Debbie Warnock
Debbie Warnock, Sociology/Anthropology Department, had her article “Paradise Lost? Patterns and Precarity in Working-Class Academic Narratives,” published in the inaugural issue of the Journal of Working-Class Studies in December.
Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, had his article, “Sexual Disorientation: Queer Narratology and Affect Plots in New Narrative,” published in July in Textual Practice.
Madeleine Orr
Madeleine Orr, Sport Management Department, made 2020’s class of Top 30 under 30 sustainability leaders. Sponsored by Corporate Knights, with support from Telus, there were two requirements listed when nominations were opened to the public: nominees must be under age 30 and either work in Canada or be a Canadian working abroad.
Christina Knopf
Christina Knopf, Communication and Media Studies Department, presented at the Eastern Communication Association Conference held March 29 through April 2 in Baltimore, Md. She presented three papers: “Politics as Unusual: Editorial Cartooning and the 2024 Election,” “Roe, Reproduction, and Representation: Artists on Abortion” and “‘Wake Up, Sheeple!’ Sheeple Aren’t Real: Cartooning Conspiracies in a Theater of the Absurd – Netflix’s Inside Job.” The latter of these was recognized as the Top Paper in Political Communication.
Susan Rayl
Susan Rayl, Kinesiology Department, has had three book reviews published. Her review of Racism and the Olympics, by Robert G. Weisbord, was published this summer in the Journal of Sport History, a peer-reviewed journal. The Sport Literature Association published her reviews online of Greatness in the Shadows: Larry Doby and the Integration of the American League, by Douglas M. Branson, on July 17, and Wartime Basketball: The Emergence of a National Sport During World War II, by Douglas Stark, on Sept. 6.
Melissa Morris
Melissa Morris, Physics Department, served on several NASA review panels over the summer, as well as serving as reviewer for “The Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Earth, Moon, and Planets.”
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.
Seth N. Asumah
Seth N. Asumah, Africana Studies and Political Science departments, recently was appointed by the Association of African Universities and the Carnegie Diaspora Linkage Fellowship Program as an international invigilator and examiner for doctoral programs in Africa. Asumah will be travelling to the University of Ghana, Legon Ghana and the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, as an international examiner for doctoral dissertation defenses from April 22-30.
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.
Lin Lin
Lin Lin, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, was invited to present “Small Island, Global Issues” at the Going Global: Leveraging Resources for International Education Conference hosted by South Asia and Southeast Asia Programs at Cornell University. The conference was held March 10 at Tompkins Cortland Community College. The presentation is based on her January two-week study tour as a Global Learning Fellow, a program sponsored by Department of Education Title VI funding for the internationalization projects of the teacher education faculty in regional teacher education programs.