Thomas Hischak
Thomas Hischak, professor emeritus of theatre, had his book, Broadway Decoded: Musical Theatre's Forgotten References, published by Applause Theatre and Cinema Books.
Mecke Nagel
Mecke Nagel, Philosophy and Africana Studies departments and the Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies, learned that her Wagadu article, “OAJ and Wagadu: Towards a Diamond Model of Feminist, Postcolonial Publishing,” was published in the journal TripleC - Communication, Capitalism & Critique: Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society, available at www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/527.
Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, had a new paperback edition of his book, Queer Experimental Literature: The Affective Politics of Bad Reading, published in February. Also, his essay “Queer Theory Now and the Pleasure of Movement,” with E.L. McCallum, was published on FifteenEightyFour: The Cambridge University Press Blog.
Lisa Czirr, Jennifer Parker and Jenifer Phelan
Lisa Czirr, Jennifer Parker and Jenifer Phelan, Memorial Library, presented at the Eastern New York Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) conference hosted by Syracuse University on May 10. Their presentation, “Turning the Tables: Using Primo VE's Collection Discovery to Connect Students with Diverse Books" focused on the creation and implementation of the Collection Discovery interface in Primo VE (ONESearch), which enabled them to create virtual sets of picture book records for education classes.
Jerome O'Callaghan
Jerome O'Callaghan, associate dean of arts and sciences, recently had his review of Corey Brettschneider’s new volume, When the State Speaks, What Should It Say? published in the Law and Politics Book Review, (LPBR) Volume 22, #11. The LPBR is an electronic publication of the American Political Science Association, distributed to 1,300 subscribers in 39 countries. Reviews are available online at www.lpbr.net.
Doug Langhans
Doug Langhans, Admissions, represented Study New York, a consortium of SUNY, CUNY and private institutions formed to promote New York as a destination for international students, at the International Consultants for Education and Fairs (ICEF) 2015 North American Workshop. Langhans, a Study New York Board Member, met with a variety of international education colleagues to discuss the advantages of studying in New York.
David Kilpatrick
David Kilpatrick, Psychology Department, was the featured presenter at the Wyoming School Psychology Association fall conference on Oct. 22 and 23 and an invited presenter at the Florida Association of School Psychologists annual conference on Oct. 30. His topic for both presentations was on highly effective interventions for reading difficulties and disabilities.
Mark Dodds
Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, recently was interviewed by the radio show “ESPN The Classroom” about the legal issues surrounding the FIFA corruption story. FIFA is the international federation for association football (soccer).
John C. Hartsock
John C. Hartsock, Communication Studies Department, has been invited to lecture for two weeks at South China University of Technology in Guang Zhou, China, in the fall of 2014. The invitation is part of the university’s “Attracting Intelligence” program. Hartsock will give graduate lectures on American and global literary journalism, investigative journalism and American media law. Guang Zhou, perhaps better known to Westerners as Canton, is China’s third largest city, 75 miles north of Hong Kong. The university has an enrollment of more than 100,000.
In other news, Hartsock learned recently that a scholarly article of his was republished in the August issue of the Chinese journal Journalism Bimonthly, which is published by Fudan University in Shanghai. The article, “‘Literary Reportage’: The ‘Other’ Literary Journalism,” was originally published in Genre: Forms of Discourse and Culture, vol. XLII (2009). The Chinese version was translated by Li Mei, associate professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at South China University of Technology.
James Hokanson, Peter McGinnis and Steve Patrick
James Hokanson, Peter McGinnis, Kinesiology Department, and Steve Patrick, Athletics Department, recently had their research article published in the journal Sports. The article, co-authored by Casey Austin ’14, M.S. ’18, investigated the relationship between a new wearable running power meter, the Stryd Footpod, and running efficiency.