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College of Arts and Letters

Catalyzing systemic change: Team will use $1.3 million in funding to reduce racial disparities in STEM graduate programs

Posted by Heather Tate on March 7, 2022

Partnership between NAU-Flagstaff, NAU-Yuma and Diné College will address educational inequities on an institutional level

Catherine Propper and RISe student working in the labAccording to the National Center for Education Statistics, only 10 percent of all M.S. degrees were awarded to Latinx students between 2015-16, and a stunningly low 1 percent to Indigenous students. The… Read more

Filed Under: College of Arts and Letters, College of Education, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Educational Leadership, Department of English, School of Forestry, STEM

Are English-language tests fair? With two grants, NAU linguist studies the need for varieties of English in tests, learning apps

Posted by Heather Tate on April 19, 2021

Okim Kang showing research on computer screenIn the English language, there is not one correct way to pronounce the word “pecan.”

In English-language-learning apps and tests, there is. That means students who pronounce it differently are assessed that it’s wrong.

Okim Kang, a professor of applied linguistics with a long history of research into how accents… Read more

Filed Under: College of Arts and Letters, Department of English

Seven new Regents’ professors showcase NAU’s research and scholarly excellence

Posted by Heather Tate on April 15, 2021

Collage of Scott Goetz, Björn Krondorfer, Yiqi Luo, Michelle Mack, Ted Schuur, Miguel José YacamánAt President Rita Cheng’s recommendation, the Arizona Board of Regents on Friday approved seven Northern Arizona University professors to be promoted to the rank of Regents’ professor, the highest rank a faculty member can achieve.

The professors are Scott Goetz, School of Informatics, Computing, and… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications - ¡MIRA!, College of Arts and Letters, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science, Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Comparative Cultural Studies, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

NAU key partner in bringing 2020 Festival of Science to Flagstaff community Sept. 18-27 with more than 60 free virtual events

Posted by Heather Tate on September 19, 2020

Now in its 31st year, the award-winning annual Festival of Science—the longest-running event of its kind in the Western Hemisphere—continues to be a cornerstone event for the Flagstaff community, with Northern Arizona University playing a key role in the festival’s success. Through active participation by NAU scientists, artists and educators, as well as through a robust sponsorship commitment, the university contributes to the Flagstaff community through the festival in a variety of ways.

This year’s festival, focused on the theme… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Cline Library, College of Arts and Letters, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Anthropology, Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Psychological Sciences, School of Arts, School of Earth and Sustainability, The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute

Lost and found literature: NAU professor translates ancient Manichean papyrus manuscript

Posted by Heather Tate on July 25, 2018

Jason BeDuhn showing manuscript. Over the past 16 centuries, it’s been buried, soaked, lost, looted, sold across international borders, feared, destroyed by war, painted with shellac and set between sheets of glass.

Its writers, followers of a visionary named Mani, wrote their religion’s oral traditions on papyrus. Damaged by moisture and blackened by age, this precious manuscript—known as the “Dublin Kephalaia”—was… Read more

Filed Under: College of Arts and Letters, Department of Comparative Cultural Studies

NAU art historian explores Native American feminism through work of noted Mohawk quilter

Posted by Heather Tate on May 11, 2017

Northern Arizona University professor and art historian Jennifer McLerran recently published findings that reveal the rich, complex expression hidden in the work of Native American artist Carla Hemlock and how these messages represent the feminist ethic evident more broadly in the work of indigenous female artists.

The article, published in the peer-reviewed journal Feminist Studies, focuses on the quilts created by Hemlock, a contemporary… Read more

Filed Under: College of Arts and Letters, Department of Comparative Cultural Studies

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