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Professional Activities, April-June 2025
From book and article publications, to research and creative activity, to appearances at speaking engagements and events, to awards, honors and recognitions, the contributions of Sacramento State faculty go beyond campus, with profound impacts on the region and world. Read on for the latest highlights of faculty professional activities.
Roslyn Roberts named CUMU Impact Fellow, will advance university impact
The Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) has named Dr. Roslyn Roberts (College of Business) as a 2025 CUMU Impact Fellow, alongside Dr. Elizabeth Castillo of CSU San Bernardino. In this role, they will lead research on institutional and regional impact reporting, focusing on global approaches to community engagement metrics. Their work will address gaps in how universities assess and communicate their societal contributions, advocating for social accounting frameworks widely used in global business. With expertise in sustainability, reporting, and curricular innovation, their cross-campus collaboration highlights the CSU system’s commitment to anchor institution impact and community-centered values.
Ardeni's review of inclusive language teaching book published in Italica
Dr. Viola Ardeni (World Languages and Literatures) published the review of "Rappresentare per includere. Metodi, strumenti e testi per un italiano plurale" (Franco Cesati Editore, 2023), a book edited by Daniela D'Eugenio and Alberto Gelmi and dedicated to inclusive Italian language teaching. The book review appeared in the journal of the American Association of Teachers of Italian, Italica.
Al Herrera and Sam Blackburn antiracism book published
Al Herrera (Child and Adolescent Development), Sam Blackburn (Community Engagement Center) and Kevin Ferreira van Leer, University of Connecticut, recently published their first book, “Bringing Racism into Focus: Using Transformative Lenses to Reframe Professional Practice” (Routledge). This guide integrates applied developmental science with antiracist principles. It underscores the importance of viewing child and adolescent development-related work through an antiracist lens from the outset, examining how systemic racism, implicit bias and critical consciousness shape human development across psychology, PK-12 education, higher education and allied health. This book demonstrates how those working with children and families can incorporate developmental theory and antiracist strategies into daily professional practice through case studies, practical examples and reflective activities. It is ideal for students and early career professionals or faculty looking for a new resource.
Mary Mackey's new book 'In This Burning World' out now
Mary Mackey (English Emerita) has recently had a new book, titled "In This Burning World: Poems of Love and Apocalypse," published by Marsh Hawk Press. She has recently been interviewed on KALW and KDVS and online by The Women's National Book Association. Maxine Hong Kingston has said the poems in "In This Burning World" are "powerful and beautiful. May [Mackey's] concern for the planet help save it." Richard Wiles, president of the Center for Climate Integrity and Sac State alumnus, said "The world needs more Mary Mackey." In July, Dr. Mackey will travel to Rio de Janeiro to attend the 2025 meeting of the Society of Caribbean and Latin American Environmental Historians (SOLCHA), where she will read poems from "In This Burning World," and give a talk titled "In This Burning World: Landscapes of The Future from a Poet’s Point of View." She is the first poet ever invited to participate in SOLCHA. Learn more.
Sexual harassment article published in Women's Studies in Communication
Shawna Malvini Redden (Communication Studies) and colleagues Madison Adams and Jennifer Scarduzio from the University of Kentucky published “'The Organization Seems to be Only Worried About the Organization': The Role of Sensegiving and Sensebreaking in Reporting Sexual Harassment" in Women's Studies in Communication. The article shows how most colleague and leader responses to sexual harassment create organizational cultures that are supportive of sexual harassment, regardless of organizational policies. The authors argue that organizations -- and especially coworkers -- who hear reports of harassment should take them seriously and respond compassionately to people who report.
'The Routledge History of the Devil in Western Thought' released in May
Arthur Williamson (History Emeritus) has contributed the following chapter to this volume: "Satan and the Divine Plan: Politics, the Devil, and the End of Days."
Article published on New Zealand security agencies in the modern era
Ben Amata (University Library) published his article "New Zealand Security Agencies’ Secrecy, Accountability, and Transparency in the Modern Era" in the open resource journal Secrecy and Society 3(2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.55917/2377-6188.1088.
Community-led anthropological research published in Anthro & Education
Megan Raschig (Anthropology), along with MILPA researchers Keylin Figueroa, Juan Gomez, Desiree Rosas and Josh Somers, published "Encuentros Beyond Ethnography: Indigenizing Ethico-Methodologies in the Anthropology of Education" in the journal Anthropology & Education Quarterly. The paper situates "encuentros" as a regenerative ethico-methodology in community-led and kinship-grounded research within Chicano Indigenous spaces. The paper details a series of moments of relational knowledge production while on an "encuentro" in San Antonio, to make sense of youth experiences with MILPA's liberatory curriculum, Telpochcalli.