HEIDI BURGIEL, PH.D., instructional designer; DEBORAH BALDIZAR, M.F.A., assistant professor of art and graphic design; MATT BOYLE, M.A., coordinator of instructional design; DENNY FREY, PH.D., dean of curricular integration; and HALLIDAY PIEL, PH.D., associate professor of humanities, presented at the New England Educational Assessment Network’s Fall 2021 Dialogues in the Disciplines conference. They participated in a panel, “Low-Cost Assessment for Career Readiness,” during which they described how they assessed National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) competencies in core courses, specifically the student experiences in Lasell’s Aesthetics & Creativity and Global & Historical Knowledge perspectives.

KEN CALHOUN, M.F.A., associate professor and program chair of graphic design, was elected to the Board of Governors for Newton’s New Art Center. His short story, “Weeper,” appeared in the spring/summer 2020 issue of Subtropics and was listed as a distinguished story in The Best American Short Stories 2021.

STEPHEN FISCHER, M.F.I.A., associate professor of graphic design, curated a show at Lasell’s Wedeman Gallery with ART/Word, a collaborative he founded in 1981. The show featured 25 visual artists, including Fischer, and their work inspired by the theme “beliefs.” Pictured above: “Trick or Truth?” Stephen Fischer, graphite and digital paint. Adapted from an anonymous folk story.

MARIE CAMPAGNA FRANKLIN, M.S., associate professor of journalism, will retire after 14 years of service in June. Read more about Marie’s time at Lasell and her lasting impact on students and alumni. 

JOSE GUZMAN, PH.D., associate professor of Spanish, presented “Living with an Indigenous Community: How two weeks of service learning can change a student’s life” at the 33rd annual conference of the Association of Academic Programs in Latin American and the Caribbean at the University of Arizona.

TIMOTHY HANWAY, M.S., lecturer, had a poster abstract, “Pharmacokinetics of a 40mg Sublingual Dose of Delta-Tocotrienol Powder,” accepted at this year’s International Experimental Biology and Medicine Conference. The project was the culmination of a Packard Grant received through the Lasell School of Health Sciences. “I am incredibly excited to travel to continue supporting Lasell with excellent Connected Learning, professional development, and career readiness initiatives,” he says.

CRIS HAVERTY, PH.D., dean of the School of Health Sciences, gave a paper presentation, “Leadership and Faculty Morale at Small Colleges,” at the Eastern Educational Research Association’s annual conference.

GAIL JAUREGUI, MBA, assistant professor of fashion, will publish “1990s Fashion Minimalism in the U.S.” in the Bloomsbury Fashion Video Archive this summer.

CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON, ED.D., lecturer, co-edited and authored a textbook on human health matters, Sports Science and Human Health — Different Approaches. He also published a pop- science/culture book (pictured above), Press Start: Gamify Your Life and Make the World Your Playground. “It’s a lighthearted examination of the human experience,” he says.

ASHMITA KHASNABISH, PH.D., lecturer, presented for the Northeast Modern Language Association in March. Her book, Virtual Diaspora: Postcolonial Literature and Feminism, will come out this fall. 

MARGO LEMIEUX, M.F.A., M.ED., professor emerita, gave a virtual talk about her books at the February meeting of New England Book Artists. One of the books, These Pictures of Time, is a project that celebrates her father’s visit to Egypt in 1932. The book (pictured above) includes a small replica of the Great Pyramid, which functions as its cover.

TESSA LE ROUX, PH.D., professor of sociology, published a chapter in Groves Monographs on Marriage and Family, Volume 6: Families at the Intersection of Mental Health and Disabilities, “Impression Management: How people with aphasia and their caregiver partners navigate front and back stage.”

JAMES WILLIAM LINCOLN, PH.D., lecturer, authored a chapter in an upcoming publication. “Ahimsa and Aang’s Dilemma: Everyone … [has] to be treated like they’re worth giving a chance” will appear in Avatar: The Last Airbender and Philosophy from Wiley-Blackwell later this year, ahead of Netflix’s live-action reimagining of the show in 2023.

JOANN MONTEPARE, PH.D., professor of psychology and director of the RoseMary B. Fuss Center for Research on Aging and Intergenerational Studies, gave two keynote addresses this semester. At Wichita State University’s Regional Institute on Aging conference, she spoke about “Advancing Age Inclusivity and Intergenerational Exchange in Higher Education: Some Whys, What Fors, and How Tos.” At Youngstown State University in collaboration with Ohio Living, she presented “Building Age-Friendly Intergenerational Community: Campus Connections.”

MERYL PERLSON, M.F.A., professor of communication and interim dean of the School of Communication and the Arts, produced two short videos: “Alewife Greenway” and “Noa Dreams.” Both were screened at the United States Super 8 Film and Digital Video Festival as part of “Swimming in the Clouds,” a collaborative project about COVID lockdown dreams featuring the work of seven filmmakers.

DOLORES RADLO, M.ED., senior director of academic support, technology, and accessibility, received the EAB 2021 Student Success Collaborative Award for Excellence in Technology Administration. Radlo received the award at the CONNECTED21 conference in recognition of her leadership, vision, and commitment to innovation as the Starfish systems and analytics administrator at Lasell.

CLAUDIA RINALDI, PH.D., Joan Weiler Arnow ’49 professor and program chair of education, was invited to be a thought leader for the National Center for Systemic Improvement (NCSI). Her role will be to support state education agencies as they improve their systems on behalf of students who are dually identified as English learners and in need of special education services.

JILL SHOEMAKER, M.L.S., head reference and instruction librarian, will retire in June after more than 22 years of service. “Jill helped countless faculty and students through information literacy instruction sessions and original research guides,” says Anna Sarneso, library director. “Additionally, she built two incredible collections: the Kyo Yamawaki Education collection and the fashion collection, both centerpieces of the Brennan Library.”

ANH TRAN, PH.D., professor of economics and management, was included in an interview, “Vietnam, So Close to China and So Far from the U.S.” in the French magazine Nation Emergentes.

MARTIN WALSH, PH.D., associate professor of management, delivered a presentation, “The History of Economic and Political Relations Between the United States, Canada, and Mexico:Race, Regionalism, and Social Dysfunction,” which has been archived by the Massachusetts Archives. The presentation focused on the economic causes of the Civil War; the social, racial, and economic consequences of the war on American society; and the consequential perception of the United States in Mexican and Canadian economic and political history.

BRIAN WARDYGA, ED.D., professor of communication, received an Award of Excellence at the 2022 BEA Festival of Media Arts in the audio promo/PSA/commercial category. He was named a finalist for the 2022 Intercollegiate Broadcasting System’s award for best college TV faculty advisor, and Lasell Community Television was nominated for best college/university TV station under his leadership. He was also published in BAB Magazine in 2021.

ZANE ZHENG, PH.D., associate professor of psychology and chair of academic research, collaborated on a cross-cultural study that examined the perception of sound symbolism among individuals in the United States, Japan, and Singapore. The study was accepted for publication by Frontiers in Psychology.