Faculty
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Sun Oct 4
From a vantage point up high in the Bounce House, Christopher Ingersoll, dean of the College of Health Professions and Sciences, will use his expertise in athletic training and care of athletes to scan for possible injuries on the field. This role of medical observer was assigned by the American Athletic Conference for all games played at UCF this football season. Medical Observers in the AAC must be either a licensed and certified athletic…
Wed Sep 30
The UCF School of Kinesiology and Physical Therapy recently earned the No. 1 ranking in Florida and ninth in the nation for its doctoral program in kinesiology by the National Academy of Kinesiology. The ranking includes 43 institutions with similar programs across the country. The ranking is calculated on data such as faculty productivity, including…
Tue Sep 29
One of the largest eDNA surveys of Florida’s coastline started this summer thanks in large part to a global pause on traditional research. Pandemic restrictions put in place at the end of the Spring semester forced Assistant Professor Michelle Gaither, Ph.D., to get creative and replace her summer research plans with something safe and local.…
Tue Sep 29
Joo Kim, associate professor of studio art, has been honored with the 2020 FAEA Higher Education Art Educator of the Year Award. Kim also received the Art Educator of the Year Award in 2011 and is the only UCF faculty member to have received these awards to date. Each year, the FAEA recognizes individuals within the…
Mon Sep 28
Jeremy Hall, professor and academic program coordinator for the doctoral program in public affairs, has been invited to join the 2020 Class of Academy Fellows for the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA). Since 1967, the academy has helped government leaders address critical management challenges to build organizations that are effective, equitable and transparent. Through the…
Thu Sep 24
Black Lives Matters (BLM) has been portrayed by its detractors as many things: Marxist, radical, anti-American. Added to this growing list of charges is that it is either irreligious or doing religion wrong. In late July, for instance, conservative commentator Andrew Sullivan tweeted that BLM was “incompatible” with Christianity. He isn’t alone in that belief. Despite receiving the backing of…
Wed Sep 23
College of Medicine faculty physician Dr. Analia Castiglioni is one of three women faculty honored by UCF President Alexander N. Cartwright on Wednesday with the university’s Women of Distinction Award. The award recognizes women faculty for their contributions to innovative teaching, with an emphasis this year on student engagement. Awardees were honored in an online…
Wed Sep 23
UCF President Alexander N. Cartwright honored three women faculty today with the university’s Women of Distinction Award. This year, the awardees were honored via Zoom and were given $1,000 in professional development funding. Applicants were asked their impact through the innovative ways they have engaged their students. The 2020 winners are: Cheryl Briggs, School of…
Tue Sep 22
As the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to dominate daily news cycles, UCF experts in areas ranging from hospitality, tourism, economics and student health services are helping shape the conversation surrounding the effects of the virus on various industries and the community as a whole. Annette Bourgault, assistant professor for the College of Nursing — Ph.D. in…
Mon Sep 21
Associate Lecturer Chrysalis Wright, Ph.D., serves as the Honors in the Major program coordinator for the Department of Psychology. She was recently elected to the board of directors at the Communications Coordination Committee for the United Nations. In an interview with the College of Sciences, Wright shared the latest developments in her research into fake news,…
Fri Sep 18
As the Hispanic population in the U.S. continues to grow — surpassing 60 million in 2019 — a recent workforce survey showed less than 6% of U.S. doctors are Hispanic. This underrepresentation of Hispanics in the medical profession was among the issues discussed in Nuestras Raices, a virtual panel hosted by the Latino Medical Student Association…
Wed Sep 16
UCF History Professor Luis MartÃnez-Fernández marks his debut as a nationally syndicated columnist this week, only one of a handful of self-identified Latinos who have their syndicated work published in mainstream media outlets. There are about a dozen or so, if you include alternative press. Creators Syndicate released his first few columns late Tuesday, which…
Mon Sep 14
Rosti Vana, PhD is the newest faculty member to join Modern Languages and Literatures, as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics. As a first-generation graduate from Arizona State University, he specializes in sociolinguistics, where he studies U.S. Spanish in heritage speaker communities. Additionally, he has a strong background in heritage language education, qualitative research,…
Fri Sep 11
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the National Football League, retired history Professor Richard Crepeau’s book NFL Football: A History of America’s New National Pastime will be rereleased Monday in an expanded and updated edition. The revised book, first published in 2014, will have an additional 40 pages of information with new illustrations and appendixes. “The book is…
Fri Sep 11
The UCF Department of English is deeply saddened to announce that Dr. Patricia Angley passed away on September 4, 2020. Angley was a Senior Lecturer who joined the department in 1998; she was active in teaching, administration, student advising, and union work at UCF for the past 22 years. Angley earned her PhD at the…
Thu Sep 10
The Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) Program from the U.S. Department of Education has awarded aâ¯two-yearâ¯grant toâ¯the University of Central Florida’s College of Arts and Humanities. The program willâ¯fund aâ¯groupâ¯study to Argentina, led byâ¯Mariaâ¯C.â¯Santana,â¯director ofâ¯theâ¯UCFâ¯Women’s and Gender Studiesâ¯programâ¯andâ¯Maria Redmon,â¯senior instructor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. Santanaâ¯and Redmonâ¯proposed a three-stage project including pre-departure,…
Tue Sep 8
On Friday, September 4, 2020, Dr. David Kwum was honored with the Dean’s Star Award. Dr. Kwun has been a faculty member at the Rosen College of Hospitality Management since 2006 and took on the role of Master’s Degree Program Coordinator at the start of 2020 as the program rapidly expanded. Dr. Kwun received his…
Thu Sep 3
The Russian edition of history professor Vladimir Solonari’s book Purifying the Nation: Population Exchange and Ethnic Cleansing in Nazi-Allied Romania was just released. The English edition was published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2009 and remains sold out. The book was also published in Romania by POLIROM, a highly reputable press. Purifying the Nation is a provocative exploration of…
Thu Sep 3
The goal of a vaccine is to give you protection against a pathogen — without you having to suffer through the illness. With so much talk about developing a COVID-19 vaccine, we turn this week to Kai McKinstry, a virus expert at the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, who is working to create a flu vaccine…
Wed Sep 2
In July when the Nicholson School of Communication and Media joined the College of Sciences in an academic realignment, six individuals opted to keep their positions in the College of Arts and Humanities. The six individuals and their respective departments are: Emily Johnson, Department of English Rudy McDaniel, Department of English Anastasia Salter, Department of…
