Provost’s Report

The Provost’s Report highlights the scholarship and creative achievements of Southern Virginia University faculty who collaborated with undergraduate researchers in the pursuit of their work. It also shares the many ways Southern Virginia University supports and nurtures emerging scholars who engage in undergraduate research opportunities throughout their studies.

2025 Provost’s Report

  • Black, Michael. “Coping with ‘Podium Deafness’: How to Fix What You Cannot Hear in Rehearsal.” 2025 North Carolina Music Educators Association Conference.

    Jolley, Mary. Finally, the Mystica. Mary Locke Jolley. September 2025.

    Jones, Jan-Erik. “Robert Boyle.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ed. Edward N. Zalta. Co-authored with Peter Anstey and J.J. MacIntosh. 2025.

    Konstantinova, Iana. “The Male Gaze and Metafictional Femicide in Guillermo Martínez’s La muerte lenta de Luciana B.” Dura: revista de literatura policial hispana. 2025.

    Lee, Jared. “Living with Uncertainty Helps Us Reconcile Evolution and Faith.” In The Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ and Evolution, eds. Jensen JL, Peck SL, Perego UA, TB Spackman. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. 2025.

    Silver, Ariel. “The Story of Hagar and American Exile.” In Jewish Roots of American Liberty: The Impact of Hebraic Ideas on the American Story, edited by Wilfred M. McClay and Stuart Halpern. Encounter Books. 2025.

    Silver, Ariel. “Quilting the West: Willa Cather and the Madonna of the Train.” Western American Literature, Special Issue: Unsettling Willa Cather’s West, 60.2. 2025.

  • Armstrong, John. “New Sport Performance Major at Southern Virginia University.” First Meeting of the Sports Major Collective, Nike New York Headquarters, June 25, 2025.

    Arneson, Hyrum. NCKP The Piano Conference Online. “Approaching a Global Repertoire: Identifying and Interpreting Argentine Folk Songs and Dances in the Piano Repertoire.” 2025.

    Arneson, Hyrum. MTNA Collegiate Symposium, Networking Session, Group Piano. 2025.

    Bouchelle, Joe. “Catch-22—Religious Hesitation in a Faith-Based College.” The Conference on College Composition and Communication. April 2025.

    Bouchelle, Joe. “Leveling the Playing Field—Southern Virginia University’s Award-Winning iPad Program.” The Conference on College Composition and Communication. April 2025.

    Dransfield, Scott. “The Ecology of The Stones of Venice.” Victorians Institute Conference, Greenville, SC, Sept. 13–14, 2025.

    Gessell, B. and Felipe De Brigard. “The Mirage of Big-Data Phrenology.” Neural Mechanisms Online. January 2025.

    Hirt, Samuel. Sustainability Program Directors’ Cohort. Online training by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE): Creating and Improving Academic Programs in Sustainability. 2025.

    Silver, Ariel. “Female Religious Histories and Futures in Stowe’s Woman in Sacred History.” The Histories and Futures of Harriet Beecher Stowe Panel, SSAWW, Philadelphia. November 2025.

    Silver, Ariel. “Labor Pains: Economics, Medicine, and Motherhood for Nineteenth-Century American Women.” Critical Health: Feminist Perspectives on Health and Well-Being in the Nineteenth-Century United States Conference, Sorbonne University, Paris. October 2025.

    Silver, Ariel. Lead Organizer, Poe/Hawthorne International Symposium, Sorbonne Nouvelle, Université Paris Cité, Paris. July 1–4, 2025.

    Silver, Ariel. “Death-Agony and Dis/Embodiment: Burying Women Alive in Dumas, Poe, and Hawthorne.” Poe/Hawthorne International Symposium, Paris. July 2025.

    Silver, Ariel. “Beneath the Surface: Gendered Theologies of Burial in Melville’s ‘Battle-Pieces’ and ‘Moby-Dick.'” Oceanic Melville Conference, Mystic, CT. June 2025.

    Silver, Ariel. “The Dynamo’s Virgin: Willa Cather and the Madonna of the Train.” Cather International Seminar, Milwaukee, WI. June 2025.

    Silver, Ariel. “The Larch Path Project: Connecting the Landscape of Literary Work by Alcott and Hawthorne.” 21st-Century Alcott Roundtable, ALA, Boston. May 2025.

  • Silver, Ariel. New England Regional Fellowship Consortium (NERFC) Fellowship, Boston Athenaeum, Schlesinger Library for Women, and Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA. 2025.

    Tapp, Donnie. Rice Gallery of Fine Art Small Works National Juried Show, Honorable Mention. 2025.

