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The Importance of Shooting and Editing With Intent in Photography
As we all know, there are many things that can make or break a photograph. While technical aspects might immediately jump to mind and the light may grab our attention, one word that tends to pop up a lot in my feedback is “intent”.
There are countless rules in photography, all of which can either be followed, bent, or even broken to various degrees. To me, the difference between an image that “works” and one that “doesn’t work”, is how clearly the intent behind each decision is conveyed by the photographer through their image.
In my opinion, just about any location, any subject, and any style has the potential to work, so long as the image has been executed with a clear intent. Now, I know, I’ve said the word “intent” about 300 times without explaining what I mean, so allow me to break it down a little more below.
Shooting With Intent
For me, this is one of the most notable differences between an experienced photographer and an inexperienced one. If you talk to experienced photographers, I’m almost certain most of them will tell you they rarely press the shutter without a general idea of what the final image is going to look like. When I’m out with my camera, I always have the same mentality. I can’t recall the last time I pressed the shutter without some idea of what I intended the final image to look like.
For example, if I’m shooting an image with a black-and-white conversion in mind, I’ll consider the contrast within the scene and try to use it in the most effective way. Rather than shooting an image and just converting it later, I visualize the scene in black and white as I’m shooting it. However, that isn’t to say I’m married to my original vision til death do us part. Sometimes my final image turns out completely different, because of an adjustment I made in the editing software that suddenly helps me see the scene in a different way or discover an entirely new photograph.
Regardless, having an idea of what you want your final image to look like can both increase the odds of getting a keeper and reduce the number of purposeless photos you have to filter through. So, why is shooting with intent so important? Well, a few reasons, which means it’s time for a list within a list.
It helps you frame the image appropriately: One of the biggest mistakes I used to make in my earlier years was not considering the crop I was going to use for the final image. This meant that I would often shoot the image with no breathing room, which often resulted in awkward cropping challenges, especially when adjusting the lines. Now, I always shoot a little bit wider than I need, which gives me more freedom to make any minor changes I might come across along the creative process. This also comes in handy, when adjusting the lines and leveling the image. Often, if you shoot too tight, adjusting the angles/lines or leveling the image can result in a loss of some elements, or it can throw off the composition/framing. Shooting wider ensures you can make these adjustments and still end up with the image you envisioned.
It helps you use the elements within your frame appropriately: One of the most common mistakes I see from new photographers are images that have multiple elements that don’t seem to have any kind of cohesion within the frame. It’s not uncommon for me to pop online and quickly stumble upon a single image that looks like 3 separate images stitched together, as the elements within the frame have no connection to one another. Taking a moment to visualize the scene as a finished image can help you break it down into its components and realize what is or is not adding to the image as a whole. Furthermore, actively thinking about each element as a cohesive unit and how they interact with each other will help you seek out things to use as leading lines and foreground elements while shooting in the field.
It helps you clean up the frame: Another frequent mistake I see is photographers not putting themselves in the right position to get a clean frame. I can’t count the number of times my feedback has included something to the effect of “If you had taken one step to the left/right…” Scenes can be overwhelming, but it’s important to avoid needless distractions which could have been easily removed by taking a single step in any direction. The easiest way to avoid this is to take a picture and check it on your back screen. This means checking the details within the image, such as the edges of the frame. I always recommend using your back screen, because the human eye tends to overlook these small elements in real time. On the other hand, if you shoot the scene with the knowledge that you will clone something out in Photoshop, you can shoot the image with that element already erased in your mind. Sometimes it’s impossible to get an angle without branches or poles popping into the frame, so understanding that you intend to remove them in post is an advantage of visualizing the scene as a finished image.
It helps you consider the light: As the saying goes ‘photography is light’. Every so often I see an interesting scene, that lacks the necessary light to make it pop. Sometimes, the light is there, but the photographer didn’t consider the contrast, which results in blown highlights. Understanding what you want your image to look like will help you consider things like exposure blending. Additionally, if you are going for a specific look, such as a high-key image, you may want to overexpose specific parts of the image. This will allow you to ensure you have the exact setting you need for each and every image. Knowing what your final image is going to look like before you shoot is not only imperative to creating unique images but it can save you a lot of time fixing up mistakes in post.
It helps you consider the settings: It’s not uncommon for me to ask a newer photographer about the decision process behind their settings choices, only to be told that there wasn’t any. From slightly blurry subjects to questionable depth of field choices, I’ve seen just about every mistake one can make when not shooting with a clear intent. It’s one thing to understand things like shutter speed, aperture, and ISO, but it’s a whole other thing to understand how to use them to achieve different effects. Whether you want your scene to be sharp or blurry to convey motion; your scene overexposed or underexposed; or you want your background in focus or a bokeh, achieving your desired effect requires a combination of understanding your settings and when to use them. Shooting with a clear intent will help you choose those settings, so you can get those effects in-camera rather than trying to fake them in post.
It helps you with the editing process: At one point or another, just about every photographer has uttered those five infamous words: “I’ll save it in post”. While editing software and cameras have come a long way, if you shoot with a clear intent, you don’t have to go around saving images in post, rather you can spend more time enhancing them in post. I can count the number of photos in my portfolio that were ‘saved in post’ on one hand, even if that hand has no fingers, because that number is zero. Every photograph in my portfolio was shot and edited with a clear intent. When you shoot with intent, it increases your odds of getting a photo that has no technical flaws. This will help ensure that you use your editing software to bring your photos to their full potential, rather than a first-aid kit.
It’s required for advanced editing techniques: It won’t, I hope, come as a shock that no photograph requiring advanced editing techniques has happened by accident. For anyone looking to take their photography to the next level by using advanced editing techniques, it’s imperative that you know which techniques you’re planning to use before pressing the shutter. Whether you’re creating panoramic images, blending exposures, or focus stacking, you need to know you intend to use those techniques so that you can take the photos required for the editing process. The first step to using advanced editing techniques is shooting with intent.
Editing With Intent
The second part of photography, which I already mentioned above, is post-processing. Without a doubt, the biggest issue I see with people learning to edit is a lack of intent behind their choices. There’s no bigger offender of this than what I consider to be my least-liked editing choice: the teal sky. I don’t know who started this trend, but I don’t think we can be friends.
I’m not going to be hyperbolic and say “This is the death of good editing”, but it does often ruin an image for me, regardless of the other elements. That’s not to say I hate all images with teal skies, but much like a “Dutch Angle”, there’s a time and place for everything. However, the teal sky isn’t the only offender of the shoot now, worry about the edits later style (looking at you “Cyberpunk Tokyo”).
While teal skies and cyberpunk cities could be considered trend-chasing edits, sometimes longstanding editing choices fall victim to this same issue. I often see images converted to black and white, for no other reason than it’s what people do to make it look artistic. When it comes to editing an image for black and white, it usually helps if the picture was originally shot with that edit in mind. All of this is to say, when you make edits to your photograph, you should be doing so with some clear idea of why you’re making each particular edit. So, what do I mean by editing with intent, and how can it help?
It helps you express or emphasize a feeling/atmosphere within your image: I just finished talking about how I dislike teal skies, but the full truth is that I only really dislike teal skies that are purposelessly added to landscape or cityscape images. If the effect is used to enhance the atmosphere of an image, for example a dystopian theme or a surreal image, then there is a chance I’ll actually like it. However, slapping a teal sky on your image of some mountains and a lake doesn’t make it surreal, it makes it some mountains and lake with a teal sky. I often use my editing software to enhance the color the scene provided to me since RAW images tend to lose a bit of the punch. This means, for example, I make editing choices to enhance the elements that come with a sunset, such as adding a touch of orange/yellow to help the viewer feel the warmth of the setting sun. That’s not to say all of your edits are required to look realistic — go as wild as you like — but be sure that each choice leads towards the image you intend to make.
