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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July 2020

July 5, 2020

Cecilia O. Alm, associate professor of English, was Diversity and Inclusion co-chair with Vinodkumar Prabhakaran, research scientist at Google, for ACL 2020, the 58th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, which took place virtually July 5-10. ACL is the world’s leading venue for computational research on natural language.

June 2020

June 25, 2020

Jonathan Schroeder, the William A. Kern Professor of Communications, recently published a book chapter, “Aesthetic Leadership in the Small Firm,” in the Handbook of Entrepreneurship and Marketing, edited by Ian Fillis and Nicholas Telford, published by Edward Elgar.
June 25, 2020

Chris Ferrari, a second-year marketing and political science double major from Spencerport, N.Y., ran for the Spencerport Board of Education and finished fourth. He was 92 votes short of winning a seat on the board.

May 2020

May 6, 2020

Eva Hall, a fifth-year biomedical engineering major from North Hollywood, Calif.; Nina Lentini, a fourth-year film production major from Mattituck, N.Y.; Matt Miller, a fifth-year electrical engineering major from Buffalo, N.Y.; and Jessica Visco, of Orchard Park, N.Y., who graduated in December with a degree in media arts and technology, were inducted May 6 into the National Italian Honor Society, Gamma Kappa Alpha, for excellence in Italian studies. They were nominated by Elisabetta D’Amanda, principal lecturer of Italian in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures.

April 2020

April 28, 2020

Jonathan Schroeder, the William A. Kern Professor of Communications, recently published two papers: “A Brand Culture Approach to Brand Literacy: Consumer Co-creation and Emerging Chinese Luxury Brands," in the Journal of Cultural Management Research and “Branding as Soft Power: Brand Culture and the 2008 Beijing Olympics,” in the book Soft Power with Chinese Characteristics: China’s Campaign for Hearts and Minds.
April 9, 2020

Michael Laver, professor of history and associate dean in the College of Liberal Arts, published a book titled The Dutch East India Company and Japan: Gift Giving and Diplomacy with Bloomsbury Press.
April 8, 2020

John Capps, professor of philosophy, received an honorable mention in the American Association of Philosophy Teachers’ Lenssen Prize competition for his article, “The Case for Discussion-Intensive Pedagogy.” It was one of three articles to receive an honorable mention for the 2018-2019 period.

March 2020

March 10, 2020

Kévin Le Blévec, modern languages technology specialist in the College of Liberal Arts, had an article, “Designing a Language Lab at the Rochester Institute of Technology,” published in the March edition of The FLTMAG magazine of the International Association for Language Learning Technology.
March 6, 2020

Andrew Moore, retired College of Liberal Arts dean, was lead author of a paper published March 6 in Scientific Reports concerning evidence of a cosmic impact in Abu Hureyra, Syria.

February 2020

February 19, 2020

Evelyn Brister, associate professor of philosophy, co-authored an article, “The Impact of Philosophy - And the Philosophy of Impact” in the Feb. 17 edition of 3 Quarks Daily.