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��ϲʿ�� honors faculty, staff, researchers with 2024 University Awards for Excellence

2024-06-10T07:53:07-05:00

��ϲʿ�� (��ϲʿ��) recognized outstanding achievements of its faculty, staff members and researchers during the 2024 University Awards for Excellence ceremony on April 26. ��ϲʿ�� is a part of The University of Alabama System.

��ϲʿ�� promotion, tenure awards for 2024-2025 year given to 25 outstanding faculty members

2024-06-06T07:53:07-05:00

��ϲʿ�� (��ϲʿ��) recognized 25 faculty members for their outstanding performance and overall excellence by awarding them tenure and/or promotion starting with the 2024-2025 academic year.

��ϲʿ�� announces outstanding students who made Dean’s, President’s lists in spring 2024 semester

2024-06-05T07:53:07-05:00

��ϲʿ�� (��ϲʿ��) celebrates the outstanding work of its students during the spring 2024 semester with the announcement of the Dean’s and President’s lists.

Spring Internship Propels Communication Arts Major Paris Morris to Content Production Excellence

2024-06-03T14:03:18-05:00

Written by: Nicole McDavid, CAHS Career & Internship Coordinator

Paris Morris, a recent graduate in Communication Arts, interned in Spring 2024 at Huntsville Magazine, an award-winning publication in the Huntsville area. In her own words, Paris Morris graciously shared her internship experience, emphasizing how her education in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences contributed to her success.

About the internship:

This internship has catapulted me into the professional world. As I started last summer, Takara [Editor in Chief of Huntsville Magazine] has allowed me to receive first-hand experience within Huntsville Magazine, preparing me for future career opportunities in the field.

How my CAHS education helped:

CAHS has also provided me with valuable experience that will not only aid me in the professional setting, but in everyday life. I feel as if most people forget how valuable communication is and how useful the skill is, regardless of the task. CAHS has provided me with great connections and friends overall.

About Huntsville Magazine:

According to the company website, “Huntsville Magazine is a hyper-local publication that showcases and celebrates Alabama’s fastest-growing city, inspiring readers to explore and experience the city we call home. Our mission is to showcase the culture, food, art, events, and music that make Huntsville a wonderful place to call home.”

About Communication Arts:

��ϲʿ��'s Communication Arts program provides students with practical, critical, historical, and theoretical perspectives on human communication, preparing them for work, for social life, and for further academic studies. The program is designed for students who can write, speak, think, analyze, and imagine, and our classes enhance all of those skills. For more information visit the Communication Arts page on ��ϲʿ��’s website.

��ϲʿ�� Writing Major Erin Breeden Puts Technical Writing Skills to Work with TekSouth

2024-05-15T10:44:38-05:00

May 15, 2024. Written by: Nicole McDavid, CAHS Career & Internship Coordinator

Writing Major, Erin Breeden recently interned at TekSouth, a Business Intelligence and Data Analytics company in the Huntsville area. In her own words Erin graciously discussed her internship experience and how her College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences education boosted her success.

About the internship:

My internship experience with Teksouth has been very beneficial for my professional experience. As Teksouth's first paid intern I have been exposed to many different types of documents, specific to business proposals and business development. While my work initially started out as helping update Teksouth's content library, it has evolved into actively participating in meetings and technical reviews for outgoing proposals. Overall, my experience with Teksouth has been extremely valuable for my growth as a Technical Communicator.

How my CAHS education helped:

My education within CAHSS, more specifically the Technical Writing minor, has been invaluable for my internship at Teksouth. Without my Technical Writing and Editing classes I would not have the basis to know where to start on my assigned internship projects. Furthermore, my Writing about Science and Technology special topics class has been the basis of all of my work, since the documents I am working with are highly technical and I am translating the content into layman's terms. Also, Dr. Weber frequently emails students about different jobs and internships, and that is how I discovered the Teksouth internship. If I had not taken classes for the Technical Writing minor I would not have had the knowledge, or the confidence to work in the Technical Communication field.

