In Print
 
Mort Gamble continues to write a column for the national magazine of the Circus Fans Association of America, "The White Tops." His latest submission for "The CFA Word" is about circus documentaries, including the recent PBS "American Experience" series on circus history to which he contributed. An upcoming column takes a look at classic films about circuses.
 
Benjamin Haller contributed an invited book chapter titled, "Intreat them Gently, Trayne them to that Ayre: George Sandyss Savage Verses and Civilized Commentary at Jamestown" to the Blackwell Companion to the Translation of Greek and Latin Epic, which builds off work in progress on a separate ongoing book project.
 
Jennifer Slivka's  article "A Big House Divided: Images of Irish Nationhood in Edna O'Brien's House of Splendid Isolation" was published in Etudes Irlandaises Vol. 43, No. 2.   
 
Dan Margolies' latest book "The Extraterritoriality of Law: History, Theory, P olitics" was published by Routledge. Margolies edited this book along with Umut Ozsu, MaiaPal, and Ntina Tzouvala. Margolies co-wrote the introduction and also wrote a chapter titled "Imperial Reorderings in U.S. Zones and Regulatory Regimes, 1934-1950."
 
Kathy Merlock Jackson and Terry Lindvall published an article titled "Studying Silence in Popular Culture" in Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, Volum e 6, Issue, 1, pp. 24-37. The article is based on Communication 411: Silence in Media and Culture, a senior seminar that Kathy and Terry team taught.
 
Terry L indvall has written the foreword to Peter Mooz' "American Masterworks of Religious Pai nting, 1664-
1964" (Koehler Books, 2019)    

President Scott D. Miller's monthly higher educatio n column, co-authored with Chatham University President David Finegold, appeared inThe Virginian-Pilot (" Schools taking lead in global warming fight, " March 2019). In response to the United Methodi st C hurch vote to maintain opposition to same-sex marriage and LGBT clerg y, Dr. Miller release d a statement affirming VWU as an inclusive community. Following the state m ent, he was quoted in The Virginian-Pilot (We are not happy with the church, March 2019) and Inside Higher Ed (The Dilemma for Methodist Colleges, March 2019). Dr. Miller also regularly contributes to Enrollment Manager ("When Celebrating Success is not Enough: Avoiding Complacency in Enrollment Management," January 2019) and edits the presidential thought series, President to President ("Increase Your Leadership Impact: Curating a Culture of Belonging," March 2019). His daily blog about campus life can be found at prezscottmiller.blogspot.com.   
Presentations and Panels  
 
Ben Haller organized two panels as area chair for the Classical Representations in Popular Culture area of the Southwestern Popular and American Culture Association. In one panel, Ben presented a paper entitled, "The Surprise Endings of Lars Von Triers 2003 Dogville and Euripidess Medea: Teaching an Unexpected Theodicy in the Modern Mythology Classroom."
 
Doug Kennedy co-presented a session at the Virginia Recreation and Parks Society's Annual Management Conference in Suffolk, VA, titled "Workplace Politics: How to manage up, down, and stay sane."
 
Dan Margolies presented a program of Appalachian traditional music with Dr. Greg Reish of the Center for Popular Music, Middle Tennessee State University as the first invited American performers ever to appear at the Fiesta de Candelaria in Tlacotalpan, a United Nations World Heritage city in Veracruz, Mexico.
 
Jeff Toussaint was an invited panelist to examine Claudia Rankin's book:"Citizen, Race, and America." Toussaint
was also invited to be on a panel entitled,"Crimes Against Humanity: Understanding the Impact of Hate," at Tidewater Community College, Portsmouth.
 
Michelle Albert Vachris gave a public lecture on "Pride and Profit: The Intersection of Jane Austen and Adam Smith at Roanoke College."
OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS 
 
Leslie Caughell was featured in a Richmond Times Dispatch article abou t the scandal surrounding Gov. Northam and AG Mark Herring wearing bla ckface. Caughell also provided context on the historical, political, and cultural significance of blackface for the website Jezebel, following revelations that Virginia politicians had worn and/or been photographed wearing blackface. In addition, Caughell was quoted in the Daily Progress regarding the scandal surrounding the Virginia governor wearing blackface.
 
Elizabeth Malcolm, William McConnell, Maury Howard, Margaret Reese, Philip Rock, Katrina Henry, and Paul Ewell received a $15,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's P3 program for the project "Vermicompost from Stormwater Phycoremediation." The project will study the use of phycoremediation to remove water pollutants from stormwater ponds. Harvested algae will be also studied for potential use in vermicomposting.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
 
 
 
Leslie Caughell took six Virginia Wesleyan students to Westminster-Canterbury on the Chesapeake Bay to di scuss their perceptions about contemporary and future politics as part of the course, "Our American Future: How College Students Perceive Politics and Society." The course was offered this semester for the Wesleyan/Westminster Lifelong Learning Institute. The students talked about their own political engagement and had a dialogue with the residents about their hopes and fears about American politics.
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