Eric Edlund
Eric Edlund, Physics Department, presented a poster at the 2020 American Physical Society’s Division of Plasma Physics conference titled “Overview of measurements from the Wendelstein 7-X phase contrast imaging diagnostic and plans for the OP2 campaign.”
Tadayuki Suzuki
Tadayuki Suzuki, Literacy Department, had a blog article titled “Reading, Teaching, and Discussing LGBTQ+ Family Stories with Elementary Students” published by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) in September.
John C. Hartsock
John C. Hartsock, Communication Studies Department, was recently invited to the United Arab Emirates to serve as an external dissertation examiner. The candidate successfully defended her dissertation “Negotiating the Intersection of Arabic and Anglo-American Literary Journalism: Exploring Possibilities, Challenging Canons.” The dissertation is believed to be the first to examine Arab literary journalism.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, presented a paper titled “To Brandish or Not to Brandish: The Consequences of Gun Display” at the Duke University Law School Conference on Historical Gun Laws, held virtually on June 19.
Kathleen A. Lawrence
Kathleen A. Lawrence, Communication and Media Studies Department, recently received word that her poem “Waiting, Still” has been published in the June issue of Pif Magazine. Pif Magazine is the oldest, continuously published literary magazine online.
Li Jin
Li Jin, Geology Department, co-authored an article recently published in the journal Sustainability. The paper examines the impacts of climate change and population growth on the water quality of Awash River in Ethiopia where water resources are limited and comprehensive monitoring datasets are lacking. The outcomes of the work help evaluate the efficiency of mitigation measures to curb river water pollution. The paper is titled “Impacts of Climate Change and Population Growth on River Nutrient Loads in a Data Scarce Region: The Upper Awash River (Ethiopia).”
Mechthild Nagel
Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy Department and Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies, presented an invited talk titled “The Ethic of Ubuntu and the End of Penality,” at the Symposium on Mass Incarceration, Religion, and Abolitionism, held Oct. 5 at Cornell University.
Also, Nagel was the keynote speaker for the annual Arts and Science lecture on Oct. 25 at Clarkson University. Her talk, “The Many Faces of Abolitionism Discourse: From Chattel Slavery, to Prisons and Prostitution,” also served as the opening lecture for the first Gender and Sexuality Studies Conference at the university.
Li Jin
Li Jin, Geology Department, recently gave a presentation at the 2017 Northeast/North-Central Geological Society of America Joint Section Meeting in Pittsburgh. She presented, “Modeling Nitrogen Dynamics in the Tioughnioga River, New York.”
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, co-authored a book titled Sex Workers and Criminalization in North America and China: Ethical and Legal Issues in Exclusionary Regimes, which was published Jan. 24 by Springer.
Melissa Morris
Melissa Morris, Physics Department, has been invited to speak at a workshop on the early Solar System set for Nov. 7-10 in Tokyo, Japan, and to contribute a manuscript to the publication of the workshop proceedings. Also, Morris has been issued a VIP invitation to the launch of the OSIRIS-REx mission, NASA’s sample return mission to the asteroid Bennu. The launch is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 8, at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, with a launch window through Friday, Sept. 10. More information can be found at www.asteroidmission.org