Creative and Scholarly Excellence: Faculty Highlights from the Past Semester

Professor of Theater Abigail Killeen contributed to the book Stanislavsky and Mindfulness (Routledge, 2025). Her chapter, "A Rescue Mission," reimagines a student-centered approach to US theater pedagogy focusing on trust, resilience, and authentic artistry. Killeen returns to King Learand the role of Goneril as it comes back to La MaMa ETC for an Off-Broadway run through February 8, 2026.

Assistant Professor of Computer Science Jeffrey Knockel's research reveals how VPN apps may compromise-not protect-user privacy. He also presented new work at the Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS) 2025-"An Analysis of Chinese Censorship Bias in LLMs."

Professor of Art Michael Koster's large-scale photographs of the city of Lewiston are part of an exhibition at the University of New England Art Gallery through February 8, 2026, alongside work by members of the Deaf community to mark two years since the shooting. Kolster's new book, Mongrels of Our Making: The Plastiglomerates of Hawai'i, discusses the discovery of "future fossils," formations of plastic fused with lava on a remote beach on the island of Hawai'i.