Faculty-Staff Achievements

Charlie Bettigole, director of the GIS Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Kris Covey, assistant professor of environmental studies and sciences, and alumni Zoe Pagliaro '20, Shay Kolodney '21, Sylvana Szuhay '22, Eli Hersh '20, and Miles Chandler '20, published "Optimizing Sampling Strategies for Near-Surface Soil Carbon Inventory: One Size Doesn’t Fit All" in Soil Systems.  The study analyzes soil carbon data collected on four farms in the eastern United States and suggests new approaches for soil sampling in agricultural landscapes. Skidmore students were involved in all stages of the project, from data collection to coding and data analysis. 

Barbara Garbin, teaching professor of Italian, was invited as virtual guest lecturer in the course Setting the World Ablaze: Italian Women’s Writing from St. Catherine to Elena Ferrante at Catholic University. She presented on Futurist writer “Rosa Rosà: A woman with three souls.” 

Joowon Park, assistant professor of anthropology, published "The Invisible Violence in North Korean Migrants' Lives" in the University of California Press blog “Where Bright Minds Share Bold Ideas.”

A.J. Schneller, associate professor of environmental studies, was featured in the“Education for Sustainable Democracy - Building Skills for Environmental Advocacy” podcast.  

Jess Sullivan, associate professor of psychology, has been appointed associate editor of the journal Child Development, the flagship journal of the Society for Research in Child Development.