2024 Spotlights
Dr. Janie Harden Fritz, chair and professor of Communication and Rhetorical Studies in the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, was recently presented with the Administrator of the Year Award at Communication for Greater Regard, the National Communication Association’s 2024 Convention. She was recognized for her leadership at both the department and professional association levels.
Additionally, Fritz won the Communication Ethics Division award for the top edited book of the year, Dialogic Editing in Academic and Professional Writing: Engaging the Trace of the Other (2024, Routledge), which she co-edited with Özüm Üçok-Sayrak, a Ph.D. student in the communication and rhetorical studies department, and Duquesne graduate Kristen Lynn Majocha. The Department also was recognized at the Convention for hosting the NCA Institute for Faculty Development on campus.
Dr. John Mitcham, associate professor and department chair of history, was named a Centennial Graduate Scholar at the University of Alabama. This honor recognizes 100 master’s and doctoral alumni who continue to bring distinction to their academic programs through their many professional accomplishments.
Dr. Lucia Osa-Melero, associate professor in the Center for Hispanic Studies in the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, has been elected by other foreign-language educators in the state to serve a three-year term on the Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association’s (PSMLA) Executive Council beginning January 2025. Her responsibilities will include leadership and governance, advocacy and outreach, program development and support, member engagement, financial oversight, collaboration and teamwork within the PSMLA and with external language associations, and promotion of research and event representation.
In addition, Osa-Melero earned the Best of PA Award for her American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages session, Enhancing Spanish for Healthcare with Virtual Spanish Conversations. As a result, she has been invited to present at the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in New York City.
Dr. Khlood Salman, associate professor in the School of Nursing, was presented with the Interfaith Dialogue Award at the 21st Annual Friendship Dinner & Award Ceremony hosted by the City of Bridges Foundation on Oct. 17. In addition, Crystal McCormick Ware, chief diversity officer and senior advisor to the president, delivered the keynote address at the event, emphasizing the importance of cultural diversity and the significance of building bridges of friendship.
Code Name Puritan: Norman Holmes Pearson at the Nexus of Poetry, Espionage, and American Power, a new book by English Professor Dr. Greg Barnhisel, was named among Publisher Weekly’s fall notable books list; received a positive review in The Wall Journal; and had an excerpt featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Additionally, Barnhisel has delivered book talks at the University of Iowa and Princeton University, with future talks scheduled across the country through 2025.
Jim Miller will step down from his position as Senior Vice President for University Advancement on July 1, 2025, coinciding with the planned conclusion of the IGNITE Campaign, the University’s comprehensive campaign to raise a third of a billion dollars. Miller will return to his role as Senior Advisor to the President assigned to key advancement duties. A national search will be conducted to hire a new senior vice president.
Dr. Alison Colbert, professor in the School of Nursing, has been appointed a strategic advisor to the director of the National Institute of Nursing Research, which leads nursing research to solve pressing health challenges and inform practice and policy-optimizing health and advancing health equity into the future.
Dr. Lucia Osa-Melero, associate professor in the Center for Hispanic Studies in the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, has been selected to participate in the prestigious Peer Review Mentoring Program at the Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association. This leading mentorship program for language educators supports novice world language teachers and furthers the development of teacher leadership in the world language context.
Kevin Lee Sun, assistant professor of piano in the Mary Pappert School of Music, released his debut album, a recording of composer Frederic Rzewski’s The People Will Never Be Defeated! on Navona Records. More information and links to streams of the release are available online.
Dr. Noah Potvin, associate music therapy professor in the Mary Pappert School of Music, has been awarded a Health Equity Faculty Fellowship through the Center for Integrative Health. He plans to create a program that will involve a community partnership with Venture Outdoors to provide programming that integrates music therapy and nature-based experiences to young adults experiencing loneliness.
Dr. Marguerite Duane, associate professor in the College of Osteopathic Medicine, has been presented with the AMA Women Physician Section Inspiration Award from the American Medical Association. The award recognizes physicians who have offered their time, wisdom and support throughout their professional careers of fellow physicians, residents and students.
Dr. Jeffrey McCurry, adjunct professor in the Department of Philosophy at the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts and director of the Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center at Gumberg Library, has published The Ethics of Immediacy: Dangerous Experience in Freud, Woolf, and Merleau-Ponty with Bloomsbury Publishing.