    Walker, Karen. Southern Virginia University Phi Kappa Phi Professor of the Year. 2025.

  • Crawford, Barbara. Ancient Greek Theater, Taormina, Sicily. Installation. 2025.

    Crawford, Barbara. Red Rock Theater, Denver, Colorado. Installation. April 2025.

    Crawford, Barbara. Svalbard Seed Vault. Installation. October 2025.

    Dwyer, David. Scenic Artistry. Shakespeare in Delaware Park, Buffalo, New York. Twelfth Night, dir. Eileen Dugan. 2025.

    Dwyer, David. Scenic Artistry. Shakespeare in Delaware Park, Buffalo, New York. Richard III, dir. Greg Stuhr. 2025.

    Tapp, Donnie. Rice Gallery of Art Small Works National Juried Show. 2025.

  • Arneson, Hyrum. NCKP “Piano Conference” Concert, Chicago. 2025.

    Arneson, Hyrum. MTNA Collegiate Symposium Recital, Oklahoma University. 2025.

    Bayles, Dallyn Vail. Anthems of Hope. Temple Square Concert Series, Conference Center, Salt Lake City, UT. Original solo concert production. August 2025.

    Bayles, Dallyn Vail. Temple Lighting Ceremonies VIP Events, International Affairs of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Washington, D.C. Temple, Kensington, MD. Performed for ambassadors, members of Congress, and diplomatic, government, and interfaith leaders. December 2025.

    Bayles, Dallyn Vail. Lillian Breeze in Concert, Black Desert, Tuacahn Amphitheater, Ivins, UT. November 2025.

    Bayles, Dallyn Vail. Music and the Spoken Word, Tabernacle on Temple Square & Conference Center, Salt Lake City, UT. National broadcast with the Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square. November 2001 – April 2025.

    Bayles, Dallyn Vail. Ambassadorial and Congressional Dinner and Easter Celebration, International Affairs of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Washington, D.C. Temple Visitors’ Center, Kensington, MD. April 2025.

    Bayles, Dallyn Vail. Utah Extravaganza, UCCU Center, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT. With Jenna Johnson & Val Chmerkovskiy (stars of “Dancing with the Stars” and “So You Think You Can Dance”). April 2025.

    Bayles, Dallyn Vail. International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit, Washington Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C. Performance for international dignitaries and religious leaders. February 2025.

    Bayles, Dallyn Vail. Utah State Governor Spencer J. Cox Inauguration and Governor’s Ball, Eccles Theater & Utah State Capitol Building, Salt Lake City, UT. Performed “Bring Him Home” before Governor Cox’s address. 2025.

    Romriell, Mackenzie. Collaborative Vocal Recital with Dr. Ivette Ortiz, Universidad de Costa Rica. May 2025.

2024 Provost’s Report

  • Gardner, Richard D. Who is the Holy Ghost? Eborn Books, 2024.

    Sorber, Andrew. Prophecy and Politics in the Early Carolingian World. Routledge, 2024.

    Arneson, Hyrum. “The Creation of a National Voice: Tracing Argentine Folk Songs and Dances through the Piano Repertoire from 1890 to 1960.” DMA diss., Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, 2024.

    Beckert, T. E., Harris, A. “Socially Responsible Leadership and Social Change Engagement in College Students.” North American Journal of Psychology, 26(2). 2024.

    Cox, David (with Michael McLaughlin). “Jesus and the Great O Antiphons.” The Living Church, Dec. 4, 2024.

    Crandall, Matthew. “Understanding Estonia’s Cyber Support for Ukraine: Building Resilience, Not Status.” ACIG, vol. 3(1), 2024, DOI: 10.60097/ACIG/190396.

    Gessell, Bryce. “Resting-State fMRI and Conceptual Issues in Neuroimaging.” In Advances in Neurophilosophy, ed. Heinzelmann, N. Bloomsbury. 2024.

    Konstantinova, Iana. “The Train to Nowhere: Exploring Spanish and Bulgarian National Decadence through the Metaphor of a Train Journey in Rosa Montero’s La buena suerte and Elena Alexieva’s Свети Вълк.” MIFLC Review. October 2024.

    Chu A, Nguyen S, Rawlins DB. “The Spanish Pathway Program: Introducing, Recruiting, and Retaining Spanish-Speaking Students to the Pharmacy Profession.” Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2024;16(12):102188.

    Silver, Ariel. “Hands at Our Throats, Nails in Their Heads: Holy Vengeance in Hawthorne and Gentileschi.” Nathaniel Hawthorne Review, 49.2. 2024.

