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PUBLISHING/CREATIVE WORK
Gaby Semaan (Department of World Languages and Cultures) was the first Fulbright U.S.-based advisor for the inaugural Fulbright PhD Joint Binational Supervision program in Egypt. Dr. Semaan delivered three lectures in Egypt in May across Assiut’s premier institutions, including the Assiut University Main Campus, the College of Arts and Sciences at Assiut University, and a third lecture at Assiut National University.
While in Egypt, Dr. Semaan also received the prestigious Assiut University Shield from Professor Dr. Al-Menshawy, president of Assiut University, Egypt. Dr. Semaan received the Shield in recognition of his efforts to strengthen international academic and cultural ties and his scholarly achievements. (June)
In June, Dr. Semaan conducted a workshop on Intercultural Communication at Yanshan University, China, for the faculty and staff of the Salesian College of Engineering in Yanshan.
Snejana Slantcheva-Durst (Department of Educational Studies) published a summer edition of the "Studying the History of Higher Education Journal." Among the topics of the summer edition are the history of freedom of expression and dissent at Dartmouth College and the history of euthenics and eugenics at Vassar College. The journal was published at UToledo within the Higher Education Program Russel Center for the Study of Higher Education and is available to read online. https://openjournals.utoledo.edu/index.php/shhe.
In collaboration with graduate students from their program, Minxuan Lan and Neil Reid (Department of Geography and Planning) published their recent research, "Maternal mortality rates: Does marriage matter?" in "Urban Informatics." The participating graduate students were Bethany A. Boehler, Theodora Mary Fletcher, and Kingsley Kanjin.
Jackie Layng (Department of Communication and Media) published an article titled, “A Case Study: Measuring Success or Failure of Using Virtual Communication in a College Class.” It was published in the summer issue of the "Journal of Literacy and Technology."
Daniel Compora (Department of English Language and Literature) published an essay, "Rocky: An Urban Fairy Tale," in a collection of essays on the Rocky films titled "All I wanna do is go the distance."
Dustin Pearson (Department of English Language and Literature) published a poem in "Sixth Finch" and presented at the Clemson Literary Festival. (April)
Joey Kim (Department of English Language and Literature) presented a paper, "Satire and Complicity in Elaine Hsieh Chou's Disorientation," at the American Comparative Literature Association. (May)
Gaby Semaan (Department of World Languages and Cultures) presented his paper "Algorithmic Stereotyping of Arab Americans: A Case Study of Six AI-Generated Images" at the Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) conference, which was held at Western University, London, Canada. He also served as the conference's program chair. At the same conference, Max Matolin, a student majoring in Middle East Studies, co-presented with Dr. Semaan a paper entitled "Lemma Differentiation in the Metadata of Conflict News Coverage." (July)
Kasumi Yamazaki (Department of World Languages and Cultures) presented virtually her paper, "AI & language learning: A review of recent ICALL research," at the 2025 Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) annual conference, London, Ontario, Canada. (July)
Texts edited by Christina Fitzgerald (Department of English Language and Literature) were used in a performance of the entire late medieval "York Corpus Christi Play" cycle. It was performed at the University of Toronto and was only the second performance of the whole cycle since the sixteenth century. Dr. Fitzgerald also delivered the keynote talk (titled “The Editor Speaks”) in a conference associated with the performance, and played Angel 3 in “The Last Judgment,” the final play of the cycle. More information about the performance is available at https://www.yorkplays.ca/.
In May, Dr. Fitzgerald also served as a respondent at the International Conference on Medieval Studies.
CONGRATULATIONS
Patrick Lawrence (Department of Geography and Planning) has been appointed section editor for the new Water Resources section of the open-source journal "Cogent Social Sciences" published by Taylor & Francis.
Karie Peralta (Department of Sociology and Anthropology) was recently awarded the prestigious Fulbright Award to conduct research in spring 2026. Her work will explore university-community engagement in Santiago, Dominican Republic. Dr. Peralta’s work will strengthen UToledo’s relationships with Dominican scholars, which will lead to future collaborations.
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