Department of Humanities and Politics

 After two years of adapting to the challenges of the pandemic in and out of the classroom, the 2022 Winter semester has brought us close to a return to the pre-Covid environment. While Zoom remains an important part of our everyday life in academia, and likely will continue to do so into the future, the necessary precautions against the spread of Covid that so dramatically impacted campus life for the last two years have eased somewhat as the threat from Covid recedes. We all are hoping that conditions permit this trend to continue.  

The Winter 22 semester has been a very busy one in the Department of Humanities and Politics and, as always, we are excited to share with you what has been happening with our students, faculty, alumni, and organizations in this edition of the newsletter.   

As always, we are immensely proud of the many accomplishments of our wonderful faculty, students, and alumni. We know there is a lot more going on with our students and alumni which we have not be able to cover in this newsletter. To our alumni especially, please get in touch if you have stories you want to share.

Best wishes,

David P. Kilroy, Chair

Congratulations to our very own Professor Charles Zelden, PhD, who has been named as the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences Professor of the Year for 2021-22. Professor Zelden is a nationally recognized scholar in his field and is arguably one of the most visible scholars at NSU when it comes to national media recognition. He teaches a wide variety of undergraduate courses in the History, Political Science, International Studies, and Legal Studies programs, as well as courses in Farquhar Honors College. This is the second year in a row that this notable honor has been bestowed on a faculty member in the Department of Humanities and Politics, as now Professor Emeritus Kate Waites received the award for 2020-2021.

We are delighted to introduce the DHP community to the new Dean of the Halmos College of Arts and Science, Holly Lynn Baumgartner, PhD. Dean Baumgartner was appointed Dean of the Halmos College of the Arts & Sciences by President Hanbury in September 2021 after a national search. Dean Baumgartner has experience as the former Dean of the Getty College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio Northern University (2017-2021) and Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at Lourdes University (2013-2017). 

DHP is particularly excited to note that Dean Baumgartner holds a Dual B.A. in English Literature and Classical Studies (Ancient Greek) from the University of Toledo and an M.A. in American Culture Studies from Bowling Green State University. She went on to earn a PhD in English from Bowling Green. Dr. Baumgartner has held professorships in English, History, and Rhetoric in various colleges such as Mercy College, Lourdes University, and Ohio Northern University, and so has a natural academic home in the Department of Humanities and Politics at Nova Southeastern University. Although Dean Baumgartner loved her time in the Midwest, she grew up in South Florida and is happy to be back! She says, “South Florida has changed a great deal since I’ve been gone, but so have I!” Being back in the warm weather means that she has time year-round to enjoy some of her favorite things: running by the beach, being on the water, reading and writing, and the arts, especially photography. She has a vintage camera collection in her office that you can stop by to see!

This past fall semester, the Department of Humanities and Politics in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences partnered with Montachem International Inc. on a case competition exercise titled “Global Issues, Student Solutions.” Montachem is a leader in the distribution of thermoplastics and plastic resins to producers around the world and the initiative provided an opportunity for undergraduate students at Nova Southeastern University to avail of insight and expertise from Montachem personnel while exploring the role of plastics in the modern world. “Global Issues, Student Solutions” ran as a case competition in a section of INST 1500, Global Issues, the introductory survey course in the B.A. in International Studies program. Under the direction of course instructor Dr. Ransford Edwards, students engaged in research projects addressing the challenges posed by the competing costs and benefits of global plastic usage. Based on a review of their work by a faculty panel and feedback from officials at Montachem, three students were recognized at a recent luncheon hosted by the Department of Humanities and Politics. Each student is the recipient of a cash award funded by a generous gift from Montachem International. 