    Silver, Ariel. “The Sensational Possibilities of the Double-Proposal Marriage Plot in Alcott’s Moods.” In Beyond Little Women: Essays on the Secondary Works of Louisa May Alcott, edited by Lauren Hehmeyer, Palgrave MacMillan. 2024.

  • Daynes, N. T., Caldwell-Andrews, A.A., & Lott, S. “Perceived Victimhood and Its Relationship with Gratitude, Mindfulness, and Cognitive Reappraisal.” Poster session at The Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA. February 2024.

    Crandall, Matthew. “Post-American Mormonism in the Changing World Order.” The Journal of World Christianity, 13(1), 26-45. 2024.

    Crawford, Barbara. Paper presentation, Conference “Cy Twombly: White Zones,” University of Cologne, Germany, Oct. 2024.

    Hirt, Samuel. Mentor to 40 Students. Online Conference, The Climate Reality Workshop. 2024.

    Hirt, Samuel. Webinar: “How to Make the Most of Your Sustainability Event.” The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). August 2024.

    Hirt, Samuel. Graduation Speaker. Faculty Speaker at Graduation Forum. “GO NEWTS!” April 2024.

    Hirt, Samuel. The Climate Reality Workshop, Climate Reality Leadership Corp Training, New York City. April 2024.

    John, Jeremiah. “The Penal Exception in the 13th Amendment: A Study in Constitutional Design.” Annual Constitution Day Symposium, Southern Virginia University. 2024.

    John, Jeremiah. “Religion and Ethical Life in Hegel.” Job talk at Hampden-Sydney College. 2024.

    Konstantinova, Iana. “The Male Gaze and Metafictional Femicide in Guillermo Martínez’s La muerte lenta de Luciana B.” Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference, East Tennessee State University, November 4–6, 2024.

    De Silva Z, Newby J, Valls D, Dawes C, Janson J, Klaharn V, Erives T, Caine C, Torosian A, So C, Talbot J, Rawlins D. “Testing Potential Fast-Acting Antidepressants Against Monoamine Transporters.” Roseman University 10th Annual Research Symposium; February 21, 2024; Henderson, NV.

    Silver, Ariel. “Fuller, Jewett, and the Feminist Re-enchantment of Nature.” Jewett Unbound Conference, Université Paris Cité, October 2024.

    Silver, Ariel. “The Scarlet Letter.” MASSOLIT Virtual Lecture, August 16, 2024.

    Silver, Ariel. “Blue Hawthorne: Alluvium, Riparian, Fluvial, Oceanic.” Panel Chair, ALA, Chicago, May 2024.

    Silver, Ariel. “ALA Job Market Roundtable.” ALA, Chicago, May 2024.

    Silver, Ariel. “Contending with the ‘Old Worn-Out Manuscript’: Revisions of Patriarchy and Reproduction in Child and Hawthorne.” ALA, Chicago, May 2024.

    Silver, Ariel. “Reframing Willa Cather’s West.” Confronting the Legendary Great Plains, Great Plains Center Symposium, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, April 3, 2024.

  • Silver, Ariel. Alyson R. Miller Fellow, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA. 2024.

    Tapp, Donnie. Springville Museum of Art 100th Annual Spring Salon, Honorable Mention. 2024.

  • Crawford, Barbara. Ancient Roman Theater, Orange, France. Installation. May 2024.

    Crawford, David. Crawick Multiverse, Scotland. Installation. 2024.

    Crawford, Barbara. Fondazione Nicola del Roscio, Roma, Italy. Installation and exhibition. September 2024.

    Dwyer, David. Scenic Artistry. Cabrini, Francesca Productions. 2024.

    Dwyer, David. Scenic Artistry. The Irish Classical Theatre, Buffalo, New York. The Price, dir. Fortunato Pezzimenti. 2024.

    Dwyer, David. Scenic Artistry. Kindertransport. Jewish Repertory Theatre of Western New York, Getzville, New York, dir. Saul Elkin. 2024.

    Tapp, Donnie. Springville Museum of Fine Art Spring Salon. 2024.

    Tapp, Donnie. BYU-Idaho Faculty Show. 2024.

    Tapp, Donnie. Sears Art Invitational. 2024.

  • Bayles, Dallyn Vail. “Come Little Shepherd.” Soloist, original song by Scott Hamilton. September 2024.

    Bayles, Dallyn Vail. “Spirit of the Free.” Soloist, original song by Scott Hamilton. September 2024.

    Bayles, Dallyn Vail. “I Need Thee Every Hour.” Soloist, BYU School of Music with the BYU Men’s Chorus. July 2024.

    Bayles, Dallyn Vail. Angels Among Us Christmas Concert, International Affairs of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Los Angeles Communications Council, Los Angeles Temple Visitors’ Center, Los Angeles, CA. Original concert production with Amy Shreeve Keeler. December 2024.

