Barbosa was also awarded a lodging travel grant from the Brazilian National Association of History, which allowed her to attend two events at ANPUH, Associação Nacional de História in Brazil during the month of July.
Dr. Amy Belfi, associate professor of psychological science, was quoted in an article on the impact of Taylor Swift’s music on memory.
Dr. Andrew Behrendt, assistant teaching professor of history and political science, published “Édes in the Streets, Csípős in the Sheets: Paprika, British Tastes, and the Self-Tempering of Hungarian Spiciness, 1920–1940,” in Hungarian Cultural Studies 16.
Dr. Mehrzad Boroujerdi, CASE dean and professor of history and political science, published “Plight of Threatened Iranian and Afghan Scholars and Students.” This publication and his research was supported, in part, by a Vartan Gregorian research grant from the IIE Scholar Rescue Fund. He also presented a talk titled “One Year On: Assessing The 2022 Protest Movement in Iran” organized by the Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies program at the University of Alberta in Canada.
Dr. Michael Bruening, professor of history and political science, published “Pierre Viret, Reformer on the Margins” in The Theology of Early French Protestantism: From the Affair of the Placards to the Edict of Nantes, edited by Martin I. Klauber (Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage Books, 2023): 333-356.
Dr. Ryan Cheek, assistant professor of English and technical communication, has been appointed to serve a two-year term on the Rhetoric Society of America's career development committee. In addition, Cheek and ETC professors Elizabeth Roberson and Dr. Carleigh Davis led a panel titled “Navigating the Shift from Reproductive to Generative Models of Technical Communication Graduate Education: Challenges and Opportunities for Career Diversity” at the annual conference of the Council of Programs for Technical and Scientific Communication hosted by the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston in September.
Dr. Larry Gragg, Curators' Distinguished Teaching Professor emeritus of history and political science, published Bugsy’s Shadow: Moe Sedway, “Bugsy” Siegel, and the Birth of Organized Crime in Las Vegas (Albuquerque: High Road Books, 2023).
Dr. Garry (Smitty) Grubbs, associate professor of chemistry, received a $150,224 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for a project titled “Studying f-Electron Contributions in Thorium- and Uranium-Containing Molecules.” With this addition, the award totals $295,750. In addition, Grubbs’ group, made up of S&T graduate students and other students at the University of Virginia's College at Wise, had their article titled “The microwave spectrum of the sesamol (1,3-benzodioxol-5-ol) monomer and an analysis of its internal motion” accepted by the Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy. All measurements of this system were done at Missouri S&T.
Dr. Irina Ivliyeva, professor of Russian and interim chair of arts, languages, and philosophy, was named a Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor by the University of Missouri Board of Curators. This honor is in recognition of her exemplary service to the university.
Dr. Vadym Mochalin, associate professor of chemistry, received a $465,916 grant from NSF for a project titled “Collaborative Research: DMREF: Computationally Driven Discovery and Synthesis of 2D Materials through Selective Etching.”
Dr. Dev Niyogi, professor of biological sciences, received a $25,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Interior for a project titled “Study the Vertical Distribution of Tire Wear Particles within the Water Column.”
Ross Channing Reed, lecturer of arts, languages, and philosophy, published a book chapter titled "Warren Zevon and the Sonic Death Punch" in Warren Zevon and Philosophy: Beyond Reptile Wisdom, edited by John E. MacKInnon (Chicago: Open Universe, 2023). This book is volume 10 in the Pop Culture and Philosophy book series.
Dr. Kathleen Sheppard, professor of history and political science, presented a virtual keynote titled “Up the Nile: A Thousand Ways to Go A Thousand Miles to the Egypt Exploration Society (London) Tuesday Spotlight on Sept. 5. On Sept. 15, she presented a conference talk titled "Inaccurate Notes from the Nile: Lucie Duff Gordon's Letters from Egypt" at the Victorian Popular Fiction Association's Notes from the Nile conference in Birmingham, UK. And, on Sept. 23, Sheppard co-hosted the Missouri Chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt virtual workshop on Scent in Ancient Egypt. Participants received "scent kits" and were able to experience the scent experience of living in Ancient Egypt.
Dr. Robin Verble, associate professor of biological sciences, and Theo Sumnicht, assistant teaching professor of biological sciences, attended the Organization for Biological Field Stations Conference at La Selva Biological Field Station in September. They presented a poster in collaboration with Dr. Gonzalo Rivas-Torres of the Universidad San Francisco de Quito on their collaborative work with Tiputini Biodiversity Station in Ecuador. Verble also presented a one-day workshop on field station safety and risk management with collaborators from Sequoia and Yosemite field stations and UC Merced.
Dr. Agnes Vojta, teaching professor of physics, was featured in a story in the Phelps County Focus on her poetry work.
Dr. Thomas Vojta, Curator’s Distinguished Professor and chair of physics, received a $59,080 grant from the Regents of the University of California on behalf of its Santa Barbara Campus for a project titled “CRCNS US-German Research Proposal: Stochastic Axon Systems: From Spatial Dynamics to Self-Organization.”