J.C. Avila, COO of Montachem International, noted that “we are very proud of our association with NSU on the "Global Issues, Student Solutions" plastics challenge project in 2021 . . . The work presented by the students after understanding the depth of this challenge is very encouraging as they presented interesting solutions and ideas but most importantly demonstrated the need to bring this subject up for discussion at all levels in our society to start finding solutions.” Montachem CEO Jerry Murcia added “Montachem is proud to have supported this project which in turn has raised awareness of this ongoing problem. The creative solutions presented by NSU students move us towards a circular economy where intentional business decisions encompass the importance of social justice and positive environmental impact." Both Montachem and the Department of Humanities and Politics look forward to continuing their partnership and engaging students in addressing this important challenge. 

According to competition winner Eve Fatout, a junior Education major, “My biggest take-away from my research is that there are many ways in which we can help alleviate our climate crisis; we just need to agree on a plan.” Joint runner up Valeska Antunes, a sophomore political science major, noted, “I dedicated myself to this project because I saw it as an opportunity to do something meaningful while in college.” The other runner up, Isabelly Verissimo, a sophomore Behavioral Neuroscience major, who recently represented her home country of Brazil at the Global Peace Summit in Turkey, commented that part of the reason she took the Global Issues class was so that she could explore issues such as this one that fall at the intersection of science and public policy.

On Saturday, March 26, 2022, the NSU Center for the Humanities hosted the 4th annual Crossroads Student Humanities Conference, which showcases undergraduate and graduate student research in the humanities. This year’s Crossroads theme, “Rebirth, Renewal, Reboot,” explored how the humanities helps navigate trauma, tragedy, and loss. Paper topics ranged from the cultural renewal of Germany after World War II to Civil War poetry reflecting mass death trauma. Research was presented by students from NSU, University of Miami, University of Central Florida, and University of Florida. The conference also offered panels on humanities-based skillsets in the workplace and digital humanities strategies for textual analysis.

The conference’s opening plenary speaker was Dr. Janet Roseman from NSU’s Kirin C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine; Dr. Roseman’s talk, which derived from her recent book, If Joan of Arc Had Cancer,focused on applications of historical inspiration for female patient therapy.

The event’s keynote speaker, made possible by the Stolzenberg-Doan fund in the Department of Humanities and Politics, was internationally acclaimed author, scholar, and activist Azar Nafisi, who shared a powerful message regarding the role of literature in times of social and political repression. See a video of Nafisi’s talk and a photo gallery of the event here:

 https://hcas.nova.edu/humanities/crossroads-conference/humanities-student-conference.html 

The faculty Crossroads committee is comprised of Dr. Marlisa Santos, Director of the NSU Center for the Humanities, and Dr. James Doan, Dr. Yair Solan, Dr. Amanda Furiasse, and Dr. Joanne Urrechaga. The committee would also like to thank Alexa Gonzalez (English), Center for the Humanities intern, and Taylor Margherita (Political Science), DHP student worker, for their unflappable conference assistance.

The NSU Center for the Humanities champions core academic disciplines in the humanities, such as history, literature and languages, philosophy, religion, politics, and film, particularly the way in which these disciplines may be applied to engage and promote positive action involving local and global human issues and concerns. The Center aims to demonstrate the relevance of the humanities as a complement to the core STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and math) and the social sciences, with a view toward encouraging students and scholars in those disciplines to explore these connections.

In the German language there is a phrase, “Glück im Unglück,” which can be translated as a bit of luck in misfortune or a blessing in disguise. This phrase applies certainly to the fortunes of the students enrolled in the course, Genocide in the 20 ^th  Century and Beyond, HIST 4700. Normally the students in this course travel to Europe to see some of the places linked to the Holocaust in Poland, either Warsaw or Krakow, and also to Bosnia-Herzegovina where the civil war occurred, Sarajevo. This year because of Covid-19, the group of 13 students and two professors were nowhere near the Ukrainian border (remember it is around 150 miles from Krakow to the Ukrainian border) in February and early March when hostilities broke out, but rather safely located in Washington, D.C. 

