Faculty
John H. Armstrong, PhD, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, published a study in The Electricity Journal, the leading journal in electric power policy, examining state clean energy laws across the United States and policymaker framing. The paper focuses in part on the recent spate of 100% renewable portfolio standards – some of the most important climate policies – and offers guidance to policymakers and advocates pursuing increasingly ambitious climate actions.
Byron Au Yong, MFA, Director, MFA in Arts Leadership and Interdisciplinary Arts-Arts Leadership, Associate Professor, Performing Arts and Arts Leadership, has work included in two exhibitions:
Sound Check! The Music We Make at the Wing Luke Museum through Sep 14, 2024
Summit Sound curated by the Jack Straw Cultural Center at the Seattle Convention Center through 2024.
María Bullón-Fernández, PhD, Associate Dean for Arts and Humanities, and Professor, English, has been elected to serve on the Humanities Washington Board of Trustees and is also a Governor appointee to the Board. Her term will be for three years, 2024-27. Humanities Washington is an organization funded through the NEH, the State of Washington, and contributions from individuals, corporations, and foundations: "Humanities Washington and its partners create spaces for people to come together to explore and consider what it means to be human, and to reflect on our shared past, present, and future."
Caitlin Carlson, PhD, Chair and Associate Professor, Communication and Media, is quoted in the latest update on Broadcast Rules by the FCC.
Sarah D. Cate, PhD, Assistant Professor, Political Science published a piece in Inquest Magazine in December: https://inquest.org/when-community-isnt-actually-the-community/.
Rashmi Chordiya, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Public Affairs and Nonprofit Leadership, has a new book coming out in June, Managing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Public Service Organizations: A Liberatory Justice Approach, co-authored with Meghna Sabharwal,
Leann Conley-Holcom, DMA, Assistant Professor, Director of Choral and Vocal Activities and Music Program Director, Performing Arts and Arts Leadership, performs again this month with the local professional choir Evergreen Ensemble in a program entitled Luminous Night of the Soul, with performances in Edmonds and Seattle on February 17-18. She is also cofounding director of the professional-tier treble choir MUSING, which will mount student engagement sessions as well as a full concert at the University of Puget Sound on February 24. In March, she adjudicates the two-day Chinook Music Educators Association High School Choral Festival, held at South Puget Sound Community College. She will be adjudicator for the Commencement Bay Music Educators Association Large Group Choral Festival, which will be held at University of Puget Sound and includes the Tacoma, Fife, Peninsula, and Vashon school districts.
Daniel Avi Gilbert Coren, PhD, Assistant Professor, Philosophy, gave an invited talk on free will at the University of Washington Philosophy Department.
Joseph Nicholas DeFilippis, PhD, Associate Professor, Social Work is quoted in the Oregon Live story “The standard sentence for most hate crimes in Oregon probation is not jail time.”
Elaine Gunnison, PhD, Professor, Criminal Justice, Criminology, and Forensics, and Director, Master of Arts in Criminal Justice, and Jacqueline Helfgott, PhD, Professor, Criminal Justice and Director, Crime and Justice Research Center, published “Criminology and Criminal Justice Researchers’ Experiences and Challenges with Institutional Review Boards” in the Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice and Criminology.
Haejeong Hazel Hahn, PhD, Professor, History and affiliated with Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Asian Studies, and Film Studies presented a paper titled “Chalets, Kiosks, Pavilions, and Pagodas: ‘Exotic’ Architecture, Landscaping, and Spectacle in the Bois de Boulogne and Bois de Vincennes” at the Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association in San Francisco, on January 6, 2024.
Matthew Hickman, PhD, Professor and Chair, Criminal Justice, Criminology & Forensics was interviewed in the Las Vegas Review-Journal article, “Fellow detectives accused him of racism: Henderson’s new police chief cleared him of discipline.”
Audrey Hudgins, EdD, Clinical Professor, Matteo Ricci Institute, affiliate faculty in International Studies, in collaboration with several colleagues from universities across the Americas, will present a panel, " La incidencia transnacional en los derechos laborales de trabajadores migrantes" at Migration and Refugees track of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) 2024 Hybrid Congress: Reacción y resistencia: Imaginar futuros posibles en las Américas taking place June 12–15, 2024 in Bogota, Colombia at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. With two Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla colleagues, Guillermo Yrizar and Elena Ayala, she published the chapter, “’Tenemos una vida de perros’: Separación de familias migrantes en tránsito durante la pandemia en Puebla“ in the book, Migracion y Ciudadanías: Poderes Móviles en Centro - Norteamérica.
Naomi Hume, PhD, Associate Professor, Art, Art History, and Design published a review this month in CAA Reviews of the exhibition and accompanying catalogue, Renegade Edo and Paris: Japanese Prints and Toulouse-Lautrec, at the Seattle Asian Art Museum from July 21 to December 3, 2023.
Sean McDowell, PhD, Associate Professor, English, published two poems, “Chicken Soup” and “Tomato Gravy” in “The Empty Bowl Cookbook,” the latest installment of The Madrona Project (vol. 4.1). This volume offers a “literature of sustainability” by addressing the “ways our species sustains itself with ancestral foods and recipes, adheres to earth’s cycles, and protects our habitat of food sources.” It is a must-read for anyone interested in food and in the ways ingredients and recipes connect us with each other and with our vibrant heritages. He will read from his new book, Learning to Jump on February 21 at 4 p.m. in Casey Commons.
