JON SCHAFF, professor of political science, published a chapter on South Dakota in film for the edited volume “Old Trails, New Roads” put out by the Center for Western Studies at Augie. Dr. Schaff also completed the work as editor for the Humanitas series developed by Classical Academic Press. Dr. Schaff was the central editor for the second volume of the History of America. RIC DIAS, professor of history, published a book, Kaiser Steel of Fontana: Together We Build, by the History Press, its release date was July 4, 2022 and is Dr. Dias second book. GINNY LEWIS, professor of global languages, published the book, The Novels of Zsigmond Móricz in the Context of European Realism, which was released by publisher Peter Lang Group. Dr. Lewis focuses on seven novels by Móricz, analyzing each in chronological order to show the author’s development of themes surrounding agency and greed in modern society. BEN HARLEY, assistant professor of English and rhetoric in CAS and director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), co-authored “5 Essential Ways of Knowing” with Dr. Mays Imad of Connecticut College. The article was published by Inside Higher Ed on August 10, 2022. RICARDO ROJAS, professor of math, published an article “When Triangles are Similar” in The College of Mathematics journal. The article was published on January 19, 2023. NUURRANTI JALLI , assistant professor of communication studies, published an academic paper, “Blaming Others: Stigmas Related to COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia and Malaysia” as second author in the Malaysian Journal of Communication. Dr. Jalli also published a book chapter “Native FACULTY AND STAFF Excellence Customary Rights Land Titles and Thwarting Deforestation: Digital Acts of Resistance Among Sarawak’s Indigenous Peoples” as first author, in the book New Media in the Margins: Lived Realities and Experiences from the Malaysian Peripheries, eds. Loh and Chin, Springer. Dr. Jalli also spoke at The Brookings Institution alongside other experts on Asia and Democracy, and was invited to speak at Asian Conference for Political Communication 2022 in Singapore, as organized by a German think-tank, KonradAdenauer Stiftung. LYSBETH BENKERT, professor of English, published a poem, Please thank you but why (forthcoming in February, 2024 from Finishing Line Press), which is a poetry collection that struggles with our need for change, seeks help with those transitions, and tries to make sense of those metamorphoses. Over the course of this exploration, its poems ask questions and listen to the voices of archetypes that embody multiplicity: goddesses who stand in doorways, trickster figures, and shapeshifters. Their voices tell us that change—whether ecstatic, exhilarating, terrifying, or chaotic—is as necessary as breathing. PEN PEARSON, professor of English, published four poems in the Fall 2022 issue of South Dakota Review. The poems are from her most recent manuscript, One Wing Should Float, whose overarching theme is the necessity of cultivating hope, not just for one’s own life, but for the planet’s future, despite the absurdities of existence. STEVEN USITALO, professor of history, has a forthcoming publication on Izobretenie Mikhaila Lomonosova: russkii natsional’nyi mif (The Invention of Mikhail Lomonosov: A Russian National Myth) in 2023 by Bibliorossica (St. Petersburg, Russia).
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