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Assistant Professor of Nursing Aspengren was invited to give a talk at the of Literature and Creative

Adjunct Assistant Professor of English Kate John William King Professor

Aleesa Kittrell was appointed as 2023 Fowey Festival of Arts and Literature Writing Gina Hausknecht , co-chair for the National League in Fowey, United Kingdom. Assistant Professor of for Nursing (NLN) Foundation Social and Criminal Justice Scholarship Selection Panel with Associate Professor of Rhetoric Neal McNabb and Associate succession to the chair position in 2025. Allison Carr ’05 published Professor of Sociology Katie a review and interview with Visiting Assistant Professor Rodgers ’03 received an Priyanka Kumar about her new of Film Studies Kayti Lausch Associated Colleges of the book, “Conversations with assembled and chaired a panel, Midwest Institutionalizing Birds,” at CRAFT Literary. “Pink Inc.: Audiences, Branding Community-Based and LGBTQ+ Visibility,” at the Alma A. Turechek Professor of Pedagogies grant to support

2023 Society for Cinema and Media Studies Music William Carson served as the creation of a new Prison conference in April. She presented her a presenter and a performer at Learning Initiative (PLI) at work, “‘The Extras That Have to Be Thrown the convention of the European Coe which will provide high- In at Hallmark Nowadays’: The Conservative Music Educators Association in impact experiential learning Backlash to Hallmark’s Efforts at Queer Vicenza, Italy. and engagement around the Inclusivity” as part of that panel. carceral system. PLI builds

Esther and Robert Armstrong on strong interest in mass

Assistant Professor of

Associate Professor of Rhetoric incarceration among Coe Communication Studies

Theresa Donofrio published “On students, capitalizes on the Oluwadamilola Opayemi Writing (and not writing) ‘Out college’s strategic geographic location in finalized a contract with Cognella of the Office’” in the Journal of Cedar Rapids (the administrative home Academic Publishing to publish a Multimodal Rhetorics special issue on care of the Sixth Judicial District of Iowa) and pedagogical book chapter she wrote titled work and writing during COVID-19. extends the capacity of the popular and “Pop Culture and Family Communication” in growing social and criminal justice program. the Teaching Communication series, volume

Associate Professor of Physics

It will expand on existing efforts on campus Firdevs Duru four, scheduled to publish in September served in the to engage in community-based research 2023. local organizing committee for and teaching related to the criminal legal the American Physical Society system; coordinate opportunities for faculty

Associate Professor of Nursing Conferences for Undergraduate to work with existing community programs

Michelle Umbarger-Mackey Women in Physics (CUWIP), which was that allow Coe students to learn with and collaborated with the Iowa held at the University of Iowa in January support incarcerated people and returning School Nurse Organization on 2023. The Coe College physics department citizens through community-based research December 7, 2022, to virtually was a sponsor for the event, and Duru was projects, service learning and volunteer present "Care & Support of LGBTQ in charge of organizing and leading the opportunities; and provide the necessary Students & Families" as a continuing workshop on communicating your research infrastructure at Coe to begin partnering education offering for all Iowa school effectively. The meeting was also attended with the Iowa Department of Corrections to nurses. Michelle's presentation was critical by three physics students, Katie Ameku ’25, develop educational experiences that bring for Iowa school nurses as it included current Maren Kagin ’25 and Virginia Walker ’25 Coe students and incarcerated students evidence-based practices that school Katie Ameku introduced one of the keynote together for formal and informal learning. nurses can utilize in their daily work with speakers, and Virginia Walker presented a Iowa students who become the future. poster at the event.