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This issue concludes the 2023-24 volume of ThoughtWork. Publication will resume in August 2024. Best wishes for the summer!

Summer Resources from the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity

Through the Office of the Provost, Emory is an institutional member of the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD). Founded in 2010, the NFCDD aims to help faculty and future faculty thrive in the academy. The NCFDD approaches faculty success holistically, offering training and guidance on how to achieve tenure, how to write and publish work, and how to manage stress and time.

The NCFDD offers an online core curriculum consisting of webinars from their own and other faculty experts on topics such as planning each semester, mastering academic time management, cultivating mentors, and learning to engage in conflict for transformation. Member benefits include

Core Curriculum webinars
Guest expert webinars
Multi-week courses
14-Day Writing Challenge program
Dissertation Success Curriculum program
Private discussion forum for peer-mentoring, problem-solving, and moderated writing challenges

This summer, the NCFDD is offering numerous events focused on strategic planning, writing productivity, and career transitions, designed to provide insights and guidance for faculty success. Click here to see what's happening this summer at NCFDD.

Access to the NCFDD services is available to all faculty, postdocs, and graduate students at Emory. To activate your membership, go to this page, search for Emory University, and sign in using your emory.edu email.

Emory Nursing Postdoc Awarded American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship

The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) has awarded a 2024 ACLS Fellowship to Marissa Nichols, a postdoctoral fellow at the Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing.

The ACLS Fellowship Program supports scholars poised to make significant contributions to knowledge in any humanities or interpretive social sciences field. The program selected 60 early-career scholars from 1,100 applicants for the fellowship, which provides each of them up to $60,000 for six to 12 months of sustained research and writing.

The fellowship will support Nichols's research on the impact of rural nurses and Indigenous authorities on health policy and practices in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, in the 1930s and 1940s.

Nichols is the inaugural postdoctoral fellow with the Center for Healthcare History and Policy at the School of Nursing. As part of the Center, Nichols works on her research, which puts nursing history into dialogue with ethnohistory (Indigenous history). She also teaches classes on the history of race and healthcare and supports the Las Voces Oral History Project, which documents the lived experiences of Latinx workers in the rural and urban Southeast. She holds a doctorate in Latin American history from Emory.

For more information on Nichols and on the award, please visit this Emory News Center webpage.

A Miraculous Aspect

[In the lithography process], the dampening and inking of the stone is repeated until the desired foundation of ink is achieved. Too little ink will result in a light image, and too much ink can detrimentally and permanently darken the image. The stone is then placed with the image facing up on a flatbed lithographic press and a damp sheet of printing paper is placed on top. The stone and paper are covered with a resin board called a tympan, and a pressure bar is lowered onto the tympan that covers the stone. The pressure bar ensures a smooth and even application of pressure across the surface of the stone. Once removed from the press and lifted off the stone, the resulting print displays a reverse image of the original drawing. A miraculous aspect of lithography is that every nuance of the artist's original grease drawing has now been transferred to an oil-based print.

--Matthew Sugarman, practitioner and teacher of lithography, during the video "Constructing an Image: A Conversation with Atlanta Latinx Photographers," created in conjunction with the exhibition, "Recasting Antiquity: Whistler, Tanagra, and the Female Form" presented by the Carlos Museum

Emory University Archives at Rose Library

In light of recent and ongoing protest events on campus, the Emory University Archives at Rose Library has been actively documenting student activism and the university’s response, collecting physical ephemera, social media feeds, and taking photos and videos of demonstrations. They also want to provide opportunities for the university community to contribute material and images gathered to be part of this effort. While the focus is primarily on recent events, they also are interested in documenting protest activities in the past few years.

The Rose Library welcomes donations of materials by students, faculty, staff, and the community, including photographs, video recordings, social media posts, flyers, signs, and other resources. The goal of collecting these materials is to preserve them and make them available in the future to students and researchers.

Digital items may be submitted to the archives using this form. For technical reasons, the form can only accept submissions from individuals with Emory accounts. Those who would like to donate digital items but do not have or prefer not to use an Emory account may contact Katherine Fisher (katherine.fisher2@emory.edu) to make other arrangements.
The University Archives are also actively collecting physical materials related to the protests, including flyers, signs, and other ephemera. To donate physical materials, please contact Becky Sherman (becky.sherman@emory.edu).
In addition to receiving donations, the Univeristy Archives are proactively capturing online records of recent events through Rose Library’s web archiving program. If you would like to recommend press footage, public social media feeds, open letters, or other online primary sources for archiving, please send links to Katherine Fisher (katherine.fisher2@emory.edu).

