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Professional Activities

Scholarship

Pat Chirapravati, Art, will be presenting a paper, "To Project a Modern Image: Politicization of Art and Architecture by Kings Rama IV and V of Siam," at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco on Nov. 30 (part of the lecture series sponsored by the Society for Asian Art, called "Famous Faces, Famous Places; The Impact of Personalities and Patronage on the Arts of Asia.").  Chirapravati also has curated two new shows of contemporary Asian art, "The Cycle of Life: Innocence," at the Pence Gallery in Davis (Sept. 25-Nov. 16) and "The Cycle of Life: Wisdom," in the University Library Gallery's Annex (Oct. 4 to Nov. 17).

Greg Shaw, Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration, successfully defended his dissertation and was awarded his Ph.D. in July from the University of California, Davis. 

Lorelei Bayne, Theatre and Dance, has been commissioned by the University of Vermont School of Music and Dance to reset a dance work she created with Sacramento State performers in the fall of 2005. The piece will be presented in UVM's Spring Dance Concert and will be taken by the UVM cast to the Mid-Atlantic Region's American College Dance Festival Association Conference for adjudication this spring.

Lisa Jorgensen, Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration, was published in the Summer 2007 edition of California Parks & Recreation magazine, the official publication of the California Park & Recreation Society.  Her article, titled “Crime Prevention through Environmental Design,” discusses fear of victimization, cues in the environment (focusing on park environments) that influence fear and coping behaviors, and environmental design strategies used to deal with crime and fear of crime.

Jennifer Piatt, Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration, presented a paper entitled, “The impact of self-efficacy and self-affirmation on active living in persons with spinal cord injuries or disease” at the American Therapeutic Recreation Association annual conference in Milwaukee last September. 

Beth Kivel, Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration, co-authored the paper “What a man ought to be, he is far from: Collective Meanings of Masculinity and Race” presented at the Leisure Research Symposium of the National Recreation and Park Association Congress in Indianapolis in September.

Beth Erickson, Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration, presented the paper “African-American Visitation to Rocky Mountain National Park: A Historical and Cultural Theoretical Analysis” at the Leisure Research Symposium of the National Recreation and Park Association Congress in Indianapolis in September.

Jennifer Piatt and Katherine Pinch, Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration, were co-presenters of the paper “TR Sustainability in Higher Education” at the Leisure Research Symposium of the National Recreation and Park Association Congress in Indianapolis in September.

Beth Kivel, Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration, was elected as co-chair of the Leisure Research Symposium for the Society of Park and Recreation Educators national congress to be held in Baltimore, MD in 2008 and Salt Lake City, UT in 2009.