Faculty Achievement
̫ӳ faculty have a well-earned reputation as great teachers and mentors, but they
are also incredibly active in scholarship and creative endeavors. Below you will find
a list of just some of the 2026 publications, presentations, performances, and exhibits
from our talented faculty.
Awards, Grants & Fellowships
Duncan, Ann, Bill Harder, Maxwell Greenberg, and Lindsay Johnson Walton. 2026-2027. “Community-based Learning and Building Community Across Prison Walls” Project Pericles Catalyst Grant.
Veronica Segarra, Jonathan Lawton, Christopher Torres, Jennifer Bess, Aryana Arsham, Jennifer Kerr, Jamie Batts. 2026-2027. "Teaching and Outreach Resources for Climate and Health. Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
Rauwerda, Antje, Steven DeCaroli, and Bill Harder. 2026–2028. “Curiosity, Complexity and Social Justice: Invigorating the Essential Humanities for All.” Mellon Foundation: Humanities for All Times.
Books
Higbee, Will, and Florence Martin, eds. 2026. Transnational Moroccan Cinema: Critical Dialogues. Edinburgh University Press; Edinburgh, UK.
Shope, Janet Hinson, and Richard Pringle. 2026. Campus Whisper Networks: Knowing with Sexual Assault Survivors. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Articles
Cottle, Katherine. 2026. “The Predation of a Legendary Chimera: Western Maryland’s Snallygaster, from Hex to Harry.” Supernatural Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Art, Media, and Culture 11(1):141–171.
McCabe, Jennifer A., Belle D. St. Jean, Jessica A. DeKoven, Mariah S. Lees, and Vanessa A. Cisse. 2025. “.” Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology. Advance online publication.
Rotolo, Thomas, Sadie Ridgeway, and Jennifer Schwartz. 2025. Teaching Sociology.
Wells, Juliette, Rodney Yoder, and Avery Yoder-Wells. 2025. “” Persuasions On-Line 46.1, winter 2025.
Wells, Juliette. 2025. “” Persuasions On-Line 46.1, winter 2025.
Book Chapters
Draheim, Amanda. 2026. “Seminar in Clinical Psychology: Using Generative AI to Teach Case Conceptualization Skills.” Pp. 112–123 in Integrating Generative AI in Psychology Courses, edited by I. Katzarska-Miller, M. Jackson, and M. Fortner. Society for the Teaching of Psychology.
Draheim, Amanda. 2026. “Using Generative AI to Build Cultural Humility.” Pp. 124–136 in Integrating Generative AI in Psychology Courses, edited by I. Katzarska-Miller, M. Jackson, and M. Fortner. Society for the Teaching of Psychology.
Schwarz, Carolyn. 2026. “Religions of Aboriginal Australia.” Pp. 219–233 in The Oxford Handbook of the Anthropology of Religion, edited by J. Robbins and S. Coleman. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Choreography, Performances, Exhibits & Designs
Wells, Juliette, and Dale Stinchcomb, co-curators. 2025. A Lively Mind: Jane Austen at 250. Morgan Library & Museum, New York City, June 6–September 14.
Conference Presentations & Posters
Campana, Jillian, Jamie Mullaney, and Michelle Schmidt. 2026. “Faculty Resilience, Reciprocity, and Revitalization through Mentoring.” Workshop presented at the American Conference of Academic Deans, Phoenix, Arizona, February.
Draheim, Amanda. 2026. “Using Generative AI to Teach Case Conceptualization Skills in Clinical Psychology.” Oral presentation at the University System of Maryland Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation’s Spring 2026 Generative AI Virtual Showcase.
McCabe, Jennifer A., Erica T. Adamson, Naila M. Lapierre, Julissa Trejo-Lopez, Max Davis, and Rebecca H. Siemers. 2026. “Refutation Retention: The Durability of Myth-Busting After a Memory Course.” Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association conference, Boston, MA, February.
Oweidat, Lana, and Tamara Issak. 2026. “Al Kalima Al Tayeba: An Arab-Islamic Rhetorical Framework for Responding to Microaggressions.” Presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Cleveland, OH, March 5.
Ridgeway, Sadie. 2026. “Weight Discrimination, Mental Health, and the Protective Role of Social Resources.” Paper presented in the session “Social Contexts of Mental Health,” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
Newspapers, Magazines, Interviews & Blogs
Wells, Juliette. 2025. “A lively mind.” Jane Austen’s Regency World, May/June, pp. 2–9.
