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Professional Activities

Students

Jason Talanian, Kinesiology and Health Science alumnus, has co-authored a research paper titled “Two weeks of high-intensity aerobic interval training increases the capacity for fat oxidation during exercise in women” published in the Journal of Applied Physiology, April 2007; co-authored a research paper titled “The effects of training in hyperoxia vs. normoxia on skeletal muscle exzyme activities and exercise performance” published in the Journal of Applied Physiology, March, 2007; and co-authored a paper titled “Adrenergic regulation of HSL serine phosphorylation and activity in human skeletal muscle during the onset of exercise” published in the American Journal of Physiology, Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative, October, 2006.

Scholarship

Haroldene Wunder, Accounting, presented a paper titled "Tax Risk Management in the Post-Sarbanes-Oxley Era" at the 2007 Western Decision Sciences Institute’s annual meeting in Denver, April 3 - 7. The manuscript received the Conference's Accounting II, Audit/Financial/Tax Track Best Paper Award.

Darryl O. Freeman, Government, delivered a paper titled "The Paradoxical Implications of Mexico's Official Color Blind Public Policy and Its Racist Perception in Afro-American Political Thought" at the Southwestern Social Science Association's eighty-seventh annual meeting held in Albuquerque, NM on March 15.

Donald Carper, College of Business, delivered a paper titled “Undiagnosed Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Commercial Truck Drivers: Legal Implications to Drivers, Employers, and Health Care Professionals” at the Western Academy of Legal Studies in Business on March 31, in Monterey, California.

Roger Sullivan, Anthropology, coauthored two posters at the 32nd annual meeting of the Human Biology Association, in Philadelphia, PA. The posters were titled “Comparative Reduction in Cytochrome P450 Genes in Homo sapiens: Implications for Hominid Diet Shift and Encephalization” and “Plant Neurotoxins and Brain Development: Implications for Encephalization in Homo.”
 
Celeste Roseberry-McKibbin, Speech Pathology and Audiology, was named a Fellow of the American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association in November 2006, an honor given to approximately 30 speech pathologists in the United States each year.

Tony Platt, Social Work, has accepted an invitation to talk about his book Bloodlines: Recovering Hitler's Nuremberg Laws, From Patton's Trophy to Public Memorial at the Topography of Terror Museum in Berlin on July 5; and at the Documentation Centre Nazi Party Rally Grounds, Museum of the City of Nuremberg on July 6. The Topography Museum is located on the site of the Gestapo headquarters, and the Documentation Centre is located on the site of the infamous Nazi rallies.

In the News

Barbara O’Connor, Communication Studies, was quoted: in the Feb. 24 Pasadena Star News and Monterey County Herald and the Feb. 25 Woodland Daily Democrat about California legislators proposing laws just before the deadline; in the March 16 San Francisco Chronicle about presidential candidates adapting to California’s new primary election date; in the March 13 Orange County Register, in the March 17 Contra Costa Times and Pleasanton Valley Times, and the March 19 Marin Independent Journal, San Jose Mercury-News and Oakland Tribune about Senate Leader Don Perata locking three Democratic Senate members out of their offices for a day.

Tim Hodson, Center for California Studies, was quoted: in the March 17 West County Times and the March 19 San Mateo County Times, Hayward Daily Review and Alameda Times Star about Senate leader Don Perata’s punishment of three members of his own party; in the March 12 West County Times and Pleasanton Valley Times about Rep. Guy Houston being the only Bay Area Republican in an elected, partisan seat; in the March 25 Marin Independent Journal, the March 26 San Jose Mercury-News and the March 28 Santa Rose Press Democrat about raises Gov. Schwarzenegger has given to his office staff; and was appointed to the Fair Political Practices Commission, as reported in the Feb. 15 San Diego Tribune and Los Angeles Metropolitan News Enterprise.

Nancy Shulock, Institute for Higher Education and Leadership Policy, was quoted in the March 7 West County Times and Hayward Daily Review and the March 8 Tri-Valley Herald about low fees not easing the cost of community colleges for students; in the March 20 San Jose Mercury-News and the March 21 Oakland Tribune and Tri-Valley Herald about community colleges’ internal audits on the performance of its students.

Laurie Gardner, Charter Schools Development Center, was quoted in the March East Bay Business Times about the characteristics of successful charter schools.

Bruce  Bikle, Criminal Justice, was quoted in the Feb. 21 San Gabriel Valley Daily Tribune and Pasadena Star News about U.S. states’ reluctance to provide governors and executives unchecked powers when it comes to solving the prison overcrowding problem.

Irene Bersola-Nguyen, Bilingual Multicultural Education, was quoted in the Feb. 17 Victor Valley Daily Press about the mental benefits of being bilingual.

Dave Ceppos, Center for Collaborative Policy, was featured in a March Prosper Magazine story about a research paper he authored about humor’s affect on workplace relationships.

Maureen Smith, Kinesiology and Health Science, was quoted in the March 24 Sacramento Bee about the psychological effects of losing games for high school athletes.

Tim Fong, Ethnic Studies, was interviewed on KCRA Channel 3 on March 18 about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

Amy Liu, Sociology, was interviewed on KFBK 1530 and Capital Public Radio on March 19 and 20 about her survey showing the war in Iraq becoming increasingly unpopular among Sacramento area residents; and on KFBK 1530 on March 23 about her survey showing flood risks are not being taken seriously by Sacramento area residents.

Scott Gordon, Computer Science, was interviewed on Capital Public Radio on March 28 about his asphalt museum.