It can help you guide the viewer: I typically do this by using local adjustments to make points of interest brighter or to add depth to an image. If you have an idea of where you want the viewer to be looking, then you can use your tools to assist them. All too often, I see an image and my first thought is “What am I supposed to be looking at?” or “What’s the focus?” While a lot of this begins with shooting the image with intent, a well-shot image can be enhanced when accompanied by a complementary edit.
It can help you make more deliberate editing choices: When we first dive into editing our images, it can be overwhelming. As such, many newer photographers resort to using pre-sets. I was no different. When I first started editing my photos, I’d simply clicked on the ‘pre-sets’ tab of Lightroom and it let take the wheel. After eventually moving on from essentially outsourcing my editing process to Lightroom, I moved into the next logical step: slapping vignettes on every single one of my photos for no discernible reason. Needless to say, a lot of my early work was unpalatable. However, now that I shoot and edit in a more deliberate way, each and every one of my choices is made with a clear intent. Deliberate editing choices can make all the difference between images that stand the test of time and ones that don’t.
It enhances the image: I know this one is about as simple as they come, but when you edit an image with a clear intent, it’s the easiest way to bring a RAW image to its full potential. As I mentioned above, when you both shoot and edit an image with intent, you can use the powerful tools at your disposal to enhance your images. Whether you’re using global editing tools, local editing tools, or advanced editing techniques, the editing process is one that should be spent creating the images you envisioned, rather than attempting to take them off life-support.
The Wrap-Up
While shooting and editing with intent is important, it’s not a magic wand. There’s no way to guarantee that every image you envision, shoot, and edit will turn out exactly as you imagined it, or even all that good. However, if you do everything with a clear intent, the chances of ending up with portfolio-grade or wall-worthy photographs are much greater.
To help newer photographers, here are a few questions you could ask yourself when shooting and editing.
Questions to Ask Yourself While Shooting
What is the focus of this image? Ask yourself what you intend your viewer to look at and use that to help you with the composition.
Why am I shooting this image? Ask yourself what about the scene interests you and what you consider photo-worthy about the scene.
What settings work best for this scene? Ask yourself if the scene would look better with a short exposure or a long one; a shallow depth of field or a wider one.
How do the elements within my frame enhance the focus or scene? Ask yourself if all the elements work together to form a cohesive image.
How do I intend to edit this photo? Are you planning to convert it to black and white? Do you need to exposure blend?
What crop am I going with for this shot? Consider how wide you need to shoot the image and what it will look like with your intended crop and adjustments
Does this location benefit from a vertical or horizontal shot? If all else fails, take both.
Do the conditions work? Consider if the scene would look better with different weather or at a different time of day.
Are there any distractions? Check the image on your back screen before you pack up.
Questions to Ask Yourself While Editing
What sort of look am I going for? Do you want to create a true-to-life image or a stylized one?
Why am I making these editing choices? Ask yourself why you’re making certain edits to the image (ex: I need to raise the shadows to show more of the detail)
How do these edits enhance the image? Ask yourself if the stylistic choices you’ve made enhance the image (ex: if you reduced the saturation in the image, why do you feel that was the best choice?)
How can I guide the viewer’s eyes with local edits? Ask where you can increase or reduce things like exposure or color to draw the eye of the viewer to particular areas of the image.
Does the crop I envisioned actually work? See if there are alternative crops that might better suit the scene now that you’re in the editing software.
Of course, there are a lot more questions you could ask, but start with these and you’ll start to think more critically about how and what you shoot. Just remember that shooting with intent and editing intent go hand-in-hand to enhance your images in perfect harmony, much like pineapple on a pepperoni pizza – and that is a hill I’m willing to die on.
About the author: Jordan McChesney is a landscape, cityscape, and abstract Canadian photographer living in Chigasaki, Japan. The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author. You can find more of McChesney’s work on his website, Facebook, and Instagram.
Partners on the trail: Crossroads Carnegie Art Center announces partnership with Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
Art and history will come together in 2024 thanks to a partnership between the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center and Crossroads Carnegie Art Center.