    Bayles, Dallyn Vail. BYU Men’s Chorus & Concert Choir Spring Concert, Music Building Concert Hall, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT. 2024.

    Bayles, Dallyn Vail. Freedom Festival Patriotic Service with Elder Matthew Holland, Marriott Center, BYU, Provo, UT. June 2024.

    Bayles, Dallyn Vail. A Night Under the Stars Gala, BYU Athletic Department, Larry H. Miller Field, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT. With Casey Elliott and Oyoyo Bonner. 2024.

    Bayles, Dallyn Vail. The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, Community Outreach Dinner and Entertainment, Relief Society Headquarters Building on Temple Square, Salt Lake City, UT. December 2024.

    Bayles, Dallyn Vail. Orrin G. Hatch Foundation Titan of Public Service Award Gala, Grand America Hotel, Salt Lake City, UT. Performed original song with lyrics by the late Senator Orrin Hatch for award recipient Senate Majority Leader John Thune. 2024.

    Hofer, Jakob. Waynesboro Symphony’s Fall Chamber Music Concert. 2024.

    Hofer, Jakob. Intermountain Suzuki String Institute Faculty Concert. 2024.

    Hofer, Jakob. Violinist for Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas at Washington and Lee University. 2024.

    Hofer, Jakob. Caravanserai Chamber Players “American Tapestry” Concert. 2024.

    Hofer, Jakob. Concertmaster for SVU’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. 2024.

2023 Provost’s Report

  • Jolley, Mary. Next, the Necromancer. Mary Locke Jolley. November 2023.

    Jolley, Mary. First, the Conjurer. Mary Locke Jolley. May 2023.

    Law, D., Vouvalis, N., Harris, A., LaMuth, J. “The Mentoring Program as a Research Project.” In Making Connections: A Handbook for Effective Formal Mentoring Programs in Academia, eds. D. Law & N. Dominguez. Utah State University. 2023.

    Gessell, B. & Janiak, A. “Physics and Optics: Agnesi, Bassi, Du Châtelet.” In Routledge Handbook to Early Modern Women Philosophers, eds. Detlefsen, K. and Shapiro, L., Routledge. 2023.

    Konstantinova, Iana. “Metafictional Detection and the Search for Identity in Carla Guelfenbein’s Contigo en la distancia.” Hispanic Studies Review. Vol. 7, No. 2, July 2023.

    McBride, Jared and Kevin K Lin. “A Comparison of Spectral Estimation Methods for the Analysis of Chaotic and Stochastic Dynamical Systems.” In preparation, 2023.

    Law, Darin J., Jason P Field, Luke A Wilson, Mallory F Barnes, David D Breshears, Jared McBride, Greg A Barron-Gafford, Angelina Martínez-Yrízar, Alberto Búrquez, and Enriquena Bustamante Ortega. “Heatwave Compounded Warmer Drought: Shifts in Time to Tree Mortality and Tree Mortality Duration.” In preparation, 2023.

    Silver, Ariel. “Great Flood-Gates of the Wonder World: Baptisms of Water and Fire in Melville and Hawthorne.” European Journal of American Studies (EJAS), Special Issue: Obsessions in Melville and Hawthorne, 18.3. 2023.

    Silver, Ariel. “For Such a Time as This: Faith and Female Exegesis.” In Every Needful Thing, Maxwell Institute Press. 2023.

  • Arneson, Hyrum. DMA Lecture Recital, “The Interaction of Folk Music with European Tradition: Argentine Identity in Carlos Guastavino’s Piano Works.” 2023.

    Arneson, Hyrum. MTNA National Conference, “Best Group Piano Ideas Ever!”

    Black, Michael. “2nd Line Brass Bands, Improvisation, and Building Jazz at a Small School.” 2023 Kansas Music Educators Convention. 2023.

    Bouchelle, Joe. “‘Studenting’ in a Post-Lockdown World.” The Conference on College Composition and Communication, February 2023.

    Cox, David. Review of The Huguenot-Anglican Refuge in Virginia: Empire, Land, and Religion in the Rappahannock Region by Lonnie H. Lee. Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 132, No. 2 (2024), pp. 153-154. 2023.

    Cox, David. Review of Pulpits of the Lost Cause: The Faith and Politics of Former Confederate Chaplains during Reconstruction by Steve Longenecker. VMHB, Vol. 131, No. 3 (2023), pp. 235-237. 2023.

    Gaughran, Ben. Lecture. “The Ballad of the Brown King,” by Margaret Bonds. Ann Arbor, Michigan. 2023.

