University Scholar Award - Alex Ingersoll, media studies
Alex Ingersoll, associate professor of media studies in the School of Design and Communication, encourages his students to explore the aesthetic, acoustic and experiential layers of major issues. His work applies a human approach to space, place, time and memory, especially concerning climate change and Anthropocene, the period of time in which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment.
His research has recently been recognized with UW-Stevens Point's University Scholar Award. This scholarly work during his career at UW-Stevens Point includes a peer-reviewed journal publication, an audio-visual supplement for a collaborator's journal publication, a refereed paper presentation at a national conference, four invited presentations, and 40 juried exhibitions (19 in the United States and 21 internationally).
Ingersoll's media work is broadly concerned with place-based memory and the experience of looking, listening and remembering in an increasingly media-tized, networked and technology-focused global culture. He often incorporate found or created objects (200-year-old poems, nature trail signs, found photographs, light sculptures) as sources to express our connection or disconnection between nature, ourselves and media and technology.
His photographs and videos intertwine the natural (trees, plants, rocks, children, sunlight) and unnatural (human-made objects, architecture, lightbulbs, animation) to highlight the emotional and intellectual experiences that we often have with our surroundings, but ones that we cannot entirely express with words.
"Ingersoll consistently demonstrates excellence in teaching, scholarship and service, and his contributions to UWSP are extensive. He is a dedicated teacher who cares for his students and their learning, while still able to produce scholarly work we'd expect to see at a research one institution," said Kelly Wilz, area coordinator of media studies. "Ingersoll is an incredible colleague, a brilliant scholar and an active and engaged member of the UWSP community."
See also:
Excellence in Teaching, Scholarship and Service Award - David Barry
Carolyn Rolfson Sargis Award - Tina Rajski
Excellence in Teaching Award - Lauren Gantz, Kyle Herrman, Kate Kipp, Erin Speetzen
University Scholar Award - Chris Diehm
University Service Award - Jennifer Collins, Shelly Janowski, Kathryn McGarry
Academic Staff Spirit of Community Service Award - Lisa Golda
Outstanding Work Performance Award - Janette Baumann, Corinna Neeb, Lisa Nelson, Heather Springer
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