{"id":16421,"date":"2013-04-12T13:55:11","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T20:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=16421"},"modified":"2013-04-12T15:14:47","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T22:14:47","slug":"in-the-spotlight-april-12-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-april-12-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: April 12, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Kudos to these faculty, staff and students<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?<\/p>\n<p>E-mail your announcements to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Inside@nau.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Inside@nau.edu<\/a>, or use our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/news-tip\/\">online submission form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Laura Camden<\/b> and <b>Kurt Lancaster<\/b>, associate professors in the School of Communication, visited the University of Wollongong near Sydney, Australia. Camden and Lancaster contributed to the working document \u201cCrossing Borders and Documenting Communities,\u201d a trilateral agreement as partnership among professors and students in journalism, along with colleagues from Umea University in Sweden. They also conducted a multimedia lecture and workshop, and produced a short documentary on Wollongong\u2019s convergence journalism class.<\/li>\n<li><b>Nicole Walker<\/b>, assistant professor of English, published a new book, <i>Quench Your Thirst with Salt<\/i>. Walker is in Clarksville, Tenn., this week for the book\u2019s release. Read about the book in Clarksville\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theleafchronicle.com\/article\/20130410\/LIFESTYLE\/304100016\/Stubbornness-runs-strong-first-book-essays-Nicole-Walker-reads-Clarksville-April-11\"><em>The Leaf Chronicle<\/em><\/a>. <b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Donelle\u00a0Ruwe<\/b>, associate professor of English, <b>Atticus Bailey<\/b>, <b>Samantha Gebel <\/b>and <b>Marie Knowlton-Davis<\/b>, graduate students in English, presented research during the 18th- and 19th-Century British Women Writers\u2019 Association Conference in Albuquerque on April 4-6.\u00a0This international conference is dedicated to the recuperation and critical exploration of texts by non-canonical as well as canonical women writers. Ruwe\u2019s paper, \u201cUtilitarian Verse and Heathen Mythology in Charlotte Smith\u2019s \u2018Flora\u2019 and Anne\u00a0Ritson\u2019s <i>Classical Enigmas<\/i>,\u201d discussed the use of versified study guides and puzzle poetry to teach mythology in the Romantic era. Bailey\u2019s paper, \u201cThe Role of the Sympathetic Imagination in Maria\u00a0Edgeworth\u2019s <i>Ennui<\/i>,\u201d explored Adam Smith\u2019s theories of moral sentiment as they are applied in an early novella about Anglo-Irish relations. Gebel\u2019s \u201cRadcliffe\u2019s New Gothic Heroine: Adeline\u2019s Transformation between the Classic Gothic Female and the Rational Dame\u201d showed how Radcliffe\u2019s 18th-century gothic novel stages two conflicting types of the female heroine. Knowlton-Davis examined the poetry of several late 18th-century women who wrote abolitionist verse in support of the British cane-sugar boycott in \u201cSensibility and Female Abolitionist Poets: a Failed Attempt?\u201d<\/li>\n<li><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-16422\" alt=\"Amy Horn postcard\" src=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Horn.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2013\/04\/Horn.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2013\/04\/Horn-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Amy Horn<\/b>, lecturer in the School of Communication, has a solo exhibit, titled \u201cPhotographic Display of Color,\u201d at Brandy\u2019s Restaurant in Flagstaff. A reception will be held from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 27. The exhibit includes 32 of Horn\u2019s photographs from around the Southwest. The show will be on display until May 30.<\/li>\n<li>Thirty-two NAU students attended the UCLA Model United Nations conference in Los Angeles last weekend, where three of them received conference honors. Political science major <b>John Kelly<\/b> and psychology and political science dual major <b>Nicholas Cogdall<\/b> each received an Honorable Mention; political science major <b>Connor Mullins<\/b> was named Best Delegate.<\/li>\n<li>Several undergradates in communication studies presented papers at the 2013 Arizona Communication Association meeting at Glendale Community College April 6:\n<ul>\n<li><b>Caitlyn Rogers<\/b> and <b>Ashley Garcia<\/b> presented \u201cA Theoretical Approach to Understanding the Culture of Poverty: A Call for More Positivity&#8221; (co-authored with <b>Kaitlin Booth<\/b>). Garcia also presented &#8220;A Generic Criticism of Presidential Speeches after National Shooting Incidents&#8221; and \u201cSandra Day O&#8217;Connor: A Rhetorical Analysis of Her Post-Supreme Court Judicial Advocacy.\u201d Rogers also presented &#8220;Ballads: History and Relevance.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><b>Katherine Kurpierz<\/b> and <b>Giovanna Fotino<\/b> presented \u201cHelping Granny Cross the Street: How Stereotypes of Seniors Keep them in Poverty&#8221; (co-authored with <b>Rebecca Rice<\/b>). Fotino also presented \u201cProtect this House: An Analysis of Under Armour&#8217;s &#8216;Sweat Every Day\u2019 Advertising Campaign.&#8221; Kurpierz also presented &#8220;Land of the Free, Home of the Brave:\u00a0 Presidential Crisis Speeches.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Garcia and Rogers also represented NAU\u2019s chapter of Lamba Pi Eta on a roundtable discussion of honor society student leaders from various groups around the state.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A number of NAU students in the organizational communication program, based at the Glendale Community College campus through the 2+2 program, also participated at the conference:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Ace Fanning<\/b>, <b>Paige Skiba<\/b>, <b>Danielle Saenz<\/b>, <b>Katie Myers<\/b>, <b>Hawar Sabir<\/b>, <b>Alicia Brown, Keri Wahlstrom<\/b>, <b>Ashley Mendivil, Katelyn Darr<\/b>, and <b>Larry Knauf<\/b> participated in a panel discussion, &#8220;Goffman and the Good Life: That&#8217;s if You&#8217;re Effective At Staging.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><b>Marie Baker-Ohler<\/b>, <b>Stephen Zubia<\/b>, Fanning and Mendivil and participated in a panel discussion, \u201cThe Postmodern Good Life: Diversity Special Topics Course Reflection.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><b>Nicole Lawson<\/b>, <b>Kristi Bencomo<\/b>, <b>Chad Kenman<\/b>, <b>Emmanuel Moore<\/b> and <b>Jennifer Complot<\/b> participated in \u201cLooking for the Good Life in Dark Times.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Graduating seniors in the NAU\/GCC 2+2 program also presented their senior capstone posters during poster sessions at the meeting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NAU faculty members <b>Dan Foster<\/b>, <b>Brant Short<\/b>, and <b>Marie Baker-Ohler<\/b> also attended, where Baker-Ohler chaired two panel discussions and served as association president and conference planner for the event. She also was selected to edit the association\u2019s journal and Short was selected as vice-president of the association.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-april-12-2013\/\">Kudos to these faculty, staff and students Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community? E-mail your announcements to\u00a0Inside@nau.edu, or use our\u00a0online submission form. Laura Camden and Kurt Lancaster, associate professors in the School of Communication, visited the University of Wollongong near Sydney, Australia. 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