Chryss Allaback:
"Phish Fan Subculture: The Possibilities of Phan's Performance" (2022) The Public Philosophy Journal Vol 4. #3.
Lori Jakiela:
Pittsburgh Magazine: “Let Yourself Go” Column - Lessons I Learned as a Middle Aged Parent.
Pittsburgh Magazine: “Let Yourself Go” Column - Spring Cleaning
"Stories of Our Neighbors": Meghan Tutolo; Jeremy Knauss; Judi and Kari Danser; Laura Magone; Jeff Webster; Eric McKenna
Author's Note: The Elevator Speech. Brevity Magazine.
Figments of a Pittsburgh Imagination. Belt Magazine.
Kindness is its Own Memory. Belt Magazine.
The Success Dream Book. Fatal Flaw Magazine.
Hope is the Thing with Feathers. Pulse Magazine.
Kelli Maloy:
Abortion in Popular Culture by Bryan McCarthy:
McCarthy. (2023). Christianity and Psychedelic Medicine: A Pastoral Approach. Christian Bioethics, 29(1), 31–57.
Helga Mears:
Mears, H. (2021). "How Could This Happen?: My Family From The Monarchy To Today"
Mears, H. (2021). "Wie konnte es dazu kommen?: Meine Familie von der Zeit der Monarchie bis heute (German Edition)"
Think Of It, O Heart!: Poems that help to master life by Danielle Mehlman-Brightwell:
Mehlman-Brightwell, D.R. (2023, June 8). “The Evolution of Fake News on Facebook: Truth Disagreements and a Loss of Common Knowledge.” In Hans C. Schmidt Editor, Issues in Contemporary American Journalism. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.
The Impacts of COVID-19 on Political Dynamics, Social Inequality, and the Wellbeing of Americans by Dave Newman:
“The Break is Worth the Money” (WANA / Appalachian Lit, Summer 2022) Issue 1, Spring 2022 - Page 2 of 17 - Appalachian Lit.
"Lily Works The Late Shift" (As It Ought To Be, March 2023).
"Letter to Amazing" and "I Always Loved That Ray Carver Poem" (Misfit Magazine, Issue 35, Winter 2022).
"The New Used Car" (One Art, April 2023).
“Fancy Cars and Footsteps” (On the Run, March 2023).
“Your Dream” (Chariot Press, Summer 2022).
The Same Dead Songs by Stacey Triplette:
“The Ambivalent Amazons of Lope de Vega’s Las mujeres sin hombres.” Bulletin of the Comediantes 73.2 (2021).
Elizabeth Contreras:
"Digital Cultural Mapping and Journaling -- Parra, Mistral and Khalo," Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, New York City, March 2023; NEH team presentation, Institute for Liberal Arts Digital Scholarship, Davidson College, NC, July 2023.
Anne Czerwinski:
"'Just Say the Election was Corrupt and Leave the Rest to Me': Persuasive Attack Discourse in the 2020 Election." Eastern Communication Association (ECA), Baltimore, Maryland, April 2023.
Sean DiLeonardi:
“Switchbox Thinking: Flannery O’Connor at the Scene of Artificial Intelligence.” SLSA, Purdue, October 2022.
“Building the International Bestseller Database.” Invited by the Works-in-Progress Series at Emory University. Online, January 2023.
Jessica Ghilani:
“Algorithms and You: Understanding Social Media,” Carnegie Public Library, Lawrenceville branch, September 28, 2023.
“The Wall Street Journal Says Instagram is Promoting Pedophilia,” radio segment, KNX Afternoon News with Charles Feldman, on KNX News 97.1 FM on June 7th, 2023. https://omny.fm/shows/knxam-on-demand/the-wall-street-journal-says-instagram-is-promotin.
“Digital Media Literacy: Evaluating the Good from the Bad, Online,” Sewickley Public Library, April 20, 2023.
“Fake Trump Mug Shots Pop Up All Over the Internet,” radio segment, KNX In Depth with Charles Feldman, on KNX News 97.1 FM on April 5th, 2023.
“The Monterey Park Mass Shooting and Social Media Speculation During Breaking News Events,” radio segment, KNX In Depth with Charles Feldman, on KNX News 97.1 FM on January 23rd, 2023.
“Army in Print: Advertising and Recruiting for the Post-War Army in Newspapers and Magazines,” Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association Annual Conference, Virtual, November 10-12, 2022.
