Faculty-Staff Achievements, Aug. 23, 2010
Award
Jay Rogoff, lecturer in English, has won a Pushcart Prize for his poem "Wear," which appeared in The Journal (Ohio State University's literary magazine). The poem will be reprinted in the Pushcart Anthology in the fall.
Activities
Thomas Denny, professor and chair, Department of Music, gave a pre-performance talk before the Aug. 20 performance of the Philadelphia Orchestra at SPAC. The orchestra's program that night featured Dvorak's Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88; Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30; and Musorgsky's Prelude to Khovanshchina, orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov.
James Kettlewell, professor emeritus of art history, led a July 11 walking tour of Saratoga Springs sponsored by the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation.
Sue Van Hook, Department of Biology, led a walk on mushrooms and other fungi Aug. 21 at Mount Independence in Orwell, Vermont.
Publications and Performances
John Brueggemann, Quadracci Professor of Social Responsibility and professor of sociology, is the author of a new book titled Rich, Free and Miserable: The Failure of Success in America, (Roman and Littlefield, 2010). He was featured in two recent stories: "Book looks at tie between success, happiness," in The Sunday Gazette, Aug. 8; and "Personal growth becomes a brand to sell," an opinion column by Sara Foss in The Daily Gazette, Aug. 7.
David Domozych, professor of biology, is a co-author of a paper titled "How have plant cell walls evolved?" in the June 2010 issue of Plant Physiology, Vol. 153. His co-authors are Iben Sorensen of Cornell University and William Willats of the University of Copenhagen. This paper discusses the evolutionary origin and significance of plant cell walls from primitive green algae to land plants. Microscopy images derived from this paper were used for the June cover of the journal. The images were obtained using the confocal and transmission electron microscopes of the Skidmore Microscopy Imaging Center (SMIC). Plant Physiology is the most-frequently cited plant journal in the world.
Domozych is also co-author of paper titled "Composition of extracellular polymer substances from periphyton assemblages in the Florida Everglades" in the June issue of the Journal of Phycology, Vol. 46. This paper deals with an ecological survey of algae found in the Everglades, the complex polysaccharides that they secrete and the significance of the polysaccharides to food chains. Co-authors included researchers from the University of Florida, the Southwest Florida Water management District and Michigan Technological University.
Domozych co-authored a third paper titled "Investigating molecular mechanisms underlying the
evolution of land plants," delivered at "Plant Biology 2010" held in Montreal from
July 31-Aug. 4. Co-authors included Iben Sorensen, Jocelyn Rose, Jeffrey Doyle and
Zhangjun Fei of Cornell University and William Willats of the University of Copenhagen.
Mary Ann Foley, professor of psychology, has a new manuscript accepted for publication in the journal
Memory. The article, titled "Imagery Encoding and False Recognition Errors: Examining the
Role of Imagery Process and Imagery Content on Source Misattributions," includes three
alumni as co-authors (Jeffrey Foy '07, Emily Schlemmer '10, and Janna Belser-Ehrlich
'10). The research reported in this publication was partially supported by the Class
of 1948 by way of an endowed chair appointment awarded to Foley.
Daniel Nathan, associate professor and chair, Department of American Studies, published a chapter titled"'We Were about Winning': Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, and the Rivalry That Remade the NBA," in Rivals: Legendary Matchups That Made Sports History (University of Arkansas Press, 2010) and an essay, "Painting Pride and Prejudice: Kadir Nelson's We Are The Ship," in Black Ball: A Negro Leagues Journal, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Spring 2010). Kadir Nelson's We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball (2008) is an illustrated children's book that has received acclaim for its art and history. Nathan's essay critiques and contextualizes We Are the Ship.
Lary Opitz, professor and chair, Department of Theater, performed the role of "Polonious" in the Saratoga Shakespeare Company's production of Hamlet, staged during July in Congress Park.
Steve Stern, professor of English, wrote a blog entry titled "Living With (and Without Music): A Playlist by Steve Stern," published Aug. 11 in The New York Times.
Gordon Thompson, professor of music, has a new entry titled "The Beatles Arrive in Hamburg, August
1960," to his blog hosted by Oxford University Press.
In the News
Paul Arciero, associate professor and interim chair, Department of Exercise Science, was a featured guest on Health Link, which aired July 22 and 25 on WMHT-TV. He joined several area experts examining the issue of childhood obesity.
Beau Breslin, professor of government, and Gordon Thompson, professor of music, have shared their expertise via "The Academic Minute," a new feature that airs weekdays on WAMC-FM. The feature is introduced by Lynn Pasquerella, president of Mount Holyoke College. For more details on "The Academic Minute," including a link to the audio archive, click here.
Sandy Baum, professor emerita of economics, was a source for a story titled "Financing Training for Career Changes," published July 22 in Bloomberg BusinessWeek.
Megan Nicchi, head athletic trainer, was a source for a story titled "Beat the heat with brains," published July 13 in The Post-Star (Glens Falls).
Gordon Thompson, professor of music, was a guest on CBC Radio One news on Aug. 9.
Bob Turner, associate professor of government, was a source for "Lawmakers at odds over race course tribute" published July 28 in The Daily Gazette.
