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Professional Activities

Scholarship

Donald Carper and John McKinsey, Business, authored the 5th edition of the textbook Instructors Manual for Understanding the Law, Thomson Learning.  Carper also published on-line quizzes and instructor lectures to accompany the text.

Linda Goff, University Library, was part of a panel presentation titled, "Visibility for Information Literacy Work: The International IFLA/UNESCO IL Resources Directory and the IL International State of the Art Report," at the World Library and Information Congress during the 73rd International Federation of Library Association conference in Durban, South Africa in August. The "State of the Art Report" will be published in 2008 by K. G. Saur.

Maria Winkler, Art, has been asked to include her hand-made artist book Le Cirque in 500 Handmade Books, a juried gallery book featuring the best in contemporary book arts (the same piece had been exhibited in "Beyond Words: ArtistsBooks" exhibit at Sewanee: The University of the South). 500 Handmade Books will be published in spring 2008.

Craig Kelley, Business, had his article titled, "Assessing the Trends and Challenges of Teaching Marketing Abroad:  A Delphi Approach" accepted for publication in the Journal of Marketing Education.

Barbara Carle, Foreign Languages, had her translation of Rodolfo Di Biasio's "Poemetto dei naufragi e delle rottamazioni" ("Poem of Scrap Heaps and Shipwrecks") published in the Spring/Fall edition of Gradiva.

Lee Kavaljian, Biological Sciences emeritus, received an "Award of Excellence" in the Fine Arts Exhibition of the California State Fair for his ceramic sculpture entitled: "Spirit of Venice." 

Ann Weldy, English emeritus, has a play based on three of her novels being presented in New York City at the 4th Street Theater in October. The play, "The Beebo Brinker Chronicles," was written by Linda Chapman and Kate Moira Ryan, and is taken from novels written in the 1950s and 60s under Weldy's pen name of Ann Bannon. The cast includes 2007 Obie winner David Greenspan. The play premieres on Oct. 1, and runs through the month of October.

In the News

Jose Granada, Engineering Department, was interviewed June 15 in the Sacramento Bee about his role in assisting NASA’s June shuttle mission. Granada was the “voice of the mission” and relayed mission information to Spanish-speaking members of the worldwide press. 

Barbara O’Connor, Communication Studies, was quoted: on July 12 she was interviewed by KFBK about media people becoming personally involved with people they are covering; In a July Comstock’s article discussing the Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act, which encourages telecommunication companies to join satellite networks in competing head-on with cable companies; in the June 21 San Francisco Chronicle about dirty politics after the mayor of San Francisco was accused of using cocaine by a San Francisco County supervisor; in the July 4 issue of the San Francisco Chronicle after the mayor of Los Angeles admitted having an affair with a television reporter; in the June 19 Woodland Hills Daily News about an assemblyman who tends to support contentious and “offbeat” issues; in the June 18 San Diego Union Tribune about the use of ads by health care interest groups; and in the Pleasanton Valley Times, Contra Costa Times, West County Times and Woodland Hills Daily News about whether the budget would be passed on time.

Bruce Bikle, Criminal Justice, was quoted in the June 28 Stockton Record about prison policies after a prisoner allegedly strangled two of his cellmates.

Jamie Alvayay, Business Administration, was quoted in the May 26 Lodi News-Sentinel about the housing market in Lodi.

Tim Hodson, Center for California Studies, was quoted: in the June 30 Contra Costa Times, San Jose Mercury News, and San Rafael Marin Independent about the budget deadline; in the May 20 San Gabriel Valley Daily Tribune about the budget deadline; in the June 13 Lodi News–Sentinel about the responsiveness of governors and legislators to voters; in a June 28 Pasadena Star article on immigration issues.