Achievements: Sept. 9, 2026

Barbara Black published “For These Times: In Defense of (a) Discipline” in the most recent issue of PMLA, the flagship journal of the Modern Language Association. 

Meg Hegener, director of Accessibility Services; Aaron Kendall, lead learning experience designer; Beck Krefting, professor of American studies and director of the Center for Leadership, Teaching, and Learning; and Jamin Totino, associate dean of Student Affairs, presented on Skidmore College’s UDL Studio at the New York State Disability Services Council annual conference in Lake George. 

Stephen Ives, professor and department chair of health and human physiological sciences, published “Limb- and Sex-Specific Determinants of Vascular Function Assessed by Flow-Mediated Dilation and Passive Limb Movement” in the Journal of Applied Physiology. He also published “Estimated Muscle Fiber Type and Blood Lactate Responses in NCAA Division III Sprint and Distance Swimmers: An Exploratory Feasibility Study” in the Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, with work led by Elissa Miller ’24, Kyle Heise ’26, and Will Quinn ’25.

Ryan Richard Overbey, associate professor of religious studies and Asian studies, published “The Vaults of Buddhas: Prototantric Preachers and Rituals of Represencing in the Great Lamp of the Dharma Dhāraṇī Scripture” with SUNY Press. 

Pushkala Prasad, Zankel chair professor of management for liberal arts students, published the invited entry “Racial Capitalism” in the 2026 Encyclopedia of Historical Organization Studies, edited by Nicholous Deal and Gabrielle Durepos and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. 

A.J. Schneller, associate professor and chair of the environmental studies and sciences department, and Tory Chase, assistant teaching professor of environmental studies and sciences, published “International Nonprofit Sea Turtle Voluntourism: Experiential Environmental Education and Transformative Learning Outcomes” in The Journal of Environmental Education.