English Professor Dr. Beverly Schneller has eight recent publications to boast, ranging from four books to a conference presentation. Her publications include:
- “John Hill and Mary Cooper: A Case Study in Eighteenth Century Publishing” in the book Fame and Fortune – Sire John Hill and London Life in the 1750s
- “Administrative Redesign: Human-Centered Design Applications for Sustaining Change,” a co-authored essay proposing the adoption of a new model of academic administrative design, including Schneller’s chapter, “Workbook Discussion Guide”
- “Educating the New Majority Learner – an Interview with Eric Malm and Marguerite Weber” published in Academic Transformations – A Design Approach for New Majority Learners, which explores the prevalence of New Majority learners in higher education.
- Four entries to the Cambridge Companion to the Eighteenth Century Novel for the novels The History of a Woman of Quality, The Adventures of a Man of Pleasure, Margaret; or, the Penitent of Godstow, and St. Margaret’s Cave.
- “Teaching Entertaining lives – a Humanities Elective on the Music Business and Entertainment Industry,” a presentation at the Music and Entertainment Industry Educator’s Association conference this month. The presentation discussed Schneller’s curriculum designs, assessment methods, applied pedagogues and motivation for the course, which will be offered in Fall 2018.
First-year honors political science major Tyler Redmon won first place in Extemporeous Speaking at the Tennessee Intercollegiate Forensics Association’s (TIFA) annual state tournament held at Tennessee State University last weekend. He was named State Champion in the Extemporaneous Speaking Category for 2018.
Associate Professor of Management Information Systems Dr. Lakisha Simmons has been awarded the Susan Short Jones Emerging Leaders Award by the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. Metropolitan Nashville Chapter. Jones was the founding president of the chapter and a lifelong community activist. The award was presented at the Women of Color Luncheon at Belmont, part of the Sister for Sister Conference hosted last weekend. Simmons participated on the Digital Divide panel at the event. She is the Speaker and EdTech Founder of 
Belmont University has recently announced that Dr. Jane Duncan has been named as the University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts Associate Dean, a new position that was recently created. Duncan will begin her new role July 1.
College of Entertainment and Music Business Admission Coordinator Ileia Hook has been working as a background vocalist for three-time Grammy award winning contemporary Christian artist Michael W. Smith. With a desire to capture the heart of unity in diversity, Smith called upon friends and vocalists from an array of diverse experiences for his newest worship project, “
Students from the Belmont University College of Health Sciences and Nursing, with Dr. Natalie Michaels, participated in a Health Science Career Fair at Hillwood High School on Friday, March 23. High school students had a chance to interact with Belmont students to learn more about the fields of nursing, occupational therapy and physical therapy.
The Ambassador of Italy to the United States, Armando Varricchio, recently visited Nashville for an official visit with Governor Bill Haslam. Dr. Francesca Muccini, associate professor of Italian and representative of the Consulate of Italy in Middle Tennessee, accompanied him during his stay.