About TekSouth

According to the company website TekSouth “creates and delivers data and analytic solutions – and the professional and managed services that make it all work – to over 14,000 end-users across the globe, making mission-critical decisions and managing tens of billions of dollars in assets.”

About the Writing Major

The writing major prepares students for careers in writing-related fields, such as technical writing, publishing, social media consulting, and public relations, and/or for graduate school in rhetoric and composition, communication, creative writing, education, or law. Its curriculum comprises a combination of courses offered by both the English Department and the Communication Arts Department.

Student projects shine in 2024 ��ϲʿ�� Graduate Poster Session

2024-05-01T08:53:07-05:00

The Graduate School at ��ϲʿ�� (��ϲʿ��) hosted its annual ��ϲʿ�� Graduate Poster Session in the Student Services Building on the ��ϲʿ�� campus, a part of the University of Alabama System.

��ϲʿ�� to award estimated 1,206 degrees on May 6 at commencement featuring new ceremonial mace

2024-04-30T10:31:24-05:00

��ϲʿ�� (��ϲʿ��) will award an estimated 1,206 degrees during commencement events at the Von Braun Center (VBC) on May 6.

��ϲʿ�� student Josephine Severance receives CLS award to study Mandarin Chinese in Taiwan

2024-04-22T08:53:07-05:00

Josephine Severance, a digital animation major at ��ϲʿ�� (��ϲʿ��), will study Mandarin Chinese in Taiwan this summer.

2024 Annual Juried Student Exhibition Award Winners

2024-04-23T08:43:04-05:00

The Department of Art, Art History & Design’s annual juried student exhibition showcases exciting work from students across the disciplines. The show includes studio artwork in Drawing, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture as well as Graphic Design and Animation. This year's awards were selected by Guest Juror Coe Lapossy. Image courtesy of ��ϲʿ�� BFA Students Michael McGinley and Erin Yother.

2024 Student Award Winners

Huntsville Museum of Art Award - Zie Stewart – “Narcissus”

SSGD Advertising Illustration in Graphic Design Award – Emmalee Dunbar – “Dollhouse”

SSGD Advertising Illustration in Graphic Design Award – Jurnee Holden – “Planets 101”

SSGD Advertising and Marketing Materials in Graphic Design Award – Sydney Hardenstein – “Swift Whiskers Wine Bottle Label Package”

Leah Hall Visual Design Award in Print Media – Alexandria White – “Time is a Headache”

Chris Taylor Sculpture Award, 2nd Place – Dylan Coleman - “Gloria’s Vice”

Chris Taylor Excellence in Sculpture Award, 1st Place – Cathy Gray – “Mending”

Ceramic Sculpture Excellence Award – Sam Spain – “Little Man”

Excellence Mixed Media Award – Madison Davis – “Eye of the Storm”

Excellence in Digital Illustration Award – Isabel Atha – “Seraphina Reference Sheet”

Erzulie Johnson-Veasey Painting/Drawing Award - Anna Washburn – “Juniper”

Katie Baldwin Excellence in Printmaking Award – Sean Berry – “Untitled”

Nick Lavenant Peasant T-Shirt Shoppe Printmaking Award – Kirstyn Hake – “Her”

Michael Crouse Excellence in Printmaking Award – Maritza Gonzalez-Mojica

Frances Robb Historic Photography Award – Lance Chaffin –“Showtime”

Southerland’s Photo Excellence in Photography Award – Celia Thompson - “Celia Self-Portrait”

Nick Lavenant Peasant T-Shirt Shoppe Photography Award – Marissa Agrusa – “Death of Nature”

Huntsville Photographic Society Photography Award – Brooke Brown – “Eeyore”

Andrew Hall Forever Exploring Award in Photography Award – Courtlyn Hart – “They Put Us in a Box”

Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies Award – Gabrielle Preston – “Me, Myself, and I”

