Fountains and Solar Flare, wind ensemble compositions by Dr. Derek M. Jenkins, associate professor of music theory and composition, are finalists in the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE) competition​. His pieces were performed at the WASBE Latin America Regional Conference in Brazil. “Unfinished List of the Things I Love,” a set of songs he wrote for voice and piano, was performed for the Society of Composers Online National Conference, and will be performed in Germany.

Katherine Baker, associate professor of art history, contributed to a volume dedicated to objects that have been lost to time. Her paper utilized estate inventories to reconstruct the world of painting in late medieval Paris. The majority of these objects are no longer extant, and she used documents to outline the likely characteristics of these paintings for her chapter, "Parisian Painters and their Missing Oeuvres: Evidence from the Archives."

Dr. Jaein Lee, assistant professor of sociology, is corresponding author of an article published in the journal Vaccine, “Compliance, procrastination and refusal: American COVID-19 vaccination trust and value orientation.” Using nationally representative data, the researchers concluded that campaigns and education about vaccine effectiveness and value orientation to protect the community from infectious diseases can possibly contribute to the higher rate of vaccinations.

A case study by Dr. Philip Tew, associate professor of finance and director of the Kays Foundation Scarlet to Black Program for Financial Independence, is being published as a chapter in a forthcoming book. Titled “Arkansas State University Scarlet to Black Program,” the study will be published in a collection by the University of South Carolina National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition.

The National Park Service and the Organization of American Historians have chosen Dr. Kellie Buford (left) and Dr. Edward Salo (right), associate professors of history, to write a chapter exploring the social history of the military sites in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in California. Their work will be included in a historical resources survey that examines the park's historical resources and how they can be presented to the public.