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Dr. Kittel
Is currently in the process of publishing an article in the Journal of Women's History. Dr. Kittell also took students to a group of students to the Phi Alpha Theta conference in April!
Dulce Kersting-Lark
The head of the University of Idaho Library Special collections and Archives department talked the addition of a new display in the library. This display, "Brave and Bold Women in University of Idaho History." This exhibit is highlighted on pages 12.
Dr. Cieslik-Miskimen
Recently had an article published in The Communication Review titled, "Navigating the Urban-Rural Divide: A Case Study of a Small-City Newspaper in the United States, 1920-1929. Also, she's actively working on a project with a colleague at Louisiana State University that looks at the intro of computers in small rural newsrooms in the 1970s and 1980s. Also working on a second project that looks at the strategic communication practices of American high school advocates in the 1920s and 1930s.
Dr. Kyong-McClain
Is currently working towards publication of a co-edited volume (with Joseph Tse-hei Lee) titled From Missionary Education to Confucius Institutes: Histories of Sino-American Educational Exchange, which highlights the roles of governments, private philanthropic organizations, and motivated individuals in this sometimes contentious, but always productive exchange. He is also in the early stages of a project on the history and geography of Chinatowns along the U.S.-Mexico border, with the geographer Jess C. Porter of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.