Archive for January, 2019

A Message from the Dean

A Message from the Dean

Welcome to the New Year and the January 2019 issue of This Month in CAS! I hope both the year and the spring semester have started off well for you. To kick off the year, we have some great stories to share.
We start with the spotlight on our faculty. Driving around in the recent winter […]

Tiana Clark's Essay on Black Burnout goes Viral

Tiana Clark’s Essay on Black Burnout goes Viral

“…always work, do not complain, and never stop, but my body was very loudly telling me to slow down.”—Tiana Clark

Black burnout is the topic of Tiana Clark’s essay that recently went viral on Buzzfeed. Earlier this year, an article by Anne Helen Petersen was released that brought attention to a very big problem affecting all […]

St. Louis Ranked as Having Worst Drivers in Snowy Conditions

St. Louis Ranked as Having Worst Drivers in Snowy Conditions

“Of all cities studied, when it snows, St. Louis experiences the greatest increase in crash rates.”—Dr. Alan W. Black

If you tuned into KMOX recently, you might have heard that when it comes to snowy conditions, St. Louis has been ranked as having the worst drivers. Dr. Alan W. Black, assistant professor in the Department of Geography, […]

Undergraduate Sutton Allen's Artwork Published in Peer-reviewed Journal

Undergraduate Sutton Allen’s Artwork Published in Peer-reviewed Journal

“These works explore painterly approaches to image generation and appropriation and reference contemporary and historical events. They stand to bridge the divide between the present and history and between history and memory.”—Sutton Allen
Sutton Allen. Catiline. Oil & mixed-media on canvas.
Sutton Allen, a junior art and design major, was recently published in the peer-reviewed Journal of […]

Dr. Mark A. Poepsel's New Course on Communicating Science

Dr. Mark A. Poepsel’s New Course on Communicating Science

“A big part of our job as Mass Communications faculty at SIUE is to prepare students to communicate with one part of the public on behalf of another part, and in this case, it’s about science. The question is how do we better prepare students to do this?”—Dr. Mark A. Poepsel

Assistant Professor in the Department […]

Alumna Margaret Scarsdale Publishes Solo-authored Paper

Alumna Margaret Scarsdale Publishes Solo-authored Paper

“The URCA program is an invaluable resource that the University has to offer.”–Margaret Scarsdale
Margaret Scarsdale, ‘18
Doctoral Student, Political Science
Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Since graduating with a bachelor’s in political science last May (2018), Margaret Scarsdale has started a doctoral program in political science at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She recently published a solo-authored article in Critique: […]

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