Welcome to the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) at UW-Green Bay! Our goal is to provide you with a broad liberal arts education that prepares you for your career and life goals upon graduation. The College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences will provide you with the vast majority of your general education courses throughout your academic career. I hope you take some time during your academic career to explore some courses outside your chosen field of study, as you might just find a new interest that you will want to pursue. CAHSS offers over 30 major and minor programs. UW-Green Bay believes strongly in the idea of an interdisciplinary, problem-focused education, and you will receive such an education regardless of your chosen field of study. We are also the home to a number of research centers and the national honor societies of Phi Eta Sigma (first year national honor society) and Phi Kappa Phi (national academic honor society). I am proud to say that we also have a number of nationally and internationally renowned scholars within CAHSS. These are people that are writing books and producing scholarship that are being used at colleges and universities across the nation. Your added benefit is that you will be taking classes from these professors. Our faculty believe strongly in the student experience and promoting learning, and CAHSS has a number of award-winning faculty. I hope you will recognize the high level of quality offered by the CAHSS programs. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, Chuck Rybak, Interim Dean College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

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Professor Chuck Rybak was recently granted promotion to full professor and has served as chair of English for the past few years. He has served on a number of university-wide committees including the Faculty Senate and UPIC. Chuck is a noted poet and writer with numerous publications. He is a caring and passionate teacher who strives to get the most out of his students, and has been one of the campus leaders in the developing of our Digital Humanities program.

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UW-Green Bay CAHSS Notes

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CAHSS Faculty Recognized 2016-17

Kristy Deetz (AND) received the Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC) Award for Ex-cellence in Teaching in October 2016. The award recognizes outstanding teaching by a SECAC member.

Jeff Entwistle (THEATRE and DANCE) was recognized for Distin-guished Scene Design by the KCACTF for his work on Play Nice.

Adam Gaines [MUSIC] was accepted as a Center-stage Artist for Bach Trumpets from the Conn-Selmer Corporation. http://centerstage.conn-selmer.com/artists/adam-gaines

Regan Gurung (HUD) received the 2017 Charles L. Brewer Distinguished Teaching of Psychology Award from the American Psychological Foundation. The award recognizes a “significant career of con-tributions of a psycholo-gist who is an exceptional teacher of psychology.” As part of the award, Pro-fessor Gurung will present

at the 2017 American Psychological Association convention. Gurung also received the Distin-guished Achievement Award from the Carleton College Alumni Association. In addition, he will speak at a TEDx FonduLac event later this summer.

Katia Levintova (DJS) received the Spring 2017 Student Nominated Teach-ing Award. Associate Pro-fessor Katia Levintova (Democracy and Justice Studies, Global Studies and Political Science) was the winner of the Experienced Teacher Award. Students praise Professor Levinto-va’s dedication to students and her clear passion for teaching. Her positive attitude and equity-minded approach to teaching promote students’ self-esteem in and outside of her classroom, and her use of experiential learning draws her students into a rigorous exploration of politics across the globe. Alison Staudinger’s [DJS] spr ing class did ar t exhibit on Lyle Lahey’s cartoons — Inside https://issuu.com/uwgb-inside/docs/2017.05_inside_may2017 (page 22). The exhibit was a collaboration between the stu-dents in her American Political Thought class, the

Archives, and Leslie Walfish, our former cura-tor— the goal was to explore art as a way to ex-

press “political voice” and contribute to the ongoing dialogue about politics

that, in the form of speech-es, manifestos, and legal

documents, students ex-plored in the course. The

class also used basecamp (project management soft-ware), so it was also about

learning digital skills.

