A seven-week sabbatical in Uganda helped Deb Bishop develop several projects she's been working on during a decade of shorter, annual visits to the country.
Category: Faculty and Staff Accomplishments
Jolliffe serves as Journalism History’s first guest editor
Lee Jolliffe, associate professor of journalism, was the first-ever guest editor of Journalism History.
Noe to speak on Iowa’s aging workforce
Lance Noe, director of the Drake University Center for Professional Studies, will discuss challenges associated with Iowa’s aging workforce during an event organized by the Des Moines Business Record next month.
Hodgkinson named executive secretary of AATC Executive Council
Todd Hodgkinson, assistant professor of secondary education, recently was named executive secretary of the Executive Council of the American Association for Teaching and Curriculum (AATC).
Robertson receives Fulbright Scholar grant to teach in Burkina Faso
Elizabeth Robertson, associate professor of English, will teach in Burkina Faso as the recipient of a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grant.
Hamad participates in Libyan Constitutional Drafting Assembly
Mahmoud Hamad was selected by the United Nations to co-lead a mediation team to solve disputes within the Libyan Constitutional Drafting Assembly.
Lee Jolliffe authors chapters on free speech
Lee Jolliffe, associate professor of journalism, authored chapters in the newly issued book "An Indispensable Liberty: The Fight for Free Speech in Nineteenth-Century America."
Chen receives Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant
Phillip Chen, professor of drawing and printmaking at Drake University, recently received the 2015/2016 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. The foundation has awarded Chen $20,000, for his work in printmaking. This is Chen’s second major art grant after receiving the Louis B. Comfort Tiffany Award in 2006. Established in 1985 through the generosity of the late Lee...
Klipec publishes manuscript in Behavioral Brain Research journal
William Klipec, associate professor of psychology, recently published a research manuscript that has implications for the treatment of cocaine addiction.
Researchers control ultrafast electrons in motion
A physicist from Drake University is part of an international research team that has developed a new method of studying and controlling some of the fastest processes in nature.