{"id":73491,"date":"2024-12-02T15:54:54","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T22:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=73491"},"modified":"2024-12-02T15:54:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T22:54:54","slug":"in-the-spotlight-dec-2-6-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-dec-2-6-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: Dec. 2-6, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kudos to these faculty, staff and programs.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">E-mail your announcements to <\/span><a href=\"mailto:Inside@nau.edu\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Inside@nau.edu<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, or use our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/news-tip\/#.YEjwNWhKg2w\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">online submission form<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Department of Anthropology<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">professor <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Lisa Hardy <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">joined the University of Arizona\u2019s College of Public Health and Campesinos Sin Fronteras, a farmworker support agency, to publish a special issue of the journal Practicing Anthropology centered on health research along the U.S.-Mexico border. The issue, titled &#8220;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/toc\/rpay20\/46\/4\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Community at the Heart of Research<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,&#8221; contains writing, art, poetry and details of community engagement projects written by health workers in Spanish and English.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Christopher Tyler Cox<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a doctoral student studying astronomy and planetary science, was the first author of the paper \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2411.13759\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Photothermal Spectroscopy for Planetary Sciences: A Characterization of Planetary Materials in the Mid-IR<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d submitted for publication in Planetary and Space Science. This article is the final entry of a two-part series developing a database of Optical photothermal infrared (O-PTIR) measurements that can be used to identify planetary materials. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Marco Cabrera Geserick<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the Latin American Studies program coordinator and an assistant professor for the Department of Comparative Cultural Studies, was a keynote speaker at the 2024 Napoleonic Historical Society conference in Mexico City. Geserick\u2019s opening speech delved into the history of Latin America during the Napoleonic Era. Geserick also accepted a board member position for the Napoleonic Historical Society.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Department of Anthropology professor <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Corina Kellner <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">co-authored the manuscript \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0278416524000709\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Migration and state expansion: Archaeological and biochemical evidence from Pataraya, a Wari outpost in Nasca, Peru (A.D. 650\u20131000)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d which was published in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. The paper uses archaeological and bioarchaeological data collected from tombs near the Wari outpost of Pataraya to discuss the migration and identity customs of the ancient Peruvian Nasca people during imperial incursion. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Natalie Landman<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Physician Assistant Studies, co-authored a chapter in the new book \u201cRecentering Learning: Complexity, Resilience, and Adaptability in Higher Education.\u201d Landman\u2019s chapter, \u201cCreating Transformational Change Through Learning Innovation Departments,\u201d examines how universities can address rapid technological, demographic and economic shifts by forming specialized innovation departments.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cline Library research coordinator <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nix Mendy<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, archivist for discovery <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sam Meier <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and archivist for digital programs <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kelly Phillips <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">joined University of Arizona and Din\u00e9 College partners to present at the 2024 Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums conference in Palm Springs, California. The trio discussed their three-year project digitizing videos of the Colorado Plateau and detailed how to care for film materials held for Indigenous partners.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"7\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the Institute of International Education\u2019s 2024 Open Doors Report, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NAU <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">placed in the top 10 doctoral universities in the United States for long-term study abroad programs in 2022-23. The institute builds its rankings and reports using surveys sent to approximately 3,000 accredited U.S. higher education institutions. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276,&quot;335559991&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"8\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bill Carter<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, an associate professor of practice in the School of Communication, delivered a keynote address for the Global Business School Network\u2019s annual conference in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia. Carter used his personal experiences working in war-torn cities and collaborating with scientists to transform Botswana\u2019s diamond industry to challenge business educators to incorporate real-world issues into teaching. \u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"9\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NAU <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">was one of 471 campuses included in the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/allinchallenge.org\/challenge\/most-engaged-campuses\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">2024 Most Engaged Campuses for College Student Voting<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> list. To be included on the list, universities had to make prominent efforts to increase nonpartisan democratic engagement and student voting on their campuses using a formal engagement action plan.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"10\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-graduate-schools\/top-science-schools\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">U.S. News and World Report<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> placed <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NAU\u2019s <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">earth sciences program<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">in the top 100 graduate school programs of its kind on its annual best science programs list. NAU\u2019s earth sciences program was specifically ranked No. 59 while its biological sciences and computer sciences programs were ranked No. 158 and No. 187 on their respective lists. Academic officials decided on these rankings through surveys assessing each program\u2019s academic quality, tuition costs, location and the job placement of graduates.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"11\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cline Library research librarians <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bridget Wipf<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rita Baladad<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and Meier co-authored the article \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/crln.acrl.org\/index.php\/crlnews\/article\/view\/26553\/34483\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Onboarding from the Ground Up: Creating a Community for New Academic Professionals<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d published in the November 2024 issue of College and Research Libraries News. The article explores methods of expanding and improving the onboarding and promotion processes for Cline Library\u2019s newly hired academic professionals, a title given primarily to librarians and archivists, using support systems and subcommittees.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"12\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The National Science Foundation awarded more than $420,000 to assistant research professor of biological sciences <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mariah Carbone <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">for a project exploring how trees record atmospheric data in their rings. Sampling Bristlecone pines, some of the oldest trees on Earth, the results of this study could have major implications for past solar storms and future solar activity.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-dec-2-6-2024\/\">Kudos to these faculty, staff and programs.\u00a0\u00a0 Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?\u00a0\u00a0 E-mail your announcements to Inside@nau.edu, or use our online submission form.\u00a0\u00a0 Department of Anthropology professor Lisa Hardy joined the University of Arizona\u2019s College of Public Health and Campesinos Sin Fronteras, a farmworker support agency, to publish&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73491\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}