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Faculty in the Humanities have been engaging in trans-formative changes over the last two years, not the least of which is the desire to change their name. The central question underly-ing every program and course in the unit asks ‘what is it to be human?’ Concluding that this is a praxis more than a study, the faculty decided that ‘Humanities’ would better represent what they hope to offer current and future students as they embrace life in the 21st century. The new World Cultures track aims to immerse students in global cultures, where they are asked to consider how social, cultural, and historical contexts can give rise to different and often competing values. It is increasingly essential that students not only appreciate, but actively engage and work within, the diversity of cultures in the world we inhabit. The new Environmental Humanities minor, comple-menting and strengthening UWGB’s mission to promote envi-ronmental stewardship and sustainability, invites students to explore difficult questions about the intersection wherein our literary, historical, cultural, and philosophical enterprises confront the physical environment and hopes to instill the notion that these areas of study hold remarkable reserves for helping us to better comprehend and confront the environmental issues of current and future generations. The new Film and Cinema Studies minor and Digital and Public Humanities major meld the traditional study of text and context with a variety of new and different media that humanities professionals are exploring to engage a wider audi-ence in the enduring and relentless questions defining the humanities. Both programs emphasize the importance of applica-tion and experiential learning, with courses designed to promote students’ sense of self-efficacy, their position as knowledge-producers, and to engage them as humanities practitioners in their communities. These new emphases complement the Humanities’ strongest major - and, now, minor - in Ancient and Medieval Studies, which will receive a major boost in fall 2017 with the arrival of the Saga Viking longhouse. The longhouse was donat-ed to UWGB as a means of helping students engage in deep experiential learning as they learn about and craft Viking tools, meals, and medicines using tools and materials from Viking culture. Following trends in the profession, students will also work to create a 3-D model of the longhouse so that others may also share in the imme-diate experience and understanding of everyday life in a culture where so much of everyday life has already been lost to history. This blend of new and long-standing programs maintains the core of the humani-ties as an interdisciplinary mode of inquiry into the human condition, while engaging students in the most recent developments within its collective disciplines.

The Common Theme:

“Democratic Dialogue”

The 2017-2018 Common Theme is “Democratic Dia-logue,” as submitted by Alison Staudinger, Assistant Professor of Democracy and Justice Studies (Women’s and Gender Stud-ies), David Voelker, Associate Professor of Humanities (History), and Lora Warner, Associate Professor of Public and Environmental Administration. As they state in their proposal, “In a time of deep parti-san and other divides, universities have a special role in staging conversations about the most pressing and controversial topics. We want to explore these topics, with attention to protecting free speech and academic freedom, but also supportive and civ-il discourse. Along with faculty with research interests in dem-ocratic theory and practice, we also would engage faculty who work on diversity and inequality, democracy, social capital, and dialogue. The controversies that we face today involve a wide range of topics, from social policy to racial justice to environ-mental crisis to religion. Aspects of this theme should be en-gaging for all members of the campus community.” If you have events related to the Common Theme, please submit these to either co-chair of the Common Theme Task Force Donna Ritch (ritchd@uwgb.edu), Associate Dean

of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, or Stephanie Kaponya (kaponyas@uwgb.edu), Program Coordina-tor, Student Life. For upcoming events, see www.uwgb.edu/commontheme.

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Ankur Chattopadhyay (ICS) received a grant to become the first Google IgniteCS center in Wisconsin. The Humanities program received a Wisconsin Humanities Council grant for its project entitled “Displacement and Immigration: Through a Different Lens.” The grant will help middle school children and their families gain a deeper under-standing about global displacement.

CAHSS Selected Grant Activity

Jon Shelton (DJS) published Teacher Strike!: Public Education and the Making of a New American Political Order. Published through the University of Illinois Press' Working Class in American History series, the book argues that political conflict over teachers and urban education in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s was instrumenttal in the political shift to the right during that time. http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/24qrp3zf9780252040870.html More information on the book can be found at http://www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/?p=21999. Shelton has also done several public discussions of the book, including a book reception and talk at the Albert Shanker Institute in Washington, DC. Rebecca Nesvet (HUS) published the following: “The Spaniard and Sweeney Todd” in Notes and Queries, and “Mary Shelley and Sade’s Global Network” in Women’s Literary Networks and Romanticism, edited by Winckles and Rehbein.

In 2016-17, the Sweeney Todd project continues. Student editors encoded and annotated drafts of nearly thirty new chapters of The String of Pearls, UWGB's digital documentary edition of the Victo-rian bestseller that inspired the Sweeney Todd legend. A new Graphical User Interface (GUI) was de-veloped by Technical Editor Matt McAnelly, while Graphic Designer Angela Collier provided us with a new logo and Notes Editor Emily Harwood updated discursive annotations and more. Now, you can read the work-in-progress through Chapter 43. Check it out at www.salisburysquare.com/TSOP.

