DEAN’S NOTE

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Chancellor candidate forums this week. I know it’s a very busy time of year, getting busier with each day, and I appreciate your taking the time to provide feedback on this important search. COLS was well represented at the forums!

IN THE NEWS

Just a reminder that today is the last day to apply for the associate dean/school director position for the School of Education and Human Services.

PROGRAM UPDATES

• JaeHan Bae (Art) presented a paper, “Teaching Difficult Histories Through Art: Understanding Korean Japanese (Zainichi: 在日) Experiences and Promoting Social Justice,” at the National Art Education Association Convention in Louisville, KY.
• Susan Maxwell (Art) gave a talk at the annual Renaissance Society Conference in Boston on March 20 titled “Lessons in Iconography and Technique in Joachim von Sandrart’s ‘Twelve Months’ ” as part of a session sponsored by the Historians of Netherlandish Art (Imagination at Work: Inventive Iconography in the Arts of the Early Modern Netherlands). She also chaired a session on “Locating and Representing Creative Women and Female Figures.”
• Sam Larson (Sociology and Public Administration) presented a paper, “Tools for Increasing Trust in Elections and Preventing Political Violence,” at the 2025 Annual Conference of the American Society for Public Administration in Washington, D.C. on March 29.

FACULTY AND STAFF RESEARCH

• Shahid Mohammad (Mathematics) is coauthor of “A new power transformed distribution with applications to radiotherapy and environmental datasets” in the Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences.

UPCOMING EVENTS

• The NSF-ADVANCE team is sponsoring a virtual workshop Thursday, April 24, 2:00-4:00 pm on “Advancing Excellence in Tenure and Promotion” hosted by Jeffrey Allen Steiger of Florida International University. This event will provide a look into how professional actors and a cinematic, research-based script can transcend traditional pedagogy, undercut resistance and train faculty how to practically mitigate bias in Tenure and Promotion committee meetings. Register Here.