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Professional Activities

Scholarship

Tony Platt, Social Work, spoke to docents and staff at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles about his most recent book Bloodlines on Oct. 1. The influence of Platt’s first book, The Child Savers, (1969) on juvenile justice studies was the subject of a panel discussion at the annual conference of the American Studies Association in Philadelphia, Oct. 12.

Rob Wassmer, Public Policy and Administration, presented a paper titled "The Increasing Use of Property Tax Abatement as a Means of Promoting State and Local Economic Activity in the U.S." to a conference on Property Tax Base Erosion sponsored by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and George Washington University Institute of Public Policy in Washington D.C. on Oct. 5.

Mary Mackey, English, read from her new novel The Notorious Mrs. Winston on Oct. 11, at Luna's Cafe in Sacramento.

In the News

Barbara O’Connor, Communication Studies, was quoted on Sept. 16 in the Sacramento Bee about the reasoning behind Arden Arcade pushing to become its own city; on Sept. 6 in the San Francisco Chronicle about a move to split California’s state electoral votes; on Sept. 11 in the San Francisco Chronicle about San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s request for resignation letters from hundreds of high-ranking San Francisco officials; on Aug. 24 in the Los Angeles Times about Gov. Schwarzenegger’s approval ratings; on Aug. 27 in the San Francisco Chronicle about voters wanting to see change created by elected officials that positively effects them; on Aug. 20 in the Stockton Record about special interest groups expediting their messages with new technology; and on Aug. 18 in the Orange County Register about trust issues among lawmakers.

Ted Lascher, Public Policy and Administrative Graduate Program, was quoted on Sept. 7 in the Sacramento Bee about immigration issues and politics.

Robert Waste, Public Policy and Administrative Graduate Program, was quoted on Sept. 16 in the Sacramento Bee about a proposed funds shift in Sacramento and its effect on the budget.

Chia-Jung Chung, Teacher Education, was quoted on Sept. 9 in the Sacramento Bee about the use of memorization in education.

Kevin Wehr, Sociology, was quoted on Sept. 14 in the Sacramento Bee about why people justify things they do.

Michael McKeough, Physical Therapy, was quoted on Sept. 16 in the Sacramento Bee about the function of our knees.

Diane Hyson, Family and Consumer Sciences, was quoted on Sept. 9 in the Sacramento Bee about Americans’ breakfast habits and the importance of the first meal.

John Shefelbine, California Reading and Literature Project, was quoted on Aug. 23 in Chico’s Enterprise Record from his speech that presented strategies on how to teach students to read.

Sanjay Varshney, Business Administration, was quoted on Aug. 31 in the Sacramento Business Journal about the United States’ acceptance of immigrants.

Tim Hodson, Center for California Studies, was quoted on Aug. 25 in the San Mateo Co. Times about the difficulties lawmakers face when working on the state budget.