Prof. Kevin Kain (HUS) published “Deacon Feodor Ivanov as a Follower of Iosif Volotskii or The Enlightener and ‘The Wolf and Predator… Nikon’,” in David Goldfrank, Valleria Nollan and Jennifer Spock eds., Iosif Volotskii and Eastern Christianity: Essays Across Seventeen Centuries (Washington: New Academia, 2017). The chapter analyzes how and why seventeenth-century Russian religious dissenters employed the ideals of monasticism and iconography upheld in St. Iosif Volotskii’s The Enlightener (1490-1515) in order to condemn the clerical and secular elite of their day. Mike Kraft and Scott Furlong’s (PEA) book Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives (6th ed.) published by Sage/ CQ Press in May 2017.

A Sample of CAHSS Faculty Major Publications and Creative Work 2016-17

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Professor Sarah Meredith Livingston (MUSIC) was invited to be par t of the international jury at the 22nd

Schneider/Trnavsky International Voice Competition, May 20-28th in Trnava, Slovakia. The competition consisted of 115 singers from 16 countries. Prizes were monetary and guest performances/concerts with opera companies and orchestras in Eastern Europe. Ms. Meredith Livingston was the only American among the 11 distinguished judges who included the famous soprano, Gabriele Benackova, Prague, Czech Republic. One of the judges, Mariano Horak, a European agent who hails from Zurich, Switzerland, will be one of the guest judges for the American International Czech/Slovak Voice Competition to be held on the UWGB campus October 13-15, 2017. Professor Meredith Livingston also awarded a travel prize to soprano, Lucie Kankova, Prague, Czech Republic. Ms. Kankova will be coming to the American International Czech/Slovak Voice Competition held on the UWGB campus in October. The award was provided by the generosity of the Sharon Resch Foundation.

Faculty from Human Development were involved in a number of community and national boards throughout the year. To name a few: Sawa Senzaki served as Vice President of the Literacy Green Bay Board; Kate Burns served on the Encompass Early Education and Childcare Board; Regan Gurung served on the American Foundation of Counseling Services; Joel Muraco and Chris Smith served on Rainbow Over Wisconsin; Julia Wallace served on the Green Bay Rotary Foundation; Kris Vespia was a member of the Golden House Community Advisory Council; Jenell Holstead served as a consultant for the Green Bay Public School District; and Georjeanna Wilson-Doenges was a consultant for the WI Depar tment of Health Services.

The Strategic Philanthropy class taught by Prof. Lora Warner (PEA) awarded a $10,000 grant from the Learning by Giving Foundation to Curative Connections.

Chris Smith (HUD) organized the Associa-tion for Women in Psychology Conference this year.

Marcelo Cruz’s (PEA) Urban Design class was part of efforts exploring ideas for develop-ing Renard Island. Their efforts were covered by local news and also picked up by U.S. News and World Report and the Washington Times.

David Coury (HUS), Heidi Sherman (HUS), and Katia Levintova (DJS) provided the keynote address at CESA 7’s UN edSummit on the topic of the Syria Refugee Crisis. The event attracts gifted and talented students from around N.E. Wisconsin.

The Computer Science program hosted the first ever UWGB Game Jam in January, part of the Global Game Jam 2017. The event had groups of computer science students, program-mers and others forming teams to develop new and innovative games. Additional in-formation can be found at: http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/2017/01/22/uwgb-hosts-worldwide-game-event/96922718/ Middle school students learned online safety during UWGB GenCyber Camp. Lead fac-ulty for the GenCyber camp, Dr. Ankur Chattopadhyay (ICS) says there is a shor tage of cyber security professionals in the country. More...page 9 Ryan Martin (HUD) par ticipated as a contestant for the Dancing with Our Stars event this year. Martin was one of a number of local celebrities participating in the chari-table event.

Alison Staudinger (DJS) led a discussion on women’s work during prohibition for the Wisconsin Humanities Council in Sister Bay, Wisconsin.

UWGB hosted the Second Annual Excellence in Psychology Instruction Conference (EPIC) that brought 50 high school psychology teachers to campus for the day. UWGB’s Theatre and Dance program captured another Golden Hand Truck Award at ACTF festival for its work for “Play Nice.” New CAHSS Programs Humanities minor in Film and Cinema Studies

Information Sciences emphases in Game Studies, Information Technology, and Data Science

Art emphasis in Pre-Art Therapy

Communication emphasis in Health Communication

Computer Science emphases in Information Assurance and Security, and Software Engineering

Democracy and Justice Studies emphasis in Criminal Justice

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City of Green Bay Transformed into a Metropolis AND an Untitled Town