    Harris, A. “Building a Community in Online Classes: The Value of Video Discussions.” Empowering Teaching Excellence Conference. Logan, UT. 2023.

    Hirt, Samuel. Professional Development Summer Workshop. Virginia Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Counselors. Virginia Commonwealth University. July 2023.

    Hirt, Samuel. Council of Independent Colleges. Workshop for Department and Division Chairs. Washington D.C. May 2023.

    Konstantinova, Iana. “Metafictional Detection and the Search for Identity in Carla Guelfenbein’s Contigo en la distancia.” Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference, University of North Carolina in Greensboro — Virtual. October 2023.

    Prusa LA, Eng J, Alp S, Hill V, Rawlins DB. “Ophthalmic Drug Delivery Using 3D-Printed Hydrogels Containing Covalently Bound Drugs” (5-073). Poster presented at: Midyear Clinical Meeting; December 3-7, 2023; Anaheim, California.

    De Silva Z, Newby J, Valls D, Dawes C, Janson J, Klaharn V, Erives T, Caine C, Perosian A, So C, Talbot J, and Rawlins D. “Testing Potential Compounds Derived from MI-4 (Ro-25-6981) Against Monoamine Transporters” (5-068). Poster presented at: Midyear Clinical Meeting 2023, Anaheim, California. December 3-7, 2023.

    Prusa L, Eng J, Alp S, Hill V, Rawlins DB. “Ophthalmic Drug Delivery Using 3D-Printed Hydrogels Containing Covalently Bound Drugs.” Roseman Research Symposium, Roseman University of Health Sciences, Henderson, NV, February 2023.

    Valls D, Castañeda G, Rawlins DB, Carranza T, Dorsett J, Khalid M, Renninger B, Sayre CL. “Development of a Method for Detecting and Quantifying Epicatechin in Cinnamon Extract Supplement Capsules.” Roseman Research Symposium, Roseman University of Health Sciences, Henderson, NV, February 2023.

    Silver, Ariel. “Willa Cather and the Madonna of the Train.” ALA Symposium, Santa Fe, Oct. 2023.

    Silver, Ariel. “The Dynamo’s Virgin.” Western Literature Association, Fort Hall, ID, October 2023.

    Silver, Ariel. “From Gotham to the Geographies of Childhood: The Anthropological Turn in the Work of Willa Cather and Zora Neale Hurston.” Willa Cather International Symposium, The New School, New York, NY, June 2023.

    Silver, Ariel. “The Center of the Rebellion: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Her NY Homes.” Margaret Fuller Society Panel, ALA, Boston, MA, May 2023.

    Silver, Ariel. “A is for Access: Hawthorne and the Letter A.” Hawthorne Society Roundtable, ALA, Boston, MA, May 2023.

  • Silver, Ariel. National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute, “Willa Cather: Place and Archive,” University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE and National Willa Cather Foundation, Red Cloud, NE, July 16–29, 2023.

    Gaughran, Ben. Conducting Fellow. Chorus America Conducting Academy, LA, California. 2023.

    Tapp, Donnie. 3rd Place National Sculpture Society Idaho Sculpture Jam. 2023.

    Tapp, Donnie. Logan Fine Art Gallery Fall Salon, 2nd Place. 2023.

  • Crawford, Barbara. Teatro Andromeda, Sicily. Installation. 2023.

    Crawford, Barbara. Assisi, Italy. Installation. 2023.

    Dwyer, David. Scene Artistry. Miranda’s Victim, 2023, Navasink River Productions.

    Dwyer, David. Scene Artistry. The Irish Classical Theatre, with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Buffalo, New York. The Tempest, dir. Fortunato Pezzimenti. 2023.

    Dwyer, David. Scene Artistry. The Irish Classical Theatre, Buffalo, New York. Master Harold and the Boys, dir. Aaron Mays. 2023.

    Dwyer, David. Scene Artistry. The Irish Classical Theatre, Buffalo, New York. Belfast Girls, dir. Kyle LoConti. 2023.

    Tapp, Donnie. Meyer Gallery Two Person Show with Jared Rawle. 2023.

    Tapp, Donnie. BYU-Idaho Faculty Show. 2023.

  • Arneson, Hyrum. Guest Performer at Cincinnati Keyboard Club Recitals. 2023.

    Bayles, Dallyn Vail. “An Angel From On High.” Soloist — A Celebration of the Book of Mormon, Book of Mormon Central, with Ross Boothe. September 2023.

    Bayles, Dallyn Vail. “A Poor Wayfaring Man Of Grief,” from the short film The Stranger. Soloist. February 2023.

