A workshop submission by Brianna Larson, assistant professor of theatre and dance, was accepted for presentation at the 2023 Southeastern Theatre Conference. Titled "English & Scottish Country Dance – Skills for Ensemble Movement," the workshop enabled students to explore ensemble movement through styles of dance to which most of them had never been exposed, and to discuss the larger picture of utilizing movement and character for storytelling.

A book chapter by Dr. Khem Aryal, associate professor of English, has been published. The chapter, titled "Circling Back: Making Space for Theories in the Creative Writing Classroom," makes a case for introducing literary theories to the teaching of creative writing. The chapter is in Innovative Practices in Creative Writing Teaching, edited by Graeme Harper and published by a UK-based firm, Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Dr. Jordan Butcher, assistant professor of political science, has been selected as a member of the academic advisory board for the newly founded State Oversight Academy at the Carl Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy at Wayne State University Law School. The academy is dedicated to promoting effective bipartisan fact-finding and oversight by state legislatures as essential to good governance and democracy. Additional details and videos are online.

Dr. Edward Salo, associate professor of history, has been selected to participate in the National Security Seminar at the U.S. Army War College. The four-day seminar in early June is a capstone symposium for graduating Army War College students to examine national security issues and exchange candid dialogue with national authorities and guests. Salo was nominated by Lt. Col. Christopher Wilson, an A-State alumnus.

Dr. Hrish Desai (left), assistant professor of accounting, and Dr. John Robertson (right), professor of accounting, are two of the co-authors of an article accepted for publication in Issues in Accounting Education. The article, regarding the ChatGPT articifical intelligence chatbot’s response to accounting assessment questions, provides evidence of how ChatGPT performs on different question types, accounting topics, class levels, open/closed assessments and test bank questions. They also discuss implications for accounting education and research.