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Professional Activities

Scholarship

Stanislaus Dundon, Philosophy Emeritus, gave a presentation titled, “The Physical Risks and Corresponding Moral Responsibilities in Assisted Reproductive Technologies,” at St. Hilary's Parish in Tiburon on April 14. He also gave a presentation titled, “Professional Ethics and Moral Codes Governing Hospital Ethics Consultation,” at Methodist Hospital in Sacramento on May 6.

Jana Noel, Teacher Education, has been appointed to the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research.

In the News

Tim Hodson, Center for California Studies, was interviewed on April 14 on Capital Public Radio about the effectiveness of a new bill; and on March 27 in Long Beach’s Press Telegram about immigration legislation.

Amy Liu, Sociology, was quoted on April 4 in the Sacramento Bee about homeowners in Sacramento; and was interviewed on April 25 on Capital Public Radio about a Sacramento State survey of Sacramento residents about the city and where it is headed.

Mary Maguire, Criminal Justice, was quoted on April 6 in the Sacramento Bee about prostitution and its ties to women.

Kerry Marsh, Music, was quoted on April 13 in the Sacramento Bee about Sacramento State’s Jazz Singers co-winning the DownBeat award.

Barbara O’Connor, Communication Studies, was quoted on March 24 in West Covina’s San Gabriel Valley Tribune and on March 25 in the San Mateo Co. Times about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi; on April 18 in Pleasanton’s Valley Times and on April 20 in San Jose’s Mercury-News about new Democratic legislative leaders, Assemblywoman Karen Bass and Senator Darrell Steinberg; on April 19 in San Jose’s Mercury-News about education in California and its response to proposed budget cuts; on April 16 in the San Francisco Chronicle about Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her campaign tactics and message; and on March 24 in the Whittier Daily News and Pasadena’s Star News about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Ines Garcia, Foreign Languages, was interviewed on April 24 and 25 on KUVS Channel 19 about "Spanglish."

David Zuckerman, Communication Studies, was interviewed on KCRA Channel 3 about the controversial photos of Miley Cyrus circulating in the media.

Tim Hodson, Center for California Studies, was quoted on April 28 in the Sacramento Bee about possible salary cuts among state officials.

Suzanne O’Keefe, Economics, was quoted on April 24 in the Sacramento News and Review about rising energy costs.

Kristin van Gaasbeck, Economics, was quoted on April 24 in the Sacramento News and Review about possible effects of long-term union contracts for Sacramento employees.

Raghuraman Trichur, Anthropology, was quoted on April 23 in the Sacramento Bee about Indian immigrants and IT fields.

Emir Jose Macari, Engineering and Computer Science, was quoted on April 2 in Folsom’s Telegraph about the domestic job market and enrollment in Sacramento State’s computer science courses.

Denver Travis, Business Administration, was quoted on April 4 in the Sacramento Business Journal about financial professionals.

Michael Semler, Government, was quoted on April 16 in the San Francisco Chronicle about Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

Timi Poeppelman, Communication Studies, was quoted on March 22 in Sacramento’s Catholic Herald about Craigslist and the Internet.

Recognition

Mary Brentwood, Environmental Studies Emeritus, received an award recognizing her three years of service as a member of the Executive Council for the Western Social Science Association at their 50th Anniversary Conference held in Denver, April 23-26.

The Urban Teacher Education Center, represented by Jana Noel, Teacher Education, received the "Quality Education Partnership Award for Distinguished Service to Children and Preparation of Teachers." This state-level award was presented by the California Council on Teacher Education on March 7.

Student Spotlight

A group of University students will participate in an international and national summer service learning program known as Camp Adventure.  The students -- Kasey Alderson, Carli Batchelor, Tyler Cerro, Jaclyn Chase, Sarah Ruch (Liberal Studies), Jasmine Aguila (Credential Program), Jennifer Hubbard (Family and Consumer Sciences), Elise Hawkins (Communication Studies) and Jessica Fuller (Marketing) -- will be working with the children of U.S. military personnel in England, Japan, Korea, Italy, Hawaii and Germany. Having participated in a ten-week leadership development program, which included theoretical and technical skills of day camp and aquatic program implementation, the students will work as child development interns, camp counselors and swimming instructors.