Gregg Weatherby
Gregg Weatherby, English Department, has had some of his poetry nominated for a Pushcart Award. The poems were nominated by Coco Harris, editor of IMPACT: An anthology of short memoirs. The poems are also in his upcoming book Approaching Home, from Finishing Line Press.
Brittany LaVaute and Saige Hupman
Brittany LaVaute and Saige Hupman, Kinesiology Department graduate students, were invited to present their abstracts as oral presentations at the American College of Sports Medicine conference Nov. 6-7 in Harrisburg, Pa. Hupman authored “Caloric Expenditure of Normal and Lower Body Positive Pressure Treadmill Running.” LaVaute wrote “Perceived Exertion and Affective Responses During Normal and Lower Body Positive Pressure Treadmill Running.” Co-authors on both papers were Kinesiology Department faculty members James F. Hokanson, Deborah Van Langen, Erik Lind and Larissa True.
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.”
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, was invited by Brown University to deliver a campus-wide book talk on March 9. She will discuss her new book Tongzhi Living: Same-Sex Attracted Men in Postsocialist China, published in 2015 by University of Minnesota Press.
Danica Savonick
Danica Savonick, English Department, had her article “Producing Their Own Literature: June Jordan and the Pedagogical Politics of Literary Anthologies” published in Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the U.S. (MELUS). Read more
Seth N. Asumah
Seth N. Asumah, Africana Studies and Political Science departments, received a merit-based high ranking and appointment from the New York State Public High Schools Athletics Association (NYSPHSAA) and served as a referee for the 2017 New York State Boys Soccer Championships held Nov. 10 to 12 at Middletown, N.Y. Also, Asumah officiated the 2017 Boys Regional Soccer Championships held Nov. 4 in Oneonta, N.Y. As a member of the United States Soccer Federation (USSF), the National Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association (NISOA), and the MidState Board of Approved Officials (MidBAO), Asumah has officiated many international, national and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Final Four Soccer Championships.
Alexis Blavos
Alexis Blavos, Health Department, had an article titled “Advocacy Skill Development in Public Health Education Curriculum: A Pilot Study” published in Health Promotion Practice. Also, she and colleagues presented a plenary titled “Utilizing the Power of AI to Advocate for Equity Where You Live, Work, and Play” at the 2024 Health Education Advocacy Summit, held Oct. 19 to 21 in Washington, D.C.
Steven Gabriel
Steven Gabriel, Health Department, and colleagues had their article titled “Women’s Motivators to Engage in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment While Enrolled in an Opioid Intervention Court,” published in April in the journal Substance Use & Misuse.
Thomas Hischak
Thomas Hischak, professor emeritus of theatre, had his non-fiction book, Musicals in Film: A Guide to the Genre, published by ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Tadayuki Suzuki
Tadayuki Suzuki, Literacy Department, co-authored an article with Darryn Diuguid and Barbara Ward, titled “Taking a closer look at the American Library Association’s 2022 Rainbow Book List” recently published in the journal Multicultural Education.