Research, Publications and Creative Works
Tyler Imfeld, Assistant Professor of Biology in Regis College, has a new online publication in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology. In this study, he and his co-author explored the evolutionary history of the songbirds found throughout the Americas over the last 30 million years using evolutionary trees of relatedness, ecological traits, and a good deal of modeling. They found that even among groups of songbirds as disparate as crows, swallows, wrens, and sparrows, the evolutionary processes of species formation and ecological trait evolution have been shockingly uniform both between groups and through time. A link to the early-view page can be found here.
John Sakulich, Associate Professor of Biology in Regis College published a paper on his work on wildfires in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Texas. The work involved collaboration with colleagues at Wesleyan University, Penn State and the National Park Service. The filed component of the work was also partially funded by an URSC grant.
Sakulich, J.; Poulos, H.M.; Gatewood, R.G.; Wogan, K.A.; Marks, C.; Taylor, A.H. Low-Severity Wildfire Shifts Mixed Conifer Forests toward Historical Stand Structure in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, USA. Fire 2022, 5, 119. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire5040119
Trudi Wright, Associate Professor and Director of the Music Program in Regis College gave a peer-reviewed presentation at the Teaching Music History Conference (sponsored by the American Musicological Society) on June 11 in Kansas City. The presentation was “Teaching Squares: Sharing and Learning Across the College to Improve Music History Curriculum and Pedagogy."
Loretta Notareschi, Professor of Music in the Department of Fine and Performing Arts Department in Regis College had a busy summer of performances. She was found around Colorado and elsewhere at the following venues.
Moon Jazz: River on the Moon recorded by the New London Chamber Ensemble
Broadcast on Classical Discoveries on WPRB Princeton
No. 1 Very Gently from Ten Shape Preludes
First Universalist Church in Denver, CO
Moon Jazz: River on the Moon, recorded by the New London Chamber Ensemble
Broadcast on The Present Edge, AfterFM, KGNU Boulder
Moon Jazz: River on the Moon, recorded by the New London Chamber Ensemble
Broadcast on Classical Music Indy
Selections from Four Moods and Ten Shape Preludes
Blue Gallery/Blue Building in New York, NY
If Only It Were
Louise Shonk Kelley Recital Hall in Dublin, NH
Moon Jazz: River on the Moon, performed by the New London Chamber Ensemble
Broadcast on Pinkies Down on KXSF – San Francisco Community Radio
Diptych for Donald — performed by Stephen Altoft, flugelhorn
Michaelskapelle, Alter Friedhof
Freiburg, Germany
Emily Van Houweling, Associate Professor in the Master of Development Practice program in Regis College published her book, Water and Aid in Mozambique- Gendered Perspectives of Change in August. Analyzing how water development projects unfolded in five rural communities in Mozambique, Dr. Van Houweling offers an alternative perspective on water and the politicized nature of water management in the region. Water and aid mozambique gendered perspectives change | Social and cultural anthropology | Cambridge University Press
Robin Hextrum will be exhibiting a series of works that continues to collage imagery from traditional still life and landscape paintings in "Dreams from the Anthropocene." By working within and against these traditional methods, she calls these historical foundations into question and asks viewers to look at art history in a new light. Juxtaposing icebergs with imagery from traditional paintings also asks us to examine how the historical relationship between humans and the environment has generated a legacy of a warming planet.
Dreams from the Anthropocene
Solo Exhibition by Robin Hextrum
Abend Gallery: Oct. 7-28
1261 Delaware St. Suite 2, Denver, CO 80204
Opening Reception & Artist Talk Friday Oct. 7
Opening Reception: 5-8 p.m.
Artist Talk: 6:30 p.m.
Closing Reception and Artist Talk Friday Oct. 28
Closing Reception: 5-8 p.m.
Artist Talk: 6:30 p.m.