Senior Planet: Get Social with Lifelong Learning

9/29/2025

Charlotte Tuggle, Director
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Journalism professor wins top faculty research paper award
Linford’s award-winning paper, “‘Is This an Evil Practice?’: Newspapers and Newsgirls,” examines gender, labor and journalism history.
Recording artist Trammell Starks to oversee Auburn music studio
Renowned recording artist, composer and producer Trammell Starks has been named the Auburn University Department of Music’s first full-time audio recording engineer.
Plexico named associate dean of engagement and graduate studies
Professor Laura Plexico began a new role as the associate dean of engagement and graduate studies for the College of Liberal Arts on Jan. 1.
Auburn professor leads international workshop on Italian food studies and social justice
Associate Professor Rosetta Giuliani Caponetto recently led an international workshop titled “Teaching Social Justice through Italian Food Studies.”
The New York Times: Science Keeps Changing. So Why Should We Trust It?
In a guest essay for The New York Times, Professor of Philosophy Elay Shech discusses how naïve faith and wholesale pessimism aren't the only options when it comes to science.
Faculty Spotlight: Allen Salerno, Department of English
Salerno has always enjoyed literature, especially Victorian literature. Within the core classes he teaches, he uses his interests to provide students with fresh material that will excite them.