Carrie Heitman, assistant professor of anthropology and Chaco Canyon scholar, was quoted in a June 3 National Geographic article on new research showing that men and women shared in the task of pottery-making 1,000 years ago at a Chacoan site and suggesting that participation in the task by gender changed over time.
Heitman said she was intrigued by the results but that more comparative studies from other Chacoan sites are needed.
“Maybe this is just a snapshot of a shift that was happening at that time, but these kinds of gendered analyses will help us expand the picture to try to look at what men and women were doing, and sets us up for a much richer and gender-equitable perspective of the past,” she said.
Heitman was also a recent guest on “The Scott Michlin Morning Program” on KSJE radio in Farmington, New Mexico. She discussed the Salmon Pueblo Archaeological Research Collection and the Chaco Research Archive.
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Rupal Mehta, political science, discussed the ups and downs of U.S.-Iran relations, the United States’ withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, and the U.S. government’s Iran strategy under President Donald Trump in the June 3 edition of Fair Observer’s Interview.
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Wheeler Winston Dixon, film studies, was quoted in a June 5 Pitt News movie blog entry on video game adaptations. He said the biggest issue with video game movies is that they lack player interaction and thus lose information.
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The play “The Fishermen” will be part of the British Council’s Edinburgh Showcase before a six-week run at Trafalgar Studios. The play is based on the Booker Prize-nominated novel by Chigozie Obioma, English. Broadway World published an article on the play June 7.
Obioma will headline the Open Book Festival in Cape Town, South Africa, in September. The festival was highlighted in a June 11 book column in the City Press.
Obioma will also headline the Africa Writes festival July 7 at London’s British Library. The Bookseller published an article on Obioma and the festival June 19.
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Patrick Baker, a sophomore global studies and political science major, is one of 10 students nationwide to be accepted into the 2019 Cargill Global Scholars Program. Over the next two years, he and the other members of his cohort will travel the globe while networking with leaders and policymakers. The Maryville (Missouri) Daily Forum ran an article on Baker’s achievement June 11.
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Philip Schwadel, sociology, a senior researcher focusing on religion at the Pew Research Center, co-wrote a June 13 Fact Tank post with Aleksandra Sandstrom on how lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans view religious institutions. LGB Americans tend to be more skeptical of churches and other religious institutions than straight adults, according to a new analysis of a 2014 Pew survey.
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New research by Omera Matoo and Kristi Montooth, both biological sciences, has revealed how fruit fly larvae with a seemingly fatal flaw can survive and advance to adulthood. Phys.org ran an article on the research June 13.
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Husker alumna Channy Laux was featured in a June 14 article in The Phnom Penh Post. Laux’s company, Angkor Cambodian Foods, sells Cambodian spices, pastes and sauces. Angkor’s lemongrass paste won the Foodservice Innovation Award at the 65th IFMA Gold and Silver Plate Awards on May 18 in Chicago.
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Ari Kohen, political science, wrote a June 21 piece for Talking Points Memoon criticism by some Republicans of migrant detention facilities being called “concentration camps.” He argued that the criticisms are not based on caring for the feelings of Jews or a deep understanding of the Holocaust, but rather scoring political points and avoiding serious debate about controversial policies.
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Adam Houston, Earth and atmospheric sciences, was interviewed for a June 26 Gizmodo article on the Targeted Observation by Radars and Unmanned Aircraft Systems of Supercells (TORUS) project. The goal of the project is to better understand supercell thunderstorms, the parent storms of the most destructive tornadoes, to improve forecasts and save lives.
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James Le Sueur, history, was interviewed by Radio Praha about his new documentary, “The Art of Dissent.” The film explores artistic engagement in Czechoslovakia before and after the 1968 Soviet-led invasion.
