May 14
I am very pleased to note that my brother Craig has earned tenure and been promoted to the rank of associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Virginia Wesleyan University. Craig’s research and teaching focus on issues in social psychology, specifically social cognition, impression management and formation, person-environment fit, and group dynamics. Well done!
May 8
Congratulations go to Jethro Gaede*, who has today successfully defended his dissertation and earned the Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Oklahoma. Jethro’s dissertation is titled “An Ethnohistory of the American Indian Exposition at Anadarko Oklahoma: 1932-2003.” I was honored to serve on Jethro’s committee, both as an OU faculty member and as a visiting member since my move to Indiana. Well done.
*Jethro is an instructor of anthropology at Monroe Community College.
Congratulations go to Arle Lommel, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, for very successfully completing his doctoral exams and reaching candidacy. Arle’s dissertation project is tentatively titled “Ancient Instruments: The Hungarian Folk Revival and the Search for Authenticity.”
I am pleased to note the openning of the “One Hundred Summers: A Kiowa Calendar Record” exhibition at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History in Norman. I have not yet heard how the openning events have gone, but I look forward to seeing the exhibition myself this summer. Learn more about the show here. Find the associated book, authored by Candace Greene and published by Nebraska, here.
Shreds and Patches 