Faculty-Staff Achievements
Paul Arciero, professor of health and human physiological sciences, published a scientific paper. 鈥淚mpact of intermittent fasting regimens on circulating markers of oxidative stress in overweight and obese humans: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials鈥� appears in ).
Yelena Biberman, associate professor of political science, published an article with Zachary Troyanovsky 鈥�21 and delivered an online talk. "" appeared in Inkstick Media. They also delivered an online talk for Harvard University鈥檚 Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies about their newly released podcast series 鈥�.鈥� Both the article and coincided with the 30th anniversary of the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Veena Chandra, music instructor, received the from Sangit Kala Kendra, Agra, India.
Kristofer Covey, assistant professor of environmental studies and sciences, presented at the Climate
Underground Conference with former Vice President Al Gore. During the session, Covey
and collaborators discussed the , a de-centralized national-scale soil carbon inventory to inform agricultural innovation
and markets.
Beck Krefting, associate professor of American studies, published the chapter "Maria Bamford: A/Way With Words"
in the edited collection 鈥�Taking a Stand: Contemporary U.S. Stand-Up Comedians as Public Intellectual蝉.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;In the chapter, Krefting uses Bamford as case study to examine gendered and ableist assumptions about public
intellectuals.
William S. Lewis, professor of philosophy and director of media and film studies, has published a
new book. 鈥溾�� was published by Brill (December 2021). Taking an analytic and historical approach,
the work develops and defends Althusserian critical theory and also contributes to
Anglo-American political philosophy and to current debates in the philosophy of the
social sciences.
Kurt Smemo, associate professor of environmental studies and sciences, co-authored a journal
article. 鈥淎rbuscular mycorrhizal tree communities have greater soil fungal diversity
and relative abundances of saprotrophs and pathogens compared to ectomycorrhizal tree
communities鈥� appeared in .
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