Elizabeth Aragunde, Music & Theatre Arts
In January, Dr. Elizabeth Aragunde served as the guest conductor for the highly competitive Pennsylvania Music Educators’ Association’s District 4 Choral Festival held in Huntingdon County. The three-day festival was the largest in PMEA D4 history, with over 250 auditioned, top-level singers from twenty-four area high schools participating. The event culminated in a concert at Juniata College, where students performed challenging repertoire with flawless precision and musicality, a historic event for all who attended and sang as well as for Dr. Aragunde.
Jordan Windholz, English
Dr. Windholz presented new research on the prosthetics of early modern manhood in the works of John Bulwer at the Renaissance Society of America’s Annual Meeting, held in San Francisco, February 18-21.
Learn more about the conference here: https://www.rsa.org/
Also, in an invited, online talk organized by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), Dr. Windholz discussed his new book, The Single Life: Unpatriarchal Manhoods in English Renaissance Literature, with adult learners at the University of Alabama on February 23rd.
In an invited, online talk organized by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), Dr. Windholz discussed his new book, The Single Life: Unpatriarchal Manhoods in English Renaissance Literature, with adult learners at the University of Alabama on February 23rd.
More about the conference here: https://olli.ua.edu/ and for the book: https://www.uapress.ua.edu/9780817362133/the-single-life/
Curtis Zaleski, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Dr. Curt Zaleski and his collaborator, Dr. Matthias Zeller of Purdue University, published an article in the Journal of Chemical Crystallography. The article describes the synthesis and structure of an inorganic compound known as a metallacrown.
Read the article here: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10870-026-01082-9
Nicole Santalucia, English
Dr. Santalucia’s fourth book of poetry, Lesbian Dinosaurs / Dinosaur Lesbians, is forthcoming in April 2026 from Bordighera Press: The City University of New York.
Here is an early glimpse into the book: https://asterismbooks.com/product/lesbian-dinosaurs-dinosaur-lesbians-nicole-santalucia
Brian Wentz, Information Systems and Analytics
Dr. Brian Wentz recently co-authored a new book titled Human-Computer Interaction and U.S. Law, published by Cambridge University Press. It covers both human-computer interaction and legal topics for professionals, researchers, and graduate students in computing and/or law. Topics include privacy, accessibility, telecommunications, intellectual property, artificial intelligence (AI), dark patterns, human subjects research, and voting.
Here is a link to the book: www.cambridge.org/9781009098458
Corey J.M. Williams, Economics
Dr. Williams was interviewed as a subject matter expert for a New York Times article about retail thefts of trading cards and the underlying economic value driving the visible uptick in these events.
Read the article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/nyregion/pokemon-card-shop-robbery-new-york.html.
Mohammad Rahman, Management, Marketing, & Entrepreneurship
Dr. Rahaman and his co-authors’ new study, titled: Beyond play: cultivating consumer loyalty through compelling flow experiences in video gaming demonstrates that compelling flow experiences in video games significantly strengthen players’ loyalty and their positive behavioral intentions toward the game and brand. By linking flow, loyalty, and downstream behaviors, the study advances understanding of how game design can strategically cultivate enduring consumer–brand relationships beyond mere entertainment. The manuscript was published in the Journal for Consumer Marketing.
Web-Link to the peer-reviewed journal article: https://www.emerald.com/jcm/article-abstract/42/6/795/1265340/Beyond-play-cultivating-consumer-loyalty-through?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Also, Dr. Rahaman and his collaborators also recently authored a book chapter titled, Ethical digital strategies: the intersection of customer privacy, social media, and Sustainable Development Goals. This chapter is part of the book: The Elgar Companion to Marketing and the Sustainable Development Goals, edited by R. Vala and others. The chapter explores how digital marketing strategies can advance the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals by using technology to enhance wellbeing at the individual, organizational, societal, and environmental levels.
Link to the chapter: https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/book/9781035328208/chapter8.xml
Dhiman Chattopadhyay, Communication, Journalism & Media
Dr. Chattopadhyay was the lead author for a recently published book chapter in the extremely timely Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Conflict & Peace Communication, edited by Dr. Sideshna Roy. The book has 27 chapters from 42 scholar-contributors across all six continents and over 15 nations. Dr. Chattopadhyay’s chapter, co-authored with Dr. Awais Salim of Lamar University, TX, is titled: Conflict Reporting: How Indian and Pakistani News Organizations Framed a 2019 Border Conflict on Twitter.
Link to the book: https://www.wiley.com/en-us/The+Handbook+of+Conflict+and+Peace+Communication-p-9781119246350