Dr. Lucia Osa-Melero, associate professor in the Center for Hispanic Studies at the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, wrote Let Students Stand Up, an article that was recently published by Language Magazine. The article highlights the importance of allowing students to unleash their creativity and imagination to develop strategies to connect with community partners.
Dr. Nicole Vilkner, assistant musicianship professor at the Mary Pappert School of Music, has been selected as the inaugural Catalyst Fellow by Duquesne’s Office of Community Engagement. The year-long fellowship is designed to recognize early to mid-career faculty who are cultivating their community-engaged identity as faculty, researchers and public scholars.
Dr. Anna Floerke Scheid, associate professor of theology at the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, recently published two peer-reviewed articles. Social Media Algorithms, Christian Extremism, and Catholic Ethics for Faith-Based Advocacy to Build a Culture of Encounter appeared in the journal Political Theology, and Renewing the Challenge of Peace through the Promise of Active Nonviolence appeared in the journal Studies in Christian Ethics.
Professor Wesley Oliver and Associate Professor Kate Norton of the Thomas R. Kline School of Law recently attended CALIcon, a conference at the University of Washington School of Law in Seattle, Wash., where law faculty, law librarians and IT professionals gather to discuss the latest innovations in legal education and technology. The two presented on teaching programming in doctrinal and clinical courses at the Duquesne Kline School of Law.
Reagan Harper, research and instructional design librarian at Gumberg Library, recently presented We’ve Always Been Here, which examines the history of affirmation and advocacy of transgender and non-conforming populations, at the 2024 American Library Association Conference and Exhibition in San Diego, Calif.
Danielle Henzler, director of Curriculum Center at the School of Education, recently attended the Shenandoah Children’s Literature Conference, where she moderated panels and presented It’s NOT a Box!?! Or is it a box... to offer educators innovative ways to use literature and creativity in classrooms.
Dr. Lucía Osa-Melero, associate professor at the Center for Hispanic Studies in the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, has been appointed to the International Advisory Board of the Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching. As a board member, Osa- Melero will advise the committee on quality issues, help publicize books articles and reviews, and assist in reviewing articles and/or recommend suitable reviewers.
Dr. Benjamin Binder, associate music professor and chair of musicianship at the Mary Pappert School of Music, recently published The Lied at the Crossroads of Performance and Musicology. Binder co-edited the book, which was published by Cambridge University Press.
Dr. Patrick Juola, the Joseph A. Lauritis, C.S.Sp, Endowed Chair in Teaching and Technology Coordinator at the School of Science and Engineering, has been selected as a 2024 honoree for Technical.ly’s annual RealLIST Connectors in Pittsburgh. The list highlights “connectors” or professionals in Pittsburgh who connect all aspects of the innovation ecosystem, from established founders to aspiring technologists.
Charles Bartel, vice president for information technology and chief information officer (CIO), was honored April 18 by the Pittsburgh Technology Council as the 2024 CIO Choice Lifetime Achievement Award Winner. The Council named Bartel CIO of the Year for the Education Sector in 2017.
Dr. Deborah Dillon, clinical associate professor and director of the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program in the School of Nursing, authored the article A Case of Red Imported Fire Ant Bites, With Atrial Fibrillation Detected by Wearable Technology that was published in the May issue of The Journal for Nurse Practitioners.
Dr. Mary Ellen Glasgow, dean of the School of Nursing, recently had the third edition of her co-authored book, DNP Role Development for Doctoral Advanced Nursing Practice, published by Springer Publishing.
Dr. Sam Hazo, Duquesne University McAnulty Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English was recently honored at the 45th annual Common Wealth Awards of Distinguished Service in the category of literature. Hosted by The PNC Financial Services Group, the Common Wealth Awards are bestowed to individuals who have enriched modern culture through their professional and personal endeavors. Hazo, who taught at Duquesne University for 43 years, has published 50 books of poetry, fiction, drama, essays and various works of translation.
Dr. Jessica Mann, assistant vice president of community engagement, has been selected to join the Design Team for the Democratic Inventory Audit, a new joint planning effort led by the American Association of Colleges and Universities and Campus Connect. This nationwide team, consisting of campus leaders across higher education, will audit existing campus democratic engagement activities and programming to help build an understanding of the current landscape. The findings will be featured in a published guide to be utilized by universities to audit their work and the collaborative development of tools and resources to scale and streamline democratic engagement across institutions.
