Faculty Highlights

Faculty Scholarship Activity
2024-2025

 

Publications

Miller, B. S. (2024, June). The history of eating and drinking in Ghana from the 15th century to the present. In H. L. Meiselman (Ed.), The handbook of eating and drinking: Interdisciplinary perspectives. Springer. https://link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/978-3-319-75388-1_190-1

Weber, C., Zhen, Y., & Arias, J. (2024). Markets and artists in music: Political economy of music during the COVID-19 era and beyond. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003144328

Presentations

Agrawal, M., Matthew, R., Wainwright, A., Black, J., Inomoto, H., & Bennett-Day, B. (2025, April). Linking technology attitudes to AI judge acceptance. Poster presentation at the Southeastern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Dunwoody, GA.

Bennett-Day, B., Black, J., Inomoto, H., Agrawal, M., Wainwright, A., & Matthew, R. (2025, April). How race and bias concerns shape perceptions of AI judges. Paper presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Dunwoody, GA.

Cole, H. (2025, Spring). Teaching in the age of AI: Data-driven strategies and classroom examples. Southeastern Teaching of Psychology (SETOP) Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Donovan, B. (2025, May 8). What to expect from Germany's new cabinet. Presentation as part of web panel discussion What to Expect from the New German Government, American German Institute, Washington DC.

Donovan, B. (2024, September 27). Populism on the left and the right: Challenges to the German party system. Presentation as part of a panel discussion at 48th Annual Meeting of the German Studies Association, Atlanta GA.

Ellington, T. (2024-2025). Life in the news deserts: Local politics in the absence of local news. Paper presented to the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association.

Harter, T. (2025). Using fourth consensus guidelines to decrease nausea and vomiting in orthopedic surgery. Poster presentation at the Georgia Association of Nurse Educators (GANE).

Jung, G. (2025, March 7-9). Beyond ontological Asianness: Inscrutability, opacity, and Asian American religious subjectivity. Presented at the American Academy of Religion Southeast Region Annual Meeting, Philosophy of Religion Section.

Landaverde, Y., Seeman, L., Flores, P., Castillo, V., Boettger-Tong, H., & Rowan, J. D. (2025, April). The effects of cannabidiol (CBD) on single and double alternation learning in C3H/HeNHsd mice. Southeastern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Dunwoody, GA.

Lockwood, K. (2024). Using a standardized patient in a postpartum hemorrhage simulation to determine pre and post confidence levels. Presented at the 2024 Georgia Association of Nurse Educators conference.

Oost, R. (2025, March). Pedagogical fusion: Using AI to illuminate the 19th century. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Nineteenth Century Studies Association. New Orleans, LA.

Rowan, J. D., & Rowan, B. E. (2025, April). Did practice quizzes improve scores on the AAC&U graphing outcome? Southeastern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Dunwoody, GA.

Selke, S. (2024, October). Investigating the impact of mindfulness practices on enriching creativity and problem-solving skills in professional fields. Presented paper at Southeastern Chapter of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences 2024 Conference, Myrtle Beach, SC.

Wilcox, V. (2025, March). Telling a non-data success story about Kids College. Presentation at the Association of Afterschool Professionals Conference.

Wilcox, V. (2025, January). Let's CHAT about it: Using AI professionally in education. Presentation at Georgia Educational Research Association.

Zhen, Y. (2025, February). English proficiency and the success of immigrant musicians in the COVID-19 era in the United States. The 28th Annual Conference on the Americas, University of Georgia.

Performances/Exhibitions

Gan, C. (2025, March 15). Pop, jazz and contemporary improv workshop. Waleska, GA.

Gan, C. (2025, February 15 & 23). Silent film concert. Winterville Cultural Center, Winterville & Tybee Post, Tybee Island.

Gan, C. (2024, December 31). Silverster jazz gala. Saalfelden, Austria.

Gan, C. (2024, December 21). Christmas with violinist Regine Schmitt. Morles Weineria, Trostberg, Germany.

Gan, C. (2024, November 12 & 15). Melodic mosaic. Wesleyan College, Macon & Lenbrook, Atlanta.

Gan, C. (2024, September 13). Silent film shorts. Canterbury Court, Atlanta.

Gan, C. (2024, July 15-28). Altschuler Summer Music Institute International Music Festival. Premilcuore, Italy.

Gan, C. (2024, June 25 & 28). Silent film performance: Buster Keaton's 'The Camera Man.' Landschulheim Marquartstein & Neuoetting, Germany.

Gan, C. (2024, June 9). Klavier und Tier solo recital. k1 Traunreut, Germany.

