Research Highlights |December 2025, FAU BOCA RATON | | |
Arts and Letters Professors Rank Among World’s Top 2 Percent of Scientists
Nearly 70 Florida Atlantic faculty members, including Richard Shusterman, Ph.D., and Ali Farazmand, Ph.D., have been recognized among the world’s top 2 percent of scientists. The annual ranking, compiled by Stanford University and the academic publisher Elsevier, identifies the most influential researchers worldwide based on standardized citation metrics that assess career-long and recent research impact. Dr. Shusterman is the Dorothy F. Schmidt Eminent Scholar in the Humanities and Dr. Farazmand is a professor in the School of Public Administration. MORE
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Theatre Lab Receives Multiple Awards
Theatre Lab, the professional resident company of Florida Atlantic’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, and one of the only theater companies in all of Florida exclusively dedicated to new work, received multiple awards for its theatrical work in the 2024-25 season. MORE
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Dean Horswell Added to Boca Walk of Recognition
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Dean Michael J. Horswell has been named one of The Boca Raton Historical Society's 23 Luminaries of the 2000s to be honored at Boca Raton’s Walk of Recognition. The centennial celebration recognizes individuals and institutions whose vision, leadership, and service have strengthened the Boca Raton community. MORE
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Willa Granger’s Research Recognized by the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
Willa Granger, Ph.D., assistant professor, School of Architecture, looks at how a little-known Illinois company, the Americana Corporation, helped shape the modern nursing home in postwar America. During the 1960s, Americana developed a replicable model of suburban, hospital-adjacent facilities that blended real estate, institutional medicine and franchising – transforming eldercare into a standardized, corporate system tied to federal policy and funding . MORE
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Sociology Professor Will McConnell Hosts Caregiver Symposium
Florida Atlantic's College of Medicine celebrated National Caregiver Month with a panel discussion about caregiver self-care and empowerment. The caregiver symposium was hosted by the Dementia Care Navigation Program team at FAU's College of Medicine which includes Caryn Blair, DNP, ARNP, PMHNP-BC, Jo Ann Bamdas, PhD, and William McConnell, Ph.D. MORE
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Sharon Hart Wins Distinguished Woman Artist's Prize
Sharon Hart, associate professor, Visual Arts and Art History, was the first recipient of the inaugural Distinguished Woman Artist’s Prize from the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County. The award recognizes established female artists in the county at pivotal points in their careers. The prize ($10,000) is based on nominations from regional arts professionals and reviewed competitively by an independent national and international panel. MORE
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Article by Meredith Ellis Published in Anthropology News
An article by Meredith Ellis, associate professor, Anthropology, recounts her discovery and further research on two skeletons labeled “1928 Hurricane Victims 1 and 2, Belle Glade," in a Florida Atlantic storage closet with virtually no documentation beyond the deteriorated cardboard box and a slip of paper. MORE
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Matty Lichtenstein's Report on Jewish Education in New York State
Matty Lichtenstein, assistant professor, Sociology, presented a comprehensive analysis of Jewish education in the state of New York to multiple educational organizations in the state and beyond. MORE
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Stephen Engle's Article Published in Nineteenth Century Studies
The article "A White Man Hangs for Black Freedom: Reckoning with John Brown's Execution for Racial Justice" was published in Nineteenth Century Studies. Engle's book "Reckoning with Justice: The Execution of John Brown" is forthcoming. Engle will also present a lecture on this topic through the Smithsonian Associates Lifelong Learning program in February 2026. MORE
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Articles by Roland Oduro Ofori
Roland Oduro Ofori, School of Public Administration, recently had two articles published. The first in “Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy” is titled “Policy entrepreneurs and mobilization strategies: case studies of energy and natural resource policy reforms in Ghana.” The second is titled “Food waste recovery in the national school lunch program: drivers of milk waste and benefits of share tables” and was published in “Global Smart Food Systems.”
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Hassan Pishahang, Ph.D. Student, Comparative Studies, was recently recognized as an IFIA “Inv” member (International Federation of Inventors’ Associations) based on his patents and innovations in materials and fabrication.
Arianna Salomon, Ph.D. student, Comparative Studies, published “The Siren Song: A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Tarchettis’ Fosca” in “Italica” MORE
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FAU Celebrates America at 250
The Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters and the FAU Libraries have planned a program of events celebrating America's 250th anniversary. Each week, dynamic guest speakers bring the American Revolution to life, connecting the Revolution to today.
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Concerts, Performances, Lectures, Exhibitions
For a full listing of Arts and Culture events in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, see the full season brochure HERE
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