You might ask what was the theme of the students’ travels to Washington, D.C.? Well to some extent, they saw the traditional sights that American citizens should see on a trip to their capital city: the Lincoln Memorial, the Library of Congress, the Washington Monument, and the Supreme Court (at least from the outside). However, these students went beyond a civics tour of Washington. They spent a number of hours in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ( https://www.ushmm.org/ ) considering how the Holocaust is presented to an American audience. At the Vietnam Veterans Memorial they considered how wars should be memorialized. 

While in Washington, D.C., the students visited the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture ( https://washington.org/visit-dc/guide-to-smithsonian-national-museum-african-american-history-culture ) considering the legacy of slavery in American history and more generally in the Americas. On the second and third floors of the museum they visited exhibitions about Reconstruction and the period of segregation as well as the Civil Rights Movement. The visit to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial complemented the themes found at the African American museum.  At the National Museum of the American Indian ( https://americanindian.si.edu/ ) students were left to ponder whether there might be in American history instances of ethnic cleansing.  

Dr. Kilroy, who accompanied the trip, was a great guide. He explained to the students much about the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial as well as Arlington National Cemetery.  As well, Professor Kilroy picked a fantastic hotel for the group to stay at called the Generator Hotel located right at Dupont Circle.  

Professor Levitt who also accompanied the trip was moved by the protests of Ukrainians in front of the White House. Levitt also liked the architecture of Georgetown, the cupcakes at Sprinkles, and the design of the Eastern Market. ( https://easternmarket-dc.org/our-history/ )

Because of a delayed departure, six of the students stayed with Levitt in Washington an extra day and they went to an Irish Pub for lunch, Union Station, and saw the monument for the Ukrainian famine, the Holodomor Memorial. 

Although in peaceful times without Covid-19, it might have been a wonderful experience to travel to Europe, the trip to Washington, D.C., for five days ended up being a productive, meaningful, and enjoyable (alternative) learning experience.   

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It has been a great year for the Nova International Relations Association (NIRA), which serves as NSU’s Model United Nations team and is housed in the Department of Humanities and Politics. Coming out of the pandemic and being able to travel for the first time in 18 months, the team put up two strong showings winning numerous awards at two conferences and hosted our annual high school conference (NIRAMUN) for the 9 ^th year in a row on campus.

In October 2021, NIRA traveled to Gainesville to compete in the Florida Model United Nations Conference (FMUN). NIRA once again had a super successful weekend competing against colleges and universities from all over the state of Florida. The team consisted of 13 students from the POLS 2400 Model United Nations class as well as three returning delegates from last year. The team represented a wide variety of countries, and in the end walked away with 6 awards. Leading the team, seniors Genesis Alvarez (NIRA President), Janay Joseph (NIRA Vice President), and Jackie Chavez won the top award at the conference: an “Outstanding Delegation” award for their representation of the United Kingdom. In addition, first time delegates Mohammed Husein and Irfan Mahmood won an “Honorable Delegation” award for representing Japan, and Alexander Ross (another first-time delegate) won the “Most Improved Delegate” award for his work as Norway. To top it all off, we also had three delegates win an award for “Outstanding Position Paper” in their committees: Janay Joseph (UK), Meroshah Khan (Pakistan), and Irfan Mahmood (Japan). The team has always represented NSU well at FMUN; however, this group did exceptionally well in each category. This marks the 7 ^th  year in a row that the team has won at least one award at this statewide competition and the third year in a row they returned with multiple accolades. 

From March 24-27 ^th , NIRA participated for the 10 ^th  year in a row at the Southern Regional Model United Nations Conference (SRMUN) in Charlotte, North Carolina. The team was captained by seniors Genesis Alvarez, Janay Joseph, and Jacqueline Chavez, and also brought several second time delegates from the POLS 2400 Model UN class: Mohammed Husein, Irfan Mahmood, Meroshah Khan, and Alex Hernandez. All seven students represented Japan in various committees. After 3 long days (13+ hours each day), the team won an “Honorable Delegation” award for their dedication and skill in representing Japan. In addition, Genesis Alvarez won the “Best Delegate” award for her work in the UN Population Fund. This marks the 7 ^th  year in a row that NIRA walked away with awards at SRMUN, an impressive feat considering there were approximately 400 delegates from nearly 40 schools in attendance.

