Li Jin
Li Jin, Geology Department, co-authored two papers recently published in the journals Water and in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. Both papers are part of REACH, a global research program to improve water security for the poor. The first paper, “Multibranch modelling of flow and water quality in the Dhaka River System, Bangladesh: Impacts of future development plans and climate change” was published in Water. The second paper, “Evaluating the effects of geochemical and anthropogenic factors on the concentration and treatability of heavy metals in Awash River and Lake Beseka, Ethiopia: Arsenic and Molybdenum issues,” was published in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment.
Christa Chatfield
Christa Chatfield, Biological Sciences Department, and her student, senior biomedical sciences major Renee Bullard, presented her research at the 30th annual meeting of the Northeastern Microbiologists: Physiology, Ecology and Taxonomy group. Jeff Werner, Chemistry Department, also presented his research at the meeting, which was held June 22 at Blue Mountain Lake, N.Y.
Carolyn Bershad
Carolyn Bershad, Counseling and Wellness Services, was a co-presenter at the annual conference of the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors (AUCCCD) on Oct. 16 in New Orleans. She, along with Peter LeViness, University of Richmond, and Kim Gorman, Western Carolina University, presented “Highlights from the AUCCCD 2017 Directors’ Survey.”
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, was invited by University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) on Nov. 13 and Sun Yat-Sen University, China on March 18 to deliver campus-wide talks on her book Tongzhi Living: Men Attracted to Men in Postsocialist China and the contribution of anthropology to public health.
Kevin Dames
Kevin Dames, Kinesiology, and Aaron Jones M '25 presented research conducted in collaboration with Bryanne Bellovary, Kinesiology, and Jason Parks, Kinesiology. Their project, titled "Does limb specialization in track and field introduce asymmetry in dynamic stability?" was presented at the American Society of Biomechanics Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh. Their findings demonstrate how sport-specific definitions of limb dominance are necessary to isolate unique kinetic strategies during hop landing tasks in male track and field athletes.
Heather Bartlett, Laura Davies, Tim Emerson, Mario Hernandez, Jeff Jackson and Kevin Rutherford
Heather Bartlett, Laura Davies, Tim Emerson, Mario Hernandez, Jeff Jackson and Kevin Rutherford, all from the English Department Composition Program, presented together at the SUNY Council on Writing Conference on Sept. 9. Their panel was titled, “Making Changes: Revising a First-Year Writing Curriculum within a Teaching Community.”
Wylie Schwartz
Wylie Schwartz, Art and Art History Department, had her article titled “Between Empathy and Antagonism: Subjective Imagination in the Situationist Drakabygget” published in the current edition of the Oxford Art Journal.
Christopher Badurek
Christopher Badurek, Geography Department, was honored with the 2018 GISP of the Year Award in February from the Geographic Information Systems Certification Institute (GISCI) for over five years of sustained contributions to the development of GIS professional knowledge certification standards used nationally in industry, government, and academia.
Jeremy Jimenez
Jeremy Jimenez, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, presented a paper titled “Portrayal of Religion Against the Backdrop of Progress and Modernity in the US and Canadian Social Science Textbooks from 1850 to 2010” at the Future of World Society conference at Pomona College, Los Angeles.
Jose Ortiz and Maria Timberlake
Jose Ortiz and Maria Timberlake, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, will be presenting at the upcoming American Educational Studies Association Conference: https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/aesa/aesa25/online_program_direct_link/view_session/2262372/.