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Professional Activities

Students

Ben Claridad, sophomore, took seventh place at Collegiate National Weightlifting Championships held the weekend of April 21. Claridad competed in the Men’s 105kg Class lifting, 115kgs in the Snatch, and a personal record of 132kgs in the Clean and Jerk for a new personal record total of 247 kgs, which is 543.4 pounds.

Anthropology students recently presented research papers at the 78th annual meeting of the Southwestern Anthropological Association. Representing Sacramento State were graduate students Andy Connelly, Eric Cotenas Meghan H. Farley, Sarabel Gonzales, Joseph Henry, Priscilla LoForte, Patricia MacEwen and Mark Miller. Undergraduates Amy Allshouse and Benjamin Hanowell also presented research papers. The meeting was hosted by the Anthropology Department and was held April 12-15 in Sacramento.

Scholarship

Terri Castaneda, Anthropology, took part in the Southwestern Anthropological Association meeting, chairing the session “Museums and Material Culture.” Castaneda is the outgoing president of the Association and presented a paper titled, “Digitally Mining the Museum.”

Don Carper, Business Administration, has co-authored two articles in the Journal of Sleep Diagnosis and Therapy. The article “Assessment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Risk and Severity in Truck Drivers: Validation of a Screening Questionnaire,” appears in Vol. 2 No. 2, April – May, 2007. Carper also wrote “Assessment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Risk and Severity in Truck Drivers: Commentary on the Legal Implications for Ignoring a National Safety Concern,” in the same volume.

Mark Hennelly, English, has two essays pending. “Alice’s Adventures at the Carnival” will appear in Victorian Literature and Culture. “Dickens’s Writing on the Wall: Dombey and Bleak House” will be published in Dickens Studies Annual: Essays on Victorian Fiction. Hennelly also has two reviews forthcoming: one on Irish Gothic in Le Fanu Studies and the other on Victorian Gothic in the Dickens Quarterly.

Janet Hecsh and Pia Wong, Teacher Education, organized the first  annual Teachers’ Network Leadership Institute Policy Briefing on April 20 at the Capitol. Nine teacher researchers presented the action research conducted by more than 20 policy makers from the region. The research provides recommendations on effective instructional strategies for low-income students, English learners, and high school students.

Doug Rice, English, has had his novel, Blood of Mugwump, translated into French and published as Le Sang Des Mugwump, by Editions – Desordres.

Roger Sullivan, Anthropology, co-authored two presentations at the 76th annual meeting of The American Association of Physical Anthropologists in Philadelphia, PA. The talks were titled: “The Paradox of Drug Reward in Human Evolution,” and “Human Counter-exploitation of Plant Neurotoxins.”

Members of Sac State’s chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineering won first place at the 2007 water treatment competition held April 14 at the University of Nevada, Reno. “Water Treatment from Your Kitchen and Beyond,” was the theme of the competition won by team members Jacqueline Etter, Francesca Grosjean, Jennifer Guerard, John Nurmi, Tanya Oselskaya, Yelena Oselskaya, John Preston, Mark Quito, Luise Sarmiento and Charles Zelnik.

In the news

Barbara O’Connor, Communication Studies, was quoted in the April 4 Contra Costa Times, San Jose Mercury-News and West County Times about the campaign message of a bill that enacts term limits but, if passed, can also extend lawmakers’ time in office and in the April 1 Sunday Valley Times and Marin Independent Journal and the April 2 Alameda Times Star, San Jose Mercury-News and Oakland Tribune about the benefits of gubernatorial candidates having three televised debates instead of one.

Tim Hodson, Center for California Studies, was quoted in the March 26 Woodland Hills Daily News about the governor’s aides’ proposal to change state law to make his office staff receive the same salary percentage increase as the Legislature.

Terri Sexton, Economics, was quoted in the March 11 San Gabriel Valley Daily Tribune about the taxation of landlines and wireless communications services.

Cheryl Osborne, Gerontology, was quoted in the April 15 Sacramento Bee about educational opportunities and discussion groups for senior citizens.

Suzanne O’Keefe, Economics, was quoted in the April 10 Sacramento Bee about her study that found that STEM jobs are expected to grow at a faster rate than all other jobs in California.

Robert Pritchard, Teacher Education, was interviewed on April 9 on KCRA Channel 3 about teacher-student boundaries.