James Miles, MFA, Assistant Professor, Performing Arts and Arts Leadership, hosted a Lunch and Learn at SU with Colette Taylor, and his colleague from Sports and Entertainment Management, Natalie Welch. We explored how community and academic perspectives shaped their community-engaged scholarship, how their work led to concrete outcomes and impacts, and what challenges and opportunities they encountered along the way. On March 6, he will present on hip hop education and perform at SXWS with artists and educators J. Rawls, Wordsworth and John Robinson.
Gordon Miller, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Environmental Studies, appeared in the article, “We encourage you that we can “predict” the climate, according to science” in the West Observer.
Patrick Schoettmer, PhD, Associate Teaching Professor, Political Science, was interviewed by Sky News, Australia for “Democrats have ‘locked in’ Joe Biden for a second go.” He was interviewed for “Iowa caucus goes ‘its own way’ when candidates appeal to ‘evangelical Christian base’” by the Daily Telegraph
Eric Severson, PhD, Associate Teaching Professor of Philosophy, published a chapter entitled: "The Time of Technology: Plato’s Clock and Psychoanalysis" in The Routledge International Handbook of Psychoanalysis, Subjectivity, and Technology, edited by David Goodman and Matthew Clemente.
Rachel Turow, PhD, Adjunct Faculty, Psychology, published “What is resilience? A psychologist explains the main ingredients that help people manage stress” in The Conversation.
Staff
Verna McKinnon-Hipps, Senior Administrative Assistant, Communication and Media, will be will be a panelist on several writing/publishing panels with other authors and publishers at Radcon 2024, February 16 through 18. This annual convention in Pasco, Washington hosts a variety of writers, artists, publishers, gamers, media, and more from all over the country. Watch for more news to come about the publication of her newest book, War Poet.
Darozyl Touch, Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice, College of Arts and Sciences, is part of an exhibit at Wing Luke Museum. She, Bunthay Cheam and Sophia Som are Khmer Seattle-based artists who explore these questions and more through their own original curation of interviews, archives, photographs, and videos to tell uniquely different stories about the Khmer diaspora – filled with vulnerability, curiosity, and hope for our collective futures. This exhibit will be at the Wing Luke Museum for a year. In addition to the physical installation, there is an online collections database with their full work - co-sponsored by the Wing Luke Museum and the National Parks Service.
Darozyl's ongoing project, Hau Proleung: Calling the Soul explores her roots by synthesizing the complex histories of her parents’ migration to the United States with documented home video footage from family trips, historical archives her father left behind as a Khmer Republic soldier, and untold stories he recorded in his last video message to her in 2003. Hau Proleung explores the themes of death, rebirth, and transformation and is an expression of the depth of grief and loss on the continuum of unconditional love. It is ultimately an homage to the diasporic courage, bravery, and resiliency of her parents (and many others) and their will to survive – so that she (we) can thrive.
Alumni
Several alumni from the newly renamed Department of Public Affairs and Nonprofit Leadership either won public office or lead winning campaigns this fall:
- Armen Papyan, MPA: City of Tukwila City Council and a SU staff member.
Virginia Frausto, MPA: formerly worked in UW, now at a private company, serves as a Sunnyside City Council Member Elect.
Matthew Mauer: works at the Port of Tacoma, elected as a Commissioner for the Metro Parks Tacoma.
Rebecca Kuhn, MPA: works for the City of Seattle, served as a winning campaign manager for Joy Hollingsworth, Seattle City Council.
Melissa Stuart, MNPL – works in Boys and Girls club, elected as Redmond City Council Member.
David Bander, MFAL ‘13 was named Executive Director at Emelin Theatre.
Shasti Conrad, Sociology and International Studies '07, published an op-ed, “Affordable Connectivity Program is more than broadband; it’s a lifeline,” in the Seattle Times.
Brenda Stice George, ’08, Journalism; ’18 School of Law was inducted into the Kitsap Sports Hall of Fame.
Karen Goon, BA, Political Science ’85, JD ’87, and MPA ’95, featured in Northwest Asian Weekly.
Major General (Ret.) Barb Holcomb, RN, BSN, MSN, Seattle University Army ROTC 1987, joined the board of Humanetics.
Pamela Mijatov, MFAL ’17, was named Executive Director of Theatre Off Jackson.
Peter Montemayor, ’90 Criminal Justice, was featured in the Renton Reporter on his retirement from the Renton Police Department.
Ryan Moore, BA, Communications ‘01 was named SVP and Chief Revenue Officer at Sinclair, Inc.
Mina Hooshangi Sylvia. ’16, MPA was a runner up for the the 2023 BWIL PSN Four Pillars Award. Boeing Women Inspiring Leadership (BWIL) is one of nine Business Resource Groups* at Boeing whose specific mission is to create an environment where women succeed. BWIL has 35 worldwide chapters throughout the enterprise with over 2,000 members just in the Puget Sound North (PSN) chapter.
Students
Congratulations to our debate team for an excellent showing at the national tournament at Vanderbilt University the first weekend in February. Debate coach Jim Hanson said it may be the best national showing ever for Seattle University and definitely the best he’s experienced as the team’s coach.
More than 200 students from 72 teams from all over the country participated.
Danny Herre, Environmental Studies, and Dylan Berman, Communication and Media, finished in the top eight as semi-finalists in open division. Dylan was also a top 10 speaker. Both Danny and Dylan are first year debaters.
Pepper Berry, Computer Science, and Trinity Doyle, Criminal Justice, finished in the top four as finalists in the novice division. This is Pepper’s first year of college debate and Trinity’s first ever in debate.
Alex Cruz, Business Law, placed 20th in the tournament as part of a hybrid team with a debater from Pacific Lutheran University. Another first-year debater, Sam Jamaale, Business Management and Business Economics, held her own, debating as part of a hybrid team with a Loyola student.