STEPHANIE ATHEY, PH.D., professor of cultural studies, authored Torture in the National Security Imagination. The book, published by the University of Minnesota Press, reassesses the role of torture in the context of police violence, mass incarceration, and racial capitalism.

DEBORAH BALDIZAR, M.F.A., associate professor of art and graphic design, displayed her work in the exhibit ORIGIN, a group show juried by renowned ceramic artist Kensuke Yamada. Her selected sculpture, Introverts (pictured below), was shown at the Baltimore Clayworks gallery.

STEVE BLOOM, PH.D., professor emeritus of English, published two book reviews and was elected the 2023 chair of the board of directors of the Eugene O’Neill Society.

KENNETH CALHOUN, M.F.A., professor of graphic design, created the book cover for The Gingko Tree and Other Poems by Michael Baron (pictured below).

KATHERINE CARVALHO, ED.D, M.S., MBA, lecturer, authored a research paper, “Exploring a social pragmatic approach to overcoming barriers to interprofessional communication and across functional boundaries: A qualitative case study,” which was accepted for publication in the Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice.

Writing faculty including GREG CASS, PH.D., SARA LARGE, PH.D., ANNIE OU, PH.D., and MICHELLE NIESTEPSKI, PH.D., presented “So By Plagiarism You Mean...?: Rethinking Plagiarism Practices to Embrace the Struggle” at the Conference on College Composition and Communication in Chicago.

QUINTIN COLLINS, assistant director of the Solstice MFA in Creative Writing, received recognition for his second poetry collection, Claim Tickets for Stolen People, which was named the honor book for the Best Poetry Award by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association.

MEG FLAHERTY, assistant director of admission, presented on the importance of accepted student events at the New England Association for College Admission Counseling’s annual meeting and conference (pictured below). 

GAIL JAUREGUI, MBA, assistant professor of fashion design, authored two articles, “Minimalism in the 1990s” and “Grunge Fashion,” which are on the Bloomsbury Fashion Video Archive.

ASHMITA KHASNABISH, PH.D., lecturer, had Virtual Diaspora, Postcolonial Literature and Feminism published through Routledge. She launched the book at the Northeastern Modern Language Association Conference in March and lectured on the book at Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford.

YOUNG-TAE KIM, PH.D., associate professor of sport management, organized an international sports tech tour (pictured below) funded by the Korean Professional Sports Association. More than a dozen Korean sports league officials visited the United States to meet representatives from pro sports teams and tour technologically advanced stadiums. He also scheduled and moderated meetings between Korean sports executives and U.S. tech companies specializing in data analytics, cloud services, and virtual, augmented, and mixed reality.

MARGO LEMIEUX, M.F.A., M.ED., professor emerita, organized an exhibit, “Peace, Love & Understanding,” for Boston Printmakers at the Da Nang Fine Arts Museum in Vietnam. She was interviewed by Vietnam television station VTV8, which used clips from the Shoulder to Shoulder Vietnam immersion trip she led with ANH TRAN, PH.D., in 2020.

BETSY LEONDAR-WRIGHT, PH.D., associate professor of sociology, facilitated “Beyond Nonprofit Burnout” workshops for statewide philanthropy and nonprofit associations in five states.

SHARYN LOWENSTEIN, ED.D., professor emerita of humanities, co-authored “Working Against Racism through Cross-Institutional Communities of Practice,” a chapter in the book Campus Compact. The chapter investigates a series of anti-racist dialogue groups of diverse racial identities facilitated by the co-authors.

MICHELLE NIESTEPSKI, PH.D., dean of student success, presented “Transitioning from In-Person Student Registration to Online Advisor Registration” at the Global Community for Academic Advising regional conference in Boston with Lasell professional advisor KATRINA DALY, M.S., and senior professional advisors HEATHER FLAHERTY, M.ED., and VIKKI TURNQUIST, M.ED. Heather also presented “Out With the Old and in With the New! Re-imagining a Peer Academic Leadership Program.”

MERYL PERLSON, M.F.A., professor of communication, had multiple videos included in PORTALS, Termite TV’s 31st anniversary exhibition at Cherry Street Pier in Philadelphia. The exhibit celebrated experimental, activist, and community videos from the Termite TV Collective, which she co-founded.

CHRYSTAL DENMARK PORTER, PH.D., provost and vice president of academic affairs, was elected vice president of the Psi Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority (pictured below) and will be responsible for programming for the Greater Boston community. She was also appointed to the sorority’s North Atlantic Region Awards Committee.

CLAUDIA RINALDI, PH.D., professor of education, presented “Teaching Bilingual English Learners with Disabilities: OELA National Professional Development Grant Scholars Initial Findings” at the Massachusetts Association for Speakers of Other Languages.

STEPHANIE SCHOROW, M.A., lecturer, published A Boston Harbor Islands Adventure: The Great Brewster Island Journal of 1891 (pictured below). The book recounts the 17-day escape from New England’s prim and proper society by four women, including Lasell alumna Helen Whittier.

EMILY STANLEY, director of admission operations and events, presented “The Power of Mattering in Campus Visits, Communications, and Admission Technology” at the Collegiate Information and Visitor Services Association (CIVSA) Annual Conference in St. Louis. She was appointed to chair a CIVSA 2024 Annual Conference sub-committee.

ANH TRAN, PH.D., professor of economics and management, is scheduled to lead a symposium on economics pioneer Adam Smith this winter at Van Lang University in Vietnam.

NANCY WALDRON, PH.D., professor of marketing, was certified as a master of career services by the National Career Development Association; completed an Anti-Defamation League course on antiimmigrant bias; and earned her diploma in teaching English to speakers of other languages and certificate in teaching English as a foreign language from the Uni-Prep Institute.

KELLIE WALLACE, PH.D., CAGS, assistant professor of criminal justice, served as a doctoral summit workshop facilitator at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences’ (ACJS) 60th annual meeting in Washington, D.C. She is also a mentor in the inaugural cohort of the ACJS mentoring program. Additionally, she gave a presentation at Lasell Village, “Out & Proud: A History of Pride in America,” during Pride Month.

BRIAN WARDYGA, ED.D., professor of communications and general manager of WLAS and LCTV, authored The Video Games Textbook, second edition.

CATHARINE WEISS, PH.D., assistant professor of fashion, was promoted to associate editor of Fashion, Style & Popular Culture, an academic journal published by Intellect London. She was also chosen as author of the month for the peer-reviewed journal.

ZANE ZHENG, PH.D., associate professor of psychology, received the 2022–2023 Florence L. Denmark Faculty Advisor Award from Psi Chi, the international honor society in psychology. He also was awarded an American Psychological Association Board of Educational Affairs grant to organize a conference, “Teaching Research Excellence: Education, Strategies, and Practices.”

LYNN BLAKE, M.F.A; JILL CAREY, M.ED.; STEPHEN FISCHER, MFIA; and THOMAS SULLIVAN, PH.D. announced their retirements effective at the conclusion of the 2022–2023 academic year. They leave legacies in the fashion, graphic design, ethics, and philosophy programs. All four were recommended to the Board of Trustees for emeritus status.