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Metropolis and UntitledTown: One City, Two Historical Arts Events On April 28, 2017, the city of Green Bay transformed both into a Metropolis and an UntitledTown. That evening, two UWGB faculty brought their passion and expertise from the classroom to the community in the form of two sepa-rate, historic, large-scale events. At UWGB’s Weidner Center, Associate Professor of Music Michelle McQuade Dewhirst presented the premiere of her newly-composed film score for the Fritz Lang’s 1927 film Metropolis. Meanwhile, in downtown Green Bay, Professor of English Rebecca Meacham helped launch the first events of the UntitledTown Book and Author Festival - a new, annual, 3-day literary festival that drew an estimated 6,000 people downtown. The success of both of these events demonstrates that Green Bay audiences will come out for more than just Packer games - and that the arts are a vital part of the community. Says Professor Meacham, “The feedback we’ve gotten from businesses, community members, alumni, faculty, staff, and students shows a real hunger for writing, music, fine arts, and visual arts events and expertise in Northeastern Wisconsin. We are lucky to be a part of a public university that connects with the region in these ways.” ENTERING METROPOLIS Michelle McQuade Dewhirst was inspired to compose a new score for Metropolis while team teaching a First Year Seminar course on film music with her colleague Adam Gaines. The seminal sci-fi film has had many scores over its 90-year history, due in part its severe editing at the hands of its distributor. However, despite the wide variety of musical approaches in these scores, there was no modern, large-ensemble score available. Seeing an opportunity to fill a musical need and collaborate with colleagues and stu-dents, McQuade Dewhirst set out to create a new score for wind ensemble and choir, to be premiered alongside a screening of the film by the UWGB Wind Ensemble, Studio Orchestra, and Concert Choir. McQuade Dewhirst completed the bulk of the new score during a Fall 2017 sabbatical. She worked closely with the film, coordinat-ing musical ideas with the minute-by-minute unfolding of the film’s iconic imagery. Says McQuade Dewhirst, “When setting a pre-existing work of art to music, whether it’s poetry or film, I think the composer’s job is to fully internalize that work of art, reflect on its meaning and communicate that interpretation to an audience.” Given the length of the film (just under two and a half hours) and the number of musicians involved - 80 - it was “all hands on deck” to bring the score to life. Wind Ensemble conductor Kevin Collins and Concert Choir conductor Randy Meder enthusiastically agreed to prepare their students for the performance. The students in turn rose to the occasion, preparing diligently and honing their concentration and endurance to execute the lengthy score. Michael Rector and Bill Sallak provided invaluable rehearsal assistance, Adam Gaines volunteered his time to assist with preparation of instrumental parts, and Sarah Meredith and Courtney Sherman con-tributed resources and ideas for promoting the event.

The efforts of all paid off - the event drew an audience an estimated 500-600 people to the Weidner Center’s Cofrin Family Hall. The audience - composed of not only UWGB faculty, staff and students but also music alumni, area musicians and a robust showing from the community at large - responded to the experience with a standing ovation. Writing about the experience in his review, Green Bay Press-Gazette critic Warren Gerds wrote, “It was a totally super wondrous, large-scale event like none other at the Weidner Center or any other place within shouting distance. A person sitting near me summed it up best: ‘A thrill.’”

(Source:https://news.uwgb.edu/log-news/news/05/05/one-last-ovation-for-metropolis/)

