Faculty-Staff Achievements

Kathryn Baustian, assistant professor of anthropology, published "Positions of Power: Situational Flexibility in Mimbres Society" in the journal American Antiquity. 

Catherine Golden, professor of English, published "Drawing the World in Pictures: Peter Sís" in Illustration Magazine (spring 2024), volume 21, issue 79: 8-14. The article on the eminent Czech-born author-illustrator draws upon an extended interview with the artist. 

Stephen Ives, associate professor of health and human physiological sciences, was quoted in a New York Times Wirecutter magazine article on rowing ergometers. Ives also published "Dyslipidemia Impacts Cardiometabolic Health and CVD Risk in a Relatively Young Otherwise Healthy Population" in the Journal of Clinical Hypertension. The work was done in collaboration with Jillian Lang '24, Elena Shostak '24, WIll Quinn '25, Val Chervinskaya '26, and Elisa Fioraso, a visiting research fellow from the University of Verona, Italy.

Patrick Reilly, assistant professor of economics, coauthored a research article, "Product Market Competition and Financial Constraints: Evidence from Higher Education," that was published in Financial Accountability and Management.

Kieron Sargeant, assistant professor of dance, was interviewed by the Trinidad Express on his work at Skidmore College and creative practice. Sargeant also published "Accenting Dance: A Pedagogical Approach to Caribbean Dance" in Dance Chronicle.

Chris Vecsey, associate professor and director of the Neuroscience Program, published a peer-reviewed research article, titled "The roles of discrete populations of neurons expressing short neuropeptide F (sNPF) in sleep induction in Drosophila melanogaster," in the journal Genes, Brain, and Behavior. Five of the authors, including the first author, are Skidmore alumni: Jamie Stonemetz ’19, Nikoleta Chantzi ’22, Emily Perkins ’20, Aaliyah Peralta ’24, and John Tagariello ’22.