Communications
Dr. Christa Arnold and Dr. Margaret Stewart, associate professors, were awarded the Deans Leadership Council Award for their research entitled “Truthful or Untruthful Social Media Posts? An exploratory investigation applying Mediated Statement Analysis (MSA) to decode deception online” (2023-2024). The two were also awarded the Research Enhancement Plan Award for their research entitled, “Deception Detection in Social Media Posts: Testing Mediated Statement Analysis (MSA) during an era of misinformation.” (2023-2024)
Dr. Siho Nam, associate professor, published an article “Republic of Kakao Goes on Hiatus: The Public Cost of Platform Monopolies in South Korea” in Communication and the Public. (Jan. 2024).
Dr. Sydney Brammer, assistant professor, published “Listen when she speaks: Young women on arriving at reproductive rights opinions.” Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research, 21(5), 49-68 (Dec. 6, 2023).
Dr. Sydney Brammer, assistant professor, Martinez, R. J. and Punyanunt-Carter, N. M., ‘I can spend forever on it without getting bored’ “Analyzing what college students like and dislike about TikTok.” Media Watch, 15(1), 113-130 (Dec. 2023).
Dr. Sydney Brammer, assistant professor, Smith, C. R., Cloudy, J., and Bennett-Brown, M. presented “Having sex is not a comfortable conversation. Analyzing responses from young adults regarding their negative experiences during sexual activity [Interpersonal Communication Division] at the National Communication Association Annual Conference. National Harbor, MD. (Nov. 2023).
Dr. Sydney Brammer, assistant professor along with Milman, E., S. E., Cloudy, J. and Smith, C. R. presented “Querying the LDS church’s messages about sexuality and gender-diversity in Liahona” [Research In Progress Roundtable]. National Communication Association Annual Conference. National Harbor, MD. (Nov. 2023).
Dr. Sydney Brammer, assistant professor, served as a panel chair at the National Communication Association. 2023 Annual Conference. “Exploring Privacy, Support, and Verbal Strategies when Technology is Involved” [Human Communication and Technology Division]. (Nov. 2023).
English
Dr. Nicholas de Villiers, professor, presented “We Had Faces Then: Tsai Ming-liang, Andy Warhol, Roland Barthes, and the Image” at the Wenshan International Conference “Imaging Across Time,” National Chengchi University, Taiwan, as well as an invited talk “Still Sleepy: The Days and Nights of Tsai Ming-liang” at the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature Faculty Colloquium, National Taiwan University, Nov.
Dr. Chris Gabbard, professor, presented the paper “The Complete, Common Form” at the American Historical Association (AHA) annual conference, San Francisco, CA, Jan.
Dr. Clark Lunberry, professor, completed and installed his large-scale visual poem, “Reading Dreams,” in Lassiter Hall’s recently renovated Commons Area, UNF, Nov.
Dr. Kailan Sindelar, assistant professor, published “Wetland Walks VR: Field Ecology in Northeast Florida” as part of an IERE Seed Grant, which can be accessed in the UNF library's Virtual Learning Center on Meta Quest headsets provided by DHI, UNF, Jan.
Dr. Michael Wiley, pofessor, published the short story "The Best of Times" in Say It Again, a fiction anthology, Murderous Ink Press, Jan.
Physics
Dr. Jason T. Haraldsen, associate professor and Dr. Tom Pekarek, Terry Presidential Professor, along with students John Dimuna and Tucker Boyett, published “Investigation of a +2 oxidation spin state in weakly doped Cd1−xTixSe” in Physical Review B (Nov. 2023)
Dr. Samana Shrestha, visiting instructor, served as an APS/AGL leader for APS CUWiP at West Virginia University from January 19 – 21 and volunteered in two capacities – 1) as a panelist and 2) as a guest. Specifically, Dr. Shrestha participated as a speaker in the medical physics panel and also as a guest in the Women of Color Networking.
Dr. Paula Mariel Coelho Neto, assistant professor, published “Magnetic doping in transition metal dichalcogenides” in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Feb. 2024.
Dr. Devki N. Talwar, research associate, Physics, along with co-author Hao-Hsiung Lin, published “Negative thermal expansion coefficient of Al pnictides –A systematic realistic pressure-dependent lattice dynamical study” in Materials Science and Engineering B.
Political Science and Public Administration
Dr. Michael Binder, faculty director of the Public Opinion Research Lab, was named the 12th best pollster in America by 538, a prestigious pollster rating group owned by ABC News.
Dr. Joshua C. Gellers, professor, presented his paper, “Fasel’s Species Membership Approach to Robot Rights: A Response” at the Fundamental Rights for Non-Humans: Foundations, Faults, and Future lecture series held virtually at Queen Mary University of London (Dec.).
