David Kilpatrick
David Kilpatrick, Psychology Department, was the featured presenter at the Wyoming School Psychology Association fall conference on Oct. 22 and 23 and an invited presenter at the Florida Association of School Psychologists annual conference on Oct. 30. His topic for both presentations was on highly effective interventions for reading difficulties and disabilities.
Lin Lin
Lin Lin, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, was invited to present “Small Island, Global Issues” at the Going Global: Leveraging Resources for International Education Conference hosted by South Asia and Southeast Asia Programs at Cornell University. The conference was held March 10 at Tompkins Cortland Community College. The presentation is based on her January two-week study tour as a Global Learning Fellow, a program sponsored by Department of Education Title VI funding for the internationalization projects of the teacher education faculty in regional teacher education programs.
Dennis Weng
Dennis Weng, Political Science Department, presented three papers at a conference at The University of Texas at Austin from Oct. 31 to Nov. 1. His paper “Contextual Effects on individual Voting Behavior: the Case of Taiwan,” has been accepted for publication in the Asian Journal of Political Science by the end of this year.
Sam Avery
Sam Avery, Communication and Media Studies Department, was awarded grand prize for best short film at the Snowtown Film Festival on Jan. 26 in Watertown, N.Y. His short film, “DEADEYE” tells the story of an aging female boxer whose spirit rages despite the torments of society and a manager who won’t return calls. Over 200 film fans and filmmakers attended the fifth annual festival Jan. 25 and 26. The winter celebration of film concluded on Saturday evening with an award ceremony and presentation of the grand prize for best short film. More than 500 films were submitted for competition from eleven countries. Awards were also presented to student filmmakers, outstanding comedy and outstanding animated shorts and winter through film. The festival also included a script writing competition. Snowtown Film Festival will begin accepting submissions for next year’s festival this spring. Avery directs the Blackbird Film Festival, which will be held on campus April 26 to 28.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article titled “Separating Truth and Myth in the American Gun Debate,” published in the Fall 2013 issue of The Islamic Monthly.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of the new eighth edition of his book, The Politics of Gun Control, just published by Routledge. First published in 1995, the book has become the standard in the field and is widely cited and used across several fields of study.
Sebastian Purcell
Sebastian Purcell, Philosophy Department, presented a paper titled “Decolonial Socialism” at the American Philosophical Association 116th Annual Meeting held Feb. 21 in Denver, Colo. Also, he has been invited to present his paper titled “Phronesis and Ixtlamatiliztli: Aristotle and the Aztecs on Practical Wisdom” on March 18 at Princeton University in New Jersey.
Tadayuki Suzuki
Tadayuki Suzuki, Literacy Department, presented at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) annual convention on Nov. 22 in Washington, D.C. His presentation was titled, “Stories to Tell—Listening to the Words in LGBT Themed Children’s Literature.”
Vierne Placide
Vierne Placide, Health Department, presented a poster titled “Factors influencing counseling adherence in medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction” at the 2019 AMERSA Conference held Nov. 7 to 9 in Boston. AMERSA is the Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance Use and Addiction, a non-profit professional organization whose mission is to improve health and well-being through interdisciplinary leadership in substance use education, research, clinical care and policy.
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, was invited by University of Las Vegas to deliver a campus-wide book talk on Nov. 13 on her book Tongzhi Living: Men Attracted to Men in Postsocialist China.