For the Record provides information about recent professional activities and honors of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.

Recent publications, exhibitions, grants, presentations, honors and memorials include the following:

Publications

Lindsay Naylor, associate professor in the Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences, has written a new book, All Geographers Should Be Feminist Geographers: Creating Care-Full Academic Spaces. In the book, Naylor examines that while care is a critical component of human life, it has remained on the margins of higher education and theory, heightening unequal relations along gender, race and class lines. Naylor argues for a feminist approach in geography that is both world-dismantling and world-making, pushing back against a neoliberal academy. To read more about her book, check out an interview with Naylor at the College of Earth, Ocean and Environment website.

Ravi Ammigan, vice provost, Global Engagement; Matt Drexler, director, Study Abroad; Marie Gleason, senior study abroad coordinator; and Amy Greenwald Foley, director, Global Outreach and Partnerships, published 100 Years of Study Abroad: Reflections from University Students, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff. This edited STAR Scholars Network volume commemorates a century of global learning at the University of Delaware and brings together a collection of personal essays written by students, alumni, faculty and staff that capture the profound impact of studying across diverse cultural and national contexts. The stories highlight moments of adaptation, resilience, discovery and engagement that many authors describe as instrumental in shaping their personal, academic and professional growth and the 100-plus year trailblazing history of study abroad at UD.

Heinz-Uwe Haus, professor emeritus in the Department of Theatre and Dance, published in the the recent issue of revista alternante (Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Nr 1 (50), 2026) an essay "Biblical certainties - Notes on Theodor Damian: Cuvânt însetat de tăcere / Words that thirst for silence," Editura Eikon, Bucharest 2025, 124 pp. The Romanian-American poet and scholar Damian expresses the meaning and forms of the legend of Mary of Egypt in poetic reflection. His poems are a kind of shorthand for how to approach life in a way that pleases God. They create a "use value" (Brecht) for the Christian heritage by exploring and appropriating its broad richness. "The collection is a testament to the Christian spirit and his tireless pursuit of ultimate truth and meaning…. the author mobilizes the incomprehensible: He opens up a dimension of magic that points to something greater- an anthropological constant," Haus said.

Daniel Lee, associate professor of entrepreneurship in the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, has released a National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) working paper examining "fast failure" in entrepreneurship. The study draws on a randomized experiment involving 553 science- and technology-based startups across 12 U.S. co-working spaces. Lee's research provides new insights into how intensive, short-term entrepreneurship training influences venture outcomes, including survival, funding, employment and revenue growth. The findings suggest early training interventions may help entrepreneurs make more informed decisions about whether to continue or exit ventures. The paper is currently under review at the Journal of Financial Economics.

New research by Daniel White, associate professor of physical therapy, and Sydney Liles, a biomechanics and movement science doctoral student and alumna of the Doctor of Physical Therapy program, found that adults with knee osteoarthritis (OA) who had patterns that included little activity in the morning and evening had roughly double the risk of death from any cause over eight years. The secondary analysis examined hip accelerometer data from nearly 2,000 participants to identify daily activity patterns linked to mortality. Their findings, published in the journal Arthritis Care and Research on Dec. 22, 2025, highlight how patterns of activity throughout the day may provide important insight into health risks for adults with knee OA.

Exhibitions