Bruce Hutchinson, professor of digital filmmaking in UCA’s Department of Mass Communication and Theatre, recently had his article, “Understanding Character Motivation: A Process-Oriented Approach to Realism,” published in a collection entitled Narration and Spectatorship in Moving Images, edited by Joseph Anderson and Barbara Anderson. The same article was also translated into German and published in the book Emotion-Empathie-Figur: Spielformen der Filmwahrnehmung, edited by Thomas Schick and Tobias Ebbrecht.
Lynn Burley, associate professor of linguistics and writing, earlier this month presented a paper, “Semantics as a Tool for the Creative Writing Teacher,” at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America in Chicago. Her paper was part of a symposium on Introducing Linguistics in the Secondary School Classroom. Burley also serves on the LSA’s Committee on Language in the School Curriculum, whose mission is to explore and pursue ways in which the linguistics community can have an effect on school instruction in language-related topics, including linguistics.
Nina Roofe, a clinical instructor in UCA’s Family and Consumer Sciences Department, has published a book entitled “Growing Christian,” about parenting a premature baby. It is a practical guide to dealing with prematurity through the experiences of Nina and her son, Christian, and it addresses the human and emotional aspects as well as the medical challenges of parenting a premature child.
