Alfred L. Brophy, Law School, has published “Watchman’s New Constitutional Vision,” 47 Cumberland Law Review 19-23 (2016-2017); and “The Road to the Gettysburg Address,” 43 Florida State University Law Review 831-899 (2016).
Lucy Curzon, art and art history, has published the first full-length study of the British group Mass-Observation’s engagement with visual culture. “Mass-Observation and Visual Culture – Depicting Everyday Lives in Britain” (Routledge, 2017) critically analyzes the role that visual culture played in the early development of the innovative British anthropological research group founded in 1937.
Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic, Law School, have published “The Hole-in-the-Wall Gang View of Life and America’s Racial Future,” 51 Wake Forest Law Review 745-764 (2016); and “Four Ironies of Campus Climate,” 101 Minnesota Law Review 1919-1941 (2017).
Shahar Dillbary, Law School, has published “Causation Actually,” 51 Georgia Law Review 1-69 (2016).
Heather Elliott, Law School, has published “The Failings of Alabama Water Law,” 68 Alabama Law Review 759-792 (2017).
Mirit Eyal-Cohen, Law School, has published “Through the Lens of Innovation,” 43 Florida State University Law Review 951-1013 (2016).
Steven H. Hobbs, Law School, has published “The Tribes of Maycomb County: The Continuing Quest to Transcend Our Differences,” 47 Cumberland Law Review 61-84 (2016-2017).
Ronald J. Krotoszynski Jr., Law School, has published “Agora, Dignity, and Discrimination: On the Constitutional Shortcomings of ‘Conscience’ Laws that Promote Inequality in the Public Marketplace,” 20 Lewis and Clark Law Review 1221-1264 (2017).
Dr. Ian M. McDonough, assistant professor in the department of psychology and an associate of the Alabama Research Institute on Aging, received the 2017 Charles Barkley Health Disparities Research Investigator Award for first place in oral presentations for “Beta-Amyloid and Cortal Thickness Reveal Racial Disparities in Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease.”
Dr. Cathy Pagani, associate dean in the Graduate School, received the inaugural David Reynolds Spirit of Leadership Award from Leadership Tuscaloosa, a community-engagement organization sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama and the University of Alabama System.
Pamela Bucy Pierson, Law School, has published “Lawyer Resilience,” 78 Alabama Lawyer 147-151 (2017).
Stephen Rushin, Law School, co-authored “From Selma to Ferguson: The Voting Rights Act as a Blueprint for Police Reform,” 105 California Law Review 263-334 (2017); and co-authored a note, “De-Policing,” 102 Cornell Law Review 721-782 (2017).
Dr. Vicki Peeples, assistant dean and professor for Human Environmental Sciences, is a 2017 recipient of the Penny Allen Award, given to one student and one faculty or staff member each year by the Division of Student Life and recognizes outstanding leadership, service and contributions to student life.
Dr. Samory T. Pruitt, vice president for the Division of Community Affairs, has been named a trustee of Stillman College. An international leader in the field of engaged scholarship, Pruitt’s leadership roles in the Tuscaloosa area include chair of the Martin Luther King Jr. Realizing the Dream Initiative committee and the West Alabama and UA United Way Campaign, the Tuscaloosa Rotary Club and the West Alabama Chamber of Commerce. UA and Stillman have long had close ties and projects in common.
Pete Schulte, art and art history, has been named the 2017 South Arts State Fellowship recipient for Alabama and awarded $5,000. Fellowships are awarded to one artist each in nine southern states whose work reflects the best of the visual arts in the South. Artistic excellence is the sole criterion for selection.