Phee Boon Kang Prize, Staff Winner, 2025.

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Underkofler Award Recipient, 2025.

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Phee Boon Kang Prize, Faculty Winner, 2025.

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Welcomed into the ranks of faculty emeriti after more than 20 years of distinguished service to Beloit College.

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Welcomed into the ranks of faculty emeriti after 34 years of distinguished service to Beloit College.

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Welcomed into the ranks of faculty emeriti after 34 years of distinguished service to Beloit College.

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Welcomed into the ranks of staff emeriti after 28 years of distinguished service to Beloit College.

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Atsitty, Tacey M. Achaan aghaaana’igii. Poetry, vol. 225, no. 5, 2025, p. 429.

Atsitty, Tacey M. When Ladybugs Return. Resilience: A Voice of the New Agrarianism, vol. 45, 2024, pp. 37.

Atsitty, Tacey M. Back Passage to Gamarra, Circle poem, Crape Myrtle, It’s Taught that Bad Always Comes, IX and Tesoro. Weber: The Contemporary West. vol. 41, no. 1, 2024, pp. 87-92.

Georgia Volioti and Daniel Barolsky, eds. Recorded Music in Creative Practices: Mediation, Performance, Pedagogy, Routledge Press, 2024.

Daniel Barolsky. “Afterword: Acknowledging our Cyborg Identities” in Recorded Music in Creative Practices: Mediation, Performance, Pedagogy, Georgia Volioti and Daniel Barolsky, eds. Routledge Press, 2024

Dalbo, G. D. Unsettling Narratives: Teaching About Genocide in a Settler Space. Ethics Press, 2025.

Le, Vu Anh & Dik, Mehmet. “A Mathematical Analysis of Neural Operator Behaviors.” in Advances in Quantum Calculus and Functional Analysis, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, December 2024.

Draper, Tristan M. K. Research Articles in Illinois History, 2023–2024: A Bibliographic Overview. Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, vol. 117, no. 4, 2024, pp. 113-120. 

Karen Derris, Natalie Gummer, and Maria Heim, eds. Becoming a Student, Remaining a Student, Never Less Than a Student: Special issue of the Journal of Buddhist Ethics in honor of Charles Hallisey, vol. 31, 2024, pp. 81–357.

Zambito, J. and Voice, P. Integrated stratigraphic and paleoenvironmental study of the Middle-Late Devonian carbonate to black shale transition in the Michigan Basin. Keck Geology Consortium Short Contributions, vol. 36, 2024, p. 8.

Johnson, I. and Zambito, J. Characterizing the sediment source of the Ellsworth Formation of the Michigan Basin using lithostratigraphy and chemostratigraphy. Keck Geology Consortium Short Contributions, vol. 36, 2024, p 6.

Daniel Barolsky. The Mistaken Art. Analitica: Rivista online di studi musicali, vol. 16, 2025.

Le, Vu Anh & Dik, Mehmet. How Analysis Can Teach Us the Optimal Way to Design Neural Operators. Proceedings of International Mathematical Sciences (PIMS), vol. 6 no. 2, pp. 77-99, December 2024.

Le, Vu Anh & Dik, Mehmet. The Stability of Persistence Diagrams Under Non-Uniform Scaling. Boletim da Sociedade Paranaense de Matemática, January 2025.

Le, Vu Anh & Dik, Mehmet. Topology-Preserving Scaling in Data Augmentation,” accepted research paper for publication, Maltepe Journal of Mathematics, January 2025.

Natalie Gummer. Toward a Hermeneutics of Incapacity. Journal of Buddhist Ethics special issue (Becoming a Student, Remaining a Student, Never Less than a Student, guest edited by Karen Derris, Natalie Gummer, and Maria Heim), vol. 31, pp. 275–283.

George Lisensky, Lauren E. Kueffer, Corbin Livingston, Laura E. Parmentier. Intermolecular Forces and the Languages of Chemistry. Journal of Chemical Education, vol. 101, pp. 3584-3591, 2024.

George Lisensky, Corbin Livingston. Solubility of Lead Chloride: Common Ion and Complexation Effects in a Greener Laboratory Experiment. Journal of Chemical Education, vol. 101, pp. 2857-2861, 2024. 

Md Kamal Hossain, Matti Haukka, George C. Lisensky, Michael G. Richmond, Ebbe Nordlander. Oxidovanadium(V) Complexes with Tridentate Hydrazone Ligands as Oxygen Atom Transfer Catalysts. Polyhedron, vol. 258, 2024. 

Lou, J. Shifting Narratives of Suzhi (Quality) and Suzhi Education: What Migrant and Rural Children in China Tell Us About the Changing Nature of Chinese Education. Chinese Education & Society, vol. 57, nos.1–2, pp. 15–29, 2024. 

Xiang, X., Lou. J. Yu, M., & Teng, J. Education as Capital? A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Investment Discourse in International Research on Chinese Rural Education. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International education (online), 2024.

Nickel, A.E., & Scullin, M.K. Sleep quality and duration are associated with charitable donations: Evidence from two population based surveys. Sleep Medicine, vol. 124, 2024, pp. 378-380.

