Faculty-Staff Achievements

Paul Benzon, associate professor of English, published an essay, "How to Hold a Séance with Any Book, or The Library Is a New Medium," in the catalog for READ, an exhibition of book-focused art curated by the artist duo Elmgreen and Dragset at the Kunsthalle Praha.

Kristofer Covey, assistant professor of environmental studies and sciences, presented to the California AB 1757 Natural and Working Lands Expert Advisory Committee. Covey discussed The Soil Inventory Project and the integration of low-cost field hardware; web and mobile applications; and large-scale modeling as a route to monitoring California's statewide targets for greenhouse gasses. AB 1757 directs the California Natural Resources Agency and the California Air Resources Board in establishing an expert advisory committee designed to inform state agencies on ways they can better implement climate action.

Steve Ives, associate professor of health and human physiological sciences, Justin DeBlauw, associate chair of health and human physiological sciences, and Lauren Greaves ’23 published a research paper, "Limb, sex, but not acute dietary capsaicin, modulate the near-infrared spectroscopy-vascular occlusion test estimate of muscle metabolism," in Physiological Reports. Kendall Zaleski '22, Alexs Matias ‘17, Abena Gyampo ‘23, Meaghan Lynch ‘19, Brian Lora ‘21, Tawn Tomasi ‘22, Emma Basso ‘19, Emma Finegan ‘19, Jack Schickler ‘19, and Oliver Blum '23 aided in the work, along with collaborators from the University of Verona.

Rebecca Johnson, professor and chair of psychology, published an empirical study, “Processing difficulty while reading words with neighbors is not due to increased foveal load: Evidence from eye movements,” in Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics.

Brooke Paradise, associate dean of student affairs for inclusion and engagement, graduated from The Leadership Institute, Rensselaer County Regional Chamber of Commerce's award-winning professional development program. The program has an accomplished and diverse alumni network of nearly 500 graduates.

Alexandra Prince, assistant professor of religious studies, published a chapter, "'If you don't love children, you don't understand socialism': The Children of Peoples Temple," in “Utopian Imaginings Saving the Future in the Present.”

Kieron Sargeant, assistant professor of dance, co-authored an online publication, “Antiracism and the Arts in Eighteenth-Century London: The Life and World of Ignatius Sancho (ca. 1729-1780),”   and helped to organize the Central New York Improvisation Conference at Hobart and William Smith College. Sargeant is currently part of a Central New York Humanities Corridor grant with professors from Hamilton College, the University of Rochester, and Hobart and William Smith College.