Faculty-Staff Achievements

Anthony Ashmore, assistant professor of physics, published "Deep learning lattice gauge theories" in Physical Review B. The article was also selected as an "Editors' suggestion."

Jason Ohlberg, associate professor of dance, was interviewed for an article on dance careers in higher education in the October issue of Dance Magazine.

Brooke Paradise, associate dean of student affairs for inclusion and engagement, has been appointed as the 2025-2027 NASPA Undergraduate Student Conference chair, a three-year role overseeing the planning and execution of the 2025, 2026, and 2027 Undergraduate Student Conferences. Paradise will play a key role in shaping the conferences, fostering student passion for the field and contributing to the professional development of future higher education leaders.

Laurie Rabinowitz, assistant professor of education, co-authored her first book, titled "Sustaining Cultural and Disability Identities in the Literacy Classroom, K-6" with Routledge. Drawing on asset approaches to teaching such as Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies (CSP), the book, which comes out on Oct. 31, offers practical teaching strategies to support literacy instruction that meets the needs of all learners. 

Denise Smith, professor of health and human physiological sciences, and Sue D'Isabel, research fellow in the First Responder Health and Safety Laboratory, published a paper, "Developing a clinical-pathological framework of long COVID-related fatigue applied to public safety workers," in Frontiers in Medicine together with a colleague from University of Brasilia.