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Nance S. Wilson

Nance S. Wilson, Literacy Department, received the Literacy Practice Research Journal’s Knowledge Award on Oct. 13 for an article she co-authored titled “Literacy Faculty Perspectives During COVID: What did we learn?”

Tiantian Zheng

Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, recently had her article, “Transnational Migration, Global Links, and Social Inequality: Human Trafficking and North Korean Women in China,” published in the March issue of The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Global Studies.

Denise D. Knight

Denise D. Knight, professor of English emerita, will have her monograph, “‘what our union once was’: Newly Recovered Letters from Charlotte Perkins Gilman to Martha Luther Lane,” published as a special issue of American Literary Realism in Fall 2021. 

Chris Cubells, James Durr and Joshua Peluso

Chris Cubells, James Durr and Joshua Peluso, Systems Administration and Web Services, presented at the SUNY SICAS Summit held Sept. 24 in Syracuse, N.Y. Their two talks were on migrating to the new myRedDragon and how to reach students through email.

John Suarez

John Suarez, Institute for Civic Engagement and service-learning coordinator, assisted two sophomores with their three-part workshop presented Oct. 25 at the 3rd annual Eastern Region Campus Compact Conference in Philadelphia, Pa. Crissana Christie, a biomedical sciences major, and Regina Gianfreda, majoring in inclusive special education, presented “Reciprocity, Reflective Listening, and First-Year Service-Learning in Teacher Education.”

Mark Dodds

Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, and Kristi Schoepfer, from Winthrop University, presented “Legal Issues and the Sport Management Intern: A Continuing Evolution of Case Law” at the 27th Annual Sport and Recreation Law Association Conference held Feb. 26-March 1 in Orlando, Fla. 

Benjamin J. Lovett

Benjamin J. Lovett, Psychology Department, had an article published in the September 2014 issue of the Journal of Disability Policy Studies. “Testing Accommodations Under the Amended Americans with Disabilities Act: The Voice of Empirical Research” critically examines recent legal regulations that are followed when students request testing accommodations for disability conditions.

Ute Ritz-Deutch

Ute Ritz-Deutch, History Department, participated in the seminar “German Sources on the Global South” at the annual conference of the German Studies Association held Sept. 29-Oct. 2 in San Diego, Calif. The 17 contributors met for three days to exchange research ideas and challenges regarding oral sources and access to archives. 

Brian Barrett

Brian Barrett, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, had his article titled “Rethinking the foundations: Towards powerful professional knowledge in teacher education in the USA and England” published in the Journal of Curriculum Studies. The article was co-authored with Jim Hordern, University of Bath, UK, and is part of a special issue that explores the concept of “powerful knowledge” in education from various theoretical perspectives.

Moyi Jia and Haiyan Zhang

Moyi Jia, Communication and Media Studies Department, and Haiyan Zhang, Psychology Department, had their article, “The Power of Teacher Supportive Communication: Effects on Students’ Positive Emotions and Engagement in Learning” published recently in The Northwest Journal of Communication.