“Election Laws and Lies: What You Need to Know in 2022,” Haverford Democrats Panel, (via Zoom) October 20th, 2022.
“Former President Trump sues CNN for defamation,” radio segment, KNX In Depth with Mike Simpson and Charles Feldman, on KNX News 97.1 FM on October 4th, 2022. https://www.audacy.com/knxnews; Podcast link here: https://bit.ly/3EhGERC.
“Disinformation and Violent Extremism Online,” Academic Village Panel, September 14th, 2022.
“Violent rhetoric on social media in response to the FBI search of former President Trump’s Florida residence,” radio segment, KNX In Depth with Mike Simpson and Charles Feldman, on KNX News 97.1 FM on August 11th, 2022. https://www.audacy.com/knxnews; Podcast link here: https://apple.co/3Afl1ip.
“Digital Media Literacy and You,” Pitt Cybersecurity Camp, University of Pittsburgh Hill District Community Engagement Center, July 19th and 21st, 2022.
“Data Literacy and You,” Pitt Cybersecurity Camp, University of Pittsburgh Hill District Community Engagement Center, July 19th and 21st, 2022.
“Conspiracy theories and the mass shooting in Uvalde Texas,” radio segment, KNX In Depth with Mike Simpson and Charles Feldman, on KNX News 97.1 FM on May 27th, 2022.
Sayre Greenfield:
"'Ladies-Shall We Read or Burn?': Dorothy Gell vs. William Hayley." East-Central American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Winterthur Museum, Delaware, October 2022.
"The Many Colors of Austen" with Linda Troost. Jane Austen Society of North America, Goucher College, Maryland, October 2022.
Lori Jakiela:
Podcasts: Ya Jagoff, Pittsburgh, Q92.FM (Tuesday, Nov. 1)
Atticus After Dark with Sam Slaughter (U.S.).
Surviving Rejection with Adoptee Lori Jakiela. (UK).
Workshop and panel presenter, James Wright Festival.
Amber McAlister:
"Books in the Flesh: Teaching an Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Course with Medieval Manuscripts," co-presented with William Campbell and student Connor Chinoy, Research Group on Manuscript Evidence Fall Virtual Symposium, October 2022.
Danielle Mehlman-Brightwell:
"Social Media and Gender: Exploring Gender Differences in Facebook Addiction, News Credibility, and Concerns of Foreign Interference in Presidential Elections," paper with M.J. Piwinsky, 2023 annual meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Baltimore, MD.
“Exploring the Impact of Ad Populum in the 2022 U.S. Senate Candidates' Speeches,” panel, 2023 annual meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Baltimore, MD.
“The Evolution of Fake News on Facebook: Truth Disagreements and a Loss of Common Knowledge," paper, 2022 annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Communication Association, East Stroudsburg, PA.
“A Shift in Norms: The Impact of COVID-19 on Class, Access to Technology, and Social Inequalities in Higher Education,” paper with J.C. McCool, 2022 annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Communication Association, East Stroudsburg, PA.
Dave Newman:
“Pittsburgh author's memoir explores 'working-class addictions.'“ WESA interview.
Kenneth Nicholson:
UnSmoke Systems Artspace. Wet Squelching on the Dancefloor. Solo Exhibition. Braddock, PA. July 2023.
Stopwatch Gallery. Fleshy Limb-Filled Rectangles. Solo Exhibition. Greesnburg, PA. February 2023.
Vestige Concept Gallery. Primal Disposition II Dual Dilemma. Group Exhibition. Pittsburgh, PA. 2022.
The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences. Unmasked. Group Exhibition. Loveladies, NJ. 2022.
Cerulean Arts. 10th Annual Juried Group Exhibition. Philadelphia, PA 2022.
Folx Gallery. Open Call. Group Exhibition. Louisville, KY. 2022.
Guest on Something (Rather Than Nothing) Podcast Ep. 162 “Kenneth Nicholson” October 2022.
Guest on Fake Ritual Podcast Ep. “Crimes of the Future + Kenneth Nicholson”. June 2022.
Guest on Fake Ritual Podcast Ep 33. “Cronenberg/Kenneth Nicholson” March 2022.
Silvina Orsatti:
“Community Engagement and Impact,” American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Conference, Salamanca, Spain, June 25-28, 2023.
