February News at the College of Arts
Check out what our faculty at the College of Arts have been up this February 2025!
From exciting projects to new publications, read more about their work and connect with us to learn more about the College of Arts.
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School of Creative Arts
- Davida Kidd, Associate Professor of Visual Arts in the School of Creative Arts, has had her work curated for three exhibitions:
- 2025 International Triennale Gravure at La Boverie Museum, Liège, Belgium
- The Shifting Point: Masters of Printmaking from Canada at Titanikas Gallery, Academy of Fine Arts, Vilnius, Lithuania
- 2025 International Triennial Graphics – Color in Graphics / Traces Exhibition in collaboration with Wozownia Art Gallery, Toruń, Poland
Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Accountability in Palestine – Dr. Mark Kersten, Assistant Professor of Criminology, presented Troubled Waters but Reasons to Hope: The Future of the International Criminal Court and Accountability in Palestine at Langara College in January.
- UFV’s Faculty of Criminology and Criminal Justice made significant contributions to the Western Society of Criminology Annual Conference (February 6-8, 2025, Seattle, WA) through the following presentations:
- Amanda McCormick & Dr. Zina Lee, Associate Professors of Criminology, presented The Impact of Court Rulings on Sexual Assault Investigations (with Negrin, S.).
- Erin Osterberg, Associate Professor of Criminology, spoke about Unanticipated Consequences: The Perils of “Catch and Release” in Drug Investigations (with Davies, G., & Champion, A.).
- Irwin Cohen & Dr. Kevin Burk, Associate Professors of Criminology, discussed The Challenges That Technology and Court Rulings Present for Homicide Investigations (with Pastia, C.).
Psychology
- Andrea Albonico, Assistant Professor of Psychology, published two research articles
- The first one about Reading words versus seeing font or handwriting style: a study of hemifield processing. This article was made in collaboration with other professionals from other institutions, and is now part of the Experimental Brain Research, a journal founded in 1966 that constantly publishes original contributions on many aspects of experimental research of the central and peripheral nervous system.
- The second one is called Imagery and perception in acquired prosopagnosia: Functional variants and their relation to structure. The research report was made in collaboration with other professionals from other institutions, and is now part of the Cortex, a Journal devoted to the Study of the Nervous System and Behavior.
Arts & Integrated Studies
- Dr. Dale McCartney, Assistant Professor of Arts & Integrated Studies, participated in a UBC-hosted discussion on The Crash of the International Student “Market” as part of the Green College Special Event series.
Political Science
- Noah Schwartz, Assistant Professor of Political Science published an article called “Grandpa Joe’s hunting rifle: morality policy framing in Canadian Parliament” inside the journal Policy Sciences, that encourages a diversity of perspectives. The editors especially welcome conceptual and empirical innovation, together with the potential richness and insight of comparative orientation.