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DESTINATION: UNTITLEDTOWN Meanwhile on Friday, Professor Meacham opened the Meyer Backstage doors for a bearded man with loops of cable wound around his suit coat. The man was Brian Simons, Execu-tive Director of the Brown County Library and a UWGB alum-nus. One of Meacham’s co-founders of UntitledTown Co., a non-profit 501c3 organization, Simons was there to connect. Literally to connect, with cords: Simons had to run a PowerPoint from his laptop. Within moments, the keynote events of the inaugural UntitledTown Book and Author Festival would begin. April 28 launched three days of events for the first-ever book festival in Green Bay. Over the weekend, more than 80 authors, inspirers, and bookmakers helmed 85 events. At Saturday and Sunday’s peak festival hours, up to 10 events were scheduled concurrently in venues across downtown Green Bay like the TitleTown Tap Room, St. Brendan’s Inn, Brown County Library’s Central Branch, and Kavarna Coffeehouse. A trolley took participants to venues on both sides of the river. The festival culminated at the KI Center with talks by literary powerhouses Sherman Alexie and Margaret Atwood, drawing crowds of over 1200 people. UW-Green Bay faculty, staff, alumni, and students were key to the Festival’s success. UWGB alumna Wendy Wimmer Schuchart, a writer and webinar coordinator for VentureBeat invited Meacham to join UntitledTown’s Board. Schuchart and Alex Galt, owner of Kavarna Coffeehouse, conceived the idea for the festival one day when Schuchart was writing on her laptop and Galt noted how many writers were working at other tables, individually, without even knowing it. The UntitledTown Board grew to seven members and met weekly to discuss sponsors, venues, authors, book sales, and pre-festival meetups. Festival events ranged from children’s storytime to workshops for high school writers; readings by dog-sledders, novelists, and Poet Laureates; a live-recorded podcast; and printing demonstrations by Hamilton Wood Type Museum. On Saturday, Meacham moderated “Thrills, Threats, and Tenderness,” a panel of acclaimed novelists. The UWGB Alumni Association and Sheepshead Review sponsored two events, including the first downtown Sheepshead Review spring-issue launch party. UWGB alumnus Craig Dickman’s company Breakthrough Fuel, along with Megan Dickman’s Crystal Clear Resources, were the festival’s title sponsors. By raising over $100,000 in sponsorships and support, festival organizers kept all events free and open to the public. As Programming Chair and Blog Editor, Meacham reached out to current students, faculty, staff, and alumni to participate in various aspects of festival development - including the UntitledTown Blog, which linked UWGB creative writing graduates to world-class authors for interviews and reviews. The massive festival turnout delighted Meacham and her fellow Board members - who’d never worked together, nor run a book festival, before. Says Professor of Arts Management Ellen Rosewall, “From an arts manager's perspective, it was a case study in how things should be done. Obviously, I pay attention to these things, and I've never seen any arts event - not new ones, not well es-tablished ones, not big ones, not small ones - be so flawlessly executed. Put simply: This. Never. Ever. Happens.” After the weekend, it’s clear that all of Northeastern Wisconsin can’t wait for music, literature, and visual arts events to

Happen. Again.

UWGB English major Sara Ladwig reads at the College Invitational in Titletown Tap Room

Author Sherman Alexie poses for a selfie with readers UWGB alums and current students talk craft

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Congratulations on Faculty Promotions Toni Damkoehler (AND) and Chuck Rybak (HUS) were promoted to Full Professor at the June 2017 meeting of the Board of Regents. CAHSS Faculty promoted to Associate Professor with tenure included J P Leary (HUS), and Aaron Weinschenk (PEA). Faculty and Staff Emeritus Honorees The following people were granted emeriti status this year: Mike Ingraham (THEATRE), Dennis Lorenz (HUD), Linda Parins (MUSIC), Brian Sutton (HUS), and Julia Wallace (HUD).

CONGRATULATIONS…Faculty Promotions, Awards and More

CAHSS 2016 Founders Award recipients included:

John Mariano (THEATRE and DANCE) received the Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship. John provides hundreds of students with high-impact experiences. He has extensive New York and re-gional credits due to his expertise in blending the work of students and professional artists into seamless, high caliber productions. He has engaged in new play development, directing and performing in staged readings of plays by professional playwrights, and mentoring student playwrights. His work has been commended by the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival, bringing National recognition to UW-Green Bay Perform-ing Arts. The Kennedy Center National Selection Team held his production of Almost, Maine as a finalist for an invited performance at the Kennedy Center, the highest level of recognition in University Theatre.

Ryan Martin (HUD) received the Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching. Ryan creates a rich educational experience in his classroom. He supervises numerous individualized learning experiences ranging from research and teaching assistantships, to internships, independent studies, and honors projects. He paves the way in reaching students, peers, and media via social platforms, such as Podcasts. He is a national resource in anger management, one of his many research focuses. He was instrumental in developing an app for the Psychology program that provides its majors a wealth of information from office hours to upcoming events in the Psychology program.

Lora Warner (PEA) received the University Award for Excellence in Community Outreach. Lora serves as a valuable liaison between UW-Green Bay and its community. She teaches our students to be active citizens in the community. She is involved with many organizations, including the United Way, House of Hope, Steps to Make a Difference, and Sustainable Green Bay. Her work with the Brown County Life Study has provided valuable insight into the community and shapes public dialogue on issues like environmental quality, education, health care and more.

