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February 3
(We don't publish the Dean's Memo in January)
Dear Arts & Sciences Community Members,
Happy Holidays everyone! I hope that the end of the quarter went well for you.
Along with the busyness of finals, we were able to celebrate the holidays with two events we have not held in person since 2019, the Seattle University Choir Holiday Concert and CAS Holiday Party, Coffee Hour edition. It was great to see so many of you at those events.
If you’re looking to get together as we return in January, we’ll be gathering for a Women’s basketball game January 7; over half the team are Arts & Sciences majors. On the more academic side, the Leadership Committee on Intersectionality and Justice is starting a series on bell hooks’ s book, "Teaching to Transgress," for CAS faculty, students and staff; read more below and I encourage everyone to start thinking about how you might include that program in your coursework and your professional development.
We have more amazing accomplishments of faculty, students, staff and alumni to share below.
Shared Governance
David V. Powers, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Seattle University
Connie G. Anthony, PhD, Associate Professor, Political Science, presented a conference paper, “The Global Politics of Sexuality: the States that ‘Resist’ New International Norms,” at the Pacific Northwest Political Science Association conference, November 10-12.
Andrew G. Bjelland, PhD, Emeritus Professor, Philosophy, published an op-ed in The Salt Lake Tribune, "Trump’s paranoid style continues to bedevil American politics."
Leann Conley-Holcom, DMA, Interim Director of Music, Director of Choral and Vocal Activities, and Assistant Teaching Professor, Performing Arts and Arts Leadership, will perform with Symphony Tacoma in one of the world’s most well-known and beloved choral works in this holiday tradition. The classic oratorio will be conducted by Dr. Geoffrey Boers and performed by the talented orchestra and Symphony Tacoma Voices. Tickets and info here.
She has also been engaged by MidAmerica Productions to appear as guest conductor in the historic Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall in May 2024. She will lead the New England Symphonic Ensemble and singers from across the country. Passionate choral singers are invited and information about how to register to sing is forthcoming.
Kathleen Cook, PhD, Professor, Psychology presented an online workshop in November for all recipients of the National Science Foundation’s RED (Revolutionizing Engineering and Computer Science Departments) grants. The goal was to help researchers assess and address the sustainability of their change efforts.
Angelique M. Davis, JD, Professor, Political Science, and Appointments in African and African American Studies, Pre-Law Program, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, facilitated a workshop at Swarthmore College on December 8 for the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity titled, "Post-Tenure Pathfinders: How and Why to Chart Your Own Path after Winning Tenure." This workshop is designed for Associate Professors to identify the challenges associated with post-tenure life and to better understand the diverse pathways that faculty members can take after winning tenure.
She served on a panel for Mothers Against Police Brutality, Inc. with their fellow, Janet Baker. Janet's son, Jordan Baker, was murdered by police on January 16, 2014. Angelique spoke on the panel regarding her "N.H.I. - No Human Involved" and "racial gaslighting" research and how it provided insight into the experience of Janet and others who have lost family members due to police brutality.
She was interviewed by KING 5 News for "Why housing discrimination is worse today than it was in the 1960s."
Daniel A. Dombrowski, Professor Emeritus, Philosophy, published a new book, "Process Mysticism," with State University of New York Press. He also published two articles in books published by Oxford University Press: one is titled "Charles Hartshorne: Animals in Process Thought" and the other is titled "Omnipresence in Process Thought."
Theresa Earenfight, PhD, Professor, History and Director, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, was a panelist for “Stories Worth Telling: A Roundtable on Biographical Writing” presented via Zoom by el Taller @KJCC, moderated by Esther Liberman Cuenca (University of Houston-Victoria/Princeton IAS) and also featuring María Americo (St. Peter’s University, Jersey City), and Pura Fernández (CSIC/NYU).
Christie Eppler, PhD, LMFT, Program Director and Professor; Kimberly Riley, DSW, Assistant Clinical Professor; and LaDonna Smith, MA, LMFT, Interim Clinical Coordinator, all Couples and Family Therapy presented, "Cultivating Systemic Resilience" at AAMFT's 2022 Systemic Family Therapy Conference.
Dr. Eppler also completed the NY Marathon in record heat. She raised nearly $4,000 for Allied Services, a charity that promotes mental and physical wellbeing across the lifespan Their programs include supporting hospice patients to stay with their pets, hosting adaptive races for people of all ages and abilities, and supporting emotional wellness for children, adolescents, and their families.
