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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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.
February 13, 2020

Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, has been appointed editor-in-chief of the online, open access journal Theoretical Economics Letters.
February 6, 2020

The College of Liberal Arts has joined the Central New York Humanities Corridor. The collaboration works to build bridges across member institutions to support activities in the humanities, enabling direct access to resources as well as humanities faculty and students who can network and collaborate on teaching and scholarship. Other member institutions include Syracuse University, Cornell University, University of Rochester, LeMoyne College and the New York Six Liberal Arts Consortium (Colgate, Hamilton, Hobart and William Smith, Skidmore, St. Lawrence, Union).

January 2020

January 31, 2020

Elisabetta D'Amanda, principal lecturer of Italian in the modern languages and cultures department, had her 2008 film, As Good As Bread, given an Award of Exceptional Merit in the Depth of Focus International Film Festival in January. She made the film as an MFA student at RIT and it continues to be shown in various Italian-American student programs.