Gregg, A. (2025, May). Hambidge Center for Arts and Sciences Artist Residency. Rabun Gap, GA.

Gregg, A. (2024, November). Fire and Ice. Carolyn Crayton Park, Macon, GA.

Gregg, A. (2024, September). Artist lecture and public art installation at University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS.

Hayashi, Y. (2024-2025). Lie like a rug. [Oil on canvas, 30 x 40"].

Hayashi, Y. (2024-2025). 'Yokai from the West': How do we interpret our idioms. Wesleyan College.

McGhee, M. (2024, November 21). Organist for performance of Vivaldi's Gloria. Middle Georgia State University.

McGhee, M. (2024, October 3). Organist for Chamber Choir Fall Concert. Middle Georgia State University.

Minarcine, S. (2024-2025). Professional storytelling performances through Artists Standing Strong Together.

Minarcine, S. (2024-2025). Storyteller at Ocrafolk Folk Festival, Ocracoke, North Carolina.

Miller, B. S. (2024, November 25 - December 28). Research contributor, photographer, and featured artist. "The Water Spirit Will Take Us Home": The story of Igbo Landing, Macon, Ga. Tubman Museum Exhibit, Macon GA.

Public Lectures

Cole, H. (2024, August 15). Examining the fine line between lying about previous experiences and exaggerating. Interview with Steve Inskeep on NPR Morning Edition. [Audio interview]. National Public Radio. https://www.npr.org/2024/08/15/nx-s1-5072585/examining-the-fine-line-between-lying-about-previous-experiences-and-exaggerating

Ferrari, J. (2024, October). Reflections from a bird bath: What game cameras can teach us about bird ecology. Ocmulgee Audubon Society, Macon, GA.

Minarcine, S. (2025, February). Optimize your online presence. Presented to a group of 4000 writers through Story Summit Writers' School.

Wilcox, V. (2024, October). Math workshop presentation for teachers at St. Joseph Elementary School.

Other Activities

Donovan, B. (2025, February 18-24). Participant. The International Association for the Study of German Politics Election Trip, Berlin.

Ferrari, J. (2024-2025). Editor, and publisher of two editions. The Oriole, scientific journal of the Georgia Ornithological Society.

Ferrari, J. (2024, Summer). Assisted staff from Birds Georgia (formerly Georgia Audubon) to lead two multi-day professional development workshops (Taking Wing). Goal of this program is to help K-12 educators to incorporate birds into their STEM curricula.

Gan, C. (2025, March 28). Panelist. Rising Tide Women's Leadership Symposium. Boys and Girls Club, Macon.

Hayashi, Y. (2024-2025). Invited talk. Graduate school and career paths after completing BFA. Virtual presentation to undergraduate students in BFA Professional Development class at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, MA.

McGhee, M. (2024-2025). Music Director and Organist. First Presbyterian Church, Macon.

McGhee, M. (2024-2025). Arranged music for string quartet and student soloists. Wesleyan College.

Miller, B. S. (2025, March 21). Food and identity in nineteenth and twentieth century Ghana: Food, fights, and regionalism. University-Diplomatic Dialogue (UDD) Book Discussion, organized by the Department of African Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.

Miller, B. S. (2024, September 21). The distinctive role of independent colleges in reckoning with slavery. Plenary Panel, Council of Independent Colleges, Memphis, Tennessee.

Miller, B. S. (2024, August 18). A Jubilee. Panel Speaker at Central Georgia's annual food literacy event featuring food education, cultural marketplace and art showcase, Central Georgia.

Zhen, Y. (2025, Summer). Judge (First Panel), The 19th Annual Best Undergraduate Paper Award Competition, International Atlantic Economic Society.

Zhen, Y. (2024-Present). Southeastern Economic Collaborative (SEEC) Planning Team, School of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology.

Zhen, Y. (2024, Summer-Present). Editorial Review Board, The Journal of the Music & Entertainment Industry Educators Association.

Zhen, Y. (2024, Fall). Evaluator. The Research Foundation - Flanders.

Zhen, Y. (2024). Reviewer. Journal of Cultural Economics.

Zhen, Y. (2024-2025). Reviewer. Popular Music. Cambridge University Press.

Zhen, Y. (2024-2025). Reviewer. International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI).

Zhen, Y. (2024-2025). Reviewer. The American Economist, SAGE Publishing.

Zhen, Y. (2024, May 28). Invited Speaker. Relevance, Belonging and Growth (RBG) Mini-Conference 2024 on Economics Teaching at Women's College (NSF Program), Minnesota Center for Diversity of Economics, St. Catherine University, Atlanta GA.