{"id":627,"date":"2018-06-13T12:14:39","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T16:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-humanities-social-sciences\/?page_id=627"},"modified":"2019-09-26T10:01:57","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T14:01:57","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-humanities-social-sciences\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h1>Recent Monmouth News<\/h1>\n<div class=\"result-set\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/womack-featured-in-windows-on-the-world-documentary\/\">Womack Featured in 'Windows on the World' Documentary<\/a><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">September 9, 2026<\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n<p>Kenneth Womack, Ph.D., professor of English and Popular Music, contributed to the documentary, \u201cWindows on the World: 9\/11\u2019s Forgotten Story,\u201d a film focusing on the employees of Windows of the World, the restaurant located on the 106th and 107th floors of the World Trade Center\u2019s North Tower. Womack appears as an expert commentator, providing historical&hellip;<\/p>\n\n-->\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/parkin-publishes-on-native-americans-during-the-1976-bicentennial\/\">Parkin Publishes on Native Americans During the 1976 Bicentennial<\/a><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">September 8, 2026<\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n<p>Katherine Parkin, Ph.D., Jules Plangere Endowed Chair in American Social History and professor in the department of History and Anthropology, recently published research in Modern American History (Vol. 9, 2026) for its U.S. Semiquincentennial special issue. In \u201c\u2018Here Come the Beads and Trinkets\u2019: Native Americans and the 1976 Bicentennial,\u201d Parkin explores how Native Americans responded&hellip;<\/p>\n\n-->\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/zhou-wins-international-poster-design-competition\/\">Zhou Wins International Poster Design Competition<\/a><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">September 1, 2026<\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n<p>Jing Zhou, MFA, professor of graphic and interactive design in the Department of Art and Design, is a winner of CooterMag\u2019s first international open call for poster design, in the category of social poster. CooterMag is an independent cultural and artistic magazine, operated under the editorial and publishing umbrella of Daarvak Publishing House in Germany.&hellip;<\/p>\n\n-->\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/blair-lectures-on-humorist-and-entertainer-dan-rice\/\">Blair Lectures on Humorist and Entertainer Dan Rice<\/a><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">September 1, 2026<\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n<p>One of the most famous Americans of the 19th century had deep roots in West Long Branch \u2014 and, Associate Professor of English Stanley Blair argues, a largely forgotten second career as a writer. Dan Rice (1823\u20131900) was the nation's best-known entertainer from the late 1840s through the 1870s, a showman credited with popularizing show-business&hellip;<\/p>\n\n-->\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/2026-summer-commencement-recap-and-photo-gallery\/\">2026 Summer Commencement: Recap and Photo Gallery<\/a><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">August 26, 2026<\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n<p>More than 130 undergraduate and graduate students from each academic school across the University received their degrees in the ceremony.<\/p>\n\n-->\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/roll-camera\/\">Roll Camera<\/a><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">August 22, 2026<\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n\n\n-->\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/moscaliuc-publishes-fourth-poetry-collection\/\">Moscaliuc Publishes Fourth Poetry Collection<\/a><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">August 18, 2026<\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n<p>Mihaela Moscaliuc, Ph.D., professor of English and graduate program director at Monmouth University, has published her fourth poetry collection, \u201cHeartmoor,\u201d with Alice James Books. Informed by Moscaliuc\u2019s coming of age during and immediately following Nicolae Ceau\u0219escu\u2019s repressive regime in Romania, \u201cHeartmoor\u201d&nbsp;is a \u201clush, formally diverse collection that explores what moors and unmoors us psychologically, culturally,&hellip;<\/p>\n\n-->\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/monmouth-university-named-to-money-magazines-best-colleges-in-america-list\/\">Monmouth University Named to Money Magazine's Best Colleges in America List<\/a><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">August 12, 2026<\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n<p>A distinguishing feature of Money\u2019s methodology is its emphasis on value added. In addition to examining graduates\u2019 financial success, the rankings consider how well a college performs relative to other institutions serving similar student populations.<\/p>\n\n-->\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/parkin-publishes-on-eleanor-roosevelts-advertising-career\/\">Parkin Publishes on Eleanor Roosevelt's Advertising Career<\/a><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">August 7, 2026<\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n<p>Katherine Parkin, Ph.D., professor of history, recently published research on Eleanor Roosevelt\u2019s career as an advertising spokeswoman in Advertising &amp; Society Quarterly (Vol. 27, Issue 2, 2026). The work was co-written by the late Patricia Maloney \u201913M. The paper, \u201cFrom Mattresses to Margarine: Eleanor Roosevelt\u2019s Advertising Career, 1927-1962,\u201d is built on research conducted by Maloney,&hellip;<\/p>\n\n-->\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/at-60-the-beatles-revolver-is-still-unfolding-its-secrets\/\">\"At 60, The Beatles\u2019 'Revolver' Is Still Unfolding Its Secrets\"<\/a><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">August 5, 2026<\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n\n\n-->\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/bluemel-lectures-at-historic-lit-phil-library\/\">Bluemel