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Farewell to Dean Scott Furlong Congratulations to Scott Furlong, dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences who became provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs at SUNY Oswego. His appointment was effective July 2017. In his new role Furlong will be responsible for leadership of all instructional and academic programs across the college, including Oswego’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, School of Business, School of Education, and School of Communication, Media and the Arts. Gregory Davis, UW-Green Bay Provost, spoke highly of Furlong, a friend and colleague of his for more than two decades: “I’ve always been most impressed with Scott’s unwaver-

ing commitment to shared governance, liberal education, and student success,” said Davis. Furlong, a Political Science Professor, joined the UWGB faculty in 1993 and served as Dean of The College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences since 2007.

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FABRICAtion…is a traveling art exhibition, co-curated by Kristy Deetz, Professor of Art and Reni Gower, Professor of Painting (Virginia Commonwealth University), with Catalogue essay by Jessica Hemmings, Professor and Head of the Faculty of Visual Culture (National College of Art & Design, Dublin). The show features the work of 7 artists (Erin Castellan, Kristy Deetz, Virginia Derryberry, Reni Gower, Rachel Hayes, Susan Iverson, and Natalie Smith) that incorporate a textile sensibility through elements of fabric and fabrication. Inspired by a rich array of historical textiles (drapery to quilt), these complex multi-part constructions are encoded by traditional handicraft to contrast our culture’s rampant media consumption with the redemptive nuance of slow work wrought by hand. Saturated with vibrant color, the luminous materiality activates the senses and counters passive visual skimming. Works range from delicate illusions to layered constructions to architectural interventions. Mixed media includes oil and acrylic paint, vintage clothing, aluminum screens, wool, silk, plastic, thread, vinyl, burlap, rug-hold, glass, recycled objects, and found fabrics. Whether painting, tapestry, or construct, these works interweave sensory pleasure with repetitive process to invoke introspection and reflection. http://www.secacart.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=281:fabrication--curated-by-reni-gower-and-kristy-deezt--academy-art-museum--easton--md--april-22-july-9--2017&catid=23:online-exhibition-reviews&Itemid=132

CONGRATULATIONS…Faculty Promotions, Awards and More

It’s EPIC… In 2015, the UW-Green Bay Psychology faculty hosted 40 educators from throughout the Midwest, for the first ever Excellence in Psychology Instruction Conference. It star ted with a small group of high school psychology and college teachers getting together to discuss professional development opportunities. It has turned into something “EPIC.” A small group of psychology teachers from around Northeastern Wisconsin have been working on bringing all the great psychology teachers from the region together for a day of sharing ideas, techniques, content, and more,” said Professor Ryan Martin, Chair of UWGB’s Psychology program. “There are so many great psychology teachers throughout the area but we rarely get to talk to one another. We’re hoping this conference will help us forge these new relationships and this becomes a consortium of teachers who continue to work together, share ideas, and provide students with many opportunities.” Since our first conference in 2015 we’ve increased the number of attendees and the scope each year. We’re now trying hard to serve, not just Wisconsin, but high school teachers of psychology across the country. The 2017 conference, scheduled for October 7, will deliver engaging break-out sessions on topics including: Updates from the APA National High School Psychology Summit, The Brain in the Classroom, History of Psychology, and Everything You Need to Know About Stats and Research Methods. Explore a neuroscience lab (try on an EEG cap) and use an eye tracker. Listen to keynotes Dr. Eric Landrum, Professor of Psychology at Boise State University and Charlie Blair-Broeker, Hawkeye Community College. Free textbooks for HS teachers provided.

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The first GenCyber program in the state of Wisconsin was held this summer at UWGB. The program, lead by Professor Ankur Chattopadhyay (ICS), provided summer cybersecurity camp experiences for students in grades 7-9. The goals of the program were to help all students understand correct and safe on-line behavior, increase diversity and interest in cybersecurity, and careers in the cybersecurity workforce of the Nation. Our vision is for the GenCyber program to be part of the solution to the Nation's shortfall of skilled cybersecurity professionals. Ensuring that enough young people are inspired to direct their talents in this area is critical to the future of our country’s national and economic security as we become even more reliant on cyber-based technology in eve-ry aspect of our daily lives.

Extending a warm welcome to new College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences faculty and teaching academic staff for the 2017/2018 academic year.

