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Professional Activities

Students

Gabriel Apgar, Nicholas Weikel, and Sam Miller, the leaders of the ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) student chapter, received a certificate of appreciation from Emir Macari, Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science on December 7. The students were recognized for their contributions in leading the student organization for regional and national competitions, and for their service as president, treasurer and professional coordinator, respectively.

Scholarship

Mary Mackey, English, reads her poetry and discusses the history of poetry in Sacramento in the recently feature-length documentary film "I Began to Speak," produced by former Sacramento State graduate students B.L. Kennedy and Linda Thorell.

Mark Brown, Government, was an invited speaker at "The Stuff of Politics: Technoscience, Democracy, and Public Life," a workshop exploring the role of science and technology in democratic politics, held at Oxford University, December 7-10.

Bill Owen, Communication Studies, won a merit book award from the Haiku Society of America for the book he edited, entitled "If I Met Basho."

Rodney Kingsnorth, Sociology, had a letter published on September 23 in the London Times on American prison policy. The letter was a rejoinder to an article urging increased use of incarceration in the United Kingdom, on the grounds that high incarceration rates in the United States accounted for recent dramatic declines in U.S. crime rates.

Ron Coleman, Biological Sciences, was quoted in Denise Caruso's recent book Intervention: Confronting the Real Risks of Genetic Engineering and Life on a Biotech Planet (2006, Hybrid Vigor Institute, San Francisco) about the unexpected consequences of genetic engineering.

Laurel Zucker, Music, won the best classical solo instrumental album of the year 2006 award from J.P.F.-Just Plain Folks Award. She also was a featured by the New York Flute Club in a flute and guitar recital at the Yamaha Artists Salon in New York City on December 17.

Kazue Masuyama, Foreign Languages, has been presented the 2006 Teacher Award (Community College/College/University) by the National Council of Teachers of Japanese Language (NCJLT). The Council is an organization dedicated to the promotion and development of Japanese language teaching at the elementary, secondary, and higher education levels across the United States. The Award Ceremony was held Nov. 18 at the 40th Annual American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Conference, Nashville, Tennessee.

Ernie M. Hills, Music, was elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) at their annual meeting in November. NASM is the national accrediting agency for music with more than 600 member institutions. He will serve a three-year term on the board and will chair of the Associations Region 1 representing Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah.

Gregory Bourne, Center for Collaborative Policy, served on a panel titled "Getting to Yes - Insider Tips From Three Top Mediators," at the Finding Common Ground, Association of California Water Agencies Fall Conference held in Anaheim, Dec. 6.

In the News

Christopher Taylor, Astronomy and Physics, was quoted in the Nov. 7 Sacramento Bee about the rare planetary “transit” of Mercury passing between the Earth and sun.

Barbara O’Connor, Communication Studies, was quoted: in the Oct 30 San Francisco Chronicle about candidates’ use of veterans in television ads to sway voters; in the Oct 21 San Diego Tribune about U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter’s unusual move of buying a full page newspaper ad to rebut an article regarding his purchase of property; in the Oct. 24 Pasadena Star News about Jerry Brown’s bid for the job as California’s attorney general; in the Oct. 31 Contra Costa Times about the effectiveness of first lady Laura Bush’s campaigning in California for candidate Richard Pombo; and interviewed on Oct. 2 Pasadena Star about using new technologies to overcome low voter turnout. She was interviewed on Oct. 25 on KOVR about the clutter of political advertisements on television; on Nov. 13 about the effect of budget cuts at Sacramento State; on Oct. 26 on KXTV about the governor’s bond package; and on Nov. 2 on KCRA Channel 3 in their “Ad watch” series.

Ayad Al-Qazzaz, Sociology, was interviewed on Nov. 5 on KTXL Channel 40 about reactions to the sentencing of Saddam Hussein.

William Vizzard, Criminal Justice, was quoted in the Nov. 10 Sacramento Bee about the extensive manhunt for the killer of Sacramento County Deputy Jeffrey Mitchell.

Robert Waste, Public Policy and Administration, was quoted in the Nov. 9 Sacramento Bee about the defeat of two arena measures at the November polls.

Nancy Shulock, Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy, was quoted: in the Oct. 23 Contra Costa Valley Times and Contra Costa West County Times on the declining number of California students going to college directly after high school and in the Oct. 20 Santa Rosa Press Democrat about the gap in achievement in California schools.

John Corless, Accountancy, was quoted in the Nov. 3 Sacramento Business Journal about the rising demand for accountants and the role of universities in meeting this demand.

Andrew Anker, Design, was quoted in the November issue of Commercial Architecture about architecturally distinctive design in the workplace.

Timothy Hodson, Center for California Studies, was quoted in the Oct. 27 Contra Costa Times about political contributions by gaming tribes in the November election. He was interviewed on Nov. 8 on KXJZ about the governor’s reelection and on Nov. 9 about the Sacramento arena measures.

Dong Shen, Family and Consumer Sciences, was interviewed on Nov. 13 on KMAX about changes in body image over the last 100 years and its influence on fashion marketing.