Dr. Amy Hyman (left), assistant professor of disaster preparedness and emergency management, and Dr. Topeka Small-Singleton (right), assistant professor of education leadership, spoke at the Arkansas Council for Women in Higher Education Conference. Hyman discussed the impact of women in academia often being assigned non-promotable tasks, while Small-Singleton explained how Black women who suffer from imposter syndrome experience leadership. Eric Atchison, vice president for strategic research, ASU System, also presented.

An article co-authored by Dr. Jaein Lee, assistant professor of sociology, has been published in Social Forces. He and his fellow researcher investigated how the spike of local violence in Mexico has evolved following the Mexico war on drugs in 2006. They found that the high rate and increased frequency of local homicides were associated with a higher risk of divorce or separation, especially for less-educated women.

Dr. Edward Salo, associate professor of history, participated in two working groups as part of a seminar sponsored by West Point, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and Ohio State University in support of the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman’s action group. The seminar is preparing papers and reports with recommendations on the state of the current international order, prospects for its future, and implications for strategic planning.

Dr. Todd Shields, chancellor, is a panelist today for a session hosted by the Arkansas Bioinformatics Consortium (ARBIC), which is conducting its annual conference. Shields joins four panelists from other state institutions to discuss “Drivers of Public Health in the U.S. Populations: Why Valid Self-Report Measures Matter.” The focus of the ARBIC conference participants will be data science, artificial intelligence and public health.

Dr. Frances Malpezzi, emeritus professor of English, presented an essay and served on a panel celebrating the 400th anniversary of John Donne's poem, "Upon the Translation of the Psalmes," at the annual John Donne Conference. Malpezzi is commentary editor for The John Donne Variorum 7.2: The Divine Poems and contributing editor for The John Donne Variorum 4.3: The Songs and Sonnets, both published by Indiana University Press.