Dr. Wayne Stein, Professor of English, delivered a talk titled “Resilience Against Cancer: Thriving Amidst Adversity” on April 14, 2021 as part of the TEDxUCO series. Stein discussed the ways in which he has used the path of the mindful warrior and the weapon of positivity to overcome painful adversities while battling cancer during the […]
Dr. Ken Kickham, UCO political science chair and professor, was featured in WalletHub’s piece on the “Most Fun Cities in America.” WalletHub asked a panel of experts about a variety of topics from increasing the vaccination rate to making the most of a budget, and Dr. Kickham weighed in. Follow this link to read the […]
Dr. Catherine Webster, professor of French, gave a paper at the 20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium, hosted by the University Pittsburgh. Her talk, entitled “Les femmes SDF: Agency in Urban and Rural Spaces,” explored the representation of homeless women in three contemporary French films as well as the participation of […]
UCO assistant professor of political science Dr. Alyssa Provencio recently contributed to NPR’s story, “The Midwest Tornadoes, Climate Change, And The Future Of Extreme Weather.” The piece, about the December 2021 tornados and the present climate crisis, is available to stream by following this link.
As the University of Central Oklahoma’s Addiction Counseling Program at UCO is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2021, the graduate program has been recognized as one of the top 50 master’s counseling programs in the nation by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). “To be recognized is terrific,” said J. […]
Congratulations to CLA major Grace Wray for taking part in the first-ever virtual “Posters on the Hill” on April 21, 2020, and kudos to her mentor, Dr. Jessica Sheetz-Nguyen! Posters on the Hill is the nation’s premier advocacy event hosted by the Council on Undergraduate Research. Each year about 60 student researchers and their mentors are selected to travel to Washington, […]
Dr. Chad Perry, assistant professor in strategic communications is presenting a workshop in October at the 2018 International Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Conference. The conference will take place in Austin, TX. His workshop is on intercultural communication. Additionally, Dr. Perry is the 2018 recipient of the Paul E. Dannelley Harmony Award. Dr. Perry […]
Assistant Professor Rebecca M. Quoss-Moore’s The Political Aesthetics of Anne Boleyn’s Queenship in Henry VIII appears in the recently released Palgrave Handbook of Shakespeare’s Queens. Dr. Lindsey Churchill presented Diggin’ the Tupes: Uruguayan and U.S. Activism, Imagination and Solidarity during the World History Association Conference, at the University of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin on June 21-23. […]
Dr. Susan Spencer and English education major Anh Dinh spent four weeks at the East-West Institute on the University of Hawai’i at Manoa campus this past summer, attending a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute on Buddhist East Asia: The Interplay of Religion, the Arts and Politics. The Institute included 25 university and college […]
