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Professional Activities

Scholarship

Mary Mackey, English, read selections from her new novel, The Notorious Mrs. Winston, on Nov. 10 at the Glendale Branch of the Indianapolis Public Library. On Nov. 12, Mackey gave a lecture to the Indiana Civil War Round Table entitled, "Raiding History for Fiction." Her poem, Mongoose Civique, won honorable mention in the Tow Auto Museum’s third annual Poetry Contest and has been published in Free-wheeling, an anthology of the winners.

Rob Wassmer, Public Policy and Administration, presented his paper titled, "An Empirical Test of the Success of Community Planning Councils as a Way to Satisfy the Tieboutian Drive for Local Control,"  at the 100th annual meeting of the National Tax Association on Nov. 17 in Columbus, Ohio. The paper will appear in a printed version of the conference's proceedings.

Bill Owen, Communication Studies, had a science fiction novel entitled, The Anonym, published by Lulu.com.

Staff

Mike Christensen, Risk Management Services, wrote an article titled, “Casting Students in Starring Roles,” for the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO). The article can be found at www.nacubo.org/x9521.xml.

Recognition

Kay Moore, Teacher Education, was inducted into the California Reading Association Hall of Fame at the annual conference of the organization in Ontario (Nov. 8-10). This award was established in 1989 to honor distinguished Californians whose contributions through scholarship, research, authorship and/or leadership have had a significant and lasting impact on reading improvement. Moore is the 26th person in the state to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Lani Fraizer, Continuing Education, was appointed chair of communications by the ACM SIGITE, where she will work closely with its international group of IT educators. A recipient of the 2007 Women in IT scholarship awarded by the National Science Foundation, Fraizer will also spearhead SIGITE's women and IT initiatives, which focuses on broadening participation of women in computing. Fraizer’s areas of research include workforce development, organizational leadership, and information technology.

Student Spotlight

Shelby Kantar, a Physical Therapy major, won the silver medal at the 2007 IWSF Wakeboard World Championships. The championships were held in Doha, Qatar. Kantar competed as a member of the prestigious U.S. Worlds team in Wakeboarding in the open women’s category and was the only member on the team from the Western United States. 

In the News

Ernie Hills, Music, was quoted on Oct. 5 in the Sacramento Union about the opera program at Sacramento State.

Tim Hodson, Center for California Studies, was interviewed on Oct. 2 on Capital Public Radio about California’s debt.

Joseph Sheley, Academic Affairs, was quoted on Oct. 13 in the Sacramento Bee about Sacramento State making student recruitment a priority; and on Oct. 5 on Capital Public Radio about Sacramento State’s enrollment goals.

Barbara O’Connor, Communication Studies, was quoted on Oct. 8 on KOVR-CBS about the campaign for the new Kings arena; on Oct. 10 in the San Francisco Chronicle about Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson; on Sept. 26 in San Jose’s Mercury-News about Air Board Chief Mary Nichols’ stock portfolio; and on Sept. 27 in the San Francisco Chronicle about Gov. Schwarzenegger’s plan for fixing California’s long-term water problems.

Joe Harralson, Mechanical Engineering, was quoted in the September issue of Prosper magazine about the world’s fastest motorcycle that he designed; and on Sept. 2 in Palm Springs’ Desert Sun about how the world’s fastest motorcycle came to be built.

Terri Sexton, Economics, was quoted on Oct. 4 in Sacramento’s Capital Weekly about a UC Davis forum that planned to look at gaming casinos expansion and its effects.

Tania Alameda-Lawson, Division of Social Work, was quoted on Oct. 11 in the Sacramento Bee about her student, Joanna Siefert, who was the recipient of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation scholarship.

Ted Lascher, Public Policy and Administration, was quoted on Oct. 4 in the Sacramento Bee about the Latino Film Festival at Sacramento State.

Stephen Blumberg, Music, was quoted in the October issue of Inside East Sacramento about the Sacramento State Festival of New American Music.

Vince Pantalone, Re-entry counselor, was quoted on Sept. 30 in Redding’s Record Searchlight and on Sept. 16 in the Victor Valley Daily Press about Estelle Rees-Arroyo, the 90-year-old Sacramento State student, who is the oldest student on record.

Chris Taylor, Astronomy and Physics, was quoted on Sept. 2 in Palm Springs’ Desert Sun about the value of a planetarium at Sacramento State.

Michael McKeough, Physical Therapy, was quoted on Sept. 19 in the Burlingame Daily News and on Sept. 24 in the San Mateo Co. Times about the importance and function of the human knee.

Kevin Wehr, Sociology, was quoted on Sept. 24 in Marysville’s Appeal-Democrat and in the Alameda Times Star about a concept of why people justify things they do.

David Earwicker, Research Administration and Contact Administration, was quoted on Sept. 26 in Dixon’s Tribune about the conference, “Cooperative Science: Collaboration and Discovery.”