José Cruz González was invited as a director for Hero Theatre's "Festival Irene: Celebrating Maria Irene Fornes with Her Plays, Panels and the Words of Her Students."
Ya-Chih “Jilly” Chang was selected as a 2016 Emerging Scholar by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. Chang was featured in the Jan. 28 issue of the magazine.
Lauri Ramey authored the book, What I Say: Innovative Poetry by Black Writers in America, University of Alabama Press, June 2015.