Lisensky, G., Kueffer, L. E., Livingston, C., & Parmentier, L. E., “Intermolecular Forces and the Languages of Chemistry,” Journal of Chemical Education, vol. 101, pp. 3584-3591, 2024.

Zambito, J., García Muro, V., Rubinstein, C., and Weldon, A. Recognition of global carbon cycle perturbations in the Middle-Late Devonian New Albany Shale, south-central Indiana, U.S.A.: deciphering local versus global influences on δ13CTOC patterns. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 659, 112630, 2025.

Haas, L., Ginder-Vogel, M., Zambito, J., Hart, D., and Roden, E. Microbially‐mediated oxidation of trace element-bearing pyrite in sandstone aquifer sediments. Environmental Science: Advances, vol. 3, 2024, pp. 833-849.

Group Exhibition. Community Artist Program Exhibition. Monroe Street Fine Arts Center, Madison, WI.

Group Exhibition: Spring Show. American Feral Gallery, Madison, WI, 2024.

Juried Exhibition: TMA Contemporary. Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI, May 18 – Sept 8, 2024.

Solo Exhibition: Grey Matters. Annex Gallery of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI, February 6-27, 2025.

Solo Exhibition. Dwell Time. East Central College, Union, MO.

Choreographer. Riven. Richmond Dance Festival, 2025

Choreographer. Riven. Telluride Dance Festival, 2024.

Choreographer. Riven. UIUC Alumni Concert, Links Hall, Chicago, 2024.

Choreographer. Riven. 7 Midnight Performances, New York, NY, 2024.

Choreographer. Riven. DUMBO Dance Festival. Mark O’Donnell Theater, Brooklyn, NY, 2025.

2024 William E. Bennett Award for Contributions to Civically Engaged Science Education, awarded by the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement.

2024 Influential Women in Business Role Model Award. Stateline Chamber of Commerce, IL.

Beckman, Joy, & Story, Christa. Learning and Engagement Grant for Wright Museum Programming, Art Bridges Foundation, 2024-25, $8,790.

Beckman, Joy, & Story, Christa. Collections Assessment for Preservation, IMLS, FAIC, $8,000.

Hopkins, J., Santora, A.M., & Ketabgian, T. Wisconsin Humanities/ National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Grant, “Ursula K. Le Guin at Beloit: A Community Reading and World-building Project,” 2024. $9,993

NAGPRA Consultation/Documentation Grant Project. Funded by the National Park Service, 2024. $96,199.

Daniel Barolsky and Trudi Wright. Digital Open Access and Open Educational Resources for the Music History Classroom. Journal of American Musicology Society vol. 77, no. 3, 2024.

Panelist, “​Open Access Publishing in Musicology: A Roundtable Discussion.” American Musicological Society Conference, Chicago, 2024.

“Using and Developing Open Access Musicology for Music Theory” (poster) with S. Andrew Granade, Pedagogy into Practice Conference, University of Oklahoma, 2024.

“Cross-Cultural Connections in the Medieval World,” session chair; “Foretelling the Future Across the Mediterranean: Dream books, Somniale Danielis, and Prophetic Intersectionality in Medieval Iberia.” paper presentation at Mediterranean Studies Association - The 26th Annual International Conference, University of Valencia, Spain, May 28-31, 2024. 

External reviewer of Elmhurst University psychology department.

Cox, S. & *Felix, C. Does the Menstrual Cycle Affect Cognition? An Exploratory Study. Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, 2024.

“Teaching Joan of Arc as Public Figure from Christine de Pizan to Marine Le Pen” in the Medievalism in Popular Culture area of the 2024 Popular Culture & American Culture Association Conference, Chicago, IL, March 27-30, 2024.

Book Review: Charlie Samuelson, Courtly and Queer: Deconstruction, Desire, and Medieval French Literature. Interventions: New Studies in Medieval Culture. In Speculum vol. 99 no. 4, 2024.

Story, C., & Derosier, J. “Teaching (in) the Museum: Co-designing a Francophone Exhibition as an Intermediate Course” at the Diversity, Decolonization, and the French Curriculum Collective (DDFC) conference “Pooling Open-Access Resources: Designing for Justice and Access,” November 8-9, 2024.

“After Silence: An Arthurian Knight Reborn in 21st-century Popular Fiction” at the XXVIIe Congrès de la Société Internationale Arthurienne, Aix-Marseille Université, Aix-en-Provence, France, July 12-18, 2024.

Organizer, Albertine Cinémathèque × Beloit College Festival, grant funded by the Albertine Foundation and Villa Albertine — The French Institute for Culture and Education / Cultural Services of the French Embassy, with support from the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée, and the Fonds Culturel Franco-Americain ($2,400), Beloit College, 2025.

Ph.D. thesis evaluation: “Exploring the Complexities of Predator-Prey Interactions: Effects of Fear, Toxicants and Delayed Responses,” Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, India, February, 2025.

2025 American Library Association Emerging Leader. Office of Intellectual Freedom & Intellectual Freedom Round Table Cohort.

