For the Record, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024

For the Record provides information about recent professional activities and honors of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.

Recent publications, presentations, honors and grants include the following:

Publications

Margaret Stetz, Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women's Studies and professor of humanities, continues to publish poetry in both print and online journals. Her poem "Longhand" appears in the "Transdisciplinarity: Creativity & Knowledge" issue of Indelible (no. 8, Autumn 2024, p. 72), the journal of the LABRC (London Arts-Based Research Centre, UK). Another poem, "Study Abroad," is in the inaugural issue, which has the theme of "Live and Learn," of The Writers' Journal (BHS Publishing, December 2024), pp. 62-64. Her sequence "Three Haiku" has been published online in the November 2024 issue of First Literary Review-East. In addition, "Unbalanced," a work of creative nonfiction originally published online by Scars Publications has now been issued in print form in In Love with Erosion, no. 352 of CC & D Magazine (December 2024), pp. 52-54.

Presentations

Sheng Lu, professor and director of graduate studies in the Department of Fashion and Apparel Studies, was recently interviewed by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations about geopolitics and fast fashion and how the two countries can work together to improve labor standards and environmental sustainability. Founded in 1966, the National Committee on United States-China Relations promotes understanding and cooperation between the United States and Greater China in the belief that sound and productive Sino-American relations serve vital American and world interests.

The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSCD) in the College of Health Sciences (CHS) was well represented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) convention in December in Seattle, Washington. The ASHA convention is one of the largest professional development events for audiologists, speech-language pathologists and speech, language and hearing scientists.

• Sayan Nanda and Bryan Lamot, communication sciences and disorders Ph.D. students, and Nicole Guarino, postdoctoral research scientist, presented a poster on "Gut Microbiome Alterations and its Relevant to Stuttering" along with CSCD faculty mentors: Associate Professor and Ph.D. Program Codirector Ho Ming Chow; Assistant Professor Evan Usler; Professor Emerita Diane Chugani; and Aditya Dutta, assistant professor of reproductive biology in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
• Jessica Bahls, adjunct CSCD faculty; Associate Professor and Ph.D. Program Codirector Ho Ming Chow; Kimberly Van Buren, a speech-language pathologist in UD's Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic; and Allan Carlsen, assistant professor of theatre and director of Healthcare Theatre, an interdisciplinary program in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) and CHS, presented a poster on "Simulation and Healthcare Theatre: Elevating Student Learning and Confidence in Assessment of Motor Speech Disorders."
• Speech-Language Pathologist Carly Aaron and Jessica Bahls, adjunct CSCD faculty, presented a poster on "Building Bridges: Graduate Student-Led Lego-Play for Elementary Students with Autism."
• First-year speech-language pathology (SLP) master's students Johana Garcia Mendoza and Jazmine Winters presented an in-person seminar entitled "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the State of Delaware" along with faculty mentors Lynsey Keator, assistant professor of linguistics and cognitive science in CAS; and Nina Straitman, a speech-language pathology clinician and retired assistant professor of linguistics and cognitive science.
• CSCD doctoral student Grace Gervino and Janina Boecher, a research assistant and Ph.D. student studying linguistics and speech rhythm, presented a poster on "Development of Speech Rhythm Among School-Aged Children" along with CSCD faculty members Ho Ming Chow and Evan Usler; and colleagues at the University of Michigan, including Associate Professor of Psychiatry Soo-Eun Chang and Research Assistant Professor Emily Garnett.
• Meredith Bailey-Orr, adjunct faculty in CSCD, presented an in-person seminar on "1873: An Interprofessional Approach to Promote Functional Outcomes: Elevating Skill Building for Students with Intellectual Disabilities."
• CSCD Assistant Professor Rebecca Hunting-Pompon and Trish Hambridge with UD's Aphasia & Rehabilitation Outcomes Lab presented a virtual technical seminar entitled "'Keep Going, Keep Positive' - Insights from Aphasia Advocates."

Honors