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Faculty-Staff Achievements

March 6, 2024

Abel Arango, assistant professor of Spanish, published "Latinidad, Melodrama and Passing in Tanya Maria Barrientos's Frontera Street" in Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies. The article explores relations between Mexican and Guatemalan communities in the United States-Mexico borderlands, using the genre of melodrama.

Heather Hurst, professor of Anthropology, appeared in a National Geographic documentary, "Rise and Fall of the Maya: Origins." Hurst will showcase her work on San Bartolo murals in episode 2, “Civilization,” airing at 9 p.m. on Thursday, March 7, on NatGeoTV.

Denise Smith, professor of Health and Human Physiological Sciences, and Edgard Soares, visiting assistant professor of Health and Human Physiological Sciences, published a paper, "Association of Endogenous Testosterone with Physical Fitness Measures during Firefighter Occupational Health Evaluations" in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, with colleagues from Brasilia and The University of Maryland.

Charmaine Willis, visiting assistant professor of political science, published an article about sanctions against Russia in The Conversation.


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