Elaine (Elle) Johnson, Assistant Teaching Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences

Elaine Johnson completed her master of arts in clinical psychology at Emory University (2020). Prior to joining the faculty in 2023 as an assistant teaching professor, she held positions at The City College of New York and as an instructor at Emory University. Johnson’s research focuses on infant and child development, theories of personality, and child psychopathology. Her article on "Paternal Borderline Symptoms and Offspring Outcomes in Young Adulthood" has been published in the Journal of Personality Disorders.

Monday, May 13

Commencement activities scheduled. Please visit this link for more information.

At 1:00 p.m. in HSRB-II N457 and via Zoom, the Center for Childhood Infections and Vaccines presents Pratik "Tik" Patel, assistant professor, pediatric infectious diseases and hematology/oncology, Emory Medicine, who will speak on "Bloodstream Infection Diagnostics in Pediatrics." For more information and to register, visit this link.

Tuesday, May 14

At 9:00 a.m. online, Human Resources will offer a training on Communicating with Impact. For more information, please visit this webpage.

At 10:00 a.m. online, Human Resources presents the Practicing Allyship Series: Introduction to Transgender Communities. For more information and to register, please visit the events calendar.

At noon in 5052 Rollins Research Center, Pharmacology and Chemical Biology presents Henrik G. Dohlman, distinguished professor and chair, Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who will speak on "How Variants Linked to Neurological Disease and Cancer Inform G Protein Structure and Function." For more information, please contact Olga Rivera (otrambl@emory.edu).

At noon online, the Benefits and Worklife Department will host Caregiver Conversations. For more information, please visit this link.

At 2:00 p.m. via Zoom, the Goizueta Alzheimer's Disease Research Center presents Emory BrainTalk Live, a weekly webinar via Zoom featuring engaging discussions led by faculty clinicians who are experts in their fields. For more information, please visit this webpage.

Wednesday, May 15

At 9:00 a.m. in Woodruff Library 215, the Center for Faculty Development and Excellence presents a workshop on Points-based Course Design for Flexibility and Choice. For more information and to register, please this CFDE webpage.

At 10:00 a.m. in Science Gallery Atlanta Building 12, ane EcoCommunity Fair will take place. For more information and to RSVP, please visit the events calendar.

At 2:00 p.m. online, an NEH Summer Stipends Webinar for Nominators and Prospective Applicants will take place. To register, visit this link. For more information, contact Tiffany Worboy.

At 4:00 p.m. in WBRB 400 Cell Biology Seminar Room, Julia Kaltschmidt, associate professor, Department of Adult Neurosurgery, Stanford University, will deliver a lecture on "Mapping the 'Second Brain': Development and Organization of the Enteric Nervous System." For more information, please visit this link.

Thursday, May 16

At 9:00 a.m. online, Human Resources will offer a training on Feedback Essentials. For more information, please visit the events calendar.

At 10:30 a.m. in Whitehead Biomedical Research Building, John MacMicking, professor of microbial pathogenesis and immunobiology, HHMI, Yale, will present the 25th annual John Spitznagel Seminar. The title of his presentation is "Host Cell Defense: New Nanomachines in Immunity to Infection." TFor more information, please visit this link.

At 4:30 p.m. in the Health Sciences Research Building II Room N600, the School of Medicine will host its monthly Bioentrepreneurship Networking event. Join the new Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship, Wilbur Lam, who will speak on his new role and offers his lessons learned throughout his career. For more information and to register, please visit this webpage.

Friday, May 17

All day in Convocation Hall, the Emory Physician Scientist Symposium will take place. Keynote speakers include Victor Nizet, vice chair for basic science, University California San Diego School of Medicine, and Charles Parkos, chair, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School. For more information and to register, please visit this webpage.

At 9:00 a.m. in Woodruff Library 215, the Center for Faculty Development and Excellence (CFDE) presents a workshop on Points-based Course Design for Flexibility and Choice. For more information and to register, please this CFDE webpage.

At 1:00 p.m. via Zoom, the Atlanta MWCCS Science Seminar Series will feature Rebecca Abelman, assistant professor, Division of Infectious Diseases San Francisco, VA Healthcare System, University of California, San Francisco, who will speak on "The Menopausal Transition in Women With and Without HIV." For more information and to register, please visit the events calendar.

