Criminal Justice and Criminology faculty to travel to Finland on Fulbright scholarship
The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board recently awarded Georgia Southern Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology Associate Professor Bryan Lee Miller, Ph.D., a grant to travel to Finland.
Librarian named president of the Georgia Library Association executive board
Professor and Interlibrary Loan Librarian Fred Smith, was voted president of the Georgia Library Association (GLA) by members for 2018.
Local organizers create Beloved Community in Bulloch County
“What can we do to keep Ferguson from happening here?” That was the question asked by a diverse group of people in Statesboro and Bulloch County who came together in 2015 around the issue of relations between law enforcement and some African-American communities. Their gathering was in response to the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager, by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, and the uprising that followed.
College of Education professors’ book named as a selected read by Chronicle of Higher Education
The book, Promoting Social Justice through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, edited by Georgia Southern University’s College of Education Professors Delores Liston, Ph.D., and Regina Rahimi, Ed.D., was included in a January compilation of 10 ‘Selected New Books on Higher Education’ in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Georgia Southern University biologists quantify campus biodiversity
Squirrels and robins are a common sight on almost any college campus. But is the park-like landscape of a campus actually a good habitat for wildlife? How many other species live in the fields, forests and waters of a university campus?
Faculty and students at Georgia Southern University have just completed a two-year study to answer these questions.
Georgia Southern faculty Jennifer Zorotovich awarded Outstanding Scholarship Article
Jennifer Zorotovich, Ph.D., assistant professor of child and family development in the School of Human Ecology, is a recipient for Outstanding Scholarship Article in the Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences (JFCS).
COE professor Hodges brings White House leadership to campus
Georgia Southern’s College of Education faculty member Charles Hodges, Ph.D., was invited to the White House on Dec. 14 to participate in the Advancing Educational Technology in Teacher Preparation Innovators’ Summit hosted by the Office of Educational Technology (OET) at the U.S. Department of Education.
Biology professor featured in American Entomologist Magazine
James H. Oliver Jr., Ph.D (`52), was recently featured in the Winter 2016 edition of American Entomologist in a piece titled, “Ticks, Lyme Disease, and a Golden Gloves Champion.”
COSM Dean to participate in USG Accelerated Leadership Academy
Martha Abell, Ph.D., dean of the College of Science and Mathematics (COSM), has been selected to participate in the 2017 University System of Georgia’s (USG) Center for Leadership Excellence (CLE) Accelerated Leadership Academy (ALA).
History professor wins award for new book on women apparel workers
Department of History and College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) faculty member Michelle Haberland’s, Ph.D., latest book, Striking Beauties: Women Apparel Workers in the U.S. South, 1930–2000, was awarded the Southern Historical Association’s H. L. Mitchell Award.