This past Winter 2022 semester, as part of the celebrations of Community Fest, the Department of Humanities & Politics hosted Story Booth: Friends Edition, soliciting memories and messages from students, faculty, staff, family, and friends. We asked, “If you could say anything at all right now to your best friend, past or present, what would it be?” 

We heard from over 130 participants! 

The messages everyone left—heartfelt, funny, nostalgic, and sage—are all available on the Story Booth website:  https://nsudhp.wixsite.com/storyboothfriends 

Explore these messages to see how our community defines ‘friendship’!

 Story Booth  is a series hosted by the Department of Humanities and Politics (DHP) at Nova Southeastern University that fosters community and diverse cultural and social expressions through an understanding and appreciation of global literatures and languages. Stories are universal and they help us to make sense of the world by sharing our experiences. From remembering our first stories to conversations about the power, good and bad, of fiction, Story Booth connects us. All messages for the “Friends Edition” Story Booth are available here:  https://nsudhp.wixsite.com/storyboothfriends 

Thank you to all who contributed to this project! And a very special thanks to President Hanbury, who stopped by and contributed this distinguished message: “Thank you for your unqualified friendship and being there when I really needed a friend!”

See our website for all our community stories!  https://nsudhp.wixsite.com/storybooth 

NSU’s Annual Film Series, The Reel, closed the academic year with screenings of Dir. Lulu Wang’s The Farewell and Dir. Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7. Each event was facilitated by guest faculty speakers, Dr. Vicki Toscano and Dr. G. Nelson Bass III, who led discussions after the films, as well as made a success by the co-sponsoring student organizations and clubs: Wyrd Book Club, Be Happy Club, Pre-Health Book Club, Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity, Nova International Relations Association, and the Mock Trial Team. 

This semester’s Reel events were attended by over fifty students, staff, faculty, and members of the community, taking place on the west lawn in front of the Alvin Sherman Library and in the Mailman-Hollywood Auditorium. Future titles, dates, and locations can be found on The Reel website:  https://nsudhp.wixsite.com/reel .

For this 2022-2023 year, The Reel is also excited to announce the coming inauguration of its new co-coordinator, Dr. Yair Solan, who will partner with Dr. Aileen Miyuki Farrar, coordinator and founder of The Reel, to continue bringing filmic experiences and expressions to the community. Dr. Solan is one of the newest hires in the Department of Humanities & Politics , and he specializes in film and American literature. 

The Reel is a series hosted by the Department of Humanities and Politics that offers NSU students, faculty, and other members of the university and local community curated film screenings throughout the year. Each night is free of charge and open to the public. For more information contact Dr. Aileen Miyuki Farrar,  afarrar@nova.edu  or visit  https://nsudhp.wixsite.com/reel . 

Brought back by popular demand, The Style Us: Writing & Professionalization Series ran two creative writing workshops this past semester led by the beloved professors emeriti, Drs. Kathleen J. Waites and Christine Jackson.

Reflecting her studies and publications on the construction of identity in autobiography and having published her own memoir, Particular Friendships: A Convent Memoir (2006), Dr. Waites was well-prepared to lead students through the steps of crafting memoirs. During the Memoir Writing Workshop with Dr. Waites, students tried their hand at prewriting. Digging deep, many began composing striking narratives we look forward to seeing again soon in the published sphere. Today Dr. Waites prepares to publish her debut novel, The Faithful Ones. Her new blog, “On the Trail with Kate” may be found at  kathleenjwaites.squarespace.com .   

