Dr. Christine Anne Royce, Teacher Education
Dr. Royce Co-authored an article titled “Identity in Transition: How Teachers Learn, Adapt, and Evolve with AI” along with Valerie Bennett that appeared in Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education
Web-Link: https://jrsmte.com/article/identity-in-transition-how-teachers-learn-adapt-and-evolve-with-ai-17644
Dr. Matthew R. Shupp, Counselor Education
Dr. Shupp recently returned from spending three weeks at Suez Canal University in Ismailia, Egypt serving in his role as a Fulbright Specialist. During his time in Egypt, Dr. Shupp partnered with the university administration and clinical psychology faculty to train professionals and establish the university’s first clinical counseling center.
Miranda Fisher, Sports Medicine
Ms. Fisher, Assistant Director of Sports Medicine in the Athletics Department, is the recipient of the 2026 Frank George Doctoral Scholarship. The Frank George Doctoral Scholarship honors the legacy of longtime Eastern Athletic Trainers’ Association leader Frank George by supporting athletic trainers pursuing doctoral education and advancing the profession through scholarship, leadership, and service.
Link: https://www.goeata.org/frank-george-doctoral-scholarship
Dr. Curtis Zaleski, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Dr. Zaleski recently published the article “Disruptions of G-Quadruplex Structures with a Dianionic CuIICuII4 12-metallacrown-4” in the journal International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. The article describes the binding properties of a metallacrown with DNA. The research was done in collaboration with Dr. Agata Głuszyńska at Adam Mickiewicz University (Poland). Moreover, SU chemistry undergraduate student Elizabeth Manickas (2018) is a co-author of the article.
Web-Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2025.149735
Dr. Matthew C. Ramsey, Communication Studies
Dr. Ramsey’s research study, “Identity, supervisor trust, and displaced dissent in the supervisor-subordinate relationship,” was published in the first issue of Communication Research Reports for 2026. In the manuscript, Ramsey presents a latent-variable mediation model explaining the relationship between supervisor trust and displaced dissent as an identity concern in the supervisor-subordinate relationship.
Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08824096.2025.2597199
Dr. Stephanie Witmer, Communication, Journalism & Media
Two articles Prof. Witmer wrote won Gold Digital Health Awards. One was for a piece written for Hone Health about the Women’s Health Initiative and its decades-long effect on menopause care. The other was one article in a winning series about digestive health for Health.com.
Web-Link: Read about the awards here
Dr. Allen Dieterich-Ward, History/Philosophy
Dr. Dietrich-Ward won a special achievement award from PA Museums for his book, Cradle of Conservation: An Environmental History of Pennsylvania.
Link: https://paconservationheritage.org/cradle-of-conservation/
Dr. Dhiman Chattopadhyay, Communication, Journalism & Media
Dr. Chattopadhyay was one of the 100-odd faculty members, newsroom leaders, corporate executives, scientists, and physicians invited to attend a three-day workshop on “Journalism +AI Accelerator” held at Phoenix, AZ. The event, from January 6 to 8, 2026, was co-hosted by the Knight Foundation and the Walter Cronkite School at Arizona State University. The invite-only event saw an in-depth exchange of ideas on how artificial intelligence is redefining the creation, distribution and sustainability of news, journalism, corporate governance, medical innovations, STEM research, while also transforming classrooms, teaching methods, and management functions across America’s universities.
University faculty members and administrators attending the event included those from Arizona State, Northwestern, UNC-Chapel Hill, U-Wisconsin, U-Ohio, Syracuse, U-Missouri, U-Mississippi, Shippensburg, and Kent State. Others attending and speaking included senior editors and AI project leaders from newsrooms such as New York Times, Boston Globe, Hearst, Texas Tribune, United Nations News, Philadelphia Inquirer, and PBS; and AI project leaders from tech giants such as Microsoft.
Find out more about the event here: https://asunewswell.org/national-journalism-and-ai-accelerator/