Lectures at Historic Lit &amp; Phil Library<\/a><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">August 5, 2026<\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n<p>Kristin Bluemel, Ph.D., associate dean of the McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences, professor of English, and Wayne D. McMurray Endowed Chair in the Humanities, delivered an invited lecture at the Lit &amp; Phil Library in Newcastle, England, on July 7. The presentation highlighted how women wood engravers helped reshape the visual and literary&hellip;<\/p>\n\n-->\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/study-questions-whether-caribbean-bloc-puts-economic-growth-ahead-of-ocean-and-environment\/\">Study Questions Whether Caribbean Bloc Puts Economic Growth Ahead of Ocean and Environment<\/a><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">August 3, 2026<\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n\n\n-->\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/rapolla-presents-at-international-music-conference\/\">Rapolla Presents at International Music Conference<\/a><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">July 29, 2026<\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n<p>Joe Rapolla delivered a presentation on Blue Hawk Records in Sulmona, Italy. Photo: David Penn Joe Rapolla \u201890M, chair of the Music and Theatre Arts Department and director of the Music Industry program,&nbsp;presented at the Association for Popular Music Education (APME)\/Mediterranean Music Education Committee (MEMECO) Conference held at Liceo Classico Ovidio in Sulmona, Italy, from&hellip;<\/p>\n\n-->\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/presidents-report-2025-in-review-now-online\/\">President's Report: 2025 Year in Review Now Online<\/a><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">July 29, 2026<\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n<p>The report celebrates a year of exceptional momentum\u2014from earning National University designation and Carnegie research recognition to opening the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music and enrolling the most academically accomplished and socioeconomically diverse class in University history.<\/p>\n\n-->\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/432-monmouth-student-athletes-named-to-caa-commissioners-academic-honor-roll\/\">432 Monmouth Student-Athletes Named to CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll<\/a><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">July 27, 2026<\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n\n\n-->\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/a-blessing-from-the-dead\/\">A Blessing from the Dead<\/a><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">July 26, 2026<\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n\n\n-->\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/let-freedom-ring-experience-250-years-of-american-music-at-the-brick-library\/\">\"Let Freedom Ring! Experience 250 Years of American Music at the Brick Library\"<\/a><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">July 19, 2026<\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n\n\n-->\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/former-coast-guard-station-to-showcase-town-maritime-history\/\">\"Former Coast Guard Station to Showcase Town, Maritime History\"<\/a><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">July 17, 2026<\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n\n\n-->\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/meyer-exhibits-at-transmitter-gallery-in-brooklyn\/\">Meyer Exhibits at Transmitter Gallery in Brooklyn<\/a><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">July 16, 2026<\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n<p>Susan Meyer, MFA, specialist professor in the Department of Art and Design, is exhibiting four pieces in the four-person exhibition, \u201cDo I Know You From Somewhere?,\u201d at Transmitter Gallery in Brooklyn, NY. Opening July 17 and running through Aug. 16, the exhibition features sculptural works by Alison Kudlow, Hanna Washburn, Se Young Yim, and Meyer.&hellip;<\/p>\n\n-->\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/ludak-exhibits-in-plain-sight-at-soho-photo-gallery\/\">Ludak Exhibits 'In Plain Sight' at Soho Photo Gallery<\/a><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">July 15, 2026<\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n<p>Mark Ludak, MFA, assistant professor in the Department of Art and Design, has photographs from his project In Plain Sight on view at Soho Photo Gallery. The show runs July 15 through Aug. 9 at 539 W. 23rd St. in Chelsea, adjacent the High Line, in New York. In Plain Sight captures the \u201clasting effects&hellip;<\/p>\n\n-->\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/school\/school-of-humanities-and-social-sciences\/\" class=\"button\">News Archive<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mu_eop_enabled":false,"_mu_eop_name":"","_mu_eop_name_override":false,"_mu_eop_description":"","_mu_eop_description_override":false,"_mu_eop_url":"","_mu_eop_url_override":false,"_mu_eop_program_type":"","_mu_eop_educational_credential":"","_mu_eop_time_to_complete":"","_mu_eop_number_of_credits":"","_mu_eop_occupational_category":"","_mu_eop_occupational_category_code":"","_mu_eop_program_prerequisites":"","_mu_eop_application_deadline":"","_mu_eop_application_start_date":"","_mu_eop_start_date":"","_mu_eop_end_date":"","_mu_eop_day_of_week":"","_mu_eop_time_of_day":"","_mu_eop_educational_program_mode":"","_mu_eop_financial_aid_eligible":"","_mu_eop_maximum_enrollment":"","_mu_eop_offers_price":"","_mu_eop_offers_currency":"USD","_mu_eop_offers_price_per":"","_mu_eop_offers_preset":"","_mu_eop_salary_upon_completion":"","_mu_eop_training_salary":"","_mu_eop_recognized_by_name":"","_mu_eop_recognized_by_url":"","_mu_eop_concentrations":"","_mu_eop_identifier_cip":"","_mu_eop_provider_name":"","_mu_eop_provider_name_override":false,"_mu_eop_provider_url":"","_mu_eop_provider_address":"","_mu_eop_provider_city":"","_mu_eop_provider_state":"","_mu_eop_provider_zip":"","_mu_eop_provider_country":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-627","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>News | Wayne D. 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