Alexandra Carpino, chair of the department of Comparative Cultural Studies and associate professor of art history, has become the assistant editor and editor-elect of Etruscan Studies: Journal of the Etruscan Foundation, the leading scholarly publication of Etruscology and related disciplines in the English language.

Bruce M. Sullivan, professor of Religious Studies, has had an article accepted for publication in Oxford University's Journal of Hindu Studies. The article, titled “Kerala’s Mahabharata on Stage: Texts and Performative Practices in Kutiyattam Drama,” describes a tradition of sacred theater still performed in India and the ancient Sanskrit texts on which it is based. Ethnographic research was supported by the Fulbright Association.

Chair of philosophy George Rudebusch’s book, Socrates, was published by Wiley-Blackwell & Sons.   “Plato’s dialogues tell a story about Socrates’ life, focusing on his conversations about human excellence from age 36 to age 70,” Rudebusch said.  “The book defends the wild conclusions Socrates reaches in his arguments, such as: we who lack expertise at making ourselves happy are guilty of the worst sort of negligence if we do not spend our lives trying to discover that expertise—better not to live at all!”

Karina Collentine, assistant professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages, published “Learner Use of Holistic Language Units in Multimodal, Task-Based Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication” in Language Learning and Technology. Collentine studies the discourse-pragmatic and sociocultural behaviors learners use in task-based Spanish activities that are technology-based.

 “Connecting to Nature,” an interview with Northern Arizona University art instructor Nancy Reynolds, and written by Pam Stephens, associate professor of Art Education, can be found in the March 2011 issue of “School Arts” magazine. Reynolds’ concept of creating organic sculptures from plywood is highlighted in the article. Three images of Reynolds' artwork are also highlighted.

Pam Stephens, associate professor of art education, Edith Copely, professor and director of choral studies, and Ann Cummins, professor of creative writing, have been nominated for the 2010 Governor’s Arts Awards. Stephens and Copely are nominated under the “Arts in Education” category and Cummins under the “Artist” category. The awards ceremony will be held on April 19 at The Orpheum Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona.

Nicole Walker, associate professor of creative writing in the Department of English, along with painter Rebecca Campbell, has been blogging for the Huffington Post since August 2010.  “7 Days, 7 Artists, 7 Rings” is a living, responsive work of art.  Each week Campbell and Walker alternate kicking off the current week's collaborative artist project. Painters and poets, photographers and essayists, musicians and story writers will collaborate to create ongoing art. The responses come daily, with artists having only twenty-four hours to respond to each other’s work.  The blog can be found here.

“Three-D Animals,” an article by Mairen Jeffers, art education major, is published in the March issue of “SchoolArts” magazine. The issue deals with the theme of the natural world. Mairen developed and taught the early childhood lesson in the fall Children’s Art Program at Northern Arizona University.

Michelle Wong, a senior at Northern Arizona University, was one of 10 college students nationwide selected to serve as a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars’ National Leadership Council for the 2010-11 academic year. The society awarded the council positions to students who display leadership qualities both at their local society chapter and in their on-campus activities. Wong is double-majoring in Spanish and biology with an emphasis in pre-health, and minoring in chemistry. She plans to attend medical school after college. She added Spanish as a major last year to become better able to communicate and help others in third-world, Spanish-speaking countries. As a member of the National Leadership Council, Wong will serve as a sounding board for the society’s staff, attend a local induction convocation and identify members’ needs on the NAU campus.

Emily Winthrop, a senior and student teacher in the Art Education program, was published in the August/September 2010 issue of “SchoolArts.” Her article is an early childhood lesson about castles, knights, and dragons.