J. Richard Kendrick Jr.
J. Richard Kendrick Jr., Sociology/Anthropology Department and Institute for Civic Engagement, was a panelist at the New York Campus Compact Workshop, “Achieving Carnegie Community Engagement Classification,” on March 1 at Syracuse University. On Friday, March 5, he presented as part of the “Models for Civic Education and Engagement” series of the Civic Education and Leadership Fellows (CELF) program at Syracuse University. The CELF program brings eight scholars from the Middle East to study for a semester at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, was invited to speak in February at Oxford University in England and in March at the University of North Park in Chicago, about her first book, Red Lights: The Lives of Sex Workers in Postsocialist China, (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press).
Lin Lin
Lin Lin, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, was lead co-author of two articles that were recently published. “Teaching Historical and Current Events from Multiple Perspectives: The Korean War and Six-Party Talks” was published in Social Science Research and Practice, Winter 2009, Volume 4, Number 3. “Whose History? An Analysis of the Korean War in History Textbooks from the United States, South Korea, Japan and China” was published in the September-October 2009 issue of The Social Studies.
Regina Grantham
Regina Grantham, Communication Disorders and Sciences Department, was appointed one of the four ambassadors for the New York State Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NYSSLHA). She will represent the Central New York region. The ambassador positions are highly prestigious and recognize leadership and professional knowledge. The ambassadors will be visible representatives facilitating communication between the NYSSLHA association and area members.
Brian D. Barrett
Brian D. Barrett, Foundations and Social Advocacy, had his article titled “Religion and Habitus: Exploring the Relationship Between Religious Involvement and Educational Outcomes and Orientations Among Urban African American Students,” published in a special issue of Urban Education on “Bringing the Neighborhood into the Classroom.” Additionally, he was interviewed for a podcast released in association with the special issue and available at iTunes.
Jeffrey J. Walkuski
Jeffrey J. Walkuski, Physical Education Department, was appointed chair of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) Student Services Committee. This committee functions to advise and monitor student issues and professional development programs for students and also plans and coordinates student activities and programming at both the Alliance's national conference and the national student leadership conference.
Marni Gauthier
Marni Gauthier, English Department, had her essay, “Historical Figures Transformed: Free Enterprise and I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem,” published in Beyond Adaptation: Essays on Radical Transformations of Original Works (McFarland: March 2010).
Janet Duncan
Janet Duncan, Foundations and Social Advocacy and Institute for Disability Studies, taught a graduate seminar in Collaborative Consultation for 20 teachers at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, during July.
John Hartsock
John Hartsock, Communication Studies Department, gave a talk at the American University of Paris on Oct. 18 on the topic of “The Relevance of Literary Journalism in the Age of Globalization.” It was one of two talks he gave in Paris in addition to his serving as a visiting professor at Paris Université from Sept. 27-Oct. 22. His talk at the American University of Paris was sponsored by the departments of English, Communications and Comparative Literature, and explored why the aesthetic implications of literary journalism serve as an important vehicle for explaining our globalized world. On Oct. 16, Hartsock also gave a talk at the Institute for Anglophone, Romance and German Worlds at Paris Université on the subject of “American Literary Journalism and the Exploration of the Cultural Other,” examining how literary journalism resisted the elitist literary and journalistic paradigms that came to dominate the academy for much of the 20th century to the exclusion of the cultural other. As a visiting professor during this period, Hartsock taught a graduate course at Paris Université on the subject of “The Aesthetics of Cultural Experience in American Literary Journalism.” Hartsock has published widely on the subject of literary journalism, and is the editor of Literary Journalism Studies, the official peer-reviewed journal of the International Association for Literary Journalism Studies.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article arguing against granting the president an item veto in the just published book, Debating Reform: Conflicting Perspectives on How to Fix the American Political System, published by CQ Press.