Charles Stegeman, professor of violin in the Mary Pappert School of Music, was honored at the May 4 Pittsburgh Opera Gala for his 35 years of outstanding service as concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra.
Dr. John Stolz, professor of environmental microbiology and director of the Center for Environmental Research and Education, has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Stolz was elected based on his distinguished contributions to understanding the fundamental biology of microbial ecology in multiple domains; for training of the next generation of biological and environmental scientists; and for community outreach.
April Barton, dean of the Thomas R. Kline School of Law, co-presented Defending Democracy through Effective Leadership Education at the 2024 Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting. Presented as part of a moderated panel at the AALS conference, Barton was joined by Lee Fisher, dean of Cleveland State University Law School and chair-elect of the AALS Leadership Section; Congressman Jamie Raskin, of Maryland’s 8th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives; Deborah Enix-Ross, immediate past-president of the American Bar Association; Mark Alexander, AALS president; and Kellye Testy, chief executive officer and president of the Law School Admission Council.
Dr. Benjamin Binder, associate music professor and chair of musicianship in the Mary Pappert School of Music, received the 2023 Thomas Hampson Award from the American Musicological Society in support of his project A Selection of Songs Reviewed by Robert Schumann in the Neue Zeitchrift für Music (1834-1843). The award honors musicological work for exceptional merit in classic song in all its contexts.
Dr. Justin DiSanti, assistant professor of athletic training in the John G. Rangos School of Health Sciences, and his undergraduate research assistants/student Chiara Golomb, co-presented their research at the 11th annual Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine (PRISM) International Conference. The study involved the conducting of qualitative focus groups with parents of youth athletes, to determine common trends in how they choose to structure their child's sport participation, as well as challenges and facilitators in this process.
Dr. Christopher Harris, clinical assistant professor of educational psychology in the School of Education, received the Racial Justice Equity Grant from the Center for Community-Engaged Teaching and Research for his project Banned Brooks, Banned Voices: An In-Depth Research Paper on Book Banning and its Consequences for Black and Brown Teachers in America.
Bethany Kaser, instructional consultant for teaching assistants at the Center for Teaching Excellence, is one of just nine recipients of the 2024 K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award from the American Association of Colleges and Universities. The award honors graduate students who show exemplary promise as future leaders of higher education and who are committed to academic innovation in the areas of equity, community engagement, and teaching and learning.
Ashley M. London, assistant law professor and director of law studies at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law, was presented with the Impact Support Award for the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Academic Support Section during Defending Democracy, the 2024 AALS Annual Meeting. The award recognizes significant impact support/mentoring students, promoting diversity in the profession and expanding access to the legal profession or developing ideas and innovations.
Dan Gilman, chief of staff and senior advisor to the president at Duquesne University, has been appointed by Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro to the Board of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA). Gilman’s nomination was confirmed by the Pennsylvania Senate in December.
Dr. Sarah A. Manspeaker, associate professor of athletic training in the John G. Rangos, Sr. School of Health Sciences, has been named the 2024 Emerging Interprofessional National Academies of Practice (NAP) Fellow of the Year Award winner. The award recognizes a member who is an early to mid-career professional, serves as an exemplar and demonstrates promise in contributing to interprofessional practice and to the NAP.
Dr. John P. Slattery, director of the Carl G. Grefenstette Center for Ethics in Science, Technology and Law, has co-authored the new book Encountering Artificial Intelligence: Ethical and Anthropological Investigations. The work, which is about artificial intelligence from the Dicastery for Culture and Education of the Holy See, is available for free download via The Journal of Moral Theology.
Dr. Joe Sheehan, associate professor of musicianship in the Mary Pappert School of Music, received the Foundational Community-Engaged Learning course designation for his class Topics in Music Theory: Collaborative Ensemble.
Faculty & Staff Spotlight Archive
Dr. Christine O’Neil, professor of pharmacy practice, was awarded the Geriatrics Teacher of the Year Award from the Pennsylvania Geriatrics Society – Western Division. Each year the award is presented to two teachers for their dedication and commitment to geriatrics education. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Dr. O’Neil serves as the residency program director of PGY1 Pharmacy Residency in a long-term care facility.
Dr. Mai-Ly Nguyen Steers, assistant professor in the School of Nursing, was selected to present at a National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism webinar on Dec. 13 titled Harnessing Technology and Social Media to Address Alcohol Misuse in Adolescents and Emerging Adults. Steers’ presentation focused on social media use and its effects on college drinking.
