For the Record
February 15, 2019
University community reports recent honors, publications, presentations
For the Record provides information about recent professional activities and achievements of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.
Recent honors, publications, presentation and achievements include the following:
Honors
Tara White Kee, director of the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program, has been elected to the board of directors of the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs. She is also a reviewer for the association’s journal, Confluence.
Four Art and Design professors were awarded grants by the 2018 UD Partnership for Arts and Culture: Martha Carothers, Abby Donovan, Colette Gaiter and Greg Shelnutt.
Publications
Rudi Matthee, John and Dorothy Munroe Distinguished Professor of History, published, “Nadir Shah in Iranian Historiography: Warlord or National Hero?,” in Sabine Schmidtke, ed., Studying the Near and Middle East at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (1935-2018) (Piscataway: Gorgias Press, 2018), pp. 467-74.
Jia-Rey Chang, assistant professor of art and design in the Interactive Design Studio (IxD), was featured in the December 2018 issue of University of Delaware Magazine about his ground-breaking work at the intersection of people and technology.
An article by Colette Gaiter, professor of art and design, is the author of "Visualizing a Black Future: Emory Douglas and the Black Panther Party," an article on the work of activist and former Black Panther Party artist Emory Douglas, published on Dec. 18, 2018, issue of The Journal of Visual Culture.
Tony Middlebrooks, associate professor, and James Morrison, professor, both in the Biden School of Public Policy and Administration, are coauthors -- with Scott Allen of John Carroll University and Mindy McNutt of Wright State University – of a new textbook on design leadership titled, Discovering Leadership: Designing Your Success. Published by Sage Publications in January 2019, the book analyzes how design principles can be applied when developing a new cadre of leaders with a set of new CORE skills. These skills are learned through a series of practical applications that build one’s confidence, optimism, resilience and engagement. Using a revolutionary approach to developing future leaders, the book is targeted at both undergraduate and graduate students at leading universities, as well as professionals in the field. It provides a framework for individuals to purposefully design leadership within their own capacities, and the action-oriented text starts with the self and helps students understand their individual strengths, styles and skills through numerous reflection opportunities. In addition, it explores the relational aspects of leadership and best practices for motivating and inspiring followers. The book concludes by examining how leaders can transform their communities and create lasting, positive change. The intent of the new revolutionary approach is for the text to become the standard publication for those majoring in the discipline of leadership in universities around the world. Its purpose is to inspire a new cadre of scholarly leaders to become thoughtful as well as impactful in the world where standards of excellence prevail.
Presentations
Several faculty members of the Department of Art and Design participated in the CAA (formerly the College Art Association) conference in New York City from Feb. 13-16. Colette Gaiter, professor, presented her paper “Cultural Competence for Designers," as a part of the session "Design Incubation Colloquium 5.2." Greg Shelnutt, chairperson of the department, co-chaired (with Brian Bishop, Framingham State University) the Professional Practices Committee session, "Public Art and Political Change: All Things That Rise Must Converge." Martha Carothers, professor, presented her paper, "Rewards and Reworkings of STEAM Collaboration," in the session, “Working Together on the Frontier: Art Collaborations with STEAM across Campus."
Robyn Phillips-Pendleton, associate professor of art and design, will present “The Persuasive Power of Illustration on Race and Cultural Identity in America,” at the Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies’ “Illustration Across Media: 19th Century to Now" symposium, to be held March 23 at Washington University in St. Louis.
Greg Shelnutt, chairperson of the Department of Art and Design, led a Visual Explorer session at the 2019 Delaware Estuary Science and Environmental Summit in Cape May, New Jersey, in January. The session, "Big Storms and Rising Water: Voices Against the Wind Design Charette-Digital Storytelling & Climate Change," also featured was Jon Cox, assistant professor of art and design, as well as Jules Bruck, director and professor of landscape architecture; Anna Wik, assistant professor of plant and soil sciences; and Edward Lewandowski from the University of Delaware Sustainable Coastal Community (SCC) Initiative. This project is supported by a grant from the Center for Food Systems and Sustainability (CENFOODS).
Lance Winn, professor of art and design, was the keynote speaker on Jan. 17, 2019, at Duke University’s Nasher Museum of Art for the conference "Visualization and the Holocaust: Analyzing Space and Place with Digital Methods and Geographical, Textual, and Visual Sources." His address was titled “An Epistemology of the Virtual: or, what can Concealing Reveal?”
Design
David M. Brinley, associate professor of art and design, recently completed concert artwork, photo illustration and design for UD Master Players Concert Series Ensemble-In-Residence 6-WIRE's Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall debut in New York City on Feb. 16.
Events and Exhibitions
In 2018, Abby Donovan's artist collective, the 181, had a solo exhibition titled, Considerations Relating to the Shape of Equilibrium (Reprise) at the Arthur Cravan Foundation, Milan, Italy, and also had a piece in the group exhibition Artflag, Kotlin Island, St. Petersburg, Russia. In addition, Donovan, who is professor of art and design, had a piece included in Space: a Radio Broadcast, Humankind Records, Geneva, Switzerland and Milan, Italy.
Priscilla Smith, associate professor of art and design, is curating and producing Silvia Frydlewsky's narrative photographs of life in Argentina for "A Night in Buenos Aires," a cultural experience that combines the photography, food and dance of Argentina, scheduled from 6-8 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 19, in the atrium of the Tower at STAR on UD’s STAR Campus.
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