Saturday, May 18-Monday, May 20

No events currently scheduled.

Tuesday, May 21

All day at the Emory School of Medicine, the Department of Medicine's fourth Annual Health Equity Day will take place. For more information and to sign up, please visit the events calendar.

At 8:00 a.m. in Egleston Rooms 3 and 4, the Pediatric Resident Research Day Poster Competition will take place. For more information, please visit this pediatrics webpage.

At noon in 5052 Rollins Research Center, Pharmacology and Chemical Biology presents Kimberly Williams, assistant professor, Environmental Health Sciences, Spelman College, who will speak on "Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulation of the Nonclassical Estrogen Receptor, GPER, May Reduce HIV-Induced Neuroinflammation." For more information, please contact Olga Rivera (otrambl@emory.edu).

At 10:00 p.m. in Administration Building Training Room B, Human Resources will host a Campus Services Well-being Expo Nightshift. For more information, please visit this webpage.

Wednesday, May 22

At 8:00 a.m.m via Zoom, the Jay E Berkelhamer Pediatric Research Grand Rounds presents Costas D. Arvanitis, associate professor, mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering, Georgia Tech, who will speak on "Targeting Brain Cancer with Microbubble Enhanced Focused Ultrasound." For more information and to register, visit this link.

At 10:30 a.m. via Zoom, Teaching and Learning Technologies will offer Video Production Team Drop-In. For more information and to sign up, please visitthe events calendar.

At 1:00 p.m. in Administration Building Training Room B, Human Resources will host a Campus Services Well-being Expo Dayshift. For more information, please visit this webpage.

At 2:00 p.m. online, Human Resources presents the Practicing Allyship Series: Navigating a Multigenerational Workplace. For more information and to register, please visit the events calendar.

Thursday, May 23

At 11:00 a.m. in Health Sciences Research Building II (HSRB II) N100 and via Zoom, the Experimental Pathology Special Seminar presents Djamel Nehar-Belaid, research scientist, Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, who will speak on "Systems Immunology To Study Changes In Circulating Immune Cells Throughout Human Lifespan." For more information, please visit the events calendar.

At 12:30 p.m. at the Center for Ethics, the Center for Ethics and Emory Libraries will host Tough Topics, Free Food, and Civil Conversation. For more information, please visit this link.

At 2:00 p.m. online, Human Resources presents the Health Education Series (Taking Care of YourSELF: Sleep, Exercise, Love, Food). For more information, please visit the events calendar.

Friday, May 24

At 9:00 a.m. in Health Sciences Research Building II (HSRB II) N100 and via Zoom, the Experimental Pathology Seminar Series will host Darrell Irvine, Departments of Biological Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who will speak on "Engineering Timing And Location For Vaccines And Cancer Immunotherapy." For more information, please visit the events calendar.

Saturday, May 25-Monday, May 27

No events currently scheduled.

Tuesday, May 28

At noon in 5052 Rollins Research Center, the Pharmacology and Chemical Biology Seminar presents Simone Brixius-Anderko, assistant professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Center for Pharmacogenetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, who will speak on "Of HEMEs and HETEs: Targeting Fatty Acid Metabolizing Cytochrome P450 Enzymes for Cancer Treatment." For more information, please contact Olga Rivera (otrambl@emory.edu).

Wednesday, May 29

At 10:30 a.m. via Zoom, Teaching and Learning Technologies will offer Video Production Team Drop-In. For more information and to sign up, please visit the events calendar.

Thursday, May 30

At 8:00 a.m. in Health Sciences Research Building (HSRB) Auditorium, the Pediatric Resident Research Day Oral Competition will take place. For more information, please visit this pediatrics webpage.

Friday, May 31

At 9:00 a.m. in Health Sciences Research Building II (HSRB II) N100 and via Zoom, the Experimental Pathology Seminar Series will host Stephanie Karst, professor and associate chair of research, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology,University of Florida College of Medicine, who will speak on "Microbial and Maternal Regulation of Bile Acid Metabolism Determines Neonatal Susceptibility to Norovirus Disease." For more information, please visit the events calendar.

ThoughtWork: Emerging Knowledge and News in Emory's Intellectual Community

Monday, May 13, 2024, Volume 24, Issue 36

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