With so many demands on faculty time, we recognize that it is hard to find the time and motivation to complete and submit scholarly works in progress. Let’s work together to get over the finish line!
To encourage submission of scholarly works, the Office of the Provost and Center for Inclusion and Diversity are offering several deadlines throughout the year for faculty to be recognized for their submissions. Any faculty member who submits their product(s) to a peer-reviewed or peer-critiqued entity before the deadline, and uploads details and proof of submission here, are featured below and invited to a celebration.
The next Celebrating Scholarly Submissions deadline is September 1, 2025.
Once the work has been published, the faculty member can submit the citation here for further recognition and to be considered for a feature story or CID Fireside Chat. We plan to feature monthly spotlights on published works and their authors, and offer other avenues to promote the work.
Congratulations the following faculty who have submitted scholarly products. The showcased research covers an expansive range of topics and disciplines and includes collaborators who are USD undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs and other faculty members from USD and beyond. Congratulations to the faculty on their excellent achievement!
College of Arts and Sciences
Brittany Asaro, Assistant Professor, Languages, Cultures and Literatures
Adriana E. Cuellar, Assistant Professor, Art, Architecture and Art History
Nick Riggle, Associate Professor, Philosophy
Inigo Yanguas, Associate Professor, Languages, Cultures and Literatures
Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies
Shiley Marcos School of Engineering
School of Law
Dov Fox, Herzog Research Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
Emily Cilli-Turner, Assistant Professor, Mathematics
Arietta Fleming-Davies, Associate Professor, Biology
Laura Getz, Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Cognition and Behavior
Sophie Taddeo, Assistant Professor, Environmental and Ocean Sciences
Darby Vickers, Assistant Professor, Philosophy
Suzanne Walther, Full Professor, Environmental and Ocean Sciences
Jeeyun (Sophia) Baik, Assistant Professor, Communications
Knauss School of Business
Robert Eberhart, Associate Professor, Management
Stephen Conroy, Full Professor, EconomicsAdriana Vamosiu, Associate Professor, Economics
School of Leadership and Education Sciences
Min Xu, Assistant Professor, Marital and Family Therapy
BOOKS
College of Arts and Sciences
Dennis Clausen, Professor, English
D Clausen, Apocalypse In Our Time; The Accountant's Apprentice III. Sunbury Press Inc. 2024. ISBN/ASIN: 979-8-88819-215-3
JOURNAL ARTICLES
College of Arts and Sciences
Brittany Asaro, Assistant Professor, Languages, Cultures, and Literaturespublished! B Asaro, The Redemption of Eve: The Decameron as New Genesis. Gender/Sexuality/Italy 10, 2024. doi:10.15781/3mhe-jf28
Lisa Baird, Professor, Biology
published! LM Baird et al. Malate dehydrogenase in plants: evolution, structure, and a myriad of functions. Essays in Biochemistry 68, 2024; doi:10.1042/EBC20230089Kate Boersma, Associate Professor, Biology
published! LE Dee, et al. Quantifying disturbance effects on ecosystem services in a changing climate Nature Ecology and Evolution 9 2025. doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02626-ypublished! LE Dee, et al. Macroinvertebrate, algal and diatom assemblages respond differently to both drying and wetting transitions in non-perennial streams Freshwater Biology 11 2024. doi:10.1111/fwb.14327
Timothy Clark, Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
published! AN Price, et al. Biogeochemical and community ecology responses to the wetting of non-perennial streams. Nature Water 2 2024. doi:10.1038/s44221-024-00298-3
David De Haan, Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Hugh Ellis, Professor, Biology
published! AA Aune et al. Triiodothyronine (T3), but not resting metabolic rate correlates positively with per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Arctic terns. Environmental Research 263, 2024. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2024.120200Arietta Fleming-Davies, Associate Professor, Biology
Marilynn Johnson, Associate Professor, Philosophy
Diane Keeling, Professor, Communications
Jeremy Kua, Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
