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December 2
Dear Arts & Sciences Community Members,
It is time to celebrate the holidays and I couldn’t be more thankful to be part of this remarkably academic community. We start by recognizing a bounty of accomplishments by College of Arts & Sciences community members below, then share how and where we’re celebrating in person as a community.
It is the first holiday season in three years when we are getting back together in familiar but new ways. I am very happy to share that the Seattle University Choirs Holiday Concert is back in person in an ecumenical setting, taking place two blocks from campus this year at Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Avenue on December 2. We are also bringing back our holiday party as an Arts & Sciences Holiday Coffee on December 6 from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. in Casey Atrium.
Read on for more and I hope to see you soon.
Shared Governance
David V. Powers, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Seattle University
Alexandra L. Adame, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychology, recently published the article “Self-In-Relation: Martin Buber and D.W. Winnicott in Dialogue.” It was selected for a special issue of The Humanistic Psychologist called "Being and Becoming: Celebrating Women in Humanistic Psychology."
Gretchen Frances Bennett, MFA, Adjunct Professor, Art, Art History, and Design, with Seattle University as her home institution, completed a research Fulbright Core Scholar award to the Slovak Republic in 2021-22.
Dominic CodyKramers, MFA, Associate Teaching Professor, Performing Arts and Arts Leadership designed the sound for Seattle Shakespeare Company's production of Shakespeare's Macbeth, featuring the acting and music talents of Dean Powers' son, Hersh. Last month’s entry left out the ticket link; the play runs through November 20.
Rashmi Chordiya, PhD, Assistant Professor, and Larry Hubbell, PhD, Professor, Institute of Public Service co-authored “Fostering Internal Pay Equity Through Gender Neutral Job Evaluations: A Case Study of the Federal Job Evaluation System” in the peer-reviewed publication, Public Personnel Management. The article focuses on fostering internal pay equity in organizations through gender neutral job evaluations. We argue for a more nuanced operationalization of the pay equity principle that goes beyond 'equal pay for equal work' and includes 'equal pay for work of equal value'. This article highlights the overlooked and undervalued job factors that are commonly associated with female-dominated jobs and contribute towards pay inequities. Gender neutral job evaluations can help us achieve pay equity across organizational jobs that may be different in substance and are of equal value to the organization.
Serena Cosgrove, PhD, Associate Professor, International Studies, and her co-author, Isabeau J. Belisle Dempsey, BA, International Studies and Spanish, ‘19, are happy to share the news that their book, Imagining Central America: Short Histories, has just been published by the University of Cincinnati Press. The book provides readers with regional analysis and context of Central America as well as country-by-country histories for Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. We’ll be having a book launch in early 2023. Learn about the book.
Elizabeth Dale, PhD, Associate Professor, Nonprofit Leadership, was quoted in two Forbes articles
Fade Eadeh, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychology, co-authored "Teaching Agents to Understand Teamwork: Evaluating and Predicting Collective Intelligence as a Latent Variable via Hidden Markov Models" which was published in Computers in Human Behavior, a top multidisciplinary journal in psychology. The article shows a new method for predicting future behavior in teamwork based on past behavior, which will allow for AI to (eventually) appropriately time interventions. The full article is available for free for a limited time. here.
Christie Eppler, PhD, LMFT, Program Director and Professor, Couples and Family Therapy, co-authored "COVID-19 and clinical training: Diverse interns’ perspectives and collaborative recommendations" in the Journal of Feminist Family Therapy.
Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, PhD, Professor, Modern Languages and Women Gender, and Sexuality Studies, had various invitations this last summer and fall following the launch of her three books in the last two years.
In July and August, she presented at the prestigious "A Orillas del Órbigo," reading event in León, Spain. While in Spain, she also had the opportunity to keynote at the Annual Film Festival in Vega de Riego, León, held this year in honor of the Chicanx homeland "Aztlán."
In August and September, Dr. Gutiérrez y Muhs was invited to give presentations at the UJED in Durango, Mexico featuring her two recently published collections, “In Xochitl in Cuicátl,” a Latinx/Chicanx anthology (Madrid) she co-edited and her fully bilingual collection “¿How Many Indians Can We Be? ¿Cuántos indios podemos ser?” (2021, 2022)
In November, Dr. Gutiérrez y Muhs presented at the "El Mundo Zurdo Conference," the annual conference in San Antonio, Texas, celebrating the work of theorist and writer Gloria Anzaldúa.
She is the new President of "Seattle Escribe,” the largest group of Spanish-speaking writers in the northwestern United States. In addition to an array of classes and workshops and the promotion of community participation in cultural events, “Seattle Escribe” is the only writer's organization in the United States to have created a residency for writers who write in Spanish. And the first residency was held this last September at Mineral School, near Mt. Rainier. The residency is named after Seattle University Adjunct Professor Claudia Castro Luna, MFA, former poet laureate of the state of Washington.
Sam Harrell, MSW, Instructor, Social Work, co-authored “The Case for Mandatory Reporting as an Ethical Dilemma for Social Workers” with Stéphanie Wahab in Advances in Social Work, Vol. 22 No. 2 (2022): Re-Envisioning the Social Work Profession, Education, and Practice.
Hye-Kyung Kang, MSW, PhD, Associate Professor and Chair, Social Work and Director, Master of Social Work, published “Re-Envisioning Social Work Education Building and Living a Social Justice-focused Clinical Social Work Curriculum” in Advances in Social Work, Vol. 22 No. 2 (2022): Re-Envisioning the Social Work Profession, Education, and Practice.
Sean McDowell, PhD, Associate Professor, English, published the essay “Edward Herbert within the fellowship of plain speakers” in Edward and George Herbert in the European Republic of Letters, ed. Greg Miller and Anne-Marie Miller-Blaise (Manchester University Press). In addition, his poem “Mustard Jug” was recently published in the Welsh journal, Scintilla.
Christopher Paul, PhD, Professor, Communication and Media, contributed chapter 10, "Playing to Win," for the new edited collection, "EA Sports FIFA: Feeling the Game."
Patrick Schoettmer, PhD, Associate Teaching Professor, Political Science, has been busy during this election cycle.
Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa, PhD, Assistant Professor, Film and Media Studies, has a new book, "The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life" available for pre-order on the UC Press website.
Kirsten Moana Thompson, PhD, Professor and Director, Film Studies, and Theiline Pigott-McCone Endowed Chair (2022-24) wrote a blog post for "Colour and Film" about her experiences at the 6th International Conference Colour in Film in Kinemathek Lichtspiel, Bern, Switzerland. "The Dark History Of Candyman" on MSN.com quotes her paper, "Strange Fruit: Candyman and Supernatural Dread."
Charles M. Tung, PhD, Professor, English, organized the session “World Brain, Planetization, and Virality” at the Modernist Studies Association 22nd Annual Conference. His paper, “Modernism’s Homo Progressivus and the Virus 2022,” connected H.G. Wells’s fantasy of the “world brain” and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s evolutionary vision of a globally-networked “Homo progressivus” to the cruel libertarian epistemological optimism satirized by the “I did my own research” meme.
Kevin D. Ward, PhD, Associate Professor and Director, Public Affairs Program, published “Exploring Nonprofit Advocacy Research Methods and Design: A Systematic Review of the Literature" with coauthors from the University of Washington and University of Oregon in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Review, the top journal for nonprofit research.
Matt Whitlock, PhD, Associate Professor, Theology and Religious Studies, released a book, "Critical Theory and Early Christianity." Whitlock authored and edited the book, which includes seven chapters from Whitlock and contributions from ten international scholars. The book looks at early Christianity through the lenses of four modern theorists: Walter Benjamin, Gilles Deleuze, Alain Badiou, and Judith Butler. It examines topics outside of the typical categories of biblical studies, but certainly related to the New Testament and its reception history: grass roots movements, revolutions, capitalism, Marxism, gentrification, fascism, national anthems, one-language bias, technological simulation, political protests and violence, gender fluidity, drag, and mattering bodies, both human and non-human.
