Research and Honors is a monthly column of the Illinois State Report newsletter, celebrating recent Honors, Publications, and Presentations of faculty and staff.

Honors

Maura Toro-Morn, SOC, received the 2025 ILACHE Lifetime Achievement Award from the Illinois Latino Council on Higher Education (ILACHE).

Winners of the University College 2025 Impact Award:

• Larissa Kennedy, HIS
• Greg Carter, HIS
• Taylor Soja, HIS

Presentations

Valerie Wright, Patricia Pence, Myoung Jin Kim, and Kileigh Guido, MCN, co-presented a poster titled, “A Qualitative Exploration of Diverse Simulation Learning Experiences for Graduate Nurses,” at the MNRS 49th Annual Research Conference in Indianapolis, Ind.

Aaron Pitluck, SOC, gave a talk to the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison about potential future trajectories of economic sociology, as part of a two-day workshop.

Katie Jasper, HIS, gave a presentation to the Rockford Society of the Archaeological Institute of America.

Angela Yon, Emily Baldoni, and Maddi Loiselle, MILNER, presented a virtual live webinar titled, “Looking Beyond Your Digital Repository: Metadata for Storytelling.” The webinar was previously presented in-person as a session at the November 2024 American Library Association Core Forum and voted Best of Core by attendees.

Lindsay Marshall, HIS, presented her chapter titled, “The Memory War for the Indian Wars” at “Rethinking the Indian Wars,” a special public event in Phoenix, Ariz., hosted by the Arizona Historical Society and the Clements Center for Southwest Studies.

Publications

Dan Lannin, PSY, co-authored a book chapter titled, “The Conceptualization, Measurement, and Reduction of Self-Stigma of Seeking Help,” in The Handbook of Mental Health Communication.

Taylor Soja, HIS, published a new chapter titled, “When the Post-War Isn’t Permanent: Coming Home in the Age of Britain’s Small Wars,” in Homecoming Veterans in Literature and Culture: Comparative and Interdisciplinary Perspectives.

Valerie Wright, MCN, and Antony Joseph, CSD, co-authored Herding Cats: Reflections on Designing and Implementing an Interprofessional Education Simulation.

Valerie Wright, MyoungJin Kim, and Kileigh J. Guido, MCN, co-authored “Promoting Inclusion Through Diverse Simulation Equipment,” in Nurse Educator.

Susan Sprecher, SOC, co-authored a journal article, “Is There a Sexual Stereotype Linking Casual Sex with Low Self-Esteem?” in Sexuality & Culture.

Abigail Stone, ANT, co-authored a journal article, “‘This blessed city’: excavations at the second-millennium ADtrade town of Jenné (Inland Niger Delta, Mali)” in Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa.

Georgia Tsouvala, HIS, published the fifth edition of A Brief History of Ancient Greece by Oxford University Press.

Chelsea Boyer, KNR, published “The Use of the FIFA 11+ For Kids as an Injury Prevention Program in Youth Soccer Players: A Critically Appraised Topic,” in the International Journal of Athletic Therapy and Training.

Sally Xie, FCS, co-authored “Transforming Hospital HVAC Design with BIM and Digital Twins: Addressing Real-Time Use Changes,” in the Journal of Sustainability.

Christine Varga-Harris, HIS, published a review of Anne O’Donnell, Power and Possession in the Russia Revolution (Princeton University Press, 2024),” in Canadian American Slavic Studies 59, 2 (2025): 232-235.

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