Kevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, had his article, "Here's how we can make AI for tracking Covid safer," published on the website for the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technology, a think tank where he is a Fellow, on July 9, 2020.

Nicole Calma-Roddin, Ph.D., assistant professor of behavioral sciences, had her article, "Music, Language, and The N400: ERP Interference Patterns Across Cognitive Domains," published in Scientific Reports on July 8, 2020. The article examines electrical responses of the brain (in the form of EEG/ERPs) linked to long-term memory processing. Results showed evidence of interference effects between ERPs elicited by music and language stimuli, suggesting shared neural processing across these domains.

John Hogan, Ph.D., adjunct assistant professor of interdisciplinary studies, had his book, The Tragedy of the Athenian Ideal in Thucydides and Plato, published by Lexington Books on July 1, 2020. The book was published as part of a series of Interdisciplinary approaches to ancient Greek studies with Professor Gregory Nagy of Harvard University as the series editor. The book aims to be part of a developed scientific understanding of governmental constitutions. Hogan wishes to thank Ellen Katz, associate professor of social sciences, for her interest and encouragement.

Lissi Athanasiou-Krikelis, Ph.D., associate professor of English, had her article, “Representing Turks in Greek Children's and Young Adult Fiction,” published in International Research for Children’s Literature (Vol 13.1) on July 1, 2020.

Chinmoy Bhattacharjee, Ph.D., assistant professor for physics, had his article, “Classifying Diamagnetic States of Plasma Near Schwarzschild Event horizon: Local Approximation” published in Science Direct on July 1, 2020. In his article he describes how magnetic field structures are characterized by two distinct physical parameters which can be used to predict different physical phenomena near black hole event horizon.

Chinmoy Bhattacharjee, Ph.D., assistant professor for physics, had his article, “On Beltrami States Near Black Hole Event Horizon,” published in AIP on July 1, 2020. In this article, he describes how the study of plasma dynamics near black hole event horizon. Plasmas at certain regions near black hole event horizon exhibits properties analogous to a superconductor.

Amanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English, was elected vice president of the International Virginia Woolf Society on June 27, 2020.

Amanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English, discussed her book, Annotating Modernism, at the Bring Your Own Book (BYOB) Launch Party held by SHARP in Focus, an online conference from the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing on June 16, 2020.

Amanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English, was interviewed for AuthorsAsk on June 16, 2020, following the publication of her book, Annotating Modernism.

Kevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, was appointed to the editorial board of the new interdisciplinary journal, AI and Ethics on June 16, 2020. The journal will be published by Springer.