Draper, Tristan M.K. Collaboration and Outreach for AI Literacy. American Library Association Core Forum, Minneapolis, MN, 2024.

Draper, Tristan M.K. and Mary Schiavone. “When Acronyms are Not Enough: Collection Development Decisions During Times of Crisis.” presentation at Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians Conference, Virtual, 2024.

Chair. Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians. 2025.

“When Women Write Against Type.” Presentation, Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, March 16, 2024.

“Repurposing the Past: The Afterlives of Japan’s Cultural Traditions and the Making of the Modern Nation.” Discussion participant, Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference in Seattle, WA, March 17, 2024.

“Cultural Heritage, Geoheritage, and Project-based Learning on the Oga Peninsula.” Presentation, ASIANetwork Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, April 13, 2024.

“Japanese Pop Culture and the Usable (?) Past.” Roundtable participant, Midwest Conference for Asian Affairs, Notre Dame University, September 13, 2024.

Natalie Gummer. “Body/Image: Buddhist Rituals of Narrative Reenactment.” Keynote address for the 2024 Borobudur Conference, Princeton University, October 27, 2024.

Financial Aid Administrator Certification.

Gummer, N., Ketabgian, T., Rapp, J., & Scharringhausen, B. Panel presenter and chair, “The Dispossessed at 50: A Kick-Off Community Roundtable on Ursula K. Le Guin,” Beloit College, September 2024.

“Art and Archaeology as a Vehicle to Teach Core Chemical Concepts.” Workshop and symposium organizer. 2024 Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Lexington, KY, July 31- August 2, 2024.

Labby, K. J. The Tiny Earth Chemistry Course: Bringing Antibiotic Discovery to the Chemistry Classroom. Presentation, American Chemical Society Fall 2024 National Meeting, Denver, CO, August 19, 2024.

Jingjing Lou. “Shifting Narratives of Suzhi (Quality) and Suzhi Education (Quality Education): What Migrant and Rural children in China Tell Us about the Changing Nature of Chinese Education.” Presentation at book launch event for Rural Education and Mass Migration, Policy and Impact in China, Comparative and Int’l Education Society (CIES) Annual Conference, Miami, FL, March, 2024.

Xiang, X., Lou. J. Yu, M., & Teng, J. “Challenges and Opportunities for Decolonializing Global Knowledge Production: A Reflexive Review of 45 Years of International Research on Chinese Rural Education.” Presentation, Comparative and Int’l Education Society (CIES) Annual Conference, Miami, FL, March, 2024.

Lou. J. Yu, M., Teng, J, Wang, T., You, Y., & Xiang, X. “Selves as Methods: Transnational Scholars’ Journey toward Pluriversality through Collaborative Autoethnography.” XVIII World Congress of Comparative Education Societies, Ithaca, NY, July, 2024.

“Normalizing Culturally Informed Collections Stewardship.” Presentation, Society for American Archaeology Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2024.

“Cultivating Collaborative Strategies to Facilitate Repatriations under NAGPRA: A Round Table Discussion.” Panelist, National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers, Baraboo, WI, August 2024.

“The Native American Repatriation Law: Moving Forward.” Co-presentation, Wisconsin Federation of Museums Conference, Green Bay, WI, September 2024.

“From Pin-Up to Paragon: Maksim Gorky’s Evolving Image on Russian Picture Postcards.” Conference presentation, Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Boston, November 2024.

“Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) in the Classroom & Laboratory,” Symposium organizer and facilitator, The Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, July 2024.

“Introduction to POGIL: The Fundamentals.” Workshop facilitator, The Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, July 2024.

“Space Matters: Renovating an Academic Library for Inclusion and Innovation.” Presentation, The Wisconsin Library Association Annual Conference, Green Bay, WI, November 2024.

WAICU Education Technology Consortium Board Chair.

“Space Planning around the Oberlin Group.” The Oberlin Group of Library Directors Annual Meeting, Granville, OH, October 2024.

“Developing and Nurturing Organizational Culture and Leadership.” The Oberlin Group of Library Directors Annual Meeting, Granville, OH, October 2024.

Zambito, J., Engelke, K., & Dirks, L. Pre-College Student and Science Educator Engagement with the Beloit College Paleontological Collection. Funded by the Paleontological Society Education and Outreach Grants, 2024. $2,500.

Zambito, J., Voice, P., Giehler, M., and Gugino, J. Identification of middle Givetian – early Famennian global events in the Michigan Basin, U.S.A. Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy Annual meeting, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2024, Geologica Balcanica, 53(3):114.

Engelke, K., Bowker, M., Helland, G., Dirks, L., and Zambito, J. “Current status of the paleontological collection at Beloit College.” Presentation, 12th North American Paleontological Convention, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2024 Papers on Paleontology, 39:183.

Johnson, I., Quiroz, C., Voice, P., and Zambito, J. “Characterizing the Ellsworth Formation of the Michigan Basin using lithostratigraphy and chemostratigraphy.” Presentation, North-Central Sectional meeting of the Geological Society of America, Springfield, MO, 2024.