through campus–community engagement. Leap received the award for her commitment to service locally, state-wide, and globally. In Pullman and the surrounding communities, Leap has been involved in projects with Orphan Acres, Insomnia Outbreak, Pen Friends, Reading Buddies, the Humane Society of the Palouse, and various CCE service projects. In March, she spent 5 days volunteering with the Westside Spring Break Project to help families repair their homes and farms damaged by floods. Globally, Leap has participated in several projects and mission trips, serving individuals in poverty and mentoring children of lower socioeconomic status.
Michael Schwartz (M.A. candidate, history) recently received the GPSA Excellence Award. The award is given for excellence as a research assistant. Schwartz is the statewide service learning coordinator at the WSU Center for Civic Engagement.
Groups and individuals from Washington State University received top honors on "College Day" at the 2008 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, held at the University of Idaho on February 21. WSU VOJAZZ, under the direction of Jennifer Parker (assistant professor, music), received an Adjudicators' Choice Award, as did soloists Matt Lanka (junior, music), baritone saxophone; David Miner (senior, music composition), instrumental composition; Troy Robey, bass; and Tiffany Stephens (senior, music performance), drums. The WSU Jazz Big Band, under the direction of Greg Yasinitsky (professor, music) received an Adjudicators' Special Commendation Award, as did soloists Kayla Williams (M.A. candidate, music), alto voice, and Himes Alexander (junior, music), bass voice. This total of 8 awards is more than double the number of awards received by any other competing university or college. VOJAZZ received a special award from a festival sponsor, and Lanka, Robey, and Stephens were selected to perform Thursday evening in "Hamp's Club," a new feature at the festival that provides students the opportunity to perform in a special, jazz club–like setting. More than 120 college vocal and instrumental groups, combos, and soloists from throughout the West and as far away as North Dakota and Massachusetts performed on College Day. Yasinitsky, coordinator of jazz studies, said, "I am gratified that WSU was recognized for excellence across the musical spectrum, from ensembles to individuals, from instrumental soloists to vocal soloists, and from performance to composition. I am extremely proud of our students and faculty."
Marissa Jones (senior, music) has been selected as a finalist for the Ladies Musical Club of Seattle's annual solo competition. The competition is open to musicians age 20-35 from 6 western states. The finalist competition and winners concert will be held June 7 at Bethany Lutheran Church in Seattle; both events are free and open to the public. See lmcseattle.org for more information.
Jennifer McWilliams (B.S. '08, psychology) and Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe (professor, psychology) have an article, "Semantic Memory Organization during the Early Stage of Recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury," in press with the journal Brain Injury. The article is based on McWilliams' McNair Scholar project.
Celestina Barbosa-Leiker (Ph.D. candidate, psychology), Marylynne Kostick (B.S. '08, psychology), Bryan Borgeson (B.S. '08, psychology), Bruce Wright (director, Health and Wellness Services), Tim Freson (associate director of research, Health and Wellness Services), John M. Ruiz (assistant professor, psychology), and Heidi Hamann (assistant professor, psychology) are authors of the poster "Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Perceived Stress Scale in a College Population" presented at the annual Scientific Conference of the American Psychosomatic Medicine, held in Baltimore in March.
The Department of Psychology held its annual Undergraduate Research Symposium April 24 featuring the following research posters and presentations:
Daniel Widner (senior, sociology) was awarded the Grady & Lillie Auvil Scholarship for Undergraduate Research and the Frank & Irene Potter Memorial Scholarship.
Theatre majors Christie Stordeur, with her acting partner Zachary Magan Love, and Andrea Gonzales (B.A. '08, theatre) traveled to Washington, D.C., in April to compete at the national Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Stordeur was a finalist in the Irene Ryan Acting Competition, and Gonzales participated in the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers Scholarship Competition for 10-minute play direction.
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