Iftekhar Anam (Ass’t Professor, ICS/Computer Science) – PhD from The University of Memphis

Jana Fogaca (Ass’t Professor, HUD/Psychology) – PhD from West Virginia University

Lorena Sainz-Maza Lecanda (Ass’t Professor, HUS/Spanish) – PhD from The Ohio State University

Jennie Young (Ass’t Professor, HUS/English) – PhD from Case Western Reserve University

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Jennie Young

Jana Fogaca

Welcome to the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

Iftekhar Anam

Lorena Sainz-Maza

Lecanda

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Paden De Vita, an Ar tist in Residence for the Ar t and Design program earned his Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Photography from the University of Florida. He was funded by the UW-Green Bay’s 1923 fund to spend the 2016-2017 school year at UWGB. De Vita taught predominantly photography classes and due to his diverse skill set also taught one Design course. He co-advised photography student Kyle Simpson in the completion of his Senior Exhibition in the Lawton Gallery. De Vita’s solo exhibition/installation titled “Wishing You Were Here, To Wish You Weren’t Here” ran from March 6-31, 2017. He participated as a juror for the Art Merit Scholarships, participated in an exhibition curated by Professor Sarah Detweiler at Arketype Design, organized a small artist writing workshop, did a live drawing/video performance to accompany the Arts Open House, and kept open studio hours. He exhibited in the 6th International Photography Annual Exhibition-in-Print, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, and the 19

th Annual

Postcards From The Edge, Group Exhibition, Metro Pictures, New York City, New York.

Artist In Residence 2016/17

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Theatre and Dance Shows Oct 12-14, 18-21 No Exit A 1944 existentialist French play by Jean Paul Sartre. The play was first performed at the theatre du Vieux- Columbier in 1944. The play begins with three characters who find themselves waiting in a mysterious room. It is a depiction of the afterlife in which three deceased characters are punished by being locked into a room together for eternity. Nov 16-18 Legally Blonde Legally Blonde The Musical, follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes, snobbery, and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. This action-packed musical explodes on the stage with memorable songs and dynamic dances. Equal parts hilarious and heart-warming, this musical is so much fun, it should be illegal! Feb 22-24 Feb 27-Mar 3 Wonder of the World Nothing will prepare you for the dir ty little secret Cass discovers in her husband's sweater drawer. It is so shocking that our heroine has no choice but to flee to the honeymoon capital of the world in a frantic search for the life she thinks she missed out on. April Danceworks Under the artistic direction of Denise Carlson-Gardner, celebrate dance in a concert of faculty and student

choreography representing a diverse medley of styles. Apr 20-21; 26-28 Silent Sky The true story of 19th-century astronomer Henrietta Leavitt explores a woman’s place in society during a time of immense scientific discoveries, when women’s ideas were dismissed until men claimed credit for them.

The American International Czech Slovak Voice Competition October 13-15, Fort Howard Hall, Weidner Center for the Performing Arts, UWGB campus. Sponsored by the Sharon Resch Foun-dation in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, the competition helps discover and support exceptional young talents, and spread the rich Czech/Slovak vocal repertoire to our North American singers, teachers, and coaches. Center for History and Social Change Historical Perspectives Lectures Thursday, October 26th 2:00pm in the Christie Theatre: Cark Wilkens, author of I’m Not Leaving speaking on “Re-framing the ‘Other’: Rwanda’s Response to Fear, Hatred, and Violence. Thursday, November 2nd 2:00pm in the Christie Theatre Stephen Duncan, Ass’t Professor at Bronx Community College speaking on his forthcoming book The Rebel Café: Sex, Race, and Politics in Cold War America’s Nightclub Underground.

A Sampling of Upcoming CAHSS Events in 2017-18

VOLUME 9, ISSUE 1

Student Concerts Oct 17 Wind Ensemble/Studio Orchestra & Symphonic Band Oct 21 Concert Choir & University Singers Nov 21 Jazz Ensembles I and II Nov 30 Vocal Jazz Ensemble sings Doo-Wop Dec 1 Wind Ensemble/Studio Orchestra & Symphonic Band Dec 5 Concert Choir & University Singers Dec 12 Chamber Ensembles Jan 27 Jazz Fest 48 starring Janet Planet & GB Jazz Orchestra Feb 10 Annual Student Honors Recital March 2 Wind Ensemble/Studio Orchestra & Symphonic Band March 7 Concert Choir & University Singers March 8 Jazz Ensembles I and II April 15 UWGB Music & Civic Symphony of Green Bay present Verdi’s Requiem April 20 -21 Opera/Musical Theatre Workshop April 25 Wind Ensemble/Studio Orchestra & Symphonic Band April 27 Jazz Ensembles May 1 Chamber Ensembles May 3 Jazz Ensembles I and II

