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Notable & Quotable

• Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Emma Duffy-Comparone’s debut book “Love Like That” was named to Vogue magazine’s Best Books to Read in 2021 list. The book came out in March and includes nine short stories that all focus on women and relationships. Vanity Fair also included it on its Best Books to Buy for Valentine’s Day list in February.

• Sociology professor Michael DeCesare has published “Accrediting Commissions’ Standards on Faculty Governance” in the winter 2021 issue of Academe magazine. 

• Assistant professor of communication and media, Melissa “Mish” Zimdars, was featured on Newsy television to discuss how more news sites are sharing partisan messages while “masquerading” as local news sites.  

• Assistant professor of women’s and gender studies, Debra Michals, was quoted in an article in The Nation, based on her research on feminist federal credit unions. The author was looking at what these credit unions from the 1970s might teach lenders in the pandemic.

• Sociology Associate Professor Daniel Herda published a paper titled “Is Not Knowing the Same as Being Incorrect?: An Examination of Immigrant Population Innumeracy Non-Response” in an edited volume published by Springer. 

• Sociology Associate Professor Daniel Herda presented his research titled “Examining the Contexts of Intergroup Contact” at the annual meeting of the World Association of Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) virtual conference.

• Assistant professor of art/art history, Jonathan Latiano, MFA, gave a talk, “Time as a Muse,” at the Broto 2020 Conference, held virtually this year. Broto: Art-Climate-Science, is a unique conference of international experts focused on substantive, mutual, credible and real-time art-science collaboration that inspires innovation to address the climate crisis.  

• Assistant professor of graphic design, Dan Vlahos, MFA, was elected for membership to the prestigious Society of Printers in Boston, Massachusetts. Established in 1905, the Society is dedicated to the study and advancement of the art of printing.

• Sociology Associate Professor Daniel Herda presented his research on interpersonal contact between immigrants and citizens at the American Sociological Association virtual conference.

• Sociology Associate Professor Daniel Herda published an article on Immigration Innumeracy in Canada in the journal Migration Letters.