Mariah Hepworth, BA, History with Departmental Honors ’10, joined the faculty of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts history and political science department.
Janelle Simms, MFA Arts Leadership ’16, was promoted to Assistant Director, Annual Giving at Seattle University.
Josh Windsor, MFA Arts Leadership, ’11, appeared in the new season of Waffles + Mochi’s Restaurant on Netflix, as the Caves Manager for Murray’s Cheese.
Congratulations to all of this years awardees, especially College of Arts and Sciences alumni Mary Ann Goto, ’79, University Service Award and Tom Roach, ’71: Community Service Award. Learn about all of the recipients here.
Environmental Studies senior Emily Tacke and alumni Grace Chinen and Kylie Teng won Best Poster Presentation at last week's Murdock College Science Research Conference. They presented their poster, "Importance of Vegetation, Ground Cover, and Landscape Quality on Beneficial Insects in Seattle Community Gardens," demonstrating the results of research conducted with Heidi Liere, PhD, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, and funded by the Murdock Trust this past summer.
MFA in Arts Leadership ’23 candidate, Mick Holsbeke is in Valetta, Malta with Cirque du Soleil. The show "Amora" opens on November 24 and will run for 28 shows through December. After which, Mick will come home to finish his last year with the MFA ’23 cohort.
The debate team traveled to its first in-person tournament in the Northwest since March 2020. Nine students attended the Lewis and Clark College tournament and did very well. Our senior team of Alex Cruz and Eduard Strok placed in the top third of teams at the tournament and two of our younger teams advanced to the finals round for first year debaters, Matthew Maddux, Chris Uzochukwu, Julia Jenaro Barrio, Paris Mageirias, and Daniel Kasakula. Julia, Chris, and Paris were among the top five first year speakers.
Do you know students who would be great additions to the Debate Team? The team practices on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. The team will be participate in online and in-person tournaments and hosts tournaments for elementary, middle school, high school, and college students throughout the year. Interested students can contact Jim Hanson by email.
Congratulations to this year’s recipients of these assistantships which support faculty scholarship and creative work.
Submissions are assessed on meeting criteria including:
Thanks to this year's Student Assistantship Awards Committee, recipients of last year's Student Assistantship Awards, Dr. Brittany Heintz Walters, Dr. Jacqueline Helfgott, Professor Kevin Maifeld, Dr. John Armstrong, and Dr. Patrick Schoettmer.
Many of you have asked to add pronouns to your listing. 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, do 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.
Seattle University Choirs are back in person, starting with My Heart Shall Sing: A Holiday Celebration in Word and Song, on December 2 at 8 p.m. just a short walk from SU at Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Avenue. First, treat family and friends to a wonderful concert under the direction of Dr. Leann Conley-Holcom, Director, and Dr. Lee Peterson, Pianist, including the premiere of an entirely new composition titled "Twin Stars," collaboratively created by the choirs this quarter with Dr. Giselle Wyers (University of Washington). Including repertoire by Victor C. Johnson, Karen Marrolli, Marques L. Garrett, Vera Kistler, and audience favorites including John Rutter's "Candlelight Carol" and an audience singalong. With special instrumental guests on flute, violin and percussion.
Then, buy advance tickets for the Winter (March 10) and Spring (May 19) concerts and give the gift of music this year.
Tickets for all concerts available here.
The first of the Institute of Public Service's 2022-23 events was held on October 20, featuring Dr. Vin Gupta, public health physician, professor, health policy expert; incoming Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz; and Seattle City Councilmember Sara Nelson, who has taught women's studies classes at the University of Washington.
