Abramsky, Sasha. (2025). American Carnage: How Trump, Musk, and DOGE Butchered the US Government.
Abramsky, Sasha. (2025). Weekly column for The Nation, titled Hiding in Plain Sight.
Abramsky, Sasha. (2025). Weekly column in Truthout.
Abramsky, Sasha. (2025). Articles in Comstocks Magazine.
Abramsky, Sasha. (2025). Ahead of the Game. New York Review of Books.
Abramsky, Sasha. (2025). National affairs column, Santa Fe Reporter.
Beal, Jane
Beal, Jane. (2025). “Miraculous Revelation in the Middle English Pearl: The Vision, the Saint, and the Lamb,” in Miracles and Wonders, Science and Faith in the Pre-Modern Age, ed. Albrecht Classen, pp. 375–404. Book chapter.
Gubala, C. & Melonçon, L. (2025). “Bringing the Technical and Professional Communication Service Course Back.” Technical Communication Quarterly. DOI: 10.1080/10572252.2025.2582517
Gubala, C. & Melonçon, L. (2025). “Scholarly borders and meaning making: Uncovering the research practice and decision making process of an integrative literature review.” Proceedings of the IEEE ProComm, Sønderborg, Denmark. https://doi.org/10.1109/ProComm64814.2025.00016
Moore, A. (2025). “I'm the Problem, It's Me: A Story of Reflection and Failure from a White Girl Writing Teacher,” in Narratives of Joy and Failure in Antiracist Assessment, eds. Asao B. Inoue & Kristin DeMint Bailey, pp. 109–125. DOI: 10.37514/PRA-B.2024.2227.2.06
Reifman, J., Wittstock, S., Serviss, T., Pearsall, B., & Melzer, D. (2025). “Constructivist writing placement: Repositioning agency for more equitable placement through collaborative writing placement practices.” College Composition & Communication. https://doi.org/10.58680/ccc2025763423
Sperber, Lisa
Sperber, L., MacArthur, M., Minnillo, S., Stillman, N., & Whithaus, C. (2025). “Peer and AI review + reflection (PAIRR): a human-centered approach to formative assessment.” Computers and Composition, 76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2025.102921
MacArthur, M., Minnillo, S., Sperber, L., Whithaus, C., & Stillman, N. (2025). “GIFT-AI: teaching the game and leveling the field: Peer and AI Review + Reflection in a business writing course.” Frontiers in Communication, 10, 1615752. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2025.1615752
Conference Presentations
Abramsky, Sasha
Abramsky, Sasha. (2025). Chaos Comes Calling. Sacramento Authors on the Move Event, Sacramento, CA.
Beal, Jane
Beal, J. (2025). “The Influence of the Pearl-Maiden on the Imagination of J.R.R. Tolkien.” Online Mythlore Seminar. Theme: “More Perilous and Fair: Women and Gender in Mythopoeic Fantasy.” Need conference name and location.
Beal, J. (2025). “Refined by Fire: The Transformation of a Motif from the Pearl-Poet in the Work of J.R.R. Tolkien.” International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University.
Bender, Melissa
Bender, M. and Waltonen, K. (2025). “Unraveling Narratives: Image and Word in the Age of Trump,” 16th International Conference on the Image, Paris, France.
Elias, Julian
Elias, J. (2025). How to Help Students Use A.I. Responsibly, KATE Conference, Seoul, South Korea.
Gubala, Carolyn
Gubala, C. & Melonçon, L. (2025). “Scholarly borders and meaning making: Uncovering the research practice and decision making process of an integrative literature review.” IEEE ProComm, Sønderborg, Denmark.
Gubala, C., Newmark, J., Surakka, M. & Bourelle, T. (2025). “Design across borders: UX, localization, and cultural competency.” The University of Strasbourg Symposium on Usability and Design, Strasbourg, France.
Gubala, C., Whithaus, C., & Hosier, J. (2025). “A collaborative, ecological approach to developing advising practices and business writing courses for degree completion students.” WASC ARC, Anaheim, California.
Johnston, Brendan
Johnston, B. & Fausak, E. (2025). “Descriptional Survey Results of Student Use of AI for Research in the Classroom.” Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference (SOTL), UC Davis. https://sotl.ucdavis.edu/2025-agenda
Johnston, B. (2025). “Material, Language, Ecology: Diffractive Poetics in Eleni Sikelianos’s The California Poem.” Conference for the Association of Literature and the Environment (ASLE), College Park, Maryland. https://www.asle.org/conference/biennial-conference/
Moore, Alison
Moore, A. (2025). “The battle for truth will rely on us,” International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference, Colorado State University.
