Carolyn Bershad
Carolyn Bershad, Counseling and Student Development, presented with Drs. Susan Stock and Heidi Levine on “Leadership and Development: Many Paths, Many Stories” at the annual convention of the American College Personnel Association (ACPA), held March 5-8 in Tampa, Fla. The program was sponsored by ACPA’s Mid-Level Community of Practice. Bershad also completed her term as past-chair for ACPA’s Commission for Counseling and Psychological Services at the convention.
Christina Knopf
Christina Knopf, Communication and Media Studies Department, had her book chapter, “Superman, a Super Freak: Returning the Man of Steel to the Circus in DC Bombshells,” published in Adapting Superman: Essays on the Transmedia Man of Steel, McFarland & Co., 2021.
Seth N. Asumah
Seth N. Asumah, Africana Studies and Political Science departments, was a National Boren Fellowship panelist in February 2019 in Washington D.C. Asumah was invited for the fourth year by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Institute of International Education (IIE) to review 47 fellowship applications for 2019 for the Africa Region. Also, he was invited to serve on the Fulbright National Review Commission in New York City for graduate and undergraduate fellowships for United States students who would like to research in the Africa Region earlier in this year.
Tadayuki Suzuki
Tadayuki Suzuki, Literacy Department, presented “Still Missing: How Should Teacher Educators Include LGBT Family-themed Picture Books in Curricula for Primary Grades?” at the National Association for Multicultural Education’s annual conference on Nov. 14 in Tucson, Ariz.
Brian Barrett
Brian Barrett, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, had his article titled “Towards a realist sociology of education: A polyphonic review essay” published in the Educational Theory, Volume 67, Issue 2. The article was co-authored with Michael Grenfell from the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom, Susan Hood from the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, and Dan Schubert from Dickinson College in Pennsylvania.
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, was invited by NBC News to comment on the “masculinity problem” facing boys in China. The NBC news article that quoted her comments was posted online on Jan. 9.
Bonni C. Hodges
Bonni C. Hodges, Health Department, was an invited participant in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) “Working Forum on Healthy Schools” held March 22-23 in Washington, D.C. The approximately 80 participants engaged in a series of activities designed to assist RWJF in setting its priorities related to fostering healthy schools as part of its initiatives to build a culture of health.
Kathleen A. Lawrence
Kathleen A. Lawrence, Communication and Media Studies Department, has received word that two of her poems will be published in Star*Line Magazine's October 2019 issue. Her poems are titled “Sailor Come Home” and “The Nonpareils: As Told by the Woman in the Gingerbread House,” which is a retelling of the German fairytale, Hansel & Gretel by the Brothers Grimm. Star*Line Magazine is the print journal of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association.
Donna E. West
Donna E. West, Modern Languages Department, authored the book Deictic Imaginings: Semiosis at Work and at Play (Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics), which was published through Springer Publishing as part of their SAPERE series. An editorial review on the book’s back cover begins with this overview: “This work represents the first integrated account of how deixis operates to facilitate points of view, providing the raw material for reconciling index and object. The book offers a fresh, applied philosophical approach using original empirical evidence to show that deictic demonstratives hasten the recognition of core representational constructs.”
Yomee Lee and Sam L. Kelley
Yomee Lee, Kinesiology and Africana Studies departments, and Sam L. Kelley, Communication Studies and Africana Studies departments, presented on “Racism & White Privilege” at the Stony Point Conference Center on Oct. 18, 2013. Lee addressed the stereotypes of Asians as depicted in popular culture, with an emphasis on film and advertising and how the depictions influence perceptions about Asians. Kelley presented on racial profiling against the backdrop of the civil rights movement and the impact since 9/11. The event was organized by the Public Policy Advocacy Network of the Synod of the Northeast New York.