Wells, Juliette. 2025. “Austen’s ‘Lively Mind’ Displayed.” Interview by Susie Wampler. JASNA News 41.3, fall 2025, pp. 1, 4–5.
Wells, Juliette. 2025. “.” All of It with Alison Stewart, WNYC radio, August 12.
Wells, Juliette. 2025. “” Interview by Breckyn Wood. Austen Chat podcast, episode 23.
Wells, Juliette. 2025. “” Conversation with Rajiv Surendra, August 7.
Wells, Juliette. 2025. “.” Interview with Ben Luke, This Week in Art podcast, The Art Newspaper, June 5.
Invited Public Lectures
Wells, Juliette. 2026. “Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and Its Legacy.” Pre-theatre lecture for Indiana University’s Department of Theatre and Dance’s performance of Kate Hamill’s Pride and Prejudice, Bloomington, IN, February 13.
Martin, Florence. 2025. “Farida Benlyazid’s Takes on Moroccan Cinema.” Invited lecture, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco, June 2.
Martin, Florence. 2025. “Farida Benlyazid’s Unique Take on Filmmaking.” Invited lecture, Université Chouaïb Doukkali, el Jadida, Morocco, October 9.
Martin, Florence. 2025. “Women Filming Against the Grain: Farida Benlyazid as Exemplar.” Invited lecture, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures Fall 2025 Lecture Series, JHU, Baltimore, September 11.
Wells, Juliette. 2025. “A Lively Mind: Jane Austen at 250.” Invited lecture for Edenforum series, Edenwald, Towson, MD, September 8.
Wells, Juliette. 2025. “A Lively Mind: Jane Austen at 250.” Invited virtual lecture, Jane Austen Society of America international region, March 23.
Wells, Juliette. 2025. “A Lively Mind: Jane Austen at 250.” Keynote lecture for “Jane Austen at 250” symposium, Wilkes University, Wilkes Barre, PA, March 27.
Wells, Juliette. 2025. “A Lively Mind: Jane Austen at 250.” Lecture, Jane Austen Society of America Eastern PA region, Free Library of Philadelphia, March 9.
Wells, Juliette. 2025. “A Lively Mind: Jane Austen at 250.” Virtual lecture, Jane Austen Society, UK, November 22.
Wells, Juliette. 2025. “A New Jane Austen: How Americans Brought Us the World’s Greatest Novelist.” Annual Harriet Avery lecture, JASNA Massachusetts, Charles River Museum, Waltham, MA, March 16.
Wells, Juliette. 2025. “Celebrating Alberta Burke and 50 Years of Jane Austen at ̫ӳ.” Lecture presented at “Hopkins Journeys: Celebrating the World of Jane Austen,” Johns Hopkins Alumni Association, Baltimore, MD, November 15.
Wells, Juliette. 2025. “Celebrating Jane Austen in America: Publishers, Readers, Critics & Collectors.” Keynote lecture presented at “Jane Austen Now” symposium, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, December 7.
Wells, Juliette. 2025. “Jane Austen, Imaginist.” Virtual lecture, Schaumburg Public Library, IL, December 12.
Wells, Juliette. 2025. “Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and Its Legacy.” Pre-theatre lecture for Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s performance of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, adapted by Sarah Rose Kearns, Baltimore, MD, October 17.
Wells, Juliette. 2025. “Juliette Wells on Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park.” Enoch Pratt Central Library, Baltimore, MD, September 20.
Other
Borum, Caty, Paula Weissman, Bill Harder, David Conrad-Pérez, and Aras Coskuntuncel. 2026. . Center for Media & Social Impact, American University School of Communication.
Martin, Florence. “Member of the International Maghrebi Film Festival in Oujda, Morocco.” 2025. September 29–October 4.
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Kudos
- August 25, 2026
Each of the new faculty members has extensive experience in research and hands-on learning and will bring those principles to their classrooms at ̫ӳ.
- June 1, 2026
In the past year, ̫ӳ faculty members have published and presented on topics that highlight the global scope of their research as well as subjects that explore ideas closer to home.
- April 28, 2026
With this funding from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, ̫ӳ will kick off the Teaching and Outreach Responses for Climate and Health (TORCH) project.
- April 24, 2026
Verónica Segarra, associate professor and the Maryland E-Nnovation Endowed Chair in Biological Sciences and Chemistry, was named an American Society for Cell Biology Fellow.
- April 20, 2026
Three ̫ӳfaculty members have been selected as the 2026 cohort of the Myra Berman Kurtz Fund for Faculty Research and Exploration of the Sciences (KRES Fund) Year of Exploration.
