Kent Johnson
Kent Johnson, Sociology/Anthropology Department, was a speaker in the roundtable discussion “Gender and Kinship in the Deep Past: Unified Analysis for the 21st Century?" at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association on Nov. 20 in Tampa, Fla.
Jennifer Parker, Jeremy Pekarek and Hilary Wong
Jennifer Parker, Jeremy Pekarek and Hilary Wong, Memorial Library, gave a virtual presentation at the State University of New York Librarians Association on June 18. They presented “Enhancing campus relationships: Building a more collaborative institutional repository.”
Jerome O’Callaghan
Jerome O’Callaghan, School of Arts and Sciences, has had his review of James Foster’s new volume, BONG HiTS 4 JESUS: A Perfect Constitutional Storm in Alaska’s Capital, published in the Law and Politics Book Review (LPBR) volume 21 no. 7. The LPBR is an electronic publication of the American Political Science Association, distributed to 1,300 subscribers in 39 countries. To access reviews, visit www.lpbr.net
Sebastian Purcell
Sebastian Purcell, Philosophy Department, had his article, “Life on the Slippery Earth,” published in Aeon magazine’s July 4 issue. Purcell’s article discusses how the Aztec moral philosophy has profound differences from the Greek tradition, not least its acceptance that nobody is perfect.
Lauren deLaubell, Dan Harms, Jenifer Sigafoes Phelan and Hilary Wong
Lauren deLaubell, Dan Harms, Jenifer Sigafoes Phelan and Hilary Wong, Memorial Library, recently had their book chapter titled “Librarians Sitting Down with Students: Varied Approaches to Co-Teaching Reading Skills for Developmental Writers” published in the ACRL book Teaching Critical Reading Skills: Strategies for Academic Librarians.
Jared Rosenberg
Jared Rosenberg, Kinesiology Department, was an author on a recently published article, "EXERT-BCN: An Exercise Regimen Designed to Improve Body Composition, Functional Capacity, and Srength After Treatment for Breast Cancer With Nutrition Optimization," in online resource PubMed.
Bekeh Ukelina
Bekeh Ukelina, History Department, has been selected to participate in the SUNY Russia Programs Network. He will travel to St. Petersburg, Russia this summer to participate in the 12th New York-St. Petersburg Institute of Linguistics, Cognition and Culture where he will offer a three-week seminar, one general lecture and a mini-conference presentation on the topic of “Development and Global Migration.”
Hugh Anderson
Hugh Anderson, International Programs Office, received an Erasmus+ KeyAction 1 Mobility Award to visit Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. He took part in the International Staff Training Week on Project Management from May 13 to 17 with higher education administrators from 11 different countries.
Mary Lynch Kennedy
Mary Lynch Kennedy, English Department, co-authored the seventh edition of the book, Writing in the Disciplines; A Reader and Rhetoric for Academic Writers, which was published by Prentice Hall and released earlier this year. There will be a copy available in the English Department for interested browsers.
John C. Hartsock
John C. Hartsock, Communication Studies Department, has had a scholarly award established in his name by the International Association for Literary Journalism Studies. The award, the “John C. Hartsock Award for Best Article in Literary Journalism Studies,” was established by the association at their last international conference held at King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia in May. The award is given for the best article appearing in the association’s blind-reviewed journal, Literary Journalism Studies, for the previous publication year. Hartsock was the founding editor of the journal in spring 2009 and guided it for the first five years of publication. He has been invited to give the award next May at the association’s annual conference to be held at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna.