Faculty-Staff Achievements

Paul Benzon, associate professor of English, published an article entitled "On the Black Book as Durational: Noah Purifoy’s Desert Library" in Criticism: Vol. 64(3), and participated in an online roundtable about the issue. 

Scott Berliner, assistant golf coach, qualified for the PGA Professional National Championship, to be contested April 28 – May 1, 2024 in Frisco, Texas.

Yelena Biberman-Ocakli, associate professor of political science, published "The Ethics and Security Challenge of Gene Editing" in the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, “The Putin-Prigozhin Game of Proxies” in Inkstick, and “The Indo-Pacific Is No Place for NATO” in Responsible Statecraft. She was awarded the John F. Richards Fellowship by the American Institute of Afghanistan Studies and selected as a Wilson China Fellow by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars' Kissinger Institute on China and the United States.

Gwen D'Arcangelis, associate professor of gender studies, published an entry under the term "Gender" in the anthology, “Keywords for Health Humanities." 

David Domozych, professor of biology, and Kaylee Bagdan '24 recently published a paper entitled, “The cell biology of charophytes” in Plant Physiology, describing the distinct cell architectures and subcellular systems in the group of green algae most closely related to land plants.

David Domozych, professor of biology, and Josie LoRicco, postdoctoral research associate in the department of biology, recently published a paper entitled, “The extracellular matrix of green algae” in Plant Physiology. They published a second article, “Endosidin 5 disruption of the Golgi apparatus and extracellular matrix secretion in the unicellular charophyte Penium margaritaceum,” in the Annals of Botany, with co-authors Lily Kozel, coordinator of the Skidmore Microscopy Imaging Center (SMIC), Kaylee '24, and Ruby Epstein '25.

Stephen Ives, associate professor of health and human physiological sciences, published an article, "Impact of high intensity interval exercise with and without heat stress on cardiovascular and aerobic performance,” in BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation, in collaboration with Alexs Matias '18, Isabelle Albin '18, Leah Glickman '18, Peter Califano '18. Professor Ives also published an editorial, “Rowing: advances in training and performance,” in Frontiers in Sports and Active Living.

Rebecca Johnson, professor and chair of psychology, published an article based on research conducted with Cara '08 and Megan Wootten '20. "Keep Clam and Carry On: Misperceptions of Transposed-letter Neighbours" was published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 

Josie LoRicco, postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Biology, and Kaylee Bagdan '24 attended the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Plant Biology Conference held Aug. 5-9 in Savannah, Georgia, and presented posters titled, “Experimental Interrogation of the Golgi Apparatus and ECM Secretion in the Green Alga, Penium margaritaceum” and “Pectin and Stress-induced Changes in Morphogenesis in the Streptophyte Green Alga, Penium margaritaceum.” Poster co-authors include Ruby Epstein '25 and David Domozych, professor of biology.

Susannah B. Mintz's, professor of English, memoir “Love Affair in the Garden of Milton” has won Memoir Magazine's 2023 Book Prize in the Literature and Grief category. Mintz also has an essay on literature and disability in the forthcoming “Contemporary Literature and the Body: A Critical Introduction,” due to be published next month. 

Tom Oppedisano, head golf coach, qualified for the Senior PGA Professional National Championship, to be contested Oct. 26-29 in Port St. Lucie, Florida.

A.J. Schneller, associate professor of environmental studies and sciences, published "Transformative ecojustice pedagogies: Outcomes of sociology students mentoring high school service learners" in the Journal of Environmental Education. The article was written in collaboration with Isaac Bardin '19, alongside members from the Sociology Department at SUNY Albany, the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and the Radix Ecological Sustainability Center.