Faculty Highlights
Fulbright Senior Specialist Breaks New Ground in Archaeology
Karen Lupo, associate professor of anthropology, studies animal bones recovered from archaeological sites (zooarchaeology). Her most recent work has focused on how different aspects of hunter-gatherer behavior such as food sharing, choice of hunting technology, and the division of labor might be reflected in archaeological remains. "Her longstanding investigations with African foragers has provided our profession with a much better understanding of the relationship between bone artifacts found on archaeological sites and the behavior responsible for creating those artifacts," says Bill Andrefsky, chair of the Department of Anthropology.
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Professor's Trip to Israel Enriches Classroom Experience
Leonard Orr, professor of English and director of liberal arts at WSU Tri-Cities, spent a month in Israel in 2006, sharing his knowledge with other scholars and exploring the country. His experiences will add a new dimension to the humanities course he teaches called Representations of the Holocaust.
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The Met Enlists Our Faculty's Expertise
Fine arts professor and chair Carol Ivory was the first art historian in the world to focus on the Marquesas Islands. Her years of research and unique expertise played an integral role in the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit Adorning the World: Art of the Marquesas Islands. She collaborated with museum staff to select objects for the exhibit and write the catalog.
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Professor's Web Site Draws Attention Worldwide
English professor Paul Brians is interviewed dozens of times a year, worldwide, concerning his passion about the misuse of the English language and his Common Errors in English Web site. The site has been visited more than 8 million times since 1998, and a book based on the site was published in 2003.
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Our Professors Are the Editors
Anthropology professor Timothy Kohler edited American Antiquity, a principal journal of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA), from 2000 to 2004. SAA is an international organization with a membership of more than 6,000 dedicated to the research, interpretation, and protection of the archaeological heritage of the Americas.
Professionals and Community Leaders Turn to WSU for Answers
In February 2003, nearly 300 community leaders and law enforcement representatives from across the United States traveled to Spokane to attend a conference on racial profiling sponsored by the Foley Institute.
World-Class Professors Teach Speech and Hearing
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) honored Gail Chermak, chair of the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, by naming her an ASHA fellow in 2002. ASHA is a not-for-profit scientific and professional association representing more than 100,000 speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists.
Election to fellowship is one of the highest honors ASHA awards, bestowed on only about 1% of the group's membership. It requires a member to make outstanding contributions to the discipline of communication sciences and disorders. Members selected Chermak because of her nationally recognized research in the area of auditory processing disorders.
Our Professors Are Fulbright Scholars
Lance LeLoup, a political science professor, received a Fulbright Senior Specialists grant to provide short courses on public policy and American politics to Slovenian students and to work on research projects with faculty and graduate students. His 2-week visit in late May and early June 2002 was LeLoup's fifth and longest visit to Slovenia. LeLoup has summarized his Fulbright work with the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, in a report now posted at the Fulbright Program Web site.
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English Professor Receives American Book Award
Washington State University professor and writer-in-residence Alex Kuo was honored with the American Book Award at a ceremony in New York in May 2002. Kuo, who chaired the Department of Comparative Ethnic Studies for two years and serves on the English faculty, was recognized for his latest work, Lipstick and Other Stories. The book of short stories draws upon Kuo's experiences as a young child in World War II China and later in life. It is the professor's sixth published book and his first compilation of short stories. Lipstick and Other Stories will be re-released in hardback.
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A unique richness of students, faculty, location, activities, and organizations creates a full, lively student life at the University. This section gives you the insider's view on student life and a sampling of the opportunities here.
"Glimpses." Students talk about life at WSU
These brief posts are written by WSU students to give you a personal look through their window on campus life.