Rhiannon Maton
Rhiannon Maton, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, recently co-edited a special issue on the #RedForEd educator union strikes for Critical Education journal. The issue is titled “Understanding the 2018 Statewide Walkouts” and is part of the “Contemporary Educator Movements: Transforming Unions, Schools and Society” special series that Maton co-edits for the same journal.
Jennifer Olin
Jennifer Olin, University Police Department, was named a 2014 Recognition Award recipient by the New York State STOP-DWI Foundation and Mothers Against Drunk Driving New York State (MADD). Olin is trained in traffic safety related courses to recognize the effects of alcohol and drugs on the human body and in operational procedures, including Drug Recognition Expert, Breath Analysis Operator and Standard Field Sobriety Test. Also, she is on the State of New York Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee Program – Police Traffic Services. She was nominated as a dedicated officer who has had success in reducing impaired driving her community.
Alexander G. Gonzalez
Alexander G. Gonzalez, English Department, had his scholarly article, “Eavan Boland’s ‘The Glass King’ and R.G.Collingwood’s Theory of Art,” published in South Atlantic Review after many delays.
Kati Ahern
Kati Ahern, English Department in Professional Writing and Rhetoric, co-organized the second biannual Sound Studies, Rhetoric, and Writing (SSRW) conference with synchronous keynote speakers Oct. 2 and 3. The conference was themed around sound, place and increasing diversity within sound studies scholarship. Due to COVID-19 the conference was moved online.
Li Jin
Li Jin, Geology Department, co-authored a paper that was recently accepted for publication in Science of the Total Environment. The paper is titled “Water Quality Modelling of the Mekong River Basin: Climate Change and Socioeconomics Drive Flow and Nutrient Flux Changes to the Mekong Delta.”
Herb Haines
Herb Haines, Sociology/Anthropology Department, was interviewed live on April 6 by the host of “This Morning,” a public affairs program of the South Korean radio station TBS eFM. The program dealt with South Korea’s impending decision on whether to officially abolish capital punishment.
Alexandru Balas
Alexandru Balas, International Studies Program and Clark Center for International Education, recently had his book, Peace Operations, published by Polity Press. The book, in its 2nd edition, is co-authored with Paul F. Diehl.
The book, detailed and available online at http://www.polity.co.uk/book.asp?ref=9780745671802, accomplishes the following:
- Traces the historical development of peace operations from their origins in the early 20th century through the development of modern peace building missions and multiple simultaneous peace operations.
- Tracks changes over time in the size, mission and organization of peace operations.
- Analyses different organizational, financial, and troop provisions for peace operations, as well as assessing alternatives.
- Lays out criteria for evaluating peace operations and details the conditions under which such operations are successful.
Jeremy Jimenez
Jeremy Jimenez gave a presentation entitled "Climate Change Education: Realities and Resistance" at the New European Trends in Psychology and Educational Sciences event at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Kenneth A. Cohen
Kenneth A. Cohen, Recreation, Parks and Leisure Studies Department, was featured in WalletHub's recent article, "Best & Worst Cities for Recreation."
Kevin Dames
Kevin Dames, Kinesiology Department, Cabel McCandless '21 and Christopher Aiken of New Mexico State University had their article titled "Postural stability in trail and cross-country runners: Time-to-boundary metrics and training insights" published in the International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching. Their work highlights unique postural control profiles among a cross-sectional sample of healthy adults, collegiate runners, and trail runners.