For the Record provides information about recent professional activities and honors of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.

Recent presentations, publications, honors and memorials include the following:

Presentations

Margaret D. Stetz, Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women's Studies and professor of humanities, was an invited online participant in a hybrid scholarly seminar held at Goldsmiths, University of London, on Nov. 27, 2025. Titled "Future Fields," this event, which was organized by the Decadence Research Centre at Goldsmiths, was occasioned by the recent publication of the volume Michael Field in Context (Cambridge University Press), to which Stetz was a contributor. The purpose of the seminar was to suggest further directions for the study of the lives and works of the two Victorian women writers, Katharine Bradley and Edith Cooper, who used the joint pseudonym of "Michael Field." On Dec. 6, 2025, Stetz was the introducer and moderator for the one-day-long "Jane Austen Now" symposium held at Morris Library in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of Austen's birth. On Dec. 7, 2025, she was also an invited participant in an online scholarly workshop organized by the Delaware Valley British Studies working group. The topic of discussion was the circulation of late-19th and early 20th century trade cards and postcards with racist imperial imagery of domestic caretakers. 

You Jin Choi, art history Ph.D. candidate, gave a talk at the Textile Museum Journal Symposium on Dec. 6, 2025. The talk, "Highlights from the Korean Textile Collection at The Textile Museum," explored the museum’s renowned collections, including some of the rarest extant objects from the Imperial Joseon court. The Textile Museum Journal is published each fall and focuses on new research illuminating aspects of the museum’s collection. It is the leading publication for the exchange of textile scholarship in North America.

Daniel Harris, assistant professor of epidemiology, spoke at the Gerontological Society of America’s (GSA) 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston in November. His presentation was entitled, “Evaluation of the Choose Home Intervention to Reduce Health Services Use and Promote Aging in Place.” As a geriatric pharmacoepidemiologist, Harris’ research focuses on optimizing medication and vaccine use for older adults living in the community and in long-term care settings.  

Peyton Free, an alumna of the master of public health in epidemiology program, also gave a poster presentation at the conference, entitled “Variation in the management of herpes zoster among US nursing home residents with and without dementia.”

Publications

Heinz-Uwe Haus, professor emeritus in the Department of Theatre and Dance, published in Gracious Light (New York, Nr. 4, 2025) seven poems translated into Romanian from his poetry collection Loreley, which was released 10 years ago on the occasion of his staging of Goethe's Faust 1 with UD's REP. The translation was done by the writer Clelia Ifrim, who emphasized the literary significance of the poetic work of the author, otherwise internationally known as a theatre director, in an introduction. Haus' nonacademic publications and his visual art work appear under the pseudonym Jean Bodin.

Adil Bentahar, associate professor in the English Language Institute, coauthored an article, "Moroccan EFL teachers’ experiences with the 2023 Al-Haouz earthquake,” documenting the lived experiences of teachers in the aftermath of the devastating Al-Haouz earthquake (2023) in Morocco. This work appears in the highly respected ELT Journal (Oxford University Press). It amplifies the real voices, stories and resilience of EFL middle and high school teachers in the face of unimaginable loss.

Raphael Travis, professor in the College of Education and Human Development and faculty director of the master of social work program, published “Creating Community and Reducing Stress Through an Online Hip Hop Intervention in the COVID-19 Era” in Youth Work, Music Production and Measurement. Travis’ research, practice and consultancy work emphasize healthy development over the lifespan, resilience and civic engagement. He also investigates the creative arts, especially Hip-Hop culture, as a source of health and well-being for individuals and communities.

Honors

Laura Hougentogler, instructor and academic labs manager, was honored as a “Most Valuable Professor” by Student Services for Athletes – UD Football. Hougentogler received an invitation to the Nov. 8 Homecoming football game against Louisiana Tech, where she received her recognition on the field.

Lesa Massarotti, professor in the Department of Animal and Food Sciences, was honored at the Nov. 8 UD football game against Louisiana Tech. Massarotti, who was offered President’s Box tickets and access to the Presidential Suite before the game, was recognized on the field for her incredible service to the Faculty Athletic Board and for her contributions to the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and Department of Animal and Food Sciences. 

In Memoriam

Kenneth Lewis, retired Chaplin Tyler Professor of Economics and former director of the Center for Applied Business and Economic Research, died Nov. 15, 2025. He retired in 2021 after 48 years at UD. 

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