Professional Activities

Student spotlight

Graduate student Kristina Edwards, Kinesiology, presented her master's thesis, “Cultural Ideologies and the Sport of Survivor,” at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport conference in Winston-Salem, N.C. on Oct. 27.

Recognition

Steve Gray, Recreation and Leisure Studies, along with 1987 National Collegiate Championship rugby team he coached, was inducted in honor of his athletic accomplishments into the Aztec Hall of Fame at San Diego State University on Nov. 18.

Scholarship

Evri Kwong, Art, has works included in the exhibition "Visual Politics: The Art of Engagement" at the San Jose Museum of Art through March 5, 2006. More information is available at www.SanJoseMuseumofArt.org.

Roger Sullivan, Anthropology, was invited to present two papers at a multi-disciplinary conference "Evolutionary Medicine: An Emerging Synthesis" at the Institute of Theoretical Biology, Humboldt University, Berlin, in August. The papers were titled "Beyond 'Reward' Models of Drug Abuse" and "Schizophrenia in Cross-Cultural Contexts."

Ed Brazo, Theatre and Dance, will serve as guest choreographer for the Sacramento Theatre Company's 2005 production of A Christmas Carol.

Anthony Sheppard and Greg Shaw, Recreation and Leisure Studies, presented "Don't Assume the Position" a framework for product marketing and an adaptation of that framework for personal marketing in the pursuit of jobs and careers, at a student leadership conference held in conjunction with the National Intramural Recreational Sports Association's regional conference in Seattle, Nov. 6-8. Sheppard also co-presented the results of research into expenditures by international students in higher education at the National Recreation and Parks Association Annual Congress in San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 18-22.

Maureen Smith, Kinesiology, presented her paper “Mediated Images of Family in Reality Television” at the North American Society of Sport Conference in Winston-Salem, N.C. on Oct. 29.

In the News

Nick Trujillo, Communication Studies, was quoted in a Nov. 10 story in the Sacramento Bee about the Kings' use of a controversial video during a game against the Detroit Pistons.