Faculty Achievements
Faculty Achievements
In addition to their excellence in teaching, many Wofford faculty members have published original research, received awards for excellence or have won prestigious grants. Below are the most recent faculty achievements:
November 2024
Dr. Solmaz Bastani, assistant professor of physics, and her students gave two oral presentations at the 91st Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the American Physics Society. The titles of talks were “Developing 64Cu-doped Gold Nanoparticles for In-vitro and In-vivo studies” and “Quantum Dots for Imaging Cancer Cells.” She served as session chair of the biological and medical physics session of the conference. Bastani also published the article “Developing 64Cu-doped Gold Nanoparticles for In-vitro and In-vivo studies” in the International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (vol. 74).
Dr. Jocelyn Franklin, assistant professor of French modern languages, literatures and cultures, and collaborators interviewed Guadeloupean author Gisèle Pineau about her latest novel, “La vie privée d'oubli.”
Kristy Hammett, assistant professor of education, presented “Providing Effective Induction Professional Learning Support from the Start” at the South Carolina Association of Teacher Educators Conference at Claflin University in October.
Dr. Jeremy Morris, Dr. George R. Davis, Dr. Lori Cruze, Dr. John Moeller and Dr. Stacey Hettes — all professors in the biology department — published the article “Assembling a physical model helps students grasp human somatosensory pathways” in the journal Advances in Physiology Education (Dec. 2024 issue).
Dr. Anne Rodrick, Reeves family professor of history, has been named program chair of the Midwest Conference on British Studies for 2025-2027.
Dr. Gillian Young, assistant professor of art history, presented “Rethinking the Immersive: Joan Jonas’s Water Media” at the Southeastern College Art Conference in Atlanta in October.