Alexis Blavos
Alexis Blavos, Health Department, recently presented her work with colleagues, “Exploring the Health Education Profession’s Response to COVID” on the “Health Promotion Practice Journal” podcast. The podcast explores two of the team’s recent publications.
Peter M. McGinnis
Peter M. McGinnis, Kinesiology Department, recently had a Polish translation of the third edition of his textbook published. Biomechanics of Sport and Exercise (Biomechanika W Sporcie I Cwiczeniach Ruchowych), has been published by Edra Urban & Partner in Poland.
Terrence Fitzgerald, Frank Rossi and Michael Wolfin '12
Terrence Fitzgerald, Biological Sciences Department, Frank Rossi, Chemistry Department, and former student Michael Wolfin ’12, co-authored an article titled “Trail Marking by Larvae of the Cactus Moth, Cactoblastis cactorum” appearing in the current issue of the Journal of Insect Science. The paper reports the results of a study supported by the USDA-APHIS directed at developing an eco-rational approach to the control of the caterpillar, which is an invasive species. Wolfin, currently a graduate student at Cornell, was recently designated the George G. Gyrisco Outstanding Graduate Student in Applied Entomology.
Thomas Hischak
Thomas Hischak, professor emeritus of theatre, had his book 1939: Hollywood’s Greatest Year published by Rowman & Littlefield, Publishers. The book is a day-by-day chronicle of the year 1939 describing all 510 movies that opened as well as events in history, sports, music, theatre, radio, and politics.
Christopher D. Gascón
Christopher D. Gascón, Modern Languages Department, presented a paper titled “Music and Metamorphosis in Repertorio Español’s 2015 production of Calderón’s El laurel de Apolo” at the annual symposium of the Association for Hispanic Classical Theater in El Paso, Texas. As secretary of the association, he also helped to organize the conference and support the concurrent Spanish Golden Age Play Festival at the Chamizal National Memorial Theater.
Rhiannon Maton
Rhiannon Maton, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, had an article “Fighting on the Frontlines: Intersectional Organizing in Educators' Social Justice Unions during Covid-19” published in Gender, Work and Organization Journal. The author discusses the intersectional frontline organizing work of educators’ social justice unions on behalf of a woman-dominated workforce and local students, families and communities.
Mark Prus
Mark Prus, Academic Affairs, reviewed two manuscripts for publication in the Labor Studies Journal. The two articles were “Unintended consequences of Nevada’s Ninety Percent Prevailing Wage Rule,” and “Prevailing Wages, Side by Side Bids and School Construction Costs.”
Mechthild Nagel,
Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy Department and the Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies (CGIS), presented on Ubuntu Philosophy at a forum sponsored by the Critical Jurist Association of Frankfurt University, on June 11 in Frankfurt, Germany.
Mark Dodds
Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, had his article “Unassisted Goal: U.S. Soccer Does Not Need Approval to Use Player Likenesses in Group Ad” recently published by Sport Marketing Quarterly.
Alexis Blavos
Alexis Blavos, Health Department, was awarded the 2021 Synovitz Distinguished Service Award for her work on the national board of Eta Sigma Gamma.