Speaking adeptly to a room of young writers from diverse disciplines, Dr. Jackson led the Science Fiction Creative Writing Workshop, introducing students to the variety of forms and types available in the plots and characters of science fiction and fantasy writing. Dr. Jackson has spent a lifetime reading, writing, and analyzing story patterns. As she said in preparation for the workshop, “Dreams are the first stories,” from which we can then write narratives that “shine with originality and meaning.” Her poetry has been published in several periodicals, including Shot Glass Journal, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Scarlet Leaf Review, Poetry Breakfast, A Quiet Courage, Verse-Virtual, and The Ekphrastic Review. She is the author of two books of literary criticism, Myth and Ritual in Women’s Detective Fiction and The Tell-tale Art: Poe in Modern Popular Culture. 

Both professors have made their workshop materials available for open education. Materials from each of the creative writing workshops can be found here:  https://nsudhp.wixsite.com/styleus/workshops-resources   

This past semester, Style Us also provided the “Conference Conventions & Etiquette: Redux” Workshop for the 4 ^th  Annual Crossroads Humanities Student Conference, hosted by NSU’s Center for the Humanities. Led by Dr. Aileen Miyuki Farrar, students practiced presentation personas, answering challenging questions, and thinking through what it means to be a collegial professional and part of professional communities. The workshop also included tips and guidance collected from over a dozen humanities, arts, and science faulty. All early researchers are invited to explore the Style Us Conference Conventions & Etiquette website here, which includes tips and advice for common questions specific to each discipline:  https://nsudhp.wixsite.com/styleusconference 

All Style Us events are archived on our website:  https://nsudhp.wixsite.com/styleus 

The  Council for Dialogue and Democracy  sponsored two events this winter semester.  On March 18 the CDD co-hosted a panel discussion titled “Russia’s War on the Ukraine” featuring Dr. David Kilroy and Dr. Katy Doll from the Department of Humanities and Politics and Dr. J. P. T. Savage and Dr. Dustin Berna from the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies.  Meanwhile on April 15, the CDD hosted “Making Your Vote Count” featuring Broward County supervisor of elections, Joe Scott. 

Our department hosted two in person El Cafecito Spanish Conversation Hours on Tuesday, March 8, from 12:30-1:30 p.m. and Monday, April 4, from 12-1 p.m. Both events were held outside in the Patio of the Student Services Bldg. and were moderated by full-time and part-time Spanish faculty (Professors Yvette Fuentes, Reina Barreto, Carolina Zarate, Gisele Blain, and Leisy Leon).

Our department hosted an in-person Au Café French Conversation Hour on Thursday, March 24, from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the Patio of the Student Services Building, and one virtual event on zoom on Wednesday, April 6, from 12-1. These events were moderated by our part-time French faculty, Professors Maud Cassagnol and Athena Gounis.

Dr. Yvette Fuentes invited guest speakers from Coalition of Immokalee Workers and the Alliance for Fair Food to campus to speak to students in LITR 2140: Latino Identities. Gerardo Reyes Chavez of the CIW and Natalia Naranjo from the partner organization, the Alliance for Fair Food, spoke to students on Monday, March 28. Mr. Reyes Chavez, a former migrant worker and community organizer, and Ms. Naranjo, spoke on the history of the organizations, the current conditions faced by farmworkers in the U.S. agricultural industry – including abuses such as sexual harassment and modern-day slavery – and the transformative changes now in effect due to the CIW’s United Nations-recognized Fair Food program.

On March 16, the university presented an NSAIR alumni panel discussion with industry leaders and alums. The panel featured Aprille McIntosh (2020) and Sherika Hornes (2014) discussing their experiences in the NSAIR program and how the program influenced their professional careers.

The Department of Humanities and Politics held its annual Brain Bowl, a fun night with trivia, games, and prizes. Brain Bowl featured Pi Sigma Alpha, Phi Alpha Delta, Model UN, and Spanish Club squaring off. Winner: Pi Sigma Alpha.