    Bayles, Dallyn Vail. Anthems of Hope. Nelson Hall, Performing Arts at Elim Park, Cheshire, CT. Original solo concert production with Ross Boothe, pianist. November 2023.

    Hofer, Jakob. Orpheus and Erica, Victory Hall Opera. 2023.

    Hofer, Jakob. Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time, Lexington Chamber Music Society. 2023.

    Hofer, Jakob. Marlbrook Chamber Players, Guest Violinist, Spring Concert, Washington and Lee. 2023.

    Romriell, Mackenzie. Blue Forest Theatre, Lexington, Virginia. “Lady Bracknell” from The Importance of Being Earnest. 2023.

2022 Provost’s Report

  • Gardner, Richard D. Creating a Zion Society: Secular and Religious Principles. Eborn Books, 2022.

    Arneson, Hyrum. “Dance and the Music of Argentine Composers.” Piano Magazine Winter 2022.

    Silver, Ariel. “Republics Abroad: The Art and Politics of Margaret Fuller and May Alcott in Nineteenth-Century Europe.” In The Forgotten Alcott: Essays on the Artistic Legacy and Literary Life of May Alcott Nieriker, edited by Azelina Flint and Lauren Hehmeyer, Routledge. 2022.

    Tapp, Donnie. Slow the Parks Newsletter, January, “Zion.” 2022.

  • Armstrong, John. “Plato on God’s Care for Humans.” Conference Celebrating the Career of Daniel W. Graham, Brigham Young University, Provo, Oct. 20–21, 2022.

    Arneson, Hyrum. MTNA Collegiate Symposium, “The Art of the Instructional Video: A Deeper Look at Teaching with Technology.” 2022.

    Gaughran, Ben. Lecture. “The Oratorio de Noël” op. 12 by Camille Saint-Saëns. Ann Arbor, Michigan 2022.

    Spears, J., Law, D. D., Busenbark, D., Hales, K. K., Taylor, J. Y., Harris, A., Lewis, H. M., Dart, G. “A Land-Grant Faculty-to-Student Mentoring Program: Addressing Shortcomings in Academic Mentoring.” NASPA. 2022.

    Konstantinova, Iana. “Velázquez vs. Picasso: Metafictional Games in Art, Literature, and Television.” Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. April 2022.

    McBride, Jared. Third Symposium on Machine Learning and Dynamical Systems. The Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada. Presented poster: “A Comparison of Spectral Estimation Methods for the Analysis of Chaotic and Stochastic Dynamical Systems.” September 26–30, 2022.

    Dawes CK, Ghazimorad NK, Wirtz J, Valls DC, Newby J, Janson J, Klaharn V, Kirsh RD, So CH, Rawlins DB, Talbot JN. “Monoaminergic Influence of the Glutamatergic Rapid-Acting Antidepressant RO-25-6981 and Its Analogs.” Program No. 147.26. 2022 Neuroscience Meeting Planner. San Diego, CA: Society for Neuroscience, 2022.

    Chu A, Nguyen S, Christensen-Grant D, Rawlins DB, Cato S, Wendorff L. “Meeting the Needs of Our Communities, the CVS Health Spanish Pathway Program.” Am. J. Pharm. Educ., 86(5), 9172. 2022.

    Ghazimorad NK, Wirtz J, Raja M, Talbot E, Spiger T, Kirsh RD, So CH, Rawlins DB, Talbot JN. “Glutamatergic Dependence of the Ketamine-Like Rapid-Acting Antidepressant RO-25-6981 and Its Analogs.” Mental Health Clinician, 12(2), 89-174. 2022.

    Heger N, Torosian A, Erives T, Ghazimorad NK, Wirtz J, Raja M, Kirsh R, Valls DC, Newby J, So CH, Talbot JN, Rawlins DB. “Efforts to Increase the Ketamine-Like Activity of the Rapid-Acting Antidepressant RO-25-6981 (MI-4) by Increasing AMPA Potentiation.” Roseman Research Symposium, Roseman University of Health Sciences, Henderson, NV, March 2022.

    Silver, Ariel. “The Book of Esther.” Follow Him Podcast, July 22-23, 2022.

    Silver, Ariel. “Call Me Hagar: Melville’s Vision of Dispossession in France and America.” Melville International Symposium, University of Paris, June 2022.

    Silver, Ariel. “‘Great Flood-Gates of the Wonder World’: Baptisms of Water and Fire in Melville and Hawthorne.” Obsessions in Melville and Hawthorne Conference, University of Łódź, Poland, May 2022.

  • Black, Michael. Diversity Initiative Award. 2022.

    Crawford, Barbara. Skopelos Art Foundation, Skopelos, Greece, 2022.

