{"id":114250,"date":"2020-10-08T12:20:04","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T16:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=114250"},"modified":"2024-02-09T11:55:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T16:55:38","slug":"new-columnists-for-ucf-forum-opinion-series-to-kick-off-9th-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/new-columnists-for-ucf-forum-opinion-series-to-kick-off-9th-year\/","title":{"rendered":"New Columnists for UCF Forum Opinion Series to Kick Off 9th Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nine new columnists for the weekly UCF Forum series will begin sharing their opinions Wednesday for the ninth year of the project.<\/p>\n<p>The faculty, staff and student writers for the next 12 months of columns are from engineering, business, athletics and varied other fields around the university. Some of the writers also are graduates from UCF.<\/p>\n<p>The columns will post Wednesdays on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/a-new-kind-of-presidency\/\">UCF Today<\/a> and broadcast the following Sundays on WUCF FM (89.9) between 7:50 and 8 a.m. The new writers:<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"float-left img-fluid size-thumbnail wp-image-114255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/chhay-150x150.jpg\" alt><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"float-left img-fluid size-thumbnail wp-image-114255 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/chhay-150x150.jpg\">Narvin Chhay is a UCF junior majoring in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/kinesiology-bs\/exercise-and-sport-physiology\/\">sport and exercise science<\/a> with the goal of becoming a doctor of physical therapy. He is from Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, where he was raised by his Cambodian-American parents who immigrated to the United States to escape the genocide carried out by the Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s. Chhay has played an active role in the UCF community through his membership in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, where he has worked to benefit numerous philanthropic organizations such as the Children\u2019s Miracle Network.<\/p>\n<p><strong><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"float-left img-fluid size-thumbnail wp-image-114256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Colquhoun-150x150.jpg\" alt><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"float-left img-fluid size-thumbnail wp-image-114256 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Colquhoun-150x150.jpg\">Ashley Colquhoun \u201912 \u201915<\/strong> is the associate director of alumni professional engagement for UCF Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving. She joined the University of Central Florida Advancement team in 2012 and is a human resources certified professional with a background in HR generalist affairs, including employee recruitment and staff development. She is responsible for implementing career and professional-development programming, services and resources to meet the needs of UCF alumni in any stage of career management. Colquhoun is a two-time graduate from UCF, earning bachelor\u2019s degrees in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/marketing-bsba\/\">marketing<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/management-msm\/human-resources\/\">human resources management<\/a>, and an MBA from Nova Southeastern University.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"float-left img-fluid size-thumbnail wp-image-114257\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Daniels-150x150.jpg\" alt><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"float-left img-fluid size-thumbnail wp-image-114257 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Daniels-150x150.jpg\">Marc Daniels is in his 26th year as the radio play-by-play voice for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/athletics\/\">UCF Athletics<\/a> and serves as the director of broadcasting for the Knights.&nbsp;He has been behind the microphone for more than 300 consecutive UCF football games. He also broadcasts men\u2019s basketball and baseball games and numerous volleyball and soccer matches in addition to serving as the host for all radio and television shows produced by UCF Athletics. Born in New York, Daniels grew up in South Florida before moving to Orlando in 1989. In addition to his work at UCF, he has hosted his own sports radio program for more than 30 years in the Central Florida market.&nbsp;Daniels resides in Orlando with his wife, Cynthia, and daughters, Ashley and Brooke.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"float-left img-fluid size-thumbnail wp-image-114258\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Harrison-150x150.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Harrison-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Harrison.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"float-left img-fluid size-thumbnail wp-image-114258 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Harrison-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Harrison.jpg 270w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Harrison-150x150.jpg\">Keith Harrison is a professor in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/college\/business-administration\/\">UCF College of Business<\/a> and the chief academic officer of the <a href=\"https:\/\/business.ucf.edu\/devos\/\">DeVos Sport Business Program<\/a>. He has published numerous academic articles and book chapters and has been a consultant to the NFL and several other brands at the collegiate and professional levels.&nbsp;Harrison is a former NCAA \u201cscholar-baller\u201d (i.e. scholar-athlete) making the honor roll all four years at Cerritos College and West Texas A&amp;M University, where he played football. He has edited two books, one on sport data analytics and another on education\/hip-hop\/sport. In 2020-21 he received the Nasir Jones Hip-Hop Fellowship Award at Harvard University\u2019s W.E.B. Du Bois <strong>|<\/strong> Hutchins Center for&nbsp;African and African American Studies.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_114259\" style=\"max-width: 150px;\" class=\"figure float-left\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"figure-img  img-fluid w-100 size-thumbnail wp-image-114259\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Head-150x150.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Head-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Head-767x767.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"figure-img  img-fluid w-100 size-thumbnail wp-image-114259 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Head-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Head-767x767.jpg 767w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Head-150x150.