They talked about managing anxiety and other difficulties in stressful times with Dr. Larry Hubbell.
Watch now, presented by the Seattle Channel.
The Office of Sponsored Projects and the Center for Faculty Development are sponsoring a Pilot Faculty Grant Writing Circle for faculty in the humanities and social sciences in Winter Quarter 2023. Faculty from all ranks and all career stages within these fields interested in preparing a grant proposal are encouraged to apply.
This pilot will be limited to one circle of four faculty, representing a diverse mixture of disciplines, faculty rank and grant writing experience in order to provide constructive feedback. Members will meet weekly for 6 weeks over Winter Quarter 2023 to review each other’s grant proposals, hone their writing for an audience of grant reviewers and prepare to apply for external funding. This pilot will be modeled after the Center for Faculty Development’s Faculty Writing Groups but tailored for the unique artistry of grant writing.
Upon successful completion of the program, participants will be eligible to receive up to $500 in AY22-23 professional development support. More information and the application link can be found here. Applications are due by Thursday, December 1, 2022. Please reach out to Sarah Bricknell with any questions.
Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa, PhD, Assistant Professor, Film and Media Studies, is the co-organizer of this regional organization dedicated to promoting cinema and media studies scholarship in the Pacific Northwest. As an organization, our goal is to foster a sense of shared community between the many academics and film and media makers in our area as well as to build connections between disparate academic and production settings. Since 2020, we have been running regular work-in-progress events where community members receive feedback on their current projects. Our membership includes film and media studies faculty, filmmakers, graduate students, and community members from the Pacific Northwest area in both the United States and Canada, as well as interested parties from around the world. Interested members can follow on the PNWNC Facebook group or on Instagram at @pnw_media_commons.
All events are available here on Zoom.
2022 Events
2023 Events
Friday, November 18, 3-4 p.m.
Encourage your students to attend. They will learn about the internship process and experiences from current and former College of Arts and Sciences interns. Student need to use their SU Zoom accounts to access the virtual panel here.
Tuesday, January 24
Students: 4-6 p.m., Mentors: 4:30-6 p.m., STCN 160
Please share with your students and alumni!
If you have any questions, reach out to Amy Lonn-O’Brien.
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.
The Arts and Sciences Advising Center has created a Sharepoint site to provide immediate access to new and updated advising information when you need it. Advising related updates will be posted regularly and you can follow the site by selecting the star next to the page title and you will be notified when new information is added. This site also includes live links to forms, policies, educational planning materials, and documents that all advisors need. All faculty and staff should have access; if you don't, contact Kate Elias.
January 15, 2023 deadline
Supports basic scientific research that advances knowledge and understanding of issues broadly related to attitudes, behavior, and institutions connected to public policy and the provision of public services. Substantive areas include (but are not limited to) the study of individual and group decision-making, political institutions (appointed or elected), attitude and preference formation and expression, electoral processes and voting, public administration, and public policy. This work can focus on a single case or can be done in a comparative context, either over time or cross-sectionally. The Program also supports research experiences for undergraduate students and infrastructural activities, including methodological innovations.
February 1, 2023 deadline
NEH-funded institutes are professional development programs that convene higher education faculty from across the nation to deepen and enrich their understanding of significant topics in the humanities and enrich their capacity for effective scholarship and teaching. Each institute must be designed for a diverse group of 25-36 higher education faculty participants drawn from across the nation.
Most fundamentally, institutes:
Institutes should:
February 15, 2023 deadline for Large Project Grant proposals
Rolling deadline for Small Project Grant proposals
The Wabash Center provides funds for projects that enhance teaching and learning in the fields of religion and theological studies as taught in colleges, universities, and theological schools. Routinely, we fund projects that focus on: improving teaching and learning practices in and beyond the classroom; nurturing supportive environments for teachers; nurturing supportive teaching environments for learners; strengthening student learning; connecting the classroom to the wider society.
