Professional Activities

Recognition

Frank Whitlatch has been named associate vice president for Public Affairs after serving in the position on an interim basis since January. Whitlatch has been with the Public Affairs office since 1996 and was previously responsible for the news services unit. He will act as the University's media spokesperson and oversee efforts to enhance the University’s reputation and build community support. He will also continue to implement the University's new identity package as well as direct strategic communications efforts to advance the goals of Destination 2010.

Scholarship

Anthony M. Platt, social work, had his co-authored book, Bloodlines: Recovering Hitler’s Nuremberg Laws, from Patton’s Trophy to Public Memorial, published by Paradigm Publishers. An on-campus book event is scheduled for Dec. 7.

Candace Gregory, History, presented a conference paper on Queer Eye For Sherwood Forest: Sexual Ambiguity and the Male Gender in the Cinematic Robin Hood at the Robin Hood Symposium at the University of Delaware on Oct. 1. Her interview on crusade films was issued as an extra on the Kingdom of Heaven DVD, released Oct. 11.

Nick Trujillo, Communication Studies, was an invited speaker at the University of South Florida. He gave a lecture titled "Writing with the Dead" about the book he is co-authoring with his wife on her cancer and death.

Craig Gallet, Economics, had his paper entitled "Health Information and Cigarette Consumption: Supply and Spatial Considerations" accepted in the journal Empirica.

Richard Adams, English, and Tom Knutson, Communication Studies, made a presentation on intercultural communication competence at the Royal Chitralada Palace School in Bangkok, Thailand. Adams and Knutson have arranged for Sacramento State students to travel to Thailand and serve as student teachers of English at the Royal Chitralada Palace School, an institution founded by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej.