e-mail this page
Printer Friendly Version

Professional Activities

Scholarship

Bill Owen, Communication Studies, participated on Oct. 13 in the sixth annual haiku reading at the Gekkeikan Sake Factory as part of the City of Folsom's Arts and Humanities month.

Ann Weldy, English emerita, had a play based on her novels (writing as Ann Bannon), “The Beebo Brinker Chronicles,” onstage in Manhattan at the New York Theater Workshop until Oct. 28.

Michael Vann, History, published two new articles: “Building Whiteness on the Red River: Race, Power, and Urbanism in Paul Doumer’s Hanoi, 1897-1902” was published in a special issue of Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques on French colonial urbanism; and “White Blood on Rue Hue: The Murder of ‘le négrier’ Bazin” was published in The Proceedings of the Western Society for French History.

David Zuckerman, Communication Studies, presented a paper entitled "On the Creation of Shared Government and Home Rule in Northern Ireland" at the 36th Annual Convention of the Jean Gebser Society, held Oct. 17-20 at the Eau Claire campus of the University of Wisconsin.

Caio Miguel, Psychology presented the invited address, “Naming and Categorization” at the Nevada Association for Behavior Analysis Conference on Oct. 20 in Reno, NV.

Charles Postel, History, has accepted a one-year position as a visiting assistant professor at University of California, Berkeley. He will be on partial leave from Sacramento State during the 2007-2008 academic year.

Robby Ching, Learning Skills, had her sabbatical project, Grammar for Expository Reading and Writing, published through the on-line community for high school teachers that is part of the Early Assessment Program of the CSU Chancellor’s Office.

In the News

Bernadette Halbrook, Counselor Education, was quoted Sept. 18 in the Sacramento Bee about 18 Chinese students participating in a Sacramento State program that will teach them about the American tax system.

Sheila Macias, Community Engagement Center, was quoted Sept. 19 in the El Dorado Hills Village Life about middle school girls losing interest in math and science and a Sacramento State sponsored-workshop will helped engage them in those fields.

Amy Liu, Sociology, was interviewed on Sept. 21 on Capital Public Radio about the Sacramento State survey on the proposed new arena for the Sacramento Kings.

Ayad Al-Qazzaz, Sociology, was interviewed on Sept. 24 by KXTV News 10 about the Iranian president’s visit to Columbia University.

Dennis Tootelian, Business Administration, was quoted on Sept. 19 in the Sacramento Bee about the business growth of the popular eatery, Squeeze Inn.

Liam Murphy, Anthropology, was quoted on Sept. 19 in the Sacramento Bee about the rise in sales of St. Joseph statues and its correlation to real estate.

Greg Wheeler, Academic Affairs, was quoted on Sept. 21 in the Sacramento Business Journal about the value of gravel.

Barbara O’Connor, Communication Studies, was quoted on Sept. 26 in Pleasanton’s Valley Times and Walnut Creek’s Contra Costa Times about Air Board Chief Mary Nichols’ stock portfolio; on Sept. 13 in the Orange County Register about the lack of accomplishments made by California lawmakers in the past year; on Sept. 13 in the San Francisco Chronicle about Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s platform on U.S. involvement in Iraq and its effect with voters; on Sept. 12 in Santa Rosa’s Press Democrat about comments made by Rep. Lynn Woolsey about the war in Iraq; and on Aug. 25 in the Orange County Register about Republican votes and leadership in the capitol.

Michael McKeough, Physical Therapy, was quoted on Sept. 24 in Hayward’s Daily Review, Stockton’s Record and the Oakland Tribune about the importance and function of the human knee.

Diane Hyson, Family and Consumer Sciences, was quoted on Sept. 17 in Chico’s Enterprise Record and Oroville’s Mercury-Register about Americans’ breakfast habits and the importance of the first meal.

Rose Borunda, Counselor Education, was quoted Sept. 14 in the Sacramento Business Journal about the increased volume of people seeking counseling training at Sacramento State.

Emir Macari, Engineering and Computer Science, was quoted on Sept. 12 in Dixon’s Tribune about his participation in an international levee symposium.

Students

Erika Holland, graduate student in Biological Sciences, presented her master's research entitled, "Reproductive Biochemistry of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)," co-authored with professors Ron Coleman from Biological Sciences and Linda Roberts from Chemistry, at the annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society, San Francisco, Sept. 2-7.

Staff

Robin Pollock, Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies, has completed a certification process resulting in her earning recognition by the Convention Industry Council as a Certified Meeting Professional (CMP). This is the highest certification in the industry.