Faculty-Staff Achievements, April 23, 2025

Tory Chase, visiting assistant professor of environmental studies and sciences, co-authored a publication, "Fish services to corals: a review of how coral-associated fishes benefit corals," in Coral Reefs.

Heather Hurst, professor of anthropology, co-authored a recent article, “A Teotihuacan altar at Tikal, Guatemala: central Mexican ritual and elite interaction in the Maya Lowlands,” published in Antiquity. The article and Hurst's illustrations have been widely reported in public media including National Geographic, Discover, and Smithsonian magazines. 

Stephen Ives, associate professor and chair of health and human physiological sciences, published a commentary, "Is it time to record air quality as an environmental factor in applied physiology studies?" in the European Journal of Applied Physiology. The article was published in collaboration with Oliver Blum '23. 

'Becca Johnson, professor and chair of psychology, coauthored “To boldly go where no text has gone before: The effects of boldface letters on eye movements in reading” in the journal Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics with Skidmore students Abby Spear ’23 and Hayley Yun ’23. Their work debunks the false claims made by the speedreading program Bionic Reading. 

Julia Marco, director of digital, marketing, and engagement in the Office of Communications and Marketing, presented the webinar "Why Your Advertising Strategy Isn’t Working (And How to Fix It)" to marketing and admissions professionals in higher education in partnership with Niche.com. 

Jamie Parra, assistant professor of English, was named to the advisory board of the journal Nineteenth-Century Literature. 

Laurie Rabinowitz, assistant professor for education studies, will be participating in a virtual book talk about her recent publication, “Sustaining Cultural and Disability Identities in the Literacy Classroom, K-6,” on Monday, April 28.  The talk will feature the book's co-author, Amy Tondreau and special education teachers Charlotte Maltby and Todd Lavine. It will be moderated by Amy Stuart Wells, the former president of the American Education Research Association and current chief research officer at Bank Street College of Education. 

Matt Wilt, associate professor and Robert Davidson Chair in Art, presents a dynamic collection of mixed-media sculptures inspired by Dadaist and Surrealist traditions in a solo exhibition, April 26 through May 31, at the Clay Art Center in Port Chester, New York.