6:30 Concert Series Sep 29 Exploring the Clarinet Repertoire Eric Hansen - clarinet, Jenny Larsen - piano Oct 18 Tributo a Ginastera Jovanni-Rey de Pedro, piano Nov 29 Miles Davis’ Birth of the Cool in Concert, recreated by UWGB Faculty and Friends Feb 5 Duo Piano Recital Sylvia Hong & Michael Rector Feb 23 A very small consortium March 5 Duets Courtney Sherman - soprano, John Salerno - saxophone March 29 Percussion: Classical to Contemporary Bill Sallak - percussion April 26 Live Recording Session - Gypsy Trip

Great events to attend and encourage

your students to attend

Page 12 UW-GREEN BAY CAHSS NOTES

Theatre students Laker Anne Thrasher and Azure Hall were finalist at this year’s ACTF Festival. Laker was a finalist for the MTI Musical Theatre Auditions; Azure was a finalist for the MTI Dance Auditions. Cody Von Ruden was a finalist in the Regional Design Projects in Costume Design.

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Thirty five Psychology students attended and presented their research at the Midwest Psychological Association meeting in Chicago.

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Students Angela Collier, Wade Connett, Harrison Fonder, Michael Huotari, and Nicki Thao worked with Professor Marcelo Cruz and the city of Green Bay in producing a map that identifies public art pieces, monuments, and historical advertisements. The project will assist the city’s public arts commission to better plan when incorporating public art in urban design for the City of Green Bay.

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As first-generation college student Destany Calma-Birling graduated with her class on Saturday, May 13, 2017, she had quite a bit to reflect upon. The Psychology major recently had her manuscript “Does A Brief Mindfulness Intervention Impact Quiz Performance?” accepted for publication in the peer-reviewed journal Psychology Learning and Teaching; quite the prestigious ac-complishment for an undergraduate. In her research, Calma-Birling investigated if practicing mindfulness for the first five minutes of class would lead to noticea-ble improvements in students’ quiz performance. The participants in this study were students enrolled in two sections of an upper elective human development course. For six weeks, one class practiced mindfulness for the first five minutes class while the other class reviewed their course notes for the first five minutes of class. On the seventh and last week of the intervention, both groups practiced mindfulness for the first five minutes of class. The results showed that students who engaged in a five-minute mindfulness practice performed significantly better on two post-lecture quizzes compared to students who reviewed their class notes, she said. Interestingly, when both groups practiced the results showed that students who engaged in a five-minute mindfulness practice performed significantly better on two post-lecture quizzes compared to students who reviewed their class notes, she said. Overall, these findings are consistent with past research and demonstrate that small doses of mindfulness training can immediately benefit students’ learning. “Destany showed great initiative, resolve and resilience in exploring this pertinent topic,” said Prof. Regan A. R. Gurung. “She worked tirelessly to design and run the study as well as writing it up for publication. She is the prototype of a driven student and has the potential to go far.” “Having this paper accepted before graduation is very exciting and meaningful for me,” said Calma-Birling. “According to a few of my psychology professors, having a first author publication increases one’s chances of gaining admission into a good graduate program. This is particularly important because psychology PhD programs are becoming increasing-ly more competitive, and since my future aspirations involve getting a PhD in psychology, the acceptance of this paper is great news for my future plans.” Calma-Birling a native of Hawaii, moved to Wisconsin at the age of seven. After graduating from Appleton North High School, she attended UW-Fox Valley before transferring to UW-Green Bay. She says her decision to transfer to UW-Green Bay was in part due to the Psychology and Human Development programs. Her plans entail completing a year of post-baccalaureate research and applying to graduate school where she is looking to study developmental affective neuroscience.

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The Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society Scholarship Committee awarded Brianna Hammersley, a Senior with Majors in Political Science, Public Administration, and Spanish and Latin American Studies, a $5,000 Undergraduate Scholarship. Junior Emily Drown, a Biology Major with Emphasis in Ecology & Conservation, and a minor in Environmental Science received a $1,000 Undergraduate Award. Brianna served as the UWGB chapter Events Coordinator in 2016-17 and will co-coordinate the PES Midwest Area Regional Conference to be held on the UWGB campus in November 2017. Emily Drown was elected to the position of Co-President for the 2017-19 academic years.

Student Accolades

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