Crossroads, said executive director Ginger Savage, will operate the center’s gift shop, manage all marketing, and assist with programming when it reopens in May 2024. NHOTIC has been closed since November 2020, initially due to the pandemic, and then, starting in 2022, for a major renovation to make the building more energy efficient.
Photographer Reveals How His Picture Exposed a CIA Coverup
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A photographer has told the extraordinary story of how a single photograph he took exposed a CIA coverup in Nicaragua — proving the Reagan administration was illegally supplying rebels.
Lou Dematteis sat down with Vice to recall how his photo of Eugene Hasenfus, a United States Marine, led to a huge controversy for President Reagan known as the Iran-Contra scandal.
Hasenfus was onboard a cargo plane flying into Nicaragua with supplies for the Contra rebels — an illegal act under U.S. law and international law.
However, the supply plane was shot down by the revolutionary government in charge of Nicaragua known as the Sandinistas. The U.S. Marine jumped from the aircraft with a parachute.
“He wasn’t supposed to have a parachute because this was a covert operation run by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). If there was a mess-up they didn’t want anybody alive to talk about it,” Dematteis tells Vice.
The photographer, who had been covering the Nicaraguan revolution since 1985, received a phone call to say there was an American in the jungle so he jumped on a helicopter and arrived at the scene.
Dematteis saw Hasenfus being led away by the Sandanista who had shot the plane down with a shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile and got a photo of him that would be published across the world.
“He looked really worried. He was worried they were just going to kill him,” he says.
“That photo ran all around the world, it ran everywhere. In fact, the head of Reuters Photos in Washington asked me ‘Why I was the only one who had that photograph.’ And I said: ‘I don’t know why, but I know that I got it and if other photographers didn’t get it that’s unbeknownst to me’.”
The Reagan administration denied any knowledge of Hasenfus, despite overwhelming evidence found on the plane. The Miami Herald would win a Pulitzer prize for linking Hasenfus to the Iran-Contra scandal.
“We were able to show that, contrary to what the Regan administration had been saying, the United States was involved illegally in supplying and supporting the Contra rebels,” Dematteis tells Vice.
“I think it’s an example of what photography and what reporting can do and I think that is one of the jobs that journalists have and I’m very proud that I played a part in that.”
Louisville Zoo will have ‘larger-than-life’ LEGO sculptures this summer
Larger-than-life LEGO sculptures are coming to the Louisville Zoo.
FSU Art Education summer camp provides valuable experience for future teachers – Florida State University News
Florida State University’s Department of Art Education presents its annual summer camp program this June, welcoming 120 young people to […]
Bronze Project dedication highlights Cheyenne’s commitment to public art
CHEYENNE — Saturday’s Capitol Avenue Bronze Project civic dedication was the culmination of more than a decade of planning by Cheyenne gallery owner Harvey Deselms.
“Harvey is one of the most committed people, especially with this project, to just making it happen,” said Jolynn Paulsen, a content creator and social media manager for Arts Cheyenne. “This has been a personal project for Harvey, so it’s just really nice to see the community all come together after this.”
‘A Celebration of Light’ photography exhibit at Belfast library
BELFAST — Belfast photographer and author Jim Kosinski’s images from the Maine coast will be on exhibit at the Belfast Free Library, 106 High St., during the month of July. “A Celebration of Light” explores being outdoors in the brilliant natural beauty of our shores, featuring content from Cape Neddick to Jonesport.
Black and white, cyanotype, inkjet and other print making approaches will be on view with images made from film (35mm and large format), digital and pinhole cameras.
“Owls Head, Trail’s End, 1977” by Jim Kosinski.
Penn State announces non-tenure-line faculty promotions, effective July 1, 2023
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The following is a list of non-tenure-line faculty promotions at Penn State, effective July 1, 2023.
The list of tenure-line faculty promotions is available here.
