Sam Kelley
Sam Kelley, communication studies, has been informed that the eta Creative Arts Foundation production of his play, "Pill Hill," received several honors at the 15th Annual Black Theatre Alliance Awards ceremony held Oct. 5 in Chicago. "Pill Hill" won awards for Costume Design, Best Ensemble, Best Performance in an Ensemble (Actor), Best Direction and the Negro Ensemble Company Award for Best Play.
In a note to Kelley, eta Creative Arts Foundation President Abena Joan P. Brown, Artistic Director Runako Jahi and Producing Director Kemati J. Porter wrote, "'Pill Hill' resonates deeply in the Chicago community. We are ecstatic it received such notable recognition from the artistic community... Our deepest gratitude to you for allowing us to produce this classic work." Kelley traveled to Chicago for a post-production session with the actors in late July. The production ran from June 18 through Aug. 9. This was the third time "Pill Hill" was produced in Chicago. Previous Chicago productions were presented by the Chicago Theatre Company. "Pill Hill" is slated for a production in Baltimore, Md., in April 2010 as part of a series of activities addressing problems facing black males in the area.
Kelley's play "Habeas Corpus" received a staged reading at the Juneteenth Festival, which was produced by the Juneteenth Legacy Theatre on June 18 in Louisville, Ky. Kathy Ellis directed the production. Habeas Corpus is based on the 1919 Elaine, Ark., Race Riot and the subsequent struggle to free 12 black men who were sentenced to die in the electric chair for their role in the riot. Kelley traveled to Louisville for a post-production question-and-answer session with the playwright and audience.
Laura J. Davies
Laura J. Davies, English Department, had her essay, “Teaching with Love,” published in the Fall 2014 issue of Composition Studies.
Jordan Kobritz
Jordan Kobritz, Sport Management Department, wrote an article for the Concussion Litigation Reporter commenting on the proposed settlement of the NFL concussion lawsuit. The title of the article is “Plaintiffs Had Little Choice but to Take the Deal Offered by the NFL.”
Genevieve Birren
Genevieve Birren, Sport Management Department, gave two presentations at the bi-annual Play the Game Conference held Feb. 4 to 7 in Trondheim, Norway. Both were on anti-doping in sport. The first was “Social media use in doping prevention and enforcement” and the second was “The Rodchenkov Anti‐Doping Act: The United States’ newest approach to doping control.”
James Hokanson and Erik Lind
James Hokanson and Erik Lind, Kinesiology Department, along with current undergraduate exercise science students Mary Savi and Madison Heffern recently presented research at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine conference in Lancaster, Pa. The group co-authored two posters titled “Comparison of Fat Oxidation During Walking on a Normal and Lower Body Positive Pressure Treadmill” and “Perceptual and Affective Responses Relative to Maximal Fat Oxidation During Treadmill Walking Exercise.”
Mark Dodds
Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, presented two papers concerning legal issues at the Sport Marketing Association conference held Oct. 23 to 26 in Albuquerque, N.M. The first dealt with a team’s liability when a fan gets injured from the team’s promotional activity and the other examined the legality of the NCAA.
Timothy J. Baroni
Timothy J. Baroni, Biological Sciences Department, was acknowledged as a consultant for the chapter on “Fungi in the Forest Ecosystem” in Joan Maloof’s recent (2016) book, Nature’s Temples – The Complex World of Old-Growth Forests published by Timber Press of Portland, Ore. Baroni provided Maloof with a 10-page summary of current knowledge of fungal species known from old growth forests of North America and Europe with a comprehensive literature cited section. Also, five of Baroni’s color images of tropical fungi were featured in the 2008 publication Biodiversidad de Puerto Rico, Augustín Stahl, Flora, Hongos, Serie de Historia Natural, on the mushrooms (hongos) of Puerto Rico written by his colleagues, Sharon A. Cantrell, Universidad del Turabo, P.R., and D. Jean Lodge, USDA-Forest Service Northern Research Station, Luquillo, Puerto Rico. Baroni and Lodge were funded by the National Science Foundation from 1996-2001 to perform biodiversity research on Basidiomycetes, large fleshy fungi, in Puerto Rico and the surrounding islands of the Greater Antilles except for Cuba. Cantrell served as the postdoctoral research collaborator on that grant. The chapter is a 46-page summary of the history of research on fungi in Puerto Rico by a host of investigators from around the world, dating back to the 19th century. A summary of these investigations and an overview of the biology of fungi in tropical forest ecosystems is presented, culminating in a list of macrofungi and slime molds documented from Puerto Rico.
Mark Dodds
Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, recently had his article, “The Influence of Gender on Baseball Sponsorship Activation Tactics,” published by the Journal of Brand Strategy.
Denise D. Knight
Denise D. Knight, English Department, will present a paper titled “Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the Green Diaspora” at the Transatlantic Women III Conference to be held in June 2018 in Dublin, Ireland.
Brittany Adams
Brittany Adams, Literacy Department, had her article, “Consent is not as Simple as Tea: Student Activism Against Rape Culture,” published in Girlhood Studies, volume 14, issue 1.