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Portrait<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>David Head is an associate lecturer of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/history-ba\/\">history<\/a> at UCF. He also is an author, most recently of <em>A Crisis of Peace: George Washington, the Newburgh Conspiracy, and the Fate of the American Revolution<\/em>, which was named a finalist for the 2020 George Washington Book Prize. He grew up in western New York and earned his bachelor\u2019s in history from Niagara University and his doctorate from the University at Buffalo. He has received fellowships from Mount Vernon and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Head also has published books on pirates, privateers and the Atlantic world, and won awards from the Maryland Historical Society, Mystic Seaport Museum, and the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"float-left img-fluid size-thumbnail wp-image-114260\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Joe-150x150.jpg\" alt><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"float-left img-fluid size-thumbnail wp-image-114260 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Joe-150x150.jpg\">Richelle Joe is an assistant professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/counselor-education-ma\/\">counselor education<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/college\/community-innovation-education\/\">UCF College of Community Innovation and Education<\/a> with a focus on school counseling. She joined the UCF faculty in 2015 after graduating from the College of William &amp; Mary with a doctorate in counselor education and supervision. She also served as a high school teacher and middle school counselor in Virginia, is a national certified counselor and an approved clinical supervisor. At UCF she leads HEART (HIV Education, Awareness and Research Team), which collaborates with campus and community organizations to address the HIV epidemic. Her personal life is guided by the belief that Black Lives Matter and the values of love, justice and freedom.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"float-left img-fluid size-thumbnail wp-image-114263\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Raghavan-150x150.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Raghavan-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Raghavan-767x767.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"float-left img-fluid size-thumbnail wp-image-114263 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Raghavan-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Raghavan-767x767.jpg 767w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Raghavan-150x150.jpg\">Seetha Raghavan is a professor in <a href=\"https:\/\/mae.ucf.edu\/\">UCF\u2019s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering<\/a>, where she leads the Aerostructures Laboratory. She completed her doctoral studies in aeronautics and astronautics at&nbsp;Purdue University and her master\u2019s in aerospace engineering at Institut Sup\u00e9rieur de l&#8217;A\u00e9ronautique et de l&#8217;Espace in Toulouse, France. She has seven years of experience in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/aerospace-defense\/\">aerospace industry<\/a>&nbsp;as a senior engineer involved in aircraft structural analysis, maintenance, repair and modifications, and non-destructive testing. She is an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and was honored by Women in Aerospace with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-engineering-professor-named-aerospace-educator-of-the-year\">2019 Aerospace Educator Award<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"float-left img-fluid size-thumbnail wp-image-114264\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Scott-150x150.jpg\" alt><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"float-left img-fluid size-thumbnail wp-image-114264 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Scott-150x150.jpg\">Matthew Scott \u201907 \u201911MS<\/strong>&nbsp;is a sergeant with the UCF Police Department and has been in law enforcement for 15 years. He previously was a community service officer as a civilian with the department. Scott earned his bachelor\u2019s degree in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/criminal-justice-ba-2\/\">criminal justice<\/a> in 2007 and his master\u2019s in 2011 at UCF. He has been a detective and a K9 handler of three dogs at the department during the past few years. He helped create and was the supervisor of the department\u2019s Threat Management Team, a unit devoted to identifying and mitigating threats to the campus. When not at work, Scott enjoys spending time with his family.<\/p>\n<p><strong><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"float-left img-fluid size-thumbnail wp-image-114265\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Watson-150x150.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Watson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Watson-767x767.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"float-left img-fluid size-thumbnail wp-image-114265 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Watson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Watson-767x767.jpg 767w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/10\/Watson-150x150.jpg\">Bree Watson \u201904<\/strong> is senior copywriter with UCF\u2019s Communications and Marketing team. She grew up wanting to be a matador \u2014 just like she\u2019d seen Bugs Bunny do. But later turned her aspirations toward becoming an astronaut \u2026 then a chef \u2026 and finally a copywriter. While earning her bachelor\u2019s in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/advertising-public-relations-ba\/\">advertising\/public relations<\/a>, she worked as a resident assistant in the Lake Claire Community. After more than a dozen years in Orlando ad agencies, she returned to her alma mater. In addition to writing award-winning copy for higher education, she has worked on campaigns for clients ranging from fast-casual restaurants and sporting events to tourism and healthcare. She and husband <strong>Brett Watson \u201909<\/strong> have two young sons. They enjoy hiking and exploring Florida State Parks.<\/p>\n<p>If the material from the former panel of writers is any forecast of what is to come, there will be a wide variety of observations such as these sample columns from the past 12 months: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/the-powerful-force-of-nostalgia\/\">The Powerful Force of Nostalgia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/there-is-power-inherent-in-working-with-colleagues-from-different-disciplines\/\">There is Power Inherent in Working with Colleagues from Different Disciplines<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/a-new-kind-of-presidency\/\">A New Kind of Presidency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For their time and contributions to the UCF Forum this past year, thank you to columnists: <strong>Emma Gisclair \u201920<\/strong> (UCF Library\u2019s Curriculum Materials Center), Lillian M. Hern\u00e1ndez Caraballo (junior planning to graduate in 2021&nbsp;with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism and minors in writing and rhetoric and Latin American studies), Jeff Kunerth (Nicholson School of Communication and Media), Roy Lenfest (Recreation and Wellness Center), Chung Park (Department of Music), Katie Philp (Center for Higher Education Innovation), Syretta Spears (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/college\/nursing\/\">College of Nursing<\/a>), <strong>Peter Telep \u201995 \u201998MA<\/strong> (Department of English), Brenda S. Thompson (College of Community Innovation and Education).<\/p>\n<p>The UCF Forum is a project of UCF Communications and Marketing. In addition to posting on UCF Today, columns also are reprinted by various other platforms locally and nationally, and archived as podcasts by WUCF.<\/p>\n<p>All of the past UCF Forum columns \u2014 more than 400 by writers from all over the university \u2014 are maintained in the UCF Libraries&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/stars.library.ucf.edu\/ucf-forum\/\">STARS<\/a> digital repository. The chronological list can also be searched by author or topic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Panel of faculty, staff and student writers represents backgrounds from all around the university.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":114251,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5,6,21],"tags":[7882],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-114250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","category-community","category-opinions","tag-ucf-forum"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Columnists for UCF Forum Opinion Series to Kick Off 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