The following individuals have been promoted to assistant teaching professor:
- Shawn Bernecky, Division of Business, Engineering, and Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State Altoona
- Matthew Checchio, Department of Marketing, Smeal College of Business
- Stephen Cohen, Division of Arts and Humanities, Penn State Abington
- Lori Connelly, Office for Undergraduate Education, College of Agricultural Sciences
- Simon Cottart, Department of French and Francophone Studies, College of the Liberal Arts
- Erin Dick, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
- Marly Doty, human development and family studies, Penn State DuBois
- Cassandra Ghinos, Department of Risk Management, Smeal College of Business
- David Hozza, College of Information Sciences and Technology
- Bradley Jakubowski, Department of Plant Science, College of Agricultural Sciences
- Jackie Kaminski, Division of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Penn State Altoona
- Guadalupe Kasper, Division of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Penn State Berks
- Ying Kline, Department of Asian Studies, College of the Liberal Arts
- Megan Kohler, John A. Dutton Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
- Gabe Kramer, School of Science, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
- Brian Lani, School of Engineering, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
- Shuishui Long, Department of Asian Studies, College of the Liberal Arts
- Megan Lorenz, business, Penn State York
- Keith Machtinger, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
- Heidi Manfred, Division of Education, Human Development and Social Sciences, Penn State Altoona
- Kevin Mayhew, Division of Social Sciences, Penn State Abington
- Christine McDonald, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
- Zack Mclaughlin-Alcock, Division of Science and Engineering, Penn State Abington
- Jennifer Meengs, Department of Nutritional Sciences, College of Health and Human Development
- Miki Murakami, Department of Asian Studies, College of the Liberal Arts
- Kathleen O’Toole, Department of Journalism, Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications
- Susan Owens, Division of Science and Engineering, Penn State Abington
- Michelle Paret, Department of Statistics, Eberly College of Science
- Jonathan Price, history, Penn State York
- Dawn Renninger, Division of Business, Engineering, and Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State Altoona
- Brad Sottile, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
- Kelly Sprinkle, kinesiology, Penn State Mont Alto
- Mami Tanaka, Department of Asian Studies, College of the Liberal Arts
- Stacy Tibbetts, Department of English, College of the Liberal Arts
- Fang Wan, Department of Asian Studies, College of the Liberal Arts
- Bill Zimmerman, Department of Advertising and Public Relations, Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications
The following individuals have been promoted to associate teaching professor:
- Charles Archer, Division of Arts and Humanities, Penn State Abington
- Roxanne Atterholt, human development and family studies, Penn State Shenango
- Jennifer Barton, Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing, College of Medicine
- Kristen Baxter, Department of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, College of the Liberal Arts
- Jonna Belanger, Department of Kinesiology, College of Health and Human Development
- Joanna Bissell-Havran, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Health and Human Development
- Fernanda Bonafini, Department of Mathematics, Eberly College of Science
- Kevin Bowley, Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
- Jeffrey Chiampi, computer science, Penn State Wilkes-Barre
- Thomas Cody, School of Music, College of Arts and Architecture
- Ashley Cowger, School of Humanities, Penn State Harrisburg, The Capital College
- Jennifer Croyle, psychology, Penn State Greater Allegheny
- Joseph Cuiffi, engineering, Penn State New Kensington
- Stephen Dillen, Division of Business, Engineering and Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State Altoona
- Michele Duffey, Department of Kinesiology, College of Health and Human Development
- Lisa Jo Elliott, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
- Matthew Endres, Department of Biology, Eberly College of Science
- Mark Fedkin, John A. Dutton Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
- Susana García Prudencio, Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, College of the Liberal Arts
- Andrea Gregg, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
- Melvin Gupton, Division of Arts and Humanities, Penn State Abington
- Eric Handley, Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, College of Health and Human Development
- Richard Hedderick, Black School of Business, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
- Jacquelyn Huff, School of Engineering Design and Innovation, College of Engineering
- Aris Karagiorgakis, psychology, Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus
- Michelle Kaschak, English, Penn State Lehigh Valley
- Talley Kayser, Department of English, College of the Liberal Arts
- Shawnee Kelly, Department of Nutritional Sciences, College of Health and Human Development
- Michelle Knotts, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
- Christopher Kroft, Department of Communication Arts and Sciences, College of the Liberal Arts
- Kari Kugler, Department of Biobehavioral Health, College of Health and Human Development