published! J Kua and LP Tripoli. Exploring the Core Formose Cycle: Catalysis and Competition. Life 14 2024. doi:10.3390/life14080933
published! J Kua, et al. Sulfur Analogs of the Core Formose Cycle: A Free Energy Map. Life 15, 2025. doi:10.3390/life15010001
Curtis Loer, Professor, Biology
published! C Wang et al. A neurotransmitter atlas of C. elegans males and hermaphrodites. eLife 13:RP95402, 2025. doi:10.7554/eLife.95402.3
Adriana Molitor, Associate Professor, Psychological Sciences
published! A Molitor. Enlisting toddler cooperation through structure and autonomy support: The amplifying role of suboptimal relationship mutuality. Infant Mental Health Journal 45, 2024, doi:10.1002/imhj.22140
Geoffrey Morse, Associate Professor, Biology
published! JM Davis et al. Extensive local geographic variation in locoweed toxin produced by a fungal endophyte. Journal of Chemical Ecology 50, 2024. doi: 10.1007/s10886-024-01529-3
published! E Caron et al, Coleoptera of Brazil: what we knew then and what we know now. Insights from the Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil. Zoologia 41, 2024. doi:10.1590/S1984-4689.v40.e23072
published! GE Morse et al, New and Confirmed Combinations of New World Bruchinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) with a List of incertae sedis Species. Zootaxa 5543, 2024. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5543.1.3
published! AH Smith, et al. Landmark- and semi-landmark-based geometric morphometrics as a tool for the identification of genera of seed beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 78, 2024. doi:10.1649/0010-065X-78.4.553
published! MGdCE, Greco, et al. Acanthoscelides atrocephalus(Pic, 1938) and Its Potential for Biological Control of Two Weed Species. Agronomy 15, 2025. doi:10.3390/agronomy15020315
published! AM Linzmeier et al. An overview of the Brazilian Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): the most species-rich beetle family in Brazil. Zoologia 41, 2024. doi:10.1590/S1984-4689.v41.e23092
Nathalie Reyns, Professor, Earth and Ocean Sciences
Cawa Tran, Assistant Professor, Biology
Nik Usher, Associate Professor, Communication
published! N Usher. Generative AI and Journalism: Hype, The Always Already New, and Directions for Scholarly Imagination. Digital Journalism 1. 2025. doi:10.1080/21670811.2025.2490604
Inigo Yanguas, Associate Professor, Languages, Cultures, and Literatures
Copley Library
Amanda Makula, Associate Professor, Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiativespublished! AY Makula. And Never the Twain Shall Meet? Institutional Open Access Policies (IOAPs) and Review, Promotion, and Tenure (RPT). Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication 12, 2024. doi:/10.31274/jlsc.16899
Knauss School of Business
Robert Eberhart, Associate Professor, Management
Rebecca Nieman, Professor of Practice, Management
Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies
Sarah Federman, Associate Professor, Conflict Resolution
Topher McDougal, Professor, Economic Development
BOOKS
Sarah Federman, Associate Professor, Conflict Resolution, Kroc School of Peace Studies
Nik Usher, Associate Professor, Communication, College of Arts and Sciences
JOURNAL ARTICLES
College of Arts and Sciences
Kate Boersma, Associate Professor, Biology~published! EK Moody, et al. Linking functional responses and effects with stoichiometric traits. Ecology 106, 2025. doi:10.1002/ecy.70080
Amy Buchmann, Associate Professor, Mathematics
Laura Getz, Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Cognition and Behavior
Jacqueline M Hidalgo, Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Julia Medina, Professor, Languages Cultures and Literatures
Susannah Stern, Professor, Communication
David Syring, Professor, Anthropology
Darby Vickers, Assistant Professor, Theology and Religious Studies
Shiley Marcos School of Engineering
Ebrahim Tarshizi, Professor of Practice, Applied Artificial Intelligence
School of Leadership and Education Services
Sarina Chugani Molina, Professor, Department of Learning and Teaching
Min Xu, Assistant Professor, Counseling & Marital and Family Therapy
~published! M Xu. Reconsider the Anger of Marginalized Communities. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 2, 2025Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies
May Farid, Assistant Professor
Author Spotlights
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