Carlyn E. Ferrari, PhD, Assistant Professor, English, published a new book, “Do Not Separate Her from Her Garden: Anne Spencer’s Ecopoetics” with the University of Virginia Press. The first book published about poet Anne Spencer since 1975, she discusses it in this interview. On December 5 she delivered a Mellon Midday Lecture at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C., entitled “If People Were Like Flowers: Anne Spencer’s Environmental Imagination.”
She also participated in a book launch and discussion in November at the University of Pittsburgh for the book, "It's Our Movement Now: Black Women's Politics and the 1977 National Women's Conference.” She wrote the chapter in the book entitled “Maxine Waters: ‘I stood with Coretta Scott King.’”
Jacqueline Helfgott, PhD, Professor, Criminal Justice and Director, Crime and Justice Research Center, was named to the Mayor’s Advisory Panel on Sexual Assault and System Reform by Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell. More information is in this Seattle Times story.
She co-authored an Op-Ed for the South Seattle Emerald with MACJ students Brandon Bledsoe and Katie Kepler, “Diverse Voices Are Needed to Understand Public Safety and Security in Seattle.”
Audrey Hudgins, EdD, Clinical Associate Professor, Matteo Ricci Institute, and Amanda Heffernan, MSN, CNM, College of Nursing, will lead a group of 12 students on a migration justice immersion program with Kino Border Initiative, a bi-national non-governmental organization (NGO) located in Nogales, Arizona and Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. The December 17-22, 2022 experience will immerse participants in the complexities of migration in the borderlands, with a focus on making humane, just, workable migration between the US and Mexico a reality.
Dr. Hudgins, Becky McNamara, and Ernesto Aguilar, Executive Director of Fundación Esperanza de Mexico, will collaborate on the chapter, "Global experiential learning: (De)Constructing Housing Justice in Tijuana, Mexico" for the book, Critical Innovations in Global Development Studies Pedagogy.
A panel , “Mexican H-2A Labor Migration, Transnational Families, and Communities: Plataforma Huaya-Puebla-Seattle Research Collaboration,” proposed by Dr. Hudgins and Cullin Egge, Seattle University Social Work senior, and Guillermo Yrizar, Elena Ayala, Angelica Villagrana, and Alejandra García, Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla, was accepted to the Latin American Studies Association 2023 Congress, América Latina y el Caribe: Pensar, Representar y Luchar por los Derechos, to be held Vancouver, Canada in May 2023.
Quinton Morris, DMA, Associate Professor, Violin, was featured in the Seattle Times, “Interest in Joseph Bologne is reawakening after racism nearly erased him from music history.” His project and short film, “The Breakthrough,” (2015) based on based on 18th century violinist/composer Joseph Bologne inspired a full-length movie, “Chevalier.”
Jodi O’Brien, PhD, Professor, Sociology, Special Assistant to the Provost for Faculty Development and Director, SU ADVANCE, was quited in The Salt Lake City Tribune story, "LGBTQ people of faith — from LDS to Catholics to Jews to Muslims — find ways to belong where doctrine rejects them."
Katherine Raichle, PhD, Associate Professor and Chair of Psychology, David Green, PhD, Clinical Professor of International Studies and Director of the Center for Faculty Development, and Holly Ferraro, Associate Professor of Management at Villanova University, presented a paper, “The impact of identity on using active learning strategies,” at the annual national conference of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education in Seattle in November 2022. At the same conference, Green also presented a paper with Deandra Little, PhD, Professor of English and Associate Provost, Elon University, titled “Recentering our integrity in a time of instability.”
Kimberly Riley, DSW, Assistant Clinical Professor, Couples and Family Therapy, presented “Wellness and Gratitude: Using self-awareness to find peace on stressful days” at the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) Bremerton “Strengthen Families Locally” wellness meeting in November.
Rachel Turow, PhD, Adjunct Faculty, Seattle University Psychology, published an article in The Greater Good Science Center Magazine entitled "Five Ways to Feel Like You’re Doing Enough." As we approach the holidays and winter months, "it's easy to criticize yourself for not getting enough done, but that can just make things worse." Rachel suggests five techniques to instigate new mental perspectives and reminds us: "it's ok not to be busy all the time—to be an alive, human person in the moment rather than a task-performance robot."
Sharon Nyree Williams, MFA in Arts Leadership, Adjunct Professor, Arts Leadership puts her voiceover, story-telling skills to work on behalf of the Seattle Kraken. Read about her and her work here.
Derrick Belgarde, BA, Public Affairs ’03, MPA, talks about ʔálʔal Cafém a new restaurant located in Chief Seattle Club, where he serves as Executive Director, as a place where Native people can find connection and “be enough just as a Native person.” The cafe’s name (pronounced “all-all”) means “home” in Lushootseed. Read the Seattle Times story.