Duquesne School of Nursing Professor, Dr. Pamela Spigelmyer has been selected to present at the Sigma Global Nursing Excellence 47th Biennial Convention, Nov. 11-15 in San Antonio, Tx. Spiglemyer’s research focuses on social isolation and its impact in two vulnerable populations: school age children and older adults. She will present her findings with Dr. Angela Karakachian, assistant professor at Duquesne to an anticipated audience of over 2,000 attendees and global nursing leaders.
Kevin Henderson joined Duquesne in July in a new hybrid position: associate director of the Honors
College and coordinator of student fellowships. As the lead in the Office of Student
Fellowships, this new position is three-pronged: increase student awareness of national
and international scholarship/fellowship programs; work with faculty to identify potential
candidates; and prepare candidates for submission and the exploration of other opportunities.
His office is G11 Assumption Hall, and he can't wait to meet the students you send
his way.
Dr. Jeffrey Evanseck, professor and the Lambert F. Minucci Endowed Chair in Engineering and Computational Sciences and John V. Crable Chair of Undergraduate Research in the School of Science and Engineering, received the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Research for his scientific and academic contributions in the field of theoretical organic and biophysical chemistry.
Tom Dugas, assistant vice president and chief information security officer, will be presented with The Community Leadership Award at the EDUCAUSE annual conference in Chicago, Ill., this week. The prestigious award recognizes EDUCAUSE members for their roles as community leaders and active volunteers in professional service to the broader higher education information technology community.
Bill Generett, senior vice president for civic engagement and external relations, and Dr. Gretchen Givens Generett, professor and dean of the School of Education and the Noble J. Dick Endowed Chair in Community Outreach, will be the first couple to be honored as part of the annual Iota Phi Achievement Dinner on Saturday, Nov. 18, in Pittsburgh. The event is coordinated by the Iota Phi Foundation in partnership with the Iota Phi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Dr. Christine O’Neil, Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Received a national teaching award, Post-Graduate Educator of the Year from the American Society of Consultant pharmacists. The nomination was made by past students and pharmacy residents. This award makes one eligible for Educator of the Year Award which is voted on by the organization membership and is announced in late October 2023.
Dr. Kathy Sekula, the Noble J. Dick Endowed Chair in Academic Leadership and professor in the School of Nursing, has been named a Cameos of Caring® awardee in the research and scholarship category. These awards recognize nurses who
- Demonstrate that they have a program of impactful research and scholarship
- Provide evidence of being a Principal Investigator for at least one project and a team member of at least one other project
- Encourage and motivate others; set a standard of excellence for colleagues to emulate; be recognized as a role model and mentor
- Demonstrate active membership in professional organization(s).
Eliseo Rael, adjunct professor and area coordinator of percussion in the Mary Pappert School of Music, won an Emmy Award for his quartet’s recording of Alex Stopais Spiral at the June 17 National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Pacific Southwest Award Ceremony in Palm Springs, Calif.
Dr. Paul Miller, assistant professor of musicianship in the Mary Pappert School of Music, recently recorded the album The Undiscovered Viola d'Amore, which includes several pieces from the 17th and 19th centuries. It will be released on the Centaur label later in 2023.
Eric Holmes, chief of police and director of public safety, was elected to serve a three-year term on the Pittsburgh Action Against Rape (PAAR) Board of Directors, which works to ensure PAAR’s mission to respond, educate and advocate to end sexual violence.
Amber Kolesar, instructor and director of the School of Nursing’s Second-Degree BSN Program, has been named a 2023 Cameos of Caring awardee in recognition for her excellent teaching, community service, dedication to eradicating food insecurity and student mentorship. She will be recognized at the Cameos of Caring award program Saturday, Nov. 4.
Carolina Frantz, director of diversity and inclusion and School of Nursing BSN-AID program, received the 40 Under 40 Award from the National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) which recognizes younger members of the organization who are helping to fulfill NAHN’s mission to engage the community and provide critical volunteer assistance at the chapter and national level.
Tyler Benninger, video production specialist in the Small Business Development Center, recently received the Game Changer Western Region award during the Pennsylvania Small Business Development Center’s Growth Conference. The award recognizes a vital individual with incomparable achievements for their organization. In addition, Lisa Walker, manager of business/client services and Assistant to the director in the Small Business Development Center, received the Everyday Hero award at the same conference, which honors an individual that goes above and beyond to help others within the workplace.
