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Professional Activities

Scholarship

Jana Noel, Teacher Education, presented a paper titled "Community in Teacher Education: What Do We Mean by the Concept," and presented an art exhibit titled "Expressing Race, Class, Gender, and Privilege through Artwork" at the annual meeting of the American Education Studies Association in Spokane, WA, Nov. 1-5, 2006.

Beth Kivel, Recreation & Leisure Studies, spoke at the October 2006 National Recreation and Park Association conference in Seattle, WA. Her participation was part of the George Butler Lecture series; her topic was titled, “Re-Reading David Gray and the Politics of Leisure,” and was a tribute to the contributions of the late David Gray, the first President of the Academy of Leisure Sciences.

Greg Shaw, Recreation and Leisure Studies, helped facilitate a roundtable discussion titled, “Let's Talk Healthy Lifestyles,” at the October 2006 National Recreation and Park Association conference in Seattle, WA. His topic centered on the role of urban design in promoting healthy lifestyles through park and recreation programs.

Katherine Pinch, Jennifer Piatt and Beth Erickson, Recreation and Leisure Studies, hosted informal discussions at the October 2006 National Recreation and Park Association conference in Seattle, WA. Pinch and Piatt’s discussion was titled “It’s Not Dead! Keeping TR in the University,” was part of the National Therapeutic Recreation Society poster session, a networking forum of practitioners and educators from around the world sharing program ideas and innovations. Erickson’s discussion centered on “Adaptive Equipment Used in Outdoor Settings”.

In the News

Barbara O’Connor, Communication Studies, was quoted: in the Sept. 17 Contra Costa Times about the importance of political debates in voters’ decisions; in the Sept. 3 Napa Valley Register, San Ramon Valley Times, Pinole Sunday Times, Contra Costa Times and the Marin Independent Journal and the Sept. 4 Tri-Valley Herald and Hayward Daily Review about Phil Angelides’ attempt to change his image to appeal to more moderate, middle-class voters; in the Sept. 5 Orange County Register about the political advantage Gov. Schwarzenegger has in generating his own news with his work as governor; in the Sept. 3 San Francisco Chronicle about Democratic voters’ lack of support for Angelides; in the Sept. 2 Fremont Argus, Woodland Hills Daily News, Hayward Daily Review, Pasadena Star News, and Tri-Valley Herald, the Sept. 3 Los Angeles Times, the Sept. 4 San Luis Obispo Tribune and Stockton Record, the Sept. 5 Modesto Bee and the Sept. 11 San Francisco Chronicle about Gov. Schwarzenegger’s role in last summer’s productive legislative session; in the Sept. 9 San Francisco Chronicle about Angelides’ response to Gov. Schwarzenegger’s comments about Latino women and in the Sept. 6 San Francisco Chronicle about the likely future political rivalry of Mayors Gavin Newsome and Antonio Villaraigosa.

Timothy Hodson, Center for California Studies, was quoted: in the Sept. 7 Torrance Daily Breeze and Woodland Hills Daily News, the Sept. 17 Marin Independent Journal and the Sept. 18 Oakland Tribune and the Sept. 19 Contra Costa Times about inexperienced lawmakers in the state legislature due in large part to term limits.

Michael Semler, Government, was quoted in the Sept. 3 San Francisco Chronicle about Democratic voters’ satisfaction with Gov. Schwarzenegger’s performance and their reluctance to vote him out of office.

Phil Hitchcock, School of the Arts, was in the Aug. 26 Woodland Daily Democrat about his role as a juror in this year’s KVIE Art Auction.

Robert Waste, Public Policy and Administration, was interviewed on Sept. 5 on Capital Public Radio about the county workers’ strike.

Amy Liu, Sociology, was interviewed on Sept. 7 on Capital Public Radio about her latest survey measuring Sacramento residents’ level of satisfaction with the city and their way of life and on Sept. 8 on Capital Public Radio and KFBK 1530 about the level of support the governor gets in the Sacramento region.