The Research Report from Augusta University

TRR 6/4: AU Provost Maggy Tomova talks about research

On this episode of The Research Report, Augusta University Provost Maggy Tomova, a mathematics professor, talks about her journey to AU, her own research and her priorities for the university. Dr. Tomova, who grew up in Bulgaria and Japan, is interviewed by host Dr. David W. Bulla, professor and chair of communication at AU. The podcast is recorded at the TVC&P Lab in University Hall on the Summerville Campus of AU. TVC&P coordinator Jasmine Garcia is the engineer and producer. The opinions are those of the guest and host. The podcast is heard on Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible, and Apple Podcasts. Send your comments to dbulla@augusta.edu. The Research Report from Augusta University

TRR 6/3: Stacey Thompson discusses her book 'Augusta Arsenal'

Augusta University Anthropology Lecturer Stacey Thompson joins The Research Report to talk about her new book, Augusta Arsenal, which she co-authored with David Tucker. The book is a pictorial history of the Arsenal, which now is Augusta University. The book, which includes nearly 200 photos, is published by Arcadia Publishing. Thompson is the director of the Guard House Museum on the Summerville Campus. The Research Report is anchored by Dr. David W. Bulla, chair of the Department of Communication at AU, and produced by Jasmine Garcia, who coordinates the TVCP Lab on the Summerville Campus. The opinions are those of the guest and anchor, not Augusta University.  The Research Report from Augusta University

TRR 6/2: Historian Carol Sue Humphrey discusses the Revolutionary Press

On this episode of The Research Report, Professor Emerita of History Carol Sue Humphrey talks with host David W. Bulla about the press of the American Revolution and Early Republic Eras. Humphrey is the author ofThe Press of the Young Republic, 1783-1833 from Greenwood Press. She also wrote The American Revolution and the Press: The Promise of Independence with David Copeland (Northwestern University Press) and This Popular Engine: New England Newspapers During the American Revolution, 1775-1789 (University of Delaware Press). Humphrey, who taught at Oklahoma Baptist University and long served as secretary of the American Journalism Historians Association, gave the fifth annual Future of the First Amendment Lecture at Augusta University's JSAC Coffeehouse on March 10. The Research Report is a production of the Department of Communication at Augusta University. The opinions are those of the guest and host, not Augusta University. The producer is Jasmine Garcia. The podcast is recorded in the TVCP Lab in University Hall on the Summerville Campus of AU.  The Research Report from Augusta University

TRR 6/1: Angela Zombek discusses prison, martial law in the Civil War

On this edition of The Research Report, Associate Professor Angela Zombek of the History Department at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington talks with host Professor David W. Bulla about her Civil War research. She is In Augusta to give the Hazel DIcken-Garcia Distinguished Lecture at the Sachsman Symposium on the Nineteenth Century Press, the Civil War, and Free Expression, which is being held at Augusta University on NOv. 13-15, 2025. Zombek talks about her books Extraordinary Crisis during the American Civil War, from Kent State University Press, published in 2018, and Stronghold of the Union: Key West Under Martial Law, from the University Press of Florida. The comments and opinions of the guest and host are purely their own, and not those of Augusta University. This podcast is produced by Jasmine Garcia. The Research Report comes from the Department of Communication at Augusta University. It is recorded in the TVC Lab on the Summerville Campus of Augusta University.      The Research Report from Augusta University

TRR 5/3: Melissa DeVelvis discusses her new book on South Carolina women during the secession crisis

On this edition of The Research Report from Augusta University, Assistant History Professor Melissa DeVelvis discusses her new book Gendering Secession: White Women and Politics in South Carolina, 1859–1861. Examining diaries and letters, Dr. DeVelvis looks at how Palmetto State women responded to the state's secession from the United States, which occurred on December 20, 1860. Her book was published by Cambridge University Press. Here is the link [https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/history/early-republic-and-antebellum-history/gendering-secession-white-women-and-politics-south-carolina-18591861?format=HB&isbn=9781009217859] to the book. This podcast was produced by Jasmine Garcia, and David Bulla is the host. The Research Report is a production of the Department of Communication at Augusta University. The podcast is record in the TVC Lab in University Hall on the Summerville Campus of AU. The opinions stated here are those of the individuals, not Augusta University. The Research Report from Augusta University