Dr. John Mitcham, chair and professor of history, presented the keynote address, Imperial Westminster: Colonial Statesmen and British Parliamentary Politics, 1880-1920, at an international conference hosted by the Office of the History of Parliament at the U.K. Houses of Parliament on April 12.
Dr. Elizabeth Deluliis, clinical associate professor of occupational therapy and director of the occupational therapy MS and OTD programs in the John G. Rangos Sr. School of Health Sciences, was inducted as a distinguished fellow in the Occupational Therapy Academy of the National Academies of Practice (NAP) on April 1. Fellowship in the NAP is an honor extended to those who have excelled in their profession and are dedicated to furthering interprofessional practice, scholarship and policy in support of interprofessional care.
Dr. Lucia Osa-Melero, associate professor of modern languages and literatures in the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, co-authored the article L2 Vocabulary Learning in a Mixed-proficiency Community-engaged Program: Designing Vocabulary Instruction for College Students, which was recently published in the journal Language Teaching Research.
Dr. Elizabeth DeIuliis, clinical associate professor and occupational therapy program director in the John G. Rangos Sr. School of Health Sciences, recently published two new books designed to serve as a progressive resource for occupational therapy educators. This marks four published books for Dr. DeIuliis in the past five years.
Dr. Jim Schreiber, nursing professor, and Dr. Melanie Turk, associate professor in the School of Nursing, have released Statistics and Data Analysis Literacy for Nurses. This essential text, published by Springer, was written as a pathway for DNP professionals to enhance their statistical literacy and engage in quantitative research.
Dr. Mary Ellen Glasgow, dean of the School of Nursing and vice provost for research, has been elected into the National Academies of Practice (NAP) as a Distinguished Nursing Fellow. NAP Fellowship is an honor presented to those who have excelled in their profession and are devoted to furthering leadership in practice, scholarship, and policy in support of interprofessional care.
Dr. Linda Kinnahan, professor of English in the Department of English and Theater Arts, has been named co-winner of the Modern Language Association Prize for Collaborative, Bibliographical, or Archival Scholarship for her innovative, co-authored digital project, Mina Loy: Navigating the Avante Garde (https://mina-loy.com/).
Janine Macklin, associate director of Corporate Relations, was selected to be on Pennsylvania Governor-Elect Josh Shapiro’s transition team. She will serve on the Higher Education Transition Advisory Committee.
Dr. Denise Lucas, clinical associate professor and chair of advanced practice nursing in the School of Nursing, was honored with a 2022 Cameos of Caring Award in the nursing educator category at the Nov. 12 Cameos of Caring Awards gala. The award was established in 1999 by the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing to recognize the work nurses perform at multiple levels of practice, including education, hospitals and more.
Dr. Ronald Arnett, professor emeritus in the Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies, received the single-authored book of the year award from the communication ethics division of the National Communication Association. In addition, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Religious Communication Association and was named Administrator of the Year by the National States Advisory Council.
Margaret Patterson, professor of journalism, and Dr. Pamela Walck, associate professor of multiplatform journalism in the McAnulty College and Graduate
School of Liberal Arts, presented on decision-making practices that ethical journalists
employ in pursuit of a reliable story Oct. 25 as part of the Saint Jude Parish Speaker
Series, Sharing the Light.
Dr. Lucía Osa-Melero, associate professor of modern languages and literatures in the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, received the Outstanding World Language Educator in Post-Secondary Education Award from the Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association. The award recognizes the consistent and impactful work of language educators.
Dr. Deborah Dillon, clinical associate professor and director of the adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner program at the School of Nursing, has been selected as a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing for her outstanding contributions and impact on health and health care. The academy recognizes nursing's most accomplished leaders in policy, research, practice, administration and academia.
Dr. Tiffany Hatcher, assistant professor and coordinator for diversity and inclusion initiatives at the School of Pharmacy, was recognized Oct. 1 by the Alpha Omicron Lambda (Pittsburgh) chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. with the Annie C. Singleton Award, the highest honor the fraternity gives to a woman. Alpha Phi Alpha, founded in 1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., is the oldest historically black fraternity in the country, Just some of the famous members are Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall and Paul Robeson.
