Accolades and Awards via the Office of Research and Economic Development:
Jo Shattuck, psychology, authored an abstract and delivered a podium presentation, “Exploring Movement Variability and EEG Correlates during Motor Learning: A Novel Method,” that was selected as a finalist in the doctoral student competition at the 2018 American Society of Biomechanics conference in Rochester, Minnesota, Aug. 8-11.
Carrie Heitman, anthropology, presented at the National Science Foundation’s International Data Science Collaboration workshop in Belgrade, Serbia, Aug. 26-28. Her presentation was titled “Evidential Reasoning in Archaeological Science and the Need for Humanistic Approaches to Big Data.”
Sophia Perdikaris, anthropology, was invited to present at the 2018 and 2019 cultural exhibitions of La Biennale di Venezia, one of the world’s most prestigious cultural organizations. This year, Perdikaris’ writing was featured alongside the work of Barbudan photographer Mohammid Walbrook. Next year, she will present on the theme of people and place. Perdikaris focuses her research on the island of Barbuda in the Caribbean; specifically, how heritage work can inform sustainability questions.
