If you need something to inspire you after a long winter quarter, read on to learn about some of our colleagues' amazing accomplishments.
Christine Alfano, Emily Polk, and Jenne Stonaker's article, "Science Communication across Disciplines: Reflecting on STEM Identity Building through Notation in Science Communication ePortfolios," was published in the Across the Disciplines' special issue on ePortfolios (Vol 20, Issue 3/4) at the end of December.
In addition, Jenne has published an online exhibition about Stanford's Arizona Garden using materials created by her students in PWR 91JSA: Communicating Science In Public Spaces. She also had signs installed in the garden to direct in-person visitors to the online exhibition. The exhibition will be featured on the Library website blog in March. Additionally, Jenne and some of her students will present a scaled down version of the exhibition at the STEMfest on April 20th from 1-5 PM in the Engineering Quad.
Nissa Ren Cannon is currently serving as acting co-editor for the Journal of Modern Periodical Studies.
Lindsey Felt and Jennifer Johnson presented their paper titled, "Reimagining Academic Presentations through a Linguistically Inclusive and Non-ableist Lens" at the 2024 MLA Annual Convention in Philadelphia in January. The panel was organized by Harriett Jernigan.
In addtion, Lindsey co-curated "Experiments in Art, Access, and Technology" (E.A.A.T.) at the Beall Center for Art + Technology at UC Irvine. The show, which ran from September 30, 2023 to January 13, 2024, "chronicles the emergence of access as animating principle of art, science, and technology." The exhibition premiered new work developed by artist fellows in Leonardo CripTech Incubator, an art and technology fellowship for disability innovation. Lindsey also guest edited a special issue of Leonardo Journal titled "CripTech and the Art of Access" which will be out in April; the issue contains essays and artist reflections on works ranging from machine learning and neurodivergence to blind wayfinding in immersive media environments.
Alex Greenhough writes, "My book, Albert Brooks: Interviews, which I edited, was released in March by the University Press of Mississippi. I also made a piece of videographic criticism on the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives for the TV Dictionary."
Harriett Jernigan launched the "First Person" live storytelling series, in collaboration with several members of the Stanford Storytelling Project: Laura Joyce Davis, Dawn Fraser, and Shameeka Wilson. Stay tuned for more on this exciting new project in the Spring issue of the newsletter.
Sarah Pittock shares that Alice Serenska's paper "Variation in rates of sexual assault crisis counsellor usage during forensic examination in California: an observational study" has been published in BMJ Open together with Clea Sarnquist and Gary Darmstadt (BMJ Open 2023;13:e072635. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072635)." Alice was a student in Sarah's PWR2: The Rhetoric of Medicine, where she started this study.
Kath Rothschild just published an article in Journal of Response to Writing, called "Responding to Writerly Identity as Inclusive Pedagogy" As she writes, "Creating inclusive pedagogies that serve the whole student is a goal of many writing programs and writing centers, but it's difficult to find pathways to implement this goal. Employing responsive reflection to students' writerly identity work may offer instructors and writing center directors an accessible path to both encourage writerly identity development across contexts as well as reflect on pedagogical practice for inclusivity."
