Faculty and staff News

September - December 2011

Barna Donovan, Ph.D., associate professor and chairperson of the Department of Communications, announces an exciting new book. Conspiracy Films: A Tour of Dark Places in the American Conscious is a history of conspiracy theories in modern American culture and on film.  From the Kennedy assassination to theories of crashed UFOs, hidden aliens, and September 11 conspirators, the book examines our fascination with paranoia and the entertainment it inspires. Congratulations to Dr. Donovan!

Patricia Ann Redden, Ph.D., professor and chairperson of the Department of Chemistry, was recently honored by the American Chemical Society (ACS) as part of the 2011 class of ACS Fellows, an honor bestowed upon 213 distinguished scientists who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in chemistry and made important contributions to ACS, the world’s largest scientific society. The 2011 Fellows were recognized at an induction ceremony on Aug. 29 during the Society’s 242nd National Meeting & Exposition in Denver.