Kudos, January 2015

A few notes on the many recent awards, honors and career accomplishments by Franklin College faculty and alumni:

Franklin alumnus, actor and singer Titus Burgess (AB ’01), former cast member on NBC’s  30 Rock , has a new show written by Tina Fey coming to Netflix soon. “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” stars Ellie Kemper and Jane Krakowski.

David P. Landau, Distinguished Research Professor and Founding Director of the Center for Simulational Physics, was elected a Corresponding (Foreign) Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences in December 2014. Prof. Landau has been actively involved with the Brazilian physics community since 1989 when he co-organized the first Brazilian satellite meeting on computational physics in Ouro Preto, Brazil. 

LeAnne Howe, the Eidson Distinguished Professor in American Literature, received the inaugural MLA Prize for Studies in Native American Literatures, Cultures and Languages from the Modern Language Association of America. The award was presented to Howe, a faculty member in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences' English department, for her book Choctalking on Other Realities, Jan. 10 at the organization's annual meeting in Vancouver.

January in Slavery: An Oral Narrative of the South, written by Cal M. Logue, Meigs Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies, was honored in 2014 by two independent book publishers.

Associate professor of geography Hilda Kurtz received the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geograpbers (SEDAAG) Outstanding Service Award, and professor of geography Nik Heynen received the SEDAAG Research Honors Award, both at the recent SEDAAG meeting in Athens.

Dance department alumnus Matt Kent has been nominated for L.A. Critics Circle award for his choreography on the Pilobus Dance Theatre production of, "The Tempest."

Image: Actor and Franklin alumnus Titus Burgess.