Media Fusion Digital Animation Excellence in Modeling Award 2nd Place – Sophie Stephenson – “Art Studio”

Media Fusion Digital Animation Excellence in Modeling Award 1st Place – Jose Severance – “The Infinity Train”

Media Fusion Digital Animation Excellence in Animation Award 2nd Place – Allie Blalock – “Stair Fall -Animation Process”

Media Fusion Digital Animation Excellence in Animation Award 1st Place – Aislinn Boggan – “Dance Lesson for Two – Dynamic Camera Sequence”

Intuitive Digital Animation Award for Best Video Game – Collaborative - Christopher Fechter, Jennifer Atchison, Joshua VanBuren, Jalen Smith, Kelsie Jones, Francesca Dichiara – “Ento”

Pinnacle Best in Digital Animation Award – Celeste Davis – “ILS30”

Mayor’s Purchasing Award – Sue Vanderberg – “Joe”

Dean’s Award for Painting – Serenity Fasone – “A Little Bit of Me Still Life”

Jeffrey Bayer Memorial Scholarship Award - Body of Work – Jess Braden – “Partus Ex Machina” & “Haplogroup”

Provost’s Award – Jay Walter – “The Cube”

Evans Best of Show Award – Ace Lemely – “Domestic Stupidity”

View the Award Slideshow with Photos HERE.

College Departments at Research Conferences in April

2024-04-16T09:03:22-05:00

Departments within the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences presented research at national conferences this April, many alongside undergraduate and graduate students.

Communication Arts
Drs. Eletra Gilchrist-Petty, Xiaoti Fan, and John Saunders from the Communication Arts Department attended the Southern States Communication Association Conference April 3-7 in Frisco, Texas. Dr. Gilchrist-Petty received the Gender Studies Top Paper Award for her co-authored paper, “Communicating Who Belongs in Missing Person Alerts: A Fragment Analysis of Media Coverage of Ebony Alerts.” She also performed officer duties as a member of the Legislative Assembly. Dr. Xiaoti Fan presented “Embracing Connections: A Candid Conversation with ChatGPT on the Ethics of Deception” and fulfilled officer duties as a member of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. Dr. John Saunders presented “Making Space for What Belongs: A Critical-Rhetorical Discussion on Instructional Discourses and Cultural Politics” and “Like a Rolling Stone: Can a Tribute Ban Provide any Satisfaction?”. He also chaired and responded to multiple panels and fulfilled officer duties with the Popular Communication Division.

Sociology
All four Sociology faculty members and three undergraduate students attended the 2024 Southern Sociological Society conference in New Orleans, Louisiana April 3-7. Dr. Dan Morrison presented a paper on student perceptions of universities studying slavery; and Dr. Christina Steidl presented a paper on gendered creditalism and military service as pathways into STEM. Both Drs. Morrison and Steidl also served on professionalization panels and workshops for junior scholars and grad students. Dr. Thomson presented a paper examining the role of religion in the construction of responses to anti- Black police violence. Sociology major Fletcher Wilson and Sociology minor Rebekah Farris both presented papers analyzing gendered and sexualized aspects of Valentines Day; and Sociology major Jess Walter presented a poster based on their RCEU research on asexuality. Finally, Dr. Sims served as an advanced reader on an Author Meets Readers panel for a new book on Black feminism.

World Language and Cultures
Dr. Nicole Pacino from the Department of History and Drs. Leslie Kaiura and Cristhian Alfonso from World Languages and Cultures traveled to the Southeastern Council on Latin American Studies (SECOLAS) conference in Asheville, North Carolina. Dr. Pacino led a round table on the history of medicine and public health with Latin American historians from around the country. Dr. Kaiura presented a paper on feminism and femicide in two Argentine novels, and Dr. Alfonso presented part of his work on Nazis in 21st-century Colombian fiction.

For questions about research within our college, please contact dean-ahs@uah.edu

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