- John Landmesser, information sciences and technology, Penn State Brandywine
- David Lenze, Department of Management and Organization, Smeal College of Business
- Melisa Littleton, rehabilitation and human services, Penn State Wilkes-Barre
- Xin Liu, Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, College of the Liberal Arts
- Chang Liu, Department of Mathematics, Eberly College of Science
- Sheri Matter, Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing
- Lucy McClain, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education (Shaver’s Creek)
- Heather McCune Bruhn, Department of Art History, College of Arts and Architecture
- Elaine Meils, Division of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Penn State Berks
- Michele Mekel, Bioethics program, College of the Liberal Arts
- Taoufik Meklachi, School of Science, Engineering, and Technology, Penn State Harrisburg, The Capital College
- Lisa Melanson, Department of Mathematics, Eberly College of Science
- Kelly Mercorella, Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education, College of Education
- April Millet, John A. Dutton Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
- John Minbiole, Department of Communication Arts and Sciences, College of the Liberal Arts
- Robert Morehead, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Eberly College of Science
- Deborah Morton, Linguistics program, College of the Liberal Arts
- John Neisser, Department of Biology, Eberly College of Science
- Mary Alyce Nelson, Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing
- David Nieves, Department of Mathematics, Eberly College of Science
- John Pachence, Division of Arts and Humanities, Penn State Abington
- Laurel Pearson, Department of Anthropology, College of the Liberal Arts
- Kristen Pueschel, mathematics, Penn State New Kensington
- Leslie Purcell, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, College of Health and Human Development
- Ellen Raineri, business, Penn State Hazleton
- Brandi Robinson, John A. Dutton Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
- Stevie Rocco, John A. Dutton Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
- Erick Rochette, Department of Anthropology, College of the Liberal Arts
- George Ruth, School of Hospitality Management, College of Health and Human Development
- Haley Sankey, John A. Dutton Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
- Kristin Sciulli, mathematics, Penn State Greater Allegheny
- Timothy Sichler, engineering, Penn State Wilkes-Barre
- Adam Simpson, School of Science, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
- Beatrice Sirakaya, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Eberly College of Science
- Joan Smeltzer, mathematics, Penn State Wilkes-Barre
- Brian Soulé, Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, College of Health and Human Development
- Tiffany Squires, Department of Education Policy Studies, College of Education
- Elizabeth Starkey, School of Engineering Design and Innovation, College of Engineering
- Frank Stec, Department of Communication Arts and Sciences, College of the Liberal Arts
- Rajarajan Subramanian, School of Science, Engineering, and Technology, Penn State Harrisburg, The Capital College
- Emily Thomas, wildlife technology, Penn State DuBois
- Kristin Thomas, Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, College of Health and Human Development
- Kim Trahan, School of Labor and Employment Relations, College of the Liberal Arts
- Anne Triolo, Department of English, College of the Liberal Arts
- Valerie Vanderhoff, Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing, Penn State Fayette
- Maria Vinca, Department of Psychology, College of the Liberal Arts
- Svetla Vitanova, Department of Finance, Smeal College of Business
- Gina Whalen, business, Penn State Schuylkill
- Beth White, Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing
- Leslie Womeldorf, Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing, College of Medicine
- Cynthia Wood, Division of Business, Engineering, and Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State Altoona
The following individuals have been promoted to teaching professor:
- Marianne Adam, Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing, Penn State Schuylkill
- Elizabeth Benedek-Wood, Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education, College of Education
- Nathaniel Bohna, engineering, Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus
- Mark Boudreau, biology, Penn State Brandywine
- Shannon Corkery, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Health and Human Development
- Molly Countermine, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Health and Human Development
- Benjamin Cramer, Department of Telecommunications and Media Industries, Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications
- Brian Crosby, Department of Psychology, College of the Liberal Arts
- Alicia Drais-Parrillo, Department of Psychology, College of the Liberal Arts
- JoAnn Foley-Defiore, Department of Biobehavioral Health, College of Health and Human Development
- Ryan Hassler, Division of Science, Penn State Berks
- Jamie Howard, Division of Science and Engineering, Penn State Abington
- Lauren Jacobson, Division of Education, Human Development, and Social Sciences, Penn State Altoona
- Erin Johnson, Division of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Penn State Berks
- Alandra Kahl, engineering, Penn State Greater Allegheny
- Shannon Kennan, Department of Journalism, Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications
- Suzanne Kuhn, Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing, Penn State Altoona
- Dena Lang, School of Engineering Design and Innovation, College of Engineering
- Joshua Marquit, psychology, Penn State Brandywine
- Ana Matkovic, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Eberly College of Science
- Pamela Pologruto, physical therapist assistant, Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus
- Sarah Ritter, School of Engineering Design and Innovation, College of Engineering
- Joseph Roberts, Department of Mathematics, Eberly College of Science
- Stacy Sekely, physical therapist assistant, Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus
- Howard Smith, Department of Sociology and Criminology, College of the Liberal Arts
- Susan Stewart, Department of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
- Gina Tarud, physical therapy, Penn State Hazelton
- Leana Topper, Department of Biology, Eberly College of Science
- Giampietro Vairo, Department of Kinesiology, College of Health and Human Development
- Bryan Wang, Division of Science, Penn State Berks
- Andrew Wiesner, Department of Statistics, Eberly College of Science
- G. Burch Wilkes, Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, College of Health and Human Development
- Matthew Willyard, Department of Mathematics, Eberly College of Science
The following individuals have been promoted to librarian:
- Kevin Clair, Digital Collections Librarian, Eberly Family Special Collections Library
- Clara Drummond, Curator and Exhibitions Coordinator, Eberly Family Special Collections Library
- Rebecca Mattson, Head of Faculty and Research Services and Professor of Legal Research, Penn State Law
The following individuals have been promoted to assistant research professor:
- Guy Lavallee, Materials Research Institute, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
- Nichole Wonderling, Materials Research Institute, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
The following individuals have been promoted to associate research professor:
- Xiaoxiao Bai, Social Science Research Institute, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
- Adrian Barragan, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences
- Gopal Bhatt, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
- Frances Blanchette, Department of Psychology, College of the Liberal Arts
- Trevor Clark, Materials Research Institute, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
- Sarah Craig, Department of Biology, Eberly College of Science
- Brendan Culleton, Institutes of Energy and the Environment, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
- Tyler Dare, Applied Research Laboratory, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
- Jeffery Dodds, Animal Resource Program, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
- Chad Eichfeld, Materials Research Institute, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
- Olga Esakova, Department of Chemistry, Eberly College of Science
- Mark Fanton, Applied Research Laboratory, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
- Oren Gall, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
- Jennifer Gray, Materials Research Institute, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
- Verna Kale, Department of English, College of the Liberal Arts
- Malgorzata Kowalik, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
- Prabhani Kuruppumullage Don, Department of Statistics, Eberly College of Science
- Tatiana Laremore, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
- Bangzhi Liu, Materials Research Institute, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
- Tapas Mal, Department of Chemistry, Eberly College of Science
- David Miller, Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
- Simon Miller, Applied Research Laboratory, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
- Nicole Morgan, Social Science Research Institute, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
- Jeremy Schreiber, Applied Research Laboratory, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
- Taylor Scott, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, College of Health and Human Development
- Yuning Shi, Department of Plant Science, College of Agricultural Sciences
- Meg Small, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, College of Health and Human Development
- Michelle Spiering, Department of Chemistry, Eberly College of Science
- Josh Stapleton, Materials Research Institute, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
- Timothy Tighe, Materials Research Institute, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
- Ke Wang, Materials Research Institute, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
- Douglas Warui, Department of Chemistry, Eberly College of Science
The following individuals have been promoted to research professor:
- Keith Aronson, Social Science Research Institute, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
- Amira Barhoumi Meddeb, Materials Research Institute, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
- Robert Campbell, Applied Research Laboratory, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
- Michael Krane, Applied Research Laboratory, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
- Laura Leites, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, College of Agricultural Sciences
- Natasha Miles, Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
The following individual has been promoted to assistant clinical professor:
