NEWS FACULTY & STAFF Andreas Rentsch, assistant professor of art, took professional portraits of a diverse group of Williamsport citizens as part of the Let’s end COVID! public education campaign (www.letsendcovid.net). Over seven weeks, Rentsch photographed Mayor Derek Slaughter, two pastors, a local radio personality, a mother with her baby, and a veteran, amongst others. The goal of the campaign is to encourage hesitant sections of the population to get vaccinated. A total of 20 billboards are displayed around Williamsport and the vicinity. Lynn Estomin, professor emerita of art, is an active member of this campaign and designed the billboards and other media using the photographs. Laura Seddelmeyer, Ph.D., assistant professor of history, published a chapter titled “Great and Powerful Friends of Yesteryear: Australia’s Dilemma with ‘East of Suez’, 1967-71” in The Australian Journal of Politics and History (Vol. 67, No. 1, March 2021). She also published a book chapter, “Shaping Australia into a Neighborhood Power: Decolonization, Vulnerability, and the Cold War,” in the book “Temple of Peace: International Cooperation and Stability since 1945,” edited by Ingo Trauschweizer (Ohio University Press). A publication by Mark Zajack, Ph.D., assistant professor of business administration, has been accepted to appear in “Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice” (Cambridge University Press). In “Work as a Choice: Autonomous Motivation and the Basic Income,” Zajack addresses the opportunity for work motivation research to provide perspective on whether people would continue to work for pay under conditions of a universal basic income. The language column, “A Slice of English…and of languages around the world,” which appears in both The Clarion News and The Newport Daily Expess, has been accepted as a regular column by The Broadstairs Beacon, a magazine published in Broadstairs, England. The column, written by Daniela Ribitsch, Ph.D., part-time German instructor, compares English to other languages, such as Finnish, Danish, Swedish, German, and Italian; discusses nonhuman communication, such as the language of whales and trees; and shows what words and grammar we humans use to speak about nature, nonhumans animals, and other humans. Theresa Spanella, Ed.D., was appointed assistant dean for inclusivity and first-year students. Her primary responsibilities include the coordination of both Disability Support Services and new student orientation/transition programming, and academic support of firstyear students. She recently served as executive director of student persistence and success at Young Harris College. She holds a doctorate in education leadership from Bethel University and a B.A. in English from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Recent artwork by Howard Tran, professor of art, was displayed at Bucknell University’s Downtown Gallery from June to October. His installation, “Howard Tran: Tổ Tiên,” traces his journey as a Chinese Vietnamese American immigrant and includes a collection of sculptures and collages that show the cultural and genealogical connections between people seemingly separated by both oceans and generations. 23 www.lycoming.edu
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