Faculty/Staff Accomplishments and News Briefs 9/4/24

In this issue, we celebrate the accomplishments of faculty/staff in admissions, English, and fashion merchandising and design. We also share a reminder about an additional opportunity to get professional headshots taken.

Assistant Professor of Fashion Merchandising and Design Hyojung Cho presented research this spring at the Korean Society of Costume 2024 Annual Conference in Seoul, South Korea. Cho presented a research paper with Kim K. P. Johnson, professor emeritus in the Retail Merchandising Program at the University of Minnesota, and Miyoung Lee, professor of fashion design & textiles at Inha University. Their research focused on how a victim’s dress and alcohol consumption can influence college students’ perceptions of sexual harassment. They received an Outstanding Paper Award for this work.

Instructor of English Heather Frese did a book tour in Ohio and in the Outer Banks of North Carolina in support of her newest book, The Saddest Girl on the Beach, this summer. She was on the local news in Cincinnati and the book was reviewed in The Akron-Beacon Journal and The Southern Literary Review. 

Frese will kick off the Wake County Public Libraries Read Local program with a free online workshop called Write Here, Write Now: Getting Started. This virtual event will be held on September 11. In October, she will be part of a Sip and Sign fundraiser for the Cape Fear Women’s Club with other authors including Wiley Cash and Jill McCorkle.

Director of Admissions Justine Whitfield has been selected for an International Education Administrators (IEA) Fulbright Seminar in Germany this fall. Read more about this accomplishment

News Briefs

Get Your Professional Headshot
The Department of Marketing is offering another professional headshot session for faculty and staff. Join us on Monday, September 9 from 10-10:50 a.m. on the second floor of the SMB Atrium. You can register in advance or simply walk in—just drop by any time during the session. 

Your headshot will be added to your profile on the Meredith College website, and high-resolution copies will be sent to you for personal use.

Registration Form: https://forms.gle/25nKb3KL518c3yFH8

Contact Charlotte McKinney at cmckinney@meredith.edu with questions.