This question concerns authority in all senses - legal, moral, religious, scientific, political, aesthetic, journalistic. Investigations might ask about "power,” but also about whom we choose to trust to guide us in making decisions and forming beliefs. This question may open onto thinking about a more even distribution of "power" in a globalized world, but may also aim to rethink the very idea of authority in the past, present, and future.
David Giancaspro, associate professor of Spanish, published the chapter "L2 and L3 Acquisition" in the Oxford Handbook of the Portuguese Language.
David Giancaspro, associate professor of Spanish, published “I need some time to process this: Selective benefits of study abroad for L2 learners' on-line sensitivity to subjunctive mood in Spanish" in Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education.
Ben Pettis, assistant professor of rhetoric and communication studies, presented "Standardizing and Optimizing Education: Constructing the Neoliberal User in Learning Management Systems" at the 76th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference.
Ben Pettis published "Subscribe, Follow, Save: Podcast Preservation in the Platform Era" in the Journal of Radio and Audio Media. The article discusses the PodcastRE project and the ongoing changes in the podcasting industry and audio distribution platforms which create challenges for digital archiving projects.