Dr. Amy Shollenbarger, professor of communication disorders, and chair, and Dr. Shanon Brantley, director of the Parkinson Voice Project, co-authored an article in the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. They identify 10 health literacy strategies that address both individual and organizational-level competencies. They also include more than 25 instructional activities designed to integrate these strategies into communication sciences and disorders coursework.

Graduate students Emily Donahue and Alex Worm, along with Dr. Lori Neuman-Lee, associate professor of physiology, and Dr. Than Boves, professor of ecology, are co-authors of a study in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. The study investigated neonicotinoid insecticide residues in loggerhead shrikes from agricultural and non-agricultural regions in Arkansas. Despite finding that 80% of shrikes had detectable neonicotinoids, they found no significant associations between neonicotinoid presence and shrike health/fitness metrics (body condition, survival, reproductive success).

Dr. Ehsan Naderi, assistant professor of electrical engineering, and program director, is author of two articles published in Electronics. In the first paper, he introduces an innovative framework that transforms Bitcoin mining facilities from a major electricity consumer into flexible and virtual energy storage units that stabilize power grids, integrate excess renewable energy, and strengthen protection against false data injection cyberattacks. In the second paper, he advances this concept for large-scale industrial applications.