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Professional Activities

Scholarship

Hellen Lee-Keller, English, presented her current research on racial and sexual politics in nineteenth-century San Francisco at the annual meeting of the American Studies Association on Oct. 12-15 in Oakland, CA. Her paper, "Regulating the Social Evil: Representing Racialized Labor in San Francisco, 1868-1872," analyzes the ways in which accentuated discourses of sexuality and morality obscured material conditions, economic barriers, and legal constraints limiting labor opportunities for racialized women.

Kazue Masuyama, Foreign Languages, and Andrea Shea, Academic Technology & Creative Services, gave a presentation entitled "Facilitating Japanese Language Learning Through Collaboratively Developed Innovative Online Activities" at the MERLOT International Conference, August 8-11 in Ottawa, Canada.

Jana Noel, Education, has an article titled "Integrating a New Urban Teacher Education Center into a School and its Community" published in the Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching and Research.

Thelma Matthews, Office of Public Safety, received the University’s 2006 Top Gun Sharpshooter Award in July, after achieving the highest target shooting score among all campus police participants. Four times a year, the Public Safety Department conducts firearms training at the Folsom Prison Range, where accuracy over three possible targets is measured at distances of from 75 feet to 9 feet.

The College of Continuing Education will receive two awards from the Project Management Institute. Sacramento State has been named Professional Development Provider of the Year and its Caltrans Project Management Certificate Program was named Professional Development Product of the Year for 2006.

In the News

Santos Torres, Jr., Division of Social Work, was honored for his work in the community at the first annual Hispanic Heritage Month Community Awards at KVIE on Monday, Oct. 2.

Andrew Luchansky, Music, was featured in the June 8 Davis Enterprise for his participation in a cello festival in Davis.

Tim Hodson, Center for California Studies, was quoted: in the June 5 Sacramento Bee about slate mailers and their role as campaign tools; in the June 8 Woodland Hills Daily News about politicians’ finding new posts due to term-limits; in the June 8 Orange County Register about voter weariness with continual gubernatorial campaigning and in the June 11 Woodland Hills Daily News and Pasadena Star News about Gov. Schwarzenegger’s admission that the 2005 special election was a mistake.

Barbara O’Connor, Communication Studies, was quoted: in the May 24 San Diego Tribune and the June 7 Orange County Register about primary gubernatorial candidate Steve Westly’s political image; in the May 22 Sonora Union Democrat about Gov. Schwarzenegger’s term in office with a budget surplus and in the July 16 Sacramento Bee about Darrell Steinberg’s role representing the Maloof family in the new arena talks.

Michael Semler, Government, was quoted in the June 20 Contra Costa Times and Pleasanton Valley Times about Oakland mayoral candidate Ron Dellums.

Robert Waste, Public Policy and Administration, was featured in the June 22 Winters Express for his role as an advisor to the Yolo County “Blue Ribbon” Economic Development Task Force.

Daniel Okada, Criminal Justice, was quoted in the July 8 Sacramento Bee about the recent spike in juvenile crime in Sacramento County.

Spencer Freund, Computing, Communications & Media Services, was quoted in the July 2006 Comstock’s about the importance of internet connectivity while traveling.

Greg Shaw, Recreation and Leisure Studies, was quoted in the July 2 Sacramento Bee about the decline in American workers taking vacation time.

Timothy Capron, Criminal Justice, was interviewed on Capitol Public Radio on July 5 about the increase in home invasions and how residents can reduce their risk of a home invasion.

Amy Liu, Sociology, was interviewed on Capital Public Radio on July 5 and 6 and on KFBK on July 7 about the lack of affordable housing for Sacramento Region residents and on KFBK on July 7 about civil liberties affected by anti-terror laws.

Sheree Meyer, English, was interviewed on KXTV Channel 10 on July 7 about “Google” becoming an official word in the English language.

Nick Trujillo, Communication Studies, was interviewed on KCRA Channel 3 on July 10 about the new arena talks.

Kimberly Gordon, Child Development, was quoted in the July 8 Sacramento Bee about scheduling activities and monitoring children during summer vacation.