Sperber, Lisa
MacArthur, M., Mills, A., Minnillo, M., Sperber, L., and Whithaus, C. (2025). Peer and AI Review + Reflection (PAIRR): A human-centered approach to AI feedback in Writing Across the Curriculum classes. Association for Writing Across the Curriculum. Online.
Sperber, L. (2025). Building AI literacy through collaborative inquiry. Fostering Connections. UC Berkeley.
Sperber, L., MacArthur, M., Minnillo, M., Whithaus, C. (2025). Peer and AI Review + Reflection (PAIRR): Faculty and TA perspectives on a human-centered approach to formative assessment. International Writing Across the Curriculum, Colorado State University, July.
Sperber, L., MacArthur, M., Minnillo, M., and Stillman, N. (2025). “Human-centered AI feedback: A peer review remix,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Baltimore, MD.
Mills, A., Gamberg, J., MacArthur, M., Whithaus, C., and Sperber, L. (2025). Peer & AI Review + Reflection (PAIRR). Public Webinar supported by the California Education Learning Lab.
Sperber, L. and Whithaus, C. (2025). “Peer and AI Review + Reflection (PAIRR): A Human-Centered Approach to Formative Assessment.” UC Assessment Conference. UC Davis, CA.
Sperber, L., MacArthur, M., Minnillo, M., Stillman, N., and Whithaus, C. (2025). Human-centered AI feedback on student drafts. Summer Institute on Teaching and Technology (SITT). UC Davis, CA.
Strandjord, Erika
Strandjord, E. (2025). In Defense of Moral Scrupulosity, Conference on College Composition and Communication, Baltimore, MD.
Waltonen, Karma
Waltonen, K. & Bender, M. (2025). Unraveling Narratives: Word and Image in the Age of Trump, International Conference on the Image, Paris.
Grants
Abramsky, Sasha
Abramsky, S. (2025). Bold Type Media Fellowship.
Bender, Melissa
Bender, M. (2025). Peter and Marion London Global Learning Expansion Grant, Global Learning Hub, UC Davis: $1839.
Sperber, Lisa
Gamberg, J., MacArthur, M., Mills, A., Minnillo, M., Sperber, L., and Whithaus, C. (2025). California Education Learning Lab, AI Grand Challenge. Role: Co-PI. Award amount: $1,500,000.
Awards
Abramsky, Sasha
Abramsky, Sasha. (2025). Third Place in the California News Publishers General Excellence award for my Comstocks feature article on Afghan refugees living in California.
Abramsky, Sasha. (2025). Bold Type Media annual fellowship for reporting on the DOGE purges and on the administration's anti-immigrant measures.
Abramsky, Sasha. (2025). Won a California Journalism Award for my reporting in Comstocks Magazine on Afghan refugees living in Sacramento.
Bender, Melissa
Bender, M. (2025). Professional Development Award, Academic Federation.
Dunkle, Iris Jamahl
Dunkle, Iris. (2025). Jamahl's book Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb was nominated for the Northern California Book Award.
Herring, Scott
Herring, S. (2025). Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching. University Honors Program.
Johnston, Brendan
Johnston, B. (2025). Professional Development Award, Academic Federation.
Langford, Shayne
Langford, S. (2025). Maurice Prize for Fiction: $10K Award. College of Letters and Science, University of California, Davis.
Morris, Angela
Morris, A., & Fredlund, K. (2025). Honorable Mention, Theresa Enos Anniversary Award, Rhetoric Review.
Rinard, Brenda
Rinard, B. (2025). Academic Federation Excellence in Teaching Award. UC Davis.
Sperber, Lisa
Sperber, L. (2024–25). UC Davis Academic Federation Professional Development Award for research on Human-centered AI feedback across the curriculum. Award amount: $33,707.
Certificate/Degrees
Bender, Melissa
Bender, M. (2025). Certificate of Completion, Teaching for Global Learning, Global Learning Hub, UC Davis.
Other
Abramsky, Sasha
Interviewed on numerous radio shows and podcasts around my writings on the current political moment, and especially around my research for two most recent books.
Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for opinion writing in The Nation Magazine and the Santa Fe Reporter.
Bender, Melissa
Bender, M. (2025). Fellowship, AggieOpen Fellows (for adopting open education resources for courses). Shields Library, UC Davis.
Dunkle, Iris Jamahl
The audiobook of Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb was published by the University of California Press, August 2025.
Horton, Joe
Joe created the website Dispatches from Raimondi, which partners with the Pioneer League Oakland Ballers baseball team to provide professional writing opportunities and journalism experience for UC Davis students and the broader northern California community.
Johnston, Brendan
Two students placed in the Norma J. Lang Prize for Undergraduate Information Research given by the University Library.