On April 13 the Department of Humanities and Politics was delighted to host the NSU premiere of the award-winning film, She Had a Dream: Eula Johnson and Fight to Desegregate Broward County, by senior History and International Studies student Janay Joseph and Tara Chadwick, Curator of Exhibitions at History Fort Lauderdale. This project grew out of Janay’s internship with History Fort Lauderdale, one of a number of internship opportunities established by the Department of Humanities and Politics designed specifically for our majors. For more information on DHP internships visit the  Student Opportunities  page on the department website.

The Alpha Alpha Zeta Chapter of Alpha Mu Gamma: National Collegiate Foreign Language Honor Society has inducted nine new students into its chapter this winter semester. The induction ceremony was held on Tues. April 5th and was presided by Chapter President Kathryn Macias, Chapter Secretary Amaya Allen, and Dr. Yvette Fuentes, Faculty Advisor. Below are the inductees and their languages of study:

Full Membership

Olivia Cantalupo- Spanish

Sarika Chauhan-Spanish

Skylar Flood-ASL

Mia Hudanich-Spanish

Christine Marti-Millward-ASL

Pamela Mignacca-Spanish

Alyssa Petti-ASL

Angela Razo-ASL

Associate Membership

Mille Langaas-English and Spanish

For more information about Alpha Mu Gamma go to  https://www.amgnational.org/ 

NSU's pre-law fraternity, Phi Alpha Delta, inducted nine new students into its chapter this winter semester. 

The induction ceremony was held on March 8th and was presided by Fraternity Chapter President Sommer Sandler, Chapter Vice President Taylor Margherita, Treasurer Reagan Vasbinder, Secretary Jamila Hughes, IOC Chair Emily Velasquez, and Dr. Vicki Toscano, Faculty Advisor.

Ivanna Espinoza

Bruna Azevedo

Mikayla Apicella

Lucas Pires de Freitas

Isabella Stapp

Dina Elhanafi

JoMari Chao

Juan Perez

Joel Galindo 

Nova Southeastern University is home to the 826 ^th  chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society. NSU’s chapter, Alpha Lambda Rho, is focused on recognizing and cultivating creative student leaders through scholarship and service. Benefits include recognition of academic excellence, the right to wear honor regalia, opportunities to attend the National Student Conference, scholarships for graduate study, best paper awards, annual chapter activity grants, and pathways to student leadership. Our latest initiation ceremony was held on December 3, 2021 and we welcomed our 30 ^th  through 36 ^th  members:

Alicia Sucre

Evis Aliaj

Meroshah Khan

Destiny Nicholson

Joel Telesforo Galindo

Ansharah Khan

Andrea Angel Riano

Taylor Margherita (President)

The Alpha Nu Iota Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society has inducted two new students into its chapter this winter semester. The induction ceremony was held on Friday, April 8 ^th , and presided over by Chapter Co-Presidents, Alexa Gonzalez and Janelle Giannetta, as well as Chapter Advisor, Dr. Aileen Miyuki Farrar. Below are the inductees: 

Daniel Contreras

Kay Francis

Congratulations to the following recipients of the  Stolzenberg Doan Scholarship  to support study abroad for 2022.

·      Shekinah Brown (International Studies major) will be studying in Germany during Summer 2022.

·      JoMari Chao (International Studies and Legal Studies major) will be studying in France during Summer 2022.

·      Natalie Toops (Interdisciplinary Studies major) will be studying in Thailand during Fall 2022.

·       Jessica Reiner (Public Health major) will be studying in Australia during Fall 2022.

Congratulations also to following students who received awards from the  DHP Scholars Fund  to present their research at academic conferences.

·      Victoria Benes (Secondary English Education major), “In Search of Kafka’s Jewish Identity: Tearing the Cocoon of the Christian Rhetoric,” 2022 Popular Culture Association National Conference.

