For the Record
Photo by June 14, 2019
University community reports honors, presentations
For the Record provides information about recent professional activities and achievements of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.
Recent new honors and presentations include the following:
Honors
The College of Arts and Sciences took home top prizes at the 2019 Delaware Press Association National Communications Contest. Later this month, CAS graphic designer Lukas Emory will represent the University and receive the national award at the 2019 National Federation of Press Women’s conference in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The CAS newsletter, Cornerstone, won first place for Electronic Newsletter. Two other CAS submissions won first place in their respective categories at the national level – Master Players Concert Series Modern Pioneers won first for Graphics, and the Department of Languages, Literatures and Culture's Monumental Banner won first for Advertising Posters, Billboards and Banners. The Biden School of Public Policy and Administration won honorable mentions in the Catalog, Manual and Handbooks category for its Biden School Guide to Choosing the Right Doctoral Program. The College of Earth, Ocean and Environment also took home awards from this contest: in the categories of Website (edited/managed by entrant—nonprofit, government, educational) for deseagrant.org, and in the Public Service category for its Coast Day 2018 exhibit. In addition, CEOE placed second in the Community, Institutional or Internal Relations category for its Reduced Plastic Waste Campaign; and third in the Video for Web category for Why Sea Grant - Oyster Aquaculture and Experimental Economics, and Brochures for its Faculty and Research Interests 2018-2019 Directory.
The Connecticut Critics Circle has named A Flea In Her Ear, a co-production of UD’s Resident Ensemble Players (REP) and Connecticut’s Westport Playhouse, as the outstanding production in the state during the 2018-19 season. The classic French farce was performed at UD in March and then moved to Westport in July and August. The Connecticut Critics Circle draws its nominees from 15 professional theatres in the state, including Yale University’s internationally renowned Yale Repertory Theatre as well as Hartford Stage and Long Wharf Theatre, two of the most respected regional theatres in America.
Presentations
Chrysanthi Leon, associate professor of sociology, and Corey Shdaimah, associate professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work, participated in an invited symposium hosted by Bar-Ilan and Haifa Universities in Israel, exploring Multi-door Justice. They also taught a three=day workshop on “Innovative Qualitative Methods and Orientations” and, with funding from UD's Center for Global and Area Studies, conducted informational interviews with potential Israeli research collaborators. The symposium presentation built on new research as well as their recent co-edited volume with Katie Hail-Jares, Challenging Perspectives on Street-Based Sex Work (Temple University Press). The workshop also used the book and included an exercise on I Poems derived from Marie Bailey-Kloch's chapter in Challenging Perspectives.
Troy Mix, policy scientist and associate director with the Institute for Public Administration, presented on June 6, 2019, at the 59th annual Conference of the Council for Community and Economic Research in St. Louis, Missouri. The presentation, "Measuring the Gig Economy at the State and Local Level," highlighted applied research completed with Sade Bruce, a graduate student in the Biden School of Public Policy and Administration and Public Administration Fellow with the Institute for Public Administration.
Jackie Wilson, director of the UD’s Delaware Academy for School Leadership and assistant professor in the School of Education, recently appeared on the National Governor’s Association new Education School Leadership podcast series. In this episode, Wilson shares her expertise and insights on the value of school leadership and strategies that governors and state policymakers can draw on to support the development and growth of principals and school leaders. “Why should state policy leaders advocate for school leadership and invest in the preparation and professional learning of principals?” Wilson asked. Because research shows there is a definite relationship between educational leadership and student learning. “Students learn when educational leaders create a safe, caring and supportive school environment, promote rigorous curriculum, provide research-informed instructional frameworks, and assess those systems,” she said. To listen to the full podcast, click here.
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