Robert Healy, teaching assistant professor in the media department of the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, has been named to the 40 Under 40 Class of 2022. Sponsored by Pittsburgh Magazine and PUMP, the annual class comprises individuals under the age of 40 whose creativity, vision and passion enrich the Pittsburgh region.
Dr. Anne Burrows, professor of physical therapy in the Rangos School of Health Sciences, was elected as a fellow in the American Association for Anatomy, a rank that distinguishes members who have demonstrated excellence in science and in their contributions to the anatomical sciences.
Dr. Deborah Dillon, clinical associate professor in the School of Nursing, has been selected as a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing for her outstanding contributions and impact on health and health care.
Dr. Yvonne Weideman, clinical associate professor in the School of Nursing, was inducted into the Global Academy of Holistic Nursing (GAHN), making her just the second GAHN Scholar from Duquesne University. Selection into GAHN is based on the demonstration of social justice, trustworthiness, caring-healing and associated scholarship related to these values.
Dr. Lucia Osa-Melero, associate professor of modern languages and literatures in the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, had her article How My Midwestern Neighborhood Became 'Me Barrio' in the March issue of The Language Magazine on April 1. The article is about transforming a Midwestern neighborhood into a more culturally and linguistically inclusive and diverse space.
Wes Oliver, professor and director of the criminal justice program in the School of Law, has
studied the historical context of the Miranda rights at length and is a faculty expert
on the topic. He recently submitted an amicus brief about his findings that was argued
April 20 in the United States Supreme Court case Vega v. Tekoh.
Dr. Lucía Osa-Melero, associate professor of modern languages and literatures in the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, recently received a $200 mini-grant from the Environmental Charter School in Pittsburgh (ECS) to continue the community-engaged program Niños y Niñas Bilingües.
The program was developed to counteract monolingualism within campus and nearby neighborhoods; to involve college students in meaningful second-language (or L2) cultural learning; and to connect college students with their immediate community. Osa-Melero's research and creativity-including the Niños y Niñas Bilingües program-makes her classroom and learning environment an exciting place to be for Duquesne students.
Dr. Sarah Manspeaker, associate professor of athletic training in the Rangos School of Health Sciences,
has been elected as a distinguished scholar fellow by the National Academies of Practice.
Manspeaker was recognized with the fellowship for excellence in her profession and
dedication to furthering interprofessional practice, scholarship and policy. The honor
reflects the commitment of Duquesne faculty to providing a horizon-expanding education
while enhancing their professional fields.
Dr. Mark Haas, political science professor and the Raymond J. Kelley Endowed Chair in International Relations in the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, recently had his book Frenemies: When Ideological Enemies Ally published by the Security Affairs Series at Cornell University Press.
The book identifies the conditions when ideologically disparate states are and are not likely to ally against shared material threats.
Dr. Jelena Janjic, associate professor in the School of Pharmacy, and her co-principal investigator on a joint project in diabetic neuropathy published a precedent-setting manuscript in the Journal of Neuroinflammation.
Their research, which was funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, marks the first report of live imaging of immune cells interacting with nerves driving the pain using nanoparticles in diabetic neuropathy. According to Janjic, it opens the doors to further research into mechanisms of the disease that affects millions of people in the United States.
Research and creativity from faculty like Haas and Janjic make classrooms and learning environments exciting for Duquesne students.
April Barton, professor and dean of the School of Law; Ashley London, director of bar studies and assistant professor of legal skills; Emile Loza de Siles and Marissa Meredith, assistant law professors; Jane Moriarty, professor and the Carol Los Mansmann Chair in Faculty Scholarship; and Seth Oranburg, associate law professor, recently presented at the Association of American Law Schools' annual meeting.
The AALS meeting, titled Freedom, Equality, and the Common Good, was held virtually from Jan. 5-9, 2022. The meeting considered the impact of a post-pandemic world on legal systems.
The faculty and staff in the School of Law believe in a horizon expanding education that moves them to a new vantage point-both in the classroom and in the larger world.
Dr. Melissa Kalarchian, professor and associate dean for research in the School of Nursing and associate provost for interdisciplinary research and strategic initiatives at the University, has been recognized as an Expertscape World Expert in Obesity. Over the past 10 years, Kalarchian has risen to the top 0.1% of scholars due to her extensive research and writings about obesity.
Research and creativity from faculty like Kalarchian emphasizes the need to cultivate a learning environment that helps students realize their boldest goals by learning alongside them.