    Silver, Ariel. Quarry Farm Fellow, Center for Mark Twain Studies, Elmira, NY. 2022.

  • Crawford, Barbara. Gozo, Malta. Installation. 2022.

    Crawford, Barbara. THE RIVER, installation for the Health Careers Center, Central Oregon Community College, Feb.-April, 2022.

    Crawford, Barbara. THE FOUR SEASONS, installation for the Palazzo Cruciani, Spello (PG) Italy. June 2022.

    Dwyer, David. Scenic Artistry. Harlem: Season 2. Netflix Productions. 2022.

    Dwyer, David. Scenic Artistry. American Horror Story: Season 10. 20th Century Fox / Disney. 2022.

    Dwyer, David. Scenic Artistry. Cabaret, Niagara University, Lewiston, New York, dir. Steve Braddock. 2022.

    Dwyer, David. Scenic Artistry. Shakespeare in Delaware Park, Buffalo, New York. As You Like It, dir. Steve Vaughn. 2022.

    Dwyer, David. Scenic Artistry. Shakespeare in Delaware Park, Buffalo, New York. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, dir. Brian Cavanaugh. 2022.

    Tapp, Donnie. Montana Trails Small Works Show. 2022.

  • Arneson, Hyrum. Sewanee Summer Music Festival, Multiple Piano Recitals. 2022.

    Arneson, Hyrum. Guest Performer at Cincinnati Keyboard Club Recitals. 2022.

    Bayles, Dallyn Vail. “Invincible” (from the film His Name Is Green Flake). Soloist — Excel Entertainment, with Alex Boyé, Casey Elliott, Yahosh Bonner, David Osmond, Aaliyah Rose, Brad Robins, and Clotile Bonner Farkas. September 2022.

    Bayles, Dallyn Vail. Timeless: The Golden Age of Broadway, BYU Education Week, Marriott Center, Provo, UT. Original concert production with Amy Shreeve Keeler, performer, and Dr. Jared Pierce, pianist. 2022.

    Bayles, Dallyn Vail. Minnesota Saints Choral and Orchestra Christmas Concert, Minneapolis, MN. December 2022.

2021 Provost’s Report

  • Armstrong, John. Plato, Apology of Socrates, with the Death Scene from Phaedo. Translated and introduced by John M. Armstrong, Tully Books, 2021.

    Armstrong, John. Review of André Laks, Plato’s Second Republic: An Essay on the Laws (Princeton University Press, 2022), Ancient Philosophy 45 (2025): 279–282. 2021.

    Black, Michael. “Coping with ‘Podium Deafness.'” Band Directors Talk Shop 2021.

    Crandall, Matthew. Sulg, Mari-Liis. “Small States and New Status Opportunities: Estonia’s Foreign Policy towards Africa.” European Politics and Society, 1-15. 2021.

    Law, D., Busenbark, D., Hales, K. K., Taylor, J. Y., Spears, J., Harris, A., Lewis, H. M. “Designing and Implementing a Land-Grant Faculty-to-Students Mentoring Program: Addressing Shortcomings in Academic Mentoring.” Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence, 5(2), 27-45. 2021.

    Gessell, B. “The Legend of Hermann the Cognitive Neuroscientist.” Dialectica 75 (3), 361–380. 2021.

    Gessell, B., Geib, B. & De Brigard, F. “Multivariate Pattern Analysis and the Search for Neural Representations.” Synthese 199, 12869–12889. 2021.

    Gessell, B., Stanley, M., Geib, B., & De Brigard, F. “Prediction and Topological Models in Neuroscience.” In Neural Mechanisms: New Challenges in the Philosophy of Neuroscience, eds. Calzavarini, F. and Viola, M., 35–55, Springer. 2021.

    Jones, Jan-Erik. “John Locke’s Corpuscularianism.” The Lockean Mind, Shelley Weinberg and Jessica Gordon-Roth (eds.), Routledge. 2021.

    Konstantinova, Iana. “Metafictional Velázquez: Reflections and Self-reflections on the Artist as a Character in Art, Literature, and Television.” Crear entre mundos: nuevas tendencias en la metaficción española. Co-edited by Iana Konstantinova and Sabrina Laroussi. Editorial Albatros, series “Diálogos Peninsulares.” 2021.

    Konstantinova, Iana. “Lies, Imagination, Memory, and Self-Narration in Rosa Montero’s La loca de la casa.” Miríada Hispánica. 2021.

    Silver, Ariel. “From Literary Salon to Library: The Female Mind and the Art of Reading Across the Color Line.” Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 2021.

    Silver, Ariel. “Queen Aster and Queen Esther.” The Lehrhaus, February 25, 2021.