The Wabash Center understands its grant projects as learning processes. A grant proposal will need to support projects, initiatives, programs, and design moments of exploration, discovery, learning, and response for those participating in the grant project. The project director should think of the presenting pedagogical issue as that which needs investigation, exploration and interrogation, and the activities of the grant project as the means by which this exploration is satisfied.
In 2023, funding of Large Project Grant proposals up to $30,000 with these foci will be prioritized:
Additional information available here.
In 2023, funding of Small Project Grant proposals up to $5,000
Information available here.
Seattle U Gives returns on Thursday, March 2, 2023. Katie Chapman and Josh Marron will be in touch soon.
We enthusiastically appreciate the way our volunteers contribute to supporting the College of Arts and Sciences. Our faculty and staff partners regularly inspire donor investments and influence the success of our fundraising efforts. Your stewardship is what inspires our philanthropic supporters’ continued involvement with the college.
Here are a few recent noteworthy gifts in support of the college:
As a reminder, if your department receives a donation, please make sure to route the gift to University Advancement, attn: Josh Marron, in the Advancement and Alumni Building. You can also drop physical donations into the secured box outside of Advancement Services in Admin 305B. Please include any additional information you have regarding uses for the donation. We will be sure to process the gift and send the donors their acknowledgement and receipt. This is the most efficient way to have it show up in your gift accounts. Thank you!
Both Sides Now
Hedreen Gallery
Through January 5, 2023; Artist Talk, 4 p.m., Friday October 21; Opening Celebration, 5-8 p.m., Friday October 21
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.
Strong Capacities, Stable Borders: State Formation through Emulation in East Asia
November 15, 4 p.m. reception, 4:30 – 6 p.m. lecture, Harding 142
The 2022 Peter L. Lee Endowed Lecture in East Asian Culture and Civilization features a presentation by Chin-Hao Huang about his recently published book with David Kang, “State Formation through Emulation: The East Asian Model” (Cambridge University Press, 2022). Neither war nor preparations for war were the cause or effect of state formation in historical East Asia. Instead, emulation of China—the hegemon with a civilizational influence—drove the rapid formation of centralized, bureaucratically administered, territorial governments in Korea, Japan, and Vietnam, all of which occurred a thousand years earlier than Europe. Furthermore, East Asian countries engaged in state-building not to spur conflict or to suppress revolt. In fact, war was relatively rare and there was no balance of power system with regular existential threats—the longevity of the East Asian dynasties is evidence of both the peacefulness of their neighborhood and their internal stability. Huang and Kang challenge the assumption that the European experience with war and state-making was universal. More importantly, we broaden the scope of state formation in East Asia beyond the study of China itself and show how countries in the region interacted and learned from each other and China to develop strong capacities and stable borders. Free, register here.
Sharon Cumberland Book Launch: Found in a Letter 1959: A Memoir In Poems
November 17, 4-6 p.m., Chardin 142
Seattle U's own Professor Emerita Dr. Sharon Cumberland shares her poetry and process from her new book. Free and open to the public. Meet Sharon Cumberland here.
What Next?: The Dobbs Decision and Life After Roe vs. Wade
Final event in a series of lunchtime conversations, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Sponsored by Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
Seattle University Choirs Holiday Choral Concert
December 2, 8 p.m., Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Avenue
The Seattle University Choirs (Dr. Leann Conley-Holcom, Director / Dr. Lee Peterson, Pianist) present My Heart Shall Sing: A Holiday Celebration in Word And Song. The concert includes the premiere of an entirely new composition titled "Twin Stars," collaboratively created by the choirs this quarter with Dr. Giselle Wyers (University of Washington). Including repertoire by Victor C. Johnson, Karen Marrolli, Marques L. Garrett, Vera Kistler, and audience favorites including John Rutter's "Candlelight Carol" and an audience singalong. With special instrumental guests on flute, violin and percussion. Purchase tickets here.
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.
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.
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