Newsmakers | College of Liberal Arts

Highlighting the professional and academic accomplishments of College of Liberal Arts students, faculty, and staff.

Newsmakers are a quick and easy way to acknowledge the professional and academic accomplishments of RIT students, faculty, and staff, such as publishing an article in a scholarly journal, presenting research at a conference, serving on a panel discussion, earning a scholarship, or winning an award. Newsmakers appear in News and Events as well as the "In the News" section on faculty/staff directory profile pages.

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April 2025

April 24, 2025

Hinda Mandell, professor in the School of Communication, discussed her teaching approach and led an invited zine-making and hand stitching workshop at the Manchester Jewish Museum on April 17 in England. Her involvement was a part of the museum's outreach effort to local communities.
April 24, 2025

Christine Keiner, chair of the Department of Science, Technology, and Society, presented at two conferences in April. The first was part of an invited session convened by the Organization of American Historians discussing State of the Field: U.S. Environmental History, and the second was the American Society for Environmental History's Annual Conference panel The Legacy of Jimmy Carter’s Environmental Politics and Policy, at Home and Abroad.
April 24, 2025

Jonathan Schroeder, William A. Kern Professor of Communications, has been named book review editor for the international journal Popular Music History. The journal publishes original historical and historiographical research that draws on the wide range of disciplines and intellectual trajectories that have contributed to the establishment of popular music studies as a recognized academic enterprise.
April 21, 2025

John Capps, professor in the Department of Philosophy, spoke as part of an invited symposium at the annual meeting of the American Philosophical Association's Pacific Division on April 19 in San Francisco. His paper, entitled "The Truth Isn't What You Think It Is: Pragmatic Truth in Science and Law," focuses on the importance of truth in a post-truth era.
April 16, 2025

Students from the School of Communication traveled to Pace University in New York City on April 12 to pitch their campaign for the District 2 AAF National Student Advertising Competition. Emma Dooley, Joseph Jimenez, Caroline Lupisella, Sarah Thomas, Hailey Fowler, Amelia Wilkes, Tuqa Yaseen, and Sydney Young represented their Campaign Management and Planning class’s strategic campaign for their client, AT&T, at the competition.
April 11, 2025

Silvia Benso, professor of philosophy, presented “Metaphysical Longings, Violence, and the Power(lessness) of the Voice” on the panel Is One Born a Woman? Reflections on Sex, (Anti-)Gender, and Difference at the annual meeting of the Society for Italian Philosophy April 3-5 at Stony Brook University. Her talk explored implications of feminist philosopher Adriana Cavarero's book on the themes of sexual difference, being a woman, maternity, and other related topics such as patriarchy, binarism, and transfeminism.
April 11, 2025

Divya Ramjee, assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, and Evan Selinger, professor in the Department of Philosophy, co-authored “How the U.S. Can Achieve Sustainable AI Leadership,” which proposes various policy recommendations for the United States’ leadership in AI. The chapter is part of New Lines Institute’s compendium Future-Proofing U.S. Technology: Strategic Priorities Amid Chinese Tech Advancement.
April 11, 2025

Igor Polotai, a third-year game design and development and history double major, was named to the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge's 2025 Student Voting Honor Roll. Polotai is one of only 232 students nationwide to receive this distinction and was recognized as a Voter Engagement Leadership Scholar with RIT’s Center for Leadership & Civic Engagement. The distinction highlights college student leaders for committing to nonpartisan democratic engagement and contributions to their local communities.
April 11, 2025

RIT students working with faculty mentors in the Department of Psychology presented their research at the Western New York Undergraduate Psychology Conference on April 5 at the University at Buffalo. Presenters included Tobi Fadipe, Katherine Shomper, Jamison Fick, Briana Pabon, Kai Foust, Matt Barbaro, Janie Yearwood, Willow Rose, Haylee Webb, and Bella Ciardi.
April 9, 2025

The Cultural Heritage Imaging & Innovation Conference, co-organized by RIT and RIT Croatia, was held March 25-28 at the Dubrovnik campus. Organized by Fulbright Scholar Izzy Moyer '24 (museum studies), David Messinger, professor in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, Juilee Decker, director of the museum studies program, and Roger Easton Jr., professor in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, together with Francis Brassard, senior lecturer, and Irena Guszak, president and dean of RIT Croatia, the conference sparked insightful discussions on how emerging technologies can transform the way we preserve, study, and share cultural heritage.