Evan Faulkenbury
Evan Faulkenbury, History Department, had an article published in the peer-reviewed journal The Public Historian, considered the definitive voice of the public history profession. The article is titled “Howard Zinn’s Public History.”
Mechthild Nagel
Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy and Africana Studies departments and the Center for Ethics, Peace, and Social Justice, has substantially revised the entry on “Feminist Perspectives on Class and Work,” published in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Erica Pratt
Erica Pratt, Physical Education Department, will be inducted in the Movement Science Alumni Hall of Fame at Westfield State University on Thursday, April 22.
James Hokanson
James Hokanson, Kinesiology Department, was senior investigator on a research study with kinesiology undergraduate student Allison Schumann, who was awarded Top Five Student Researcher at the American College of Sports Medicine regional conference held Nov. 3 and 4 in Harrisburg, Pa. There were more than 100 submissions from colleges and research 1 universities throughout the mid-Atlantic region, and over 700 attendees. Their research explores running economy on a lower body positive pressure treadmill.
Jeanine Rose
Jeanine Rose, Academic Support and Achievement Program, presented on methods of electronic recordkeeping, reporting and surveying for supplemental instruction at the Northeastern Regional Supplemental Instruction (NERSI) Conference in Lowell, Mass.
John Suarez
John Suarez, Institute for Civic Engagement, hosted the SUNY Consortium of Community Engaged Leaders’ first roundtable discussion, “Convening and Facilitating Community Forums.” Public deliberations are a kind of community forum. Suarez described the nature and purposes of community forums and identified steps for planning and conducting a forum. Participants then discussed related ideas such as working with the United Way to do a poverty simulation activity called the A.L.I.C.E. (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) Project and connecting with ThinkTank-inc.org. Participants included faculty and staff from Albany, Canton, Delhi, Empire State College and Upstate Medical Center.
Terrence Fitzgerald
Terrence Fitzgerald, Biological Sciences Department, is the author of an article titled “Phelypera distigma Un charançon processionnaire” (A processionary weevil) appearing in the current issue of the French magazine Insectes. Eleven of Fitzgerald’s photographs accompany the article, which was translated by the editors of the publication from an English language version appearing on the author’s website “Social Caterpillars.” The original studies of the larva, the only weevil known to form head-to-tail processions, were conducted in the Guanacaste, Costa Rica and Jalisco, Mexico as a collaborative effort between the author, James Costa ’85 of Western Carolina University, Alfonso Pescador of the University of Colima in Mexico, Dan Janzen of the University of Pennsylvania and Michael Turna ’03, who recently completed an advanced degree in the chemical ecology of host selection behavior of the eastern tent caterpillars at Binghamton University.
Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, was invited to give a lecture at West Chester University of Pennsylvania on April 11. His talk was titled “Queer Experimental Literature and the Narration of Kinship.” Also, he guest taught a seminar on experimental short fiction.
Jeremy Jimenez
Jeremy Jimenez, Foundations and Social Advocacy, contributed to an article published in the education journal Compare titled Charting the path after 2030: what should higher education’s role be in the future of the sustainable development agenda?. His specific essay for the article was "Demodernising the sustainability development goals: our only path to sustainability."
Kent Johnson
Kent Johnson, Sociology/Anthropology Department, recently completed an Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility in the Department of Ancient History and Archaeology at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, România.