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Capstone — College of Arts, Social Sciences, & Humanities Alumni publication

Spring 2024
Fall 2023

Capstone is an online magazine published twice annually for alumni and friends of UWL's College of Arts, Social Sciences, & Humanities.

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The UWL College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities’ Capstone is published online in March and November, for more than 8,000 alumni and friends of the College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities.

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Heather Walder, Kristin Koepke, Astrid Lorena Ochoa Campo, Melissa Weege, Rachel Funk-Johnson, Jeff Baggett, Xinhui Li, Tesia Marshik and Tori Svoboda

Heather Walder, Archaeology & Anthropology; Kristin Koepke, CATL; Astrid Lorena Ochoa Campo, Global Cultures & Languages; Melissa Weege, Health Professions; Rachel Funk-Johnson, Management; Jeff Baggett, Mathematics & Statistics; Xinhui Li, Microbiology; Tesia Marshik, Psychology; and Tori Svoboda, Student Affairs Administration; served as UWL representatives at the Universities of Wisconsin event, Faculty College. Faculty College was held May 28-31 in Elkhart Lake, WI. The theme was "Rethinking/Redesigning Student Assignments" and Ashley Finley of AAC&U was the guest presenter.

Submitted on: June 4

Maria Moreno

Maria Moreno, Global Cultures & Languages, authored the article "Calling racism by its name: forms of violence in the articulation or omission of racism in Ecuador" in Ethnic and Racial Studies published on April 11 by Taylor & Francis.

Submitted on: April 12

Rose Brougham, Victoria Calmes and Astrid Lorena Ochoa Campo

Rose Brougham, Victoria Calmes and Astrid Lorena Ochoa Campo, all Global Cultures & Languages, presented "Milongas in the Doorway: Borges's Para las seis cuerdas; ¿Una buena madre? Aspectos de la maternidad conflictiva en la película española Cinco lobitos; and Sospechosa por antonomasia: la figura de la mala madre en El Otro Tom de Laura Santullo" at XXXV Congreso Internacional de Literatura y Estudios Hispánicos on March 12 in Oaxaca, Mexico. These professors from the GCL department enriched the current conversations in Hispanic cultural studies with their presentations on poetry, music, narrative, and film depicting contemporary life in Latin America, Spain, and the U.S. southern border. Congratulations!

Submitted on: Mar. 27

Astrid Lorena Ochoa Campo, Rachel Funk-Johnson and Xinhui Li

Astrid Lorena Ochoa Campo, Global Cultures & Languages; Rachel Funk-Johnson, Management; and Xinhui Li, Microbiology; were named teaching fellows at the Wisconsin Teaching Fellows & Scholars Program on Jan. 17. The program is supported by the Universities of Wisconsin Office of Professional and Instructional Development. They will represent UWL during the 2024/2025 program.

Submitted on: Mar. 12

Anna Keefe

Anna Keefe, Global Cultures & Languages, presented "High Fashion Through the Lens of Mati Diop: Art and Commerce in In My Room (2020) and Tokyo Trip (2023)" at 20th and 21st Century French and Francophone International Studies Colloquium on Feb. 23 in Villanova University.

Submitted on: Mar. 4