In each issue Redbird Impact highlights an Illinois State faculty or staff member who exemplifies the University’s core value of civic engagement. The spring 2022 Campus Hero is Dr. Dawn Beichner, a professor in the Criminal Justice Sciences Department and Women’s, Gender, and Sexualities Studies program.
The Office of the Provost announced Dr. Brent Teasdale has been named University Professor for Illinois State University.
Three faculty members are being honored with the Cross-Disciplinary Team Research Award for their work applying and adapting portable mass spectrometric devices for use in areas of societal need.
Dr. Rachel E. Smith and the School of Kinesiology and Recreation have launched a new mentoring initiative to help prepare Therapeutic Recreation (TR) students for important milestones in their senior year — internships and the national certification exam. After the first year of the program, both mentors and mentees report great experiences in the program.
Dr. Erin Mikulec and Dr. Dawn Beichner bring together scholars to discuss the ways in which girls are sexualized through school practices for the book Distraction: Girls, School, and Sexuality.
Dr. Jacqueline Schneider and Dr. Susan Woollen’s partnership has given Illinois State students the opportunity to see just how important it is to look out for others.
Nastasha Powers ’19 has a passion for the work she does on behalf of survivors of sexual abuse and trauma.
Suspended: Punishment, Violence, and the Failure of School Safety looks to the culture of punishment and victimization created through decades of disciplinary policies in K-12 schools.
Christian Arceo grew up in Berwyn with his mom and three younger siblings. He came to Illinois State University to study criminal justice sciences and political science. He was interested in finding an internship in Washington, D.C. as a student, to see if it was a place he’d like to work in the future.
Dr. David Lane’s new book, The Other End of the Needle: Continuity and Change among Tattoo Workers, focuses on how tattoo artists sustain their world.
