NEWS FACULTY & STAFF Jessica Munson, Ph.D., associate professor of anthropology and archaeology, is co-editor and author of three chapters in “The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Network Research,” which explores how network science can be applied in archaeology through an up-to-date overview of the field. In October 2023, Munson participated in a design workshop at the Amerind Museum in Arizona where scholars in archaeology, history, and political science gathered from across the U.S., Canada, and U.K. to develop plans for a new synthetic study of governance, well-being, and sustainability in past societies. The following month, she was invited to give her talk, “Long-Term Perspectives on Human Wellbeing and Political Change,” at the International Conference on Embodied Cognitive Science at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in Japan. Christopher Pearl, Ph.D., associate professor of history, was awarded the Pennsylvania Historical Association’s Philip S. Klein Award for best article on Pennsylvania history published within a three year period for his article, “Becoming Patriots: The Struggle for Inclusion and Exclusion on Pennsylvania’s Revolutionary Frontier,” in the special issue of Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies on Rethinking Borderlands published by Penn State University Press in 2021. Maybel Mesa Morales, Ph.D., assistant professor of Spanish, was honored as an invited guest speaker at the International Conference of Hispanic Women Filmmakers, which took place in October 2023 at Clark University. The title of her presentation was “Visibilizar, promover y restaurar: Estrategias pedagógicas para la integración del cine de mujeres en las nuevas prácticas curriculares,” which translates to “Making Visible, Promoting, and Restoring: Pedagogical Strategies for the Integration of Women’s Cinema into New Curriculum Practices.” Justin Lopez-Medina, Ph.D., assistant professor of criminal justice-criminology and a former probation/ parole officer, along with Jillian Eidson, Ph.D., co-authored “Perspectives on Community-Based Corrections,” published by Oxford University Press, as an aid to classroom instruction. The book description states, “Students generally take this course because they are preparing for a career in the field, so they need to be aware of current policies and practices in community corrections. In addition, given the decarceration trend and the economics of seeking incarceration alternatives, this topic is increasing in popularity and importance. This text takes an applied and practical approach to understanding community corrections, as well as changing data and policies. It will aid in understanding the complexities of communitybased corrections with up-to-date data on practice and effectiveness.” Marisa Sánchez, Ph.D., assistant professor of art history, presented at two academic conferences this fall: “Agency, Authorship and the Archive: The Case of Miss A” was part of a session on Historical Recovery in Museums for the International 2023 Feminist Art History Conference organized by American University, Washington, D.C., and “A Curator’s Perspective on a Collection and Its Institutional Histories” was part of the Universities Art Association of Canada held at the Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity. Both papers are part of her ongoing study on curatorial practices as well as questions on how histories are written, obscured, and even omitted through the site of the art exhibition. Thank you Thank you Lycoming extends its sincere gratitude to the following individuals for their dedication and service to the College upon their retirement: Tracy Miles, executive administrative assistant to the executive vice president (27 years), Tara Miller, administrative assistant to athletics (26 years), and Cynthia Springman, bursar (24 years). 21 www.lycoming.edu
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