Patricia Martínez de la Vega Mansilla
Patricia Martínez de la Vega Mansilla, Modern Languages Department, and Abigail Cleary from Lansing High School, presented a workshop titled “Technology as a Tool for Memorization” at the New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers (NYSAFLT) Conference - 21st Century LOTE Education: Providing the Keys to College and Career Readiness held Oct. 31 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. LOTE is the acronym for Language Other Than English.
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.
Adam Ferguson M ’12
Adam Ferguson M ’12, English Department, presented his paper “Written Beyond the Body: Queer Narratives, Transgender Identity, and Sem-erotics” at the 2021 Conference of the Semiotic Society of America. The virtual conference was held from Oct. 20 to 23.
Nance S. Wilson
Nance S. Wilson, Literacy Department, had a book chapter titled “Teacher Development, Support, and Training with the iPad” published in Advancing Higher Education with Mobile Learning Technology: Cases, Trends, and Inquiry Based Methods, edited by S. Keengwe and M. Maxfield. It was co-authored by Vicky Zygouris-Coe and Victoria Cardullo.
Stephen Halebsky
Stephen Halebsky, Sociology/Anthropology Department, wrote the chapter on “Big Box Stores” for the recently published The Routledge Companion to the History of Retailing. His contribution had been solicited by the editors.
Susan Peterson
Susan Peterson, Modern Languages Department, had her article, “Race, Labor and the Economic Possibilities of Women in Colonial Latin America,” published in the Winter 2011 edition of the Journal of Intercultural Disciplines. The National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies publishes the journal.
Moyi Jia
Moyi Jia, Communication Studies Department, had her research paper accepted for presentation at the67th Annual Convention of International Communication Association to be held May 25-29 in San Diego, Calif. Her paper is titled “Exploring the effect of teacher social support on students’ positive/negative emotions and learning engagement: A U.S.-Chinese classroom investigation.”
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Emily Quinlan and Susan Stiner
Emily Quinlan and Susan Stiner, Advisement and Transition, attended the Western New York Advising Conference on Feb. 15 in Niagara Falls, N.Y. They presented “A Comprehensive Approach to Advising the Undecided Student” to a full room of approximately 50 conference attendees. The conference theme was “The Evolving Students: Strategies and Trends in Advising.”
Lin Lin, Margaret Gichuru and Mechthild Nagel
Lin Lin and Margaret Gichuru, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, and Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy and Africana Studies departments, made a synchronous presentation “Teaching Philosophy to Children in the Time of the Pandemic” at the Fall 2021 NYACTE-NYSATE Conference sponsored by the New York Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and the New York State Association of Teacher Educators.
Joshua Peluso
Joshua Peluso, Systems Administration and Web Services, gave two presentations at the Fall 2011 Wizard Collaborative SUNY Conference held Nov. 15-16 in Syracuse, N.Y. His talks were titled, “Getting Everything in your Campus Portal” and “SUNY Source.” Wizard technology conferences promote SUNY-wide technological offerings for all campuses.