Amelia Bonow, BA Anthropology, ’10, was one of 17 activists introduced by Lizzo during her acceptance speech for the “Peoples Champion Award” at the 2022 People’s Choice Awards broadcast on December 6. Watch the video of Lizzo’s acceptance speech; Amelia is introduced at 3:50.
Taylor Coats, MNPL ’21, joined the board of the Social Justice Fund Northwest.
McKenzi Williams, BA, Psychology '21, scored the first win of her career as the head coach for the Auburn Riverside High School girls basketball team. Kenzi played for the Redhawks while at SU and received the Seattle Sports Commission's Female Sports Star of the Year Award in 2021.
Seattle University’s Ethics Bowl team was runner-up at the Northwest Regional Ethics Bowl on November 19, earning a bid to the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl National competition for the sixth year in a row. The Ethics Bowl team includes Andru Zodrow, Riley-Azul Davila, Jacob Caddali, Mariam Gohar, Alonso Lee, and Lindee Cutler. Benjamin Howe, PhD, Director and Associate Teaching Professor, Matteo Ricci Institute, serves as the faculty coach for the team.
Thursday, January 19 from 12:30-3:30PM, the Leadership Committee on Intersectionality and Justice (LCIJ) will host its first Inclusive Conversation Series event using bell hooks’ “Teaching to Transgress” as a foundational text to build our learning community upon the principles of anti-racism, anti-oppression, and intersectionality through facilitated conversation groups for staff, faculty, and students.
From 12:30-1:30 p.m. lunch will be provided and there will be a general plenary session to ground our conversations as a community. From 1:30-3:30 p.m. there will be facilitated breakout sessions for staff, faculty, and students.
Please save the date, consider building this into your Winter Quarter 2023 Syllabi, and encourage your students to attend.
Registration information and additional details are forthcoming. For any questions, contact Heather Reis Fike.
Did you know that more than half of the Women's basketball team at SU are College of Arts and Sciences majors? With that in mind, let's come together and cheer them on as they play against Southern Utah on Saturday, January 7 at 2 p.m. It is Family Day, so there will be lots of family-friendly activities during the game. Dean Powers may even participate in a half-time "activation". We are not sure what that even means, but it sounds like fun.
Seattle University has partnered with the Career Leadership Collective to participate in the National Alumni Career Mobility (NACM) survey, an annual national benchmark of alumni career pathways and mobility five and ten years after graduation. The results of the survey will be used to better understand the career pathways of alumni and continuously improve how Seattle U prepares graduates for their futures. You can learn more about the SU survey here.
Please support alumni outreach through your channels and personal contacts. The survey is open through January 15, 2023.
All graduates from 2012 and 2017 are currently invited to participate in the NACM survey and have already received personal invitations to participate via email. As a thank you for participating all alumni who complete the survey by 11:59pm PDT December 31, 2022 will be entered into a drawing to win one of five $50 Amazon gift cards.
The survey is an opportunity for alumni to share what they have been up to since graduating and how specific experiences have shaped their career, success, community engagement and level of satisfaction with their career path.
We continue to add pronouns to directory listings. For this specific project, instead of having everyone submit an individual request, you can submit it using this link. If you are submitting other updates, use the form; the field for pronouns is now included. As part of the university website redesign, pronouns will be published as their own field. We will use a work around so that they appear in the current layout and the content will be ready for the new design next Fall.
Tuesday, January 24
Students: 4-6 p.m., Mentors: 4:30-6 p.m., STCN 160
Please share with your students and alumni. Faculty and staff are also welcome to participate as mentors.
If you have any questions, reach out to Amy Lonn-O’Brien.
Please follow up with your advisees who are not registered for Winter Quarter. Students can register up through January 10.
April 1 (no fooling) and April 16, from approximately 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Watch for more information. And thanks to all who participated in Fall Preview Day.
Deadline: February 1
Maximum award amount: $220,000
NEH-funded institutes are professional development programs that convene higher education faculty from across the nation to deepen their understanding of significant topics in the humanities and enrich their capacity for effective scholarship and teaching.
Deadline: March 8
Award Amount: $25,000
The National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowships program offers grants in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) and poetry to published creative writers that enable recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement. In 2023, the NEA will be accepting applications in prose.
Deadline: April 12
Maximum Award Amount: $60,000 ($5,000 per month)
NEH Fellowships are competitive awards granted to individual scholars pursuing projects that embody exceptional research, rigorous analysis, and clear writing. Applications must clearly articulate a project’s value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Fellowships provide recipients time to conduct research or to produce books, monographs, peer-reviewed articles, e-books, digital materials, translations with annotations or a critical apparatus, or critical editions resulting from previous research. Projects may be at any stage of development.