·       Courtney Rosenthal (English major), "Dystopic Terror and the Manifestation of Neurosis in Zamyatin's We." 2022 Popular Culture Association National Conference.

Congratulations to all our 2022 graduates  Here are just a few highlights of what our soon-to-be newest alumni will be up to next year.

Sarah Selch Andrew (MS in National Security Affairs and International Relations) has been accepted into the PhD program in Political Science at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.

Nathalie Hernandez (MS in National Security Affairs and International Relations) has been accepted into the PhD program in Cybersecurity Management at NSU and hired by Blackboard as a Tech Support Advisor.

Shania Thompson (MS in National Security Affairs and International Relations) plans to move to the DC area next year to explore employment opportunities with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) after travelling to Europe and spending time with family.  

Genesis Alvarez (Legal Studies major, Philosophy minor) is getting married and plans to work as a legal assistant for a family law attorney, while studying for the LSAT and applying to law school.

Andrea Angel (Political Science and Legal Studies major, minors in International Studies, Philosophy, and Studio Art) will be attending the Shepard Broad College of Law at NSU.

Kathryn Brucia (Legal Studies major) will spend next year working for a criminal defense firm and studying for the LSAT. 

Jaime Butler (International Studies major, minors in International Law and History) is hoping to attend law school and is waiting on news from a number of submitted applications. 

Kay Marie Francis (English major, Sociology minor) will be starting a new job at the Pine Crest School in Boca Raton.

 Joel Telesforo Galindo, (Political science major, Spanish minor) plans to intern in the legal profession while studying for the LSAT and applying to law school, and also taking some time to travel.

Mitch Garrabant (History major) has been accepted into the MS program in College Student Affairs at NSU. 

Alexa  Gonzalez (English major)  plans to attend Glasgow University in 2023 to pursue a master’s in Fantasy and Sci-Fi Literature, using the summer to catch up her “to be read” list.

Sharon Gordeen (General Studies major) has applied to the MS program in Human Resource Management at NSU.

Janay Joseph (History and International Studies major) will be attending the New School in New York City to pursue a graduate degree in Media Studies with a focus on documentary filmmaking.

Ansharah Khan (Political Science major, Legal Studies minor) has been accepted into the JD and MBA Joint Degree program at the University of Massachusetts School of Law. 

Irfan Mahmood (Legal Studies major) has received a full-tuition scholarship to attend the Levin College of Law at the University of Florida in the fall. 

Taylor Margherita (Political Science major, minors in English and Psychology) plans to further explore the legal field by working at a law firm in New York City and gain experience before applying for law school.

Courtney Rosenthal (English and Education major) has been accepted into the MA program in Composition, Rhetoric, and Digital Media at the NSU.

Nelson Bass, PhD; Katy Doll, PhD; Aileen Miyuki Farrar, PhD; and Vicki Toscano, PhD, JD, are all contributing seminar faculty to “One Person Can Change the World,” a proposal in the Knowledge for Freedom program from the  Teagle Foundation . With Dr. Farrar as lead faculty member, the group contributed to the program which has been awarded a Teagle Foundation Planning Grant ($24000). Dean Andrea Shaw Nevins, MFA, PhD, of the NSU Farquhar Honors College is the principal investigator for the project and her creative vision has guided the process. 

Nelson Bass, PhD, JD, presented “Class (AAA) Conflict: 100 Years of Exploitation,” at the 29th Annual NINE Spring Training Conference in Tempe, AZ, 2-5 March, 2022.

Nelson Bass, PhD, JD, had his paper, “Still Undermined? Workers of the World and the Foreign Policy of US Labor”, accepted for the 3rd Biennial Conference of the Caucus for a New Political Science in South Padre Island, TX, 28 February, 2022. Conference postponed until 2023 due to COVID.

Jim Doan, PhD, will chair the panel “Say Gay! LGBTQ+ Censorship and Safety” at the Alvin Sherman Library on Tuesday, May 10 as part of the  Queer History series  at the library.