- Ross Weinreb, Department of Architecture, College of Arts and Architecture
The following individuals have been promoted to associate clinical professor:
- Gopal Balachandran, Penn State Law
- Jamey Darnell, Department of Management and Organization, Smeal College of Business
- Jennifer Eury, Department of Management and Organization, Smeal College of Business
- Jeanette Miller, Department of Management and Organization, Smeal College of Business
- Richard Settgast, Penn State Law
- Rashmi Sharma, Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems, Smeal College of Business
- Johanna Slot, Department of Marketing, Smeal College of Business
- Hayley Springer, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences
- Sandra Testa Michelson, Department of Psychology, College of the Liberal Arts
The following individuals have been promoted to clinical professor:
- Scott Collins, Department of Accounting, Smeal College of Business
- Laurie Mulvey, Department of Sociology and Criminology, College of the Liberal Arts
The following individual has been promoted to senior instructor:
- Julie Lentes, Department of Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine
The following individuals have been promoted to assistant professor:
- Diwakar Bastihalli Tukaramrao, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine
- Einat Slonimsky, Department of Radiology, College of Medicine
- Daniel Wingert, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, College of Medicine
The following individuals have been promoted to associate professor:
- Justen Aprile, Departments of Pediatrics and Humanities, College of Medicine
- Angela Choe, Department of Radiology, College of Medicine
- David Chu, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine
- Katharine Dalke, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health and Humanities, College of Medicine
- Anthony Dambro, Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine
- Sol De Jesus, Department of Neurology, College of Medicine
- Nicholas Duca, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine
- Diana Jho, Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine
- Rong Jin, Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine
- Rayford June, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine
- Kathryn Kasmire, Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, College of Medicine
- Gurwant Kaur, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine
- Divpreet Kaur, Department of Neurology, College of Medicine
- Jaime Long, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine
- Susan MacDonald, Department of Urology, College of Medicine
- Mark Mason, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine
- Jonathan Nunez, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine
- Nicole Osevala, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine
- Neha Patel, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine
- Brandon Peterson, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine
- Joseph Petfield, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine
- John Radtka, Departments of Surgery and Neurosurgery, College of Medicine
- Bunty Shah, Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine
- Rebecca Sivarajah, Department of Radiology, College of Medicine
- Natthapol Songdej, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, College of Medicine
- Leonard Tuanquin, Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Medicine
- Gary Updegrove, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine
- Christopher Weller, Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine
- Elizabeth Werley, Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine
- Meghan Wilson, Departments of Otolaryngology, Pediatrics, Surgery and Neurosurgery, College of Medicine
The following individuals have been promoted to professor:
- Esther Bowie, Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine
- Susan Glod, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine
- Monika Joshi, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine
- Guodong Liu, Departments of Public Health Sciences, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Pediatrics and Neurology, College of Medicine
- Max Lowden, Department of Neurology, College of Medicine
- John Oh, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine
- Seth Pantanelli, Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine
- Niraja Rajan, Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine
- Elias Rizk, Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine
- Deepa Sekhar, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine
- Nelson Shu-Sang Yee, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine
- Scott Simon, Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine
- Behzad Soleimani, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine
- Krishnamoorthy Thamburaj, Department of Radiology, College of Medicine
- Andry Van De Louw, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine
- To-Nhu Vu, Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine
Climate activists who glued themselves to sculpture in the Vatican Museums ordered to pay over $30,000 in damages
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican’s criminal court ordered two climate activists to pay more than $30,000 in damages after they glued themselves to an ancient sculpture in the Vatican Museums to draw attention to the effects of climate change. The activists, Guido Viero, 62, and Ester Goffi, 26, were tried at the Vatican for an […]