    Tapp, Donnie. Southwest Art Magazine, October/November Issue, “The Space Between,” pp 26. 2021.

  • Gessell, B. Leuven Rational Cosmology Workshop (online). “Wolff and the Concept(s) of Space.” February 2021.

    Konstantinova, Iana. “Through the Mirror of Velázquez: Metafictional Reflections and Self-reflections on Las meninas in Art, Literature, and Television.” XXVII Congreso Internacional de Litearatura y Estudios Hispánicos. Virtual. March 2021.

    Newby J, Valls D, So C, Talbot JN, Rawlins DB. “Testing Potential Fast-acting Antidepressants Against Monoamine Transporters.” ASHP Midyear Meeting, December 2021.

    Chakraborty A, Hernandez C, Rawlins D, Park H. “Critical Thinking Aptitude Test to Predict the Success of Applicants in a 3-Year Pharmacy Program.” Presented at the AACP Annual Meeting, July 2021. Am. J. Pharm. Educ., 2021, 85(7), 8737.

    Silver, Ariel. “Gothic Marriage: The Sensational Possibilities of the Double-Proposal Plot in Alcott and Her Contemporaries.” Alcott Panel, SSAWW, Baltimore, November 2021.

    Silver, Ariel. “The Scarlet Letter as a Great American Novel.” Webinar for the National Association of Scholars, Washington, D.C., November 2, 2021.

    Silver, Ariel. “The Death of Fatherhood and the Death of Romance in Hawthorne.” ALA, Boston, July 2021.

    Silver, Ariel. “Hawthorne and Aesthetics.” Panel Chair, ALA, Boston, July 2021.

    Silver, Ariel. “The Impact of Male Tradition on Female Innovation in American Letters.” Panel Creator and Organizer, NeMLA, Boston, March 2021.

    Silver, Ariel. “Battle Hymn to the Republic: The Conversationalists and Their Literary Campaign for a More Perfect Union.” Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, January 25, 2021.

    Silver, Ariel. “Arcadia in the Archives: The Utopian Imagination of Margaret Fuller’s Conversationalists.” MLA, January 2021.

    Whitehead, Alan. “Getting in the Game: Sports Psychology Principles for the Workplace.” The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Community Workshop. September 2021.

    Whitehead, Alan. “Fun Works: Exploring the Benefits and Practices of Fun in the Workplace.” The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Community Workshop. February 2021.

  • Crawford, Barbara. Skopelos Art Foundation, Skopelos, Greece, 2021.

    Silver, Ariel. MWHIT Independent Scholar Award. 2021.

    Silver, Ariel. Women’s Author Initiative, Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship Manuscript and Publication Grant for The Mercy Seat. 2021.

    Arneson, Hyrum. Sewanee Summer Music Festival (Fellow). 2021.

    Tapp, Donnie. Academy of Art University Spring Show Graduate Landscape Award. 2021.

  • Crawford, Barbara. Skopelos Art Foundation, Skopelos, Greece, BALANCE: Earth, Sky, Water, site specific installation. 2021.

    Crawford, Barbara. THE RIVER, four-part installation for the opening of the University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, VA. 2021.

    Crawford, Barbara. WOMEN ARTISTS IN THE ARCTIC, curated exhibition for the Espace des Femmes Gallery, Paris, France. 2021.

    Dwyer, David. Scenic Artist Work. Paranormal Activity 7: Next of Kin, 2021, Paramount Pictures.

    Ricks, Jacob. Spring Show. Academy of Art University. 2021.

    Tapp, Donnie. Rexburg Cultural Arts Group Show. 2021.

    Tapp, Donnie. Academy of Art University Spring Show. 2021.

  • Arneson, Hyrum. Debussy Etude Recording, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. 2021.

    Arneson, Hyrum. MTNA recital, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. 2021.

    Arneson, Hyrum. Bowdoin Festival Young Artist Series. 2021.

    Bayles, Dallyn Vail. “You Raise Me Up.” Soloist, Christian Covers. September 2021.

    Bayles, Dallyn Vail. The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (Roles: The Phantom and Pharaoh), Eccles Theater, Salt Lake City, UT & Ellen Eccles Theatre, Logan, UT, with David Osmond, Lexi Walker, Lisa Seegmiller, One Voice Children’s Choir, and Kurt Bestor. Directed by Louanne Madorma. 2021.

    Hofer, Jakob. Vivaldi’s “Summer,” Soloist for Vivaldi by Candlelight, Utah Council for Citizenship Diplomacy. 2021.

    Hofer, Jakob. Marlbrook Chamber Players, Guest Violinist, Music of Spain Concert, Washington and Lee. 2021.

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