Katy Doll, PhD, participated in the panel “Russia’s War on Ukraine” hosted by the Council for Dialogue and Democracy and the Sustainable Development Seminar Series at NSU.

Ransford Edwards, PhD, presented “Globalists v Nationalists: The Resurgence of Economic Nationalism, 2008-2018,” at Annual Conference of the Florida Political Science Association, March 26, 2022.

Aileen Miyuki Farrar, PhD, presented “Silence: Women’s Narratives of Illness and the Haiku,” at the Northeastern Modern Language Association (NEMLA) Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, March, 10-13, 2022.

Yvette Fuentes, PhD, published a book review of Ripped Apart: Unsettling Narratives of Transnational Migration by Vanessa de Vertich Woodside, in Choice Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 59:7, March 2022.

Amanda Furiasse, PhD, presented her paper titled "Reprogramming Reverence: Diasporic Futurism & Digital Historiography" at the History of Emotions Conference at the Department of History, Institute of History at Government College University in Lahore, Pakistan.

Amanda Furiasse, PhD, published a recent podcast episode for the Political Theology Network's Assembly Podcast which features the work of NSU Associate Professor of Integrative Medicine Dr. Janet Roseman, called "The Unnatural Costs of Healthcare."   https://politicaltheology.com/assembly-podcast/s4-e4-the-unnatural-costs-of-healthcare/ .

Amanda Furiasse, PhD, launched a new digital exhibit, "Tangible/Intangible" for the Religion, Art, and Technology Lab which features the original artwork of artists, scholars, and community leaders.  https://www.ratlabmuseum.org/tangible-intangible 

Amanda Furiasse, PhD, launched a digital humanities project, Visualizing Integrative Medicine in La Florida, curated by Nathalie Hernandez, (MS in National Security Affairs and International Relations). The project features the original research of students in the Dept's Intro to Medical Humanities course.   https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/3fd6e496d74249dcb889852e6450494b 

Darren Hibbs, PhD, published “The Relevance of Race in Modern Philosophy,” in Academic Questions, 35 (1), 2022.

David Kilroy, PhD, participated in the panel “Russia’s War on Ukraine” hosted by the Council for Dialogue and Democracy and the Sustainable Development Seminar Series at NSU.

David Kilroy, PhD, presented “The Lynching of Ruben Stacy” as part of the Civil Rights in the Sunshine State Exhibit at the Alvin Sherman Library, on February 15, 2022.

Stephen Ross Levitt, LLM, has a forthcoming review of Constitutional Courts in Comparison: The U.S. Supreme Court and the German Federal Constitutional Court, by Ralf Rogowski and Thomas Gawron, Eds., in Law and Politics.

Teng Li, PhD, presented “Covid Regulation in China: Authorities, Law, and Sentiments,” as part of part of the Pre-Law Mini Lecture Series presented by the Department of Humanities and Politics and Phi Alpha Delta, April 7, 2022. 

Yair Solan, PhD, presented "Photoplaywrighting in Black and White: James Weldon Johnson and the Racial Iconography of Screen Media," at the Society of Nineteenth-Century Americanists conference (C19) in Coral Gables, Florida, on April 2, 2022.

Marlisa Santos, PhD, presented “Anti-social Networks: Coppola’s Crippling Conversation” at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference, November 2021. 

Jeremy Weissman, PhD, was part of a working group at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers that published standard for age-appropriate digital services for children. You can read more about the project  here .

Jeremy Weissman, PhD, had his book The Crowdsourced Panopticon recently reviewed in The New Atlantis, a leading journal of philosophy and technology. The review is available here:  https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-twitter-surveillance-state 

Charles Zelden, PhD, has a new book project under agreement with the University Press of Kansas titled Fractured: The 2000 Presidential Election.

David Kilroy, PhD; Stephen Levitt, LLM; Katy Doll, PhD; Yair Solan, PhD.

Nathalie Hernandez