As always, but especially during this holiday season, we espouse sincere gratitude for the many ways our alumni, friends, and volunteers help support the College of Arts and Sciences. We regularly rely on faculty and staff partners who go above and beyond to embolden donors’ philanthropic support of the college. We genuinely would not be able to work in partnership with our volunteers if it weren’t for your efforts.
End Of Year Gifts
As we begin to wrap up the year, in your conversations with friends of the college, please remember to highlight the College of Arts and Sciences online giving page. Let them know that they wish to designate a gift to a particular program, they can use the dropdown menu. Additionally, please refer to the University Advancement guide below for processing end of year gifts for the 2022 tax year. This information is also available on the Seattle University main giving page.
The university will be closed for the holidays from Friday, December 23 until Tuesday, January 3. If you or a friend of the college are seeking assistance with making a year-end gift during this time, please call University Advancement's central phone at 206-296-6100, select option 4 and leave a message with your name and phone number. Messages will be checked throughout the day and a staff member will follow up as soon as possible.
To ensure the gift counts towards the 2022 tax year, please consider the following:
You can also download this PDF with more detailed information: End of Year Donation Instructions
Thank you in advance for your help. During this period, if your department receives a donation and you are unsure how to move forward, please contact Katie Chapman and Josh Marron. Please include any additional information you have regarding uses for the donation. We will be sure to process the gift in accordance with the end of year guidelines and send the donors their acknowledgement and receipt.
We hope you and yours enjoy this holiday season! Thank you!
Seattle U Gives returns on Thursday, March 2, 2023. Katie Chapman and Josh Marron will be in touch soon.
Both Sides Now
Hedreen Gallery
Through January 5, 2023
In specific explorations of identity, Tara Tamaribuchi, Rodrigo Valenzuela and Samantha Wall bring a broader American story to life. A young country created through colonization, perimeters and immigration, Both Sides Now is a story touching every family. Generation after generation, we re-negotiate who belongs and who does not. What does it look like, to be split between cultures, sharing yourself between worlds? These evocative works create tangible realities of emotional complexities. Through their art, Tamaribuchi, Valenzuela, and Wall touch upon the elusive sense of belonging in the immigrant experience; integral to the sense of self and yet unprescribed by a singular homeland. Learn more here.
Theory to Practice
January 18, 5 p.m., livestream
The Institute of Public Service debuts a new quarterly livestream event highlighting the latest faculty research and demonstrating how it applies directly to the workplace and career development. Watch for more information and the link to the livestream in January on our event page.
Pacific Northwest Media Commons:, ‘No matter how lacking…’: Documentary and the Value Form
January 20, 3:30 p.m. (PT)
Zoom
Benedict Stork, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Film and Media Studies, presents work-in-progress in this ongoing series hosted by the regional organization dedicated to promoting cinema and media studies scholarship in the Pacific Northwest. Learn more on the Facebook group.
Imagining Central America: Short Histories
January 30, 7 p.m.
Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 10th Ave.
Dr. Serena Cosgrove and Isabeau J. Belisle Dempsey, BA, International Studies and Spanish ’19, talk about their new book. Given the strategic location of Central America, its importance to US foreign policy, and the migration from the region to other parts of the world, this succinct summary of the countries of Central America is an essential resource for those working in, studying, writing about, or traveling to the region. Promoting increased understanding of the region's governance, economics, and structures of power, Imagining Central America highlights the many ways that Central American countries are connected to the United States through resettling, economic investment, culture flows, and foreign policy. Co-hosted by Elliott Bay Book Company. Learn more here.
Winter Production: Student Directing Scenes
Preview: February 22; Performances: February 23-26. March 2-5
John and Susan Eshelman Stage, Lee Center for the Arts
Work by student directors under the mentorship of new Directing Faculty, Associate Teaching Professor Brennan Murphy.
Seattle University Choirs Winter Concert
March 10, 8 p.m., Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Avenue
SU Choirs are joined by the University of Washington Choral Cohort for a shared performance of music by Composer in Residence Melissa Dunphy. Purchase tickets here.
Seattle University Choirs Spring Concert
May 19, 8 p.m., Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Avenue
Our final concert of the year includes a commission and performance with Karen Marolli. Purchase tickets here.
Thursday, April 25 at 12:00 PM
Monday, May 6 at 9:00 AM
Wednesday, May 8 at 12:30 PM
Monday, May 13 at 5:00 PM
Tuesday, May 14 at 12:00 PM