Accomplishments - March, 2025
John Shaw, director, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, will participate in “American Update,” a monthly political analysis segment that looks at American politics, culture, history and sports with FIVEAA Always Adelaide, a popular Australian radio network, based in Adelaide, South Australia. Shaw’s first political analysis for FIVEAA on the “David and Will Morning Show” is at 4 p.m. Central Tuesday, April 1.
Omid Kamran Disfani, assistant professor, School of Management and Marketing, recently provided information on WalletHub.com about car insurance.
The American Association of Geographers has selected Leslie Duram, professor of geography and environmental resources, for The Susan Hardwick Excellence in Mentoring Award. The award honors Duram, director of SIU’s environmental studies program, for demonstrating extraordinary leadership in building supportive academic and professional environments at the university and guiding the academic and professional growth of students and junior colleagues.
“We Found Widespread Abuse of Disabled Patients at an Illinois Facility. The DOJ Is Investigating.” by Molly Parker-Stephens, assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Advertising, and Beth Hundsdorfer, Capitol News Illinois, has resulted in a Department of Justice probe into Illinois’ treatment of people with disabilities at state-run institutions. The story ran March 19, 2025, in Capitol News Illinois and March 24, 2025, in ProPublica.
Jaime Leigh Gray, assistant professor, history and culture, School of Theater and Dance, wrote “Staging the Truth: Verbatim Theatre and Abortion Testimonies from Malta and Britain,” a chapter in the anthology “Abortion in International Popular Culture: The Decision Heard Round the World.”
John Shaw, director, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, will discuss presidential transitions at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, March 22, on C-SPAN 2 as part of the network’s Presidency Series. The presentation, “Rising Star, Setting Sun,” will be on C-SPAN’s American History channel.
University Communications and Marketing and the SIU Foundation did well in the local round of the American Advertising Awards, known as the ADDYs, organized by the American Advertising Federation Southern Illinois. UComm won a gold award for the SIU welcome kit in sales and marketing collateral material. The foundation won a gold award in digital publications for its annual report and a silver award in film, video and sound for “Saluki Legacy: Bob and Beth Gower.” SIU students also took home six gold ADDYs and 11 silver ADDYs. Saluki AdLab, mentored by Bridget Lescelius, associate lecturer, School of Journalism and Advertising, worked on the event with local alumni and business, along with AAFSI president Amy Dion, business manager, Daily Egyptian, and Niki Davis, manager and professor of practice, Hospitality, Tourism and Event Management Program.