“Using Technology Tools to Communicate, Create and Collaborate About Sustainable Development” workshop for K-12 teachers and administrators, Salamanca, Spain, July 3-14, 2023.
Lou Ann Sears:
"How to Cultivate Growth in Readers." Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of English and Language Arts (PCTELA), Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, October 2022 & Teaching Academic Survival Skills (TASS) Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, March 2023.
"The College Literacy and Learning SIG-ILA: Research and Professional Development." co-presented. Teaching Academic Survival Skills (TASS) Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, March 2023.
Stacey Triplette:
“The Figure of the Amazon in Beatriz Bernal’s Cristalián de España.” Sixteenth Century Society Conference, October 27-30, 2022.
Sheila Confer:
Chair, Westmoreland Reads planning committee.
Member, Blackburn Center Social Transformation Committee.
Planning Committee Member, Westmoreland Diversity Coalition Making our Differences Our Strength Conference, May 2024
Trainer for Westmoreland Diversity Coalition (WDC) Training Institute.
Jessica Ghilani:
Pitt Disinformation Lab, Research Team Member.
Pitt Disinformation Lab Digital Civic Resilience Project: Mon Valley Pilot, Principal Investigator.
Pitt CMU Collaboratory Against Hate, Affiliated Faculty.
Lori Jakiela:
Judge of nonfiction for Saroyan Prize.
Danielle Mehlman-Brightwell:
Pitt Disinformation Lab, Research Team Member.
Wiki Educator, editor of Theories of Persuasion students’ work, contributed 17.6K words to Wikipedia, edited 10 articles, added 156 references, and received 94.6K page views.
Sheila Confer:
Reviewer for Crime & Delinquency Special Issue on Gender Based Violence.
Completed Racial Equity Consciousness Institute (RECI) Facilitator Academy.
Curriculum development for Westmoreland Reads, “How the Word is Passed”.
Jessica Ghilani:
Panelist and Reviewer, National Endowment for the Humanities Dangers and Opportunities of Technology.
Amber McAlister:
Guest juror, The Art Show, Blue & Gold Weekend. University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg.
Guest juror, Chasing the Sun exhibition, You Are Here Gallery, Jeannette.
Danielle Mehlman-Brightwell:
Secretary, Eastern Communication Association, Political Communication Division board
Advisory Board Member, Lexington books series, Contemporary Perspectives on Social Inequalities in the United States.
Academic Liaison & Coordinator, The Washington Center, Washington, D.C.
Guest lecturer, Qualitative Research Methodologies: Data Analysis, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, California, Dec. 2022.
Panel chair, Media & Technology Interest Council, Pennsylvania Communication Association
Dave Newman:
Co-director of The James Wright Poetry Festival
Kenneth Nicholson:
Juror for Pittsburgh Watercolor Society’s Waterworks Exhibition. Sweetwater Center for the Arts. Pittsburgh. June 2023.
Juror for Fifth Annual Art Neighbors Exhibition at the Latrobe Art Center. May 2023.
Visiting Artist for Youth Arts Council. The Andy Warhol Museum. March 2022.
Silvina Orsatti:
Co-chair of Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association 2023 Conference.
Jessica Ghilani:
University of Pittsburgh Cyber Institute for Law, Policy, and Security Accelerator Grant, Fall 2022.
University of Pittsburgh Cyber Institute for Law, Policy, and Security Accelerator Grant, Spring/Summer 2022.
Lori Jakiela:
Inducted into the Penn Trafford High School Alumni Hall of Fame.
Featured Poet: Dorothy Holley Memorial Reading & Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books.
Portrait of the Artist as a Bingo Worker selected for Westmoreland County Community College's One Book Read.
Amber McAlister:
Under an extension of SEED funding, directed two students in research on original and period furnishings of West Overton Village & Museum's homestead, and scanned historic rooms with a WVU colleague using photogrammetry imaging as a precursor to creating virtual tours.
Danielle Mehlman-Brightwell:
Principal Investigator, Richard King Mellon Foundation ($250,000), Economic Mobility and Educational Attainment.
Pitt Seed, phase four ($2,000) Career Readiness: Sophomore and Junior Seminars.
The Washington Center, PA Legislative ($23,045), Inside Washington.
The Washington Center, PA Legislative ($58,930), Academic Internship Program.
Dave Newman:
Finalist: Book to Screenplay, "Please Don't Shoot Anyone Tonight," Launch Pad Film Contest.
