Dr. Anna Paraskevopoulos, assistant professor of biological sciences, is leading a project to support the long-term preservation and accessibility of the nation’s Red Wolf Repository. She is principal investigator for a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service grant, while Dr. Brook Fluker, professor, and Dr. Kyle Gustafson, associate professor, are co-PIs. The grant will support infrastructure needs and provide opportunities for undergraduate students to participate in processing, preserving and curating Red Wolf specimens.

A new book by Dr. Rick Stripling, associate professor of educational leadership, explores the power of education to change lives and create opportunities across generations. In “A Journey from the Turnrows of the Delta to the Front Rows of Higher Education,” Stripling weaves together themes of family, faith, hard work, perseverance, mentorship and leadership, supporting his central message that where one begins does not determine how far one can go. The book is available online.

Dr. Angelo Brown, assistant professor of criminology, is author of four chapters in the Sage Encyclopedia of Crime and Gender. His topics are equal protection laws, arms traffickers, wrongful convictions, and the United Nations’ first all-women peacekeeping unit. Brown also is author of an article in the South Dakota Law Review examining proactive approaches to AI governance, focusing on ways lawmakers can help create policies that benefit tribal communities' criminal justice systems.