NEWS FACULTY & STAFF Paintings by Seth Goodman, associate professor of art, were displayed in a solo exhibition at the Haas Gallery of Art at Bloomsburg University during the months of December through February. “I draw intense inspiration from the social and political dysfunction of our times,” he says. “My work is a poetic attempt at unearthing veiled truths, as I see them, from the topical twists and turns of the day. I comment on America’s class structure by representing celebrities, often members of our ruling class, by implicating them in events that blur fact and fiction. I find this brand of storytelling immensely satisfying because it seems to disrupt the all too familiar levers of power that dominate our political reality.” Sandra Kingery, Ph.D., chair of the modern language studies department and Logan A. Richmond Endowed Professor, published Xánath Caraza’s “Lips of Stone” (The Raving Press). This poetry collection celebrates Mexico’s “mother culture,” the Olmec civilization, highlighting their colossal head stone sculptures (1200-400 BCE). Amy Rogers, Ph.D. ’97, chair and professor of the education department, and Courtney Dexter, Ph.D., Dallas Independent School District and former assistant professor of education at Lycoming, presented their chapter, “A Model for Success: Details of a Modified Clinical Internship Experience,” at the Council of Exceptional Children’s Teacher Education Division conference in Fort Worth, Texas, in November 2021. Caroline Payne, Ph.D., has assumed the position of director of community-based learning as part of initiatives outlined within the 2021 Strategic Plan to increase support for service learning. Additionally, Payne serves as chair and associate professor of the political science department and has successfully directed the College’s Warrior Coffee Program. She is the recipient of the 2022 Plankenhorn Alumni Award for Faculty Excellence, bestowed upon a senior faculty member for faculty excellence at Lycoming College. Andrew Stafford, Ph.D., assistant professor of French, is the 2022 recipient of the Junior Faculty Teaching Award, given to those in their first 10 years of teaching at Lycoming College. “Restrictive deterrence: Avoiding arrest in rural methamphetamine markets” was published in the International Journal of Rural Criminology. Written by Julie Yingling, Ph.D., assistant professor of criminal justice, the article is based on interviews with 52 men and women involved in methamphetamine markets and explores the arrest avoidance strategies used during ingredient acquisition, manufacturing/“cooking,” and distribution of methamphetamine. Professors Caroline Payne and Andrew Stafford (center) were presented teaching awards during the 2022 Honors Convocation 23 www.lycoming.edu
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