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Recognizing Scholarly and Creative Achievements – 2012 Honorees
Several Mars Hill College faculty and staff were honored at a reception April 10 which celebrated academic and creative achievements during the past year. This is the second annual Mars Hill College Faculty and Staff Scholarly and Creative Accomplishments reception, co-sponsored by Renfro Library and the Faculty Library Committee. Publications or articles authored or edited by honorees will be added to the Faculty & Staff Collection in Renfro Library Special Collections.
Faculty and staff members honored on April 10 are listed below with their respective works, and the professional publications, volumes or venues where the work appeared. (Pictured are: (front row, l-r) Dr. Matt Milnes, Dr. Ron Collins; (back row, l-r) Dr. Yael Baldwin, Dr. Adrienne Akins, Dr. John Gripentrog, Ms. Hannah Furgiuele, Dr. Kathy Newfont)
Dr. Adrienne Akins – Dept. of Language and Literature
• “We weren’t laughing at them… We’re grieving with you: Empathy and Cosmic Vision in Eudora Welty’s The Optimist’s Daughter." In Southern Literary Journal
• “Ethnic Identity in Sandra Cisneros’s Caramelo”. In Notes on Contemporary Literature
• "By the Sweat of Thy Brow: Work, Gender, and Eden in Cather’s My Ántonia and Hurston’s Sweat." In Willa Cather Newsletter and Review
Dr. Yael Baldwin – Dept. of Social Sciences
• Lacan and Addictions: An Anthology
Mr. Jarod Camerota – Dept. of Athletics
• “An examination of preactivity and postactivity flexibility practices of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I tennis coaches." In Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
Dr. Ron Collins – Dept. of Business Administration
• "Improving Employee Selection with a revised Resume Format." In Business Communication Quarterly
Dr. John Gripentrog – Dept. of History, Religion and Philosophy
• “Pearl Harbor: The Road to Irreconcilable Worldviews." In www.shafr.org (Society for Historians of Foreign Relations)
Ms. Hannah Furgiuele – The Ramsey Center
• “Parents Beware” (photo). Finalist in The Appalachian Mountain Photography Contest
Dr. Matt Milnes – Dept. of Natural Sciences
• “International Society for Wildlife Endocrinology: the Future of Endocrine Measures for Reproductive Science, Animal Welfare and Conservation Biology." In Biology Letters
• “Activation of Southern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) Estrogen Receptors by Phytoestrogens: Potential Role in the Reproductive Failure of Captive-Born Females?” In Endocrinology
Dr. Kathy Newfont – Dept. of History, Religion and Philosophy
• Blue Ridge Commons: Environmental Activism and Forest History in Western North Carolina
• “Commons Environmentalism Mobilized: The Western North Carolina Alliance and the Cut the Clearcutting! Campaign." In Mountains of Injustice: Social and Environmental Justice in Appalachia