Psychology
Dr. Paul Argott, associate instructor, gave a virtual presentation related to the treatment of Oppositional Defiant Disorder to BCBAs within Division 5 of the New Jersey Public Schools.
Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work
Dr. Mandi N. Barringer, assistant professor, was awarded the UCF Early Career Award in Academic Sociology in Nov. 2022.
Dr. Mandi N. Barringer, assistant professor and her colleague published the chapter "You Want Me to Feel Ashamed? The Influence of Religion on Sexuality” in the Handbook of Human Sexuality Counseling: A Sex-Positive Approach.
Dr. Jessica Chandras, assistant professor of anthropology, presented her paper titled: “Linguistic Infrastructure: Mapping Language and Belonging in a Multilingual Indian City" for a three-part panel titled "Infrastructural Intimacies" at the 2022 American Anthropological Association's annual meeting in Seattle. She also co-organized a panel titled “Motherless Tongues, Tongueless Mothers and Other Modern Maladies” and presented a paper synchronously on Zoom for that panel titled: “Education and Social Marginalized in Mother Tongues in Rural Indian Denotified Tribal Communities” in the Australian Anthropological Society’s annual meeting held in Geelong, Australia. In addition, Dr. Chandras published “Hypothetical Mistakes: Hedging Wrong Answers with Conditional Language in Initiation-Response-Evaluation (IRE) Sequences in an American High School Classroom,” Educational Linguistics, 3(1): 2-26, 2024, and published “Anthropology in Customer Service” in Society for the Anthropology of Work. 2023.
Dr. Jessica Chandras, along with co-authors Devayani Tirthali and Priya Dabak, published “Mapping Linguistic Sociality in Rural India: Children and Youths’ Perceptions of Self and Language in Space,” NEOS, 2023.
Dr. Jessica Chandras, along with Sarah Shiell and Bailey Gresset presented “What would Florida Man Say?” 5 Minute Linguist competition video, Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting, Jan. 2024, New York City, NY.
Dr. Anne Pfister, associate professor of anthropology and director of the Digital Humanities Institute, organized a roundtable discussion, “Disrupting Landscapes Using Participatory Models & Visual Methods in Anthropology,” at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Nov. 2022.
Dr. Jasmine Haynes, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, presented a poster at the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) 68th Annual Program Meeting entitled: "Influence of a Culturally Responsive Trauma-Informed Professional Development for Educators in Underserved Schools." She also co-authored a peer-reviewed journal article in The School Community Journal, 32(2). The manuscript is entitled "Creating Safe Learning Spaces for Students Living in Urban Poverty" and can be found here:
AndersonEtAlFW22.pdf (adi.org).
C'mon Ospreys, Let's Pack the House!
The two-day conference featured 580 posters from 688 undergraduate students who registered from 33 Florida universities and colleges, along with 29 graduate programs.
Dr. Amber Barnes, assistant professor of public health, found her passion for public health in a roundabout way. The Illinois native changed majors several times, then moved to Florida after earning her bachelor’s degree and planned to pursue law. She says, it was a "serendipitous mistake," and after one year, discovered the Master of Public Health degree at UNF and applied. By the end of her first semester, she was hooked. Now, she teaches students and works alongside her former professors as a colleague. During her free time, she enjoys 
Two faculty members from the University of North Florida College of Education and Human Services have joined Stanford University’s d.School (Hasso Plattner Institute of Design) Faculty Innovation Fellows Program.
Leon Davidson, groundskeeper for UNF Housing, enjoys doing his part to make sure the campus looks pristine. In his role, Davidson is responsible for maintaining the grounds around Osprey Hall and Osprey Landing. He says he loves his job, the beautiful campus and the close knit relationships he's developed with his colleagues in the three years he's worked at UNF. Outside of work, he enjoys cooking and spending time with his dogs — 
A Jacksonville native, who graduated from Douglas Anderson School of the Arts High School in 2022, Ford enrolled at UNF as a sophomore in August 2022 after earning college credit in high school.
UNF welcomes all alumni, faculty, staff, students and community members to the annual Swoop the Loop 5K and Fun Run. Conquer the trail, connect with fellow Ospreys and cap it off with a health fair at the finish line. Lace up for an unforgettable blend of fitness and fun. See event details below and register by Wednesday, Feb. 28 to receive a 2024 Swoop the Loop T-shirt! Also, if you are interested in volunteering for the event, please send an email to 
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Stacked Stars Installation
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Milestones
A Walk on the Wild Side
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"Russia, Ukraine and U.S. National Security" with Matthew Rojansky