Adrian Bautista, dean of students and vice president for student affairs; Carly Connors, executive director of alumni engagement; Ben Harwood, lead instructional technologist of IT-Learning Experience Design and Digital Scholarship Support (LEDS); Katie Hauser, associate professor and associate chair of art history; Xiaoshuo Hou, professor and chair of sociology; Rachel Mann Rosan, teaching professor and field placement coordinator of psychology; and Shannon Rodriguez, executive director of the Career Development Center, participated in the AAC&U Institute on Connecting the Undergraduate Experience (iCUE), a program designed to advance initiatives around career preparation, general education, and high-impact practices.  

Yelena Biberman-Ocakli, associate professor of political science, published “Deterrence in the Age of Weaponizable Biotechnology” in the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs and presented research on militarization to the Department of Defense "Strategic Multilayer Assessment."

Tory Chase, visiting assistant professor of environmental studies and sciences, co-authored “The relationships between nutrient supply from resident fishes and the growth, condition and thermal resilience of corals,” published in Coral Reefs. 

Marc Conner, president and professor of English, chaired a panel and presented a paper on “New Work in Ralph Ellison Studies” at the American Literature Association conference in Boston on May 23. 

David Domozych, professor emeritus of biology and former director of the Skidmore McGraw Microscopy Imaging Center, co-authored “A roadmap to developing unified streptophyte algal model systems,” published in Current Biology. The article explores green algae as model systems for understanding environmental stress in plants. 

Catherine J. Golden, professor of English, published three articles: “Distillation: The Artistry of William Grill” in Illustration Magazine; “Big Cat, Little Cat, Big Cat, Little Cat: A Story of Loss and Love” in Oh Reader; and “Recreating the Great Exhibition of 1851: Victorian Culture Revisited” in Visualizing Objects, Places, and Spaces: A Digital Project Handbook. In July, she presented “The Victorian Language of the Flowers” at the Saratoga County History Center in Ballston Spa and “Those Scandalous Victorians” at Wiawaka Center for Women in Lake George. 

Jason Ohlberg, associate professor and chair of dance, contributed the chapter “Balancing the Blur: Navigating Hybrid Identities in Higher Education” to Stories We Dance / Stories We Tell, published by McFarland Press. He also presented on a panel about the project at the Dance Studies Association’s annual conference in Washington, D.C.

Ryan Overbey, associate professor and chair for religious studies, presented a paper at the International Association of Buddhist Studies conference in Leipzig, Germany, on a panel on Buddhist studies and digital humanities.

Robert ParkeHarrison, professor and chair of art, was featured at Haas Gallery through Maine Media College with Witnessland, a photography exhibition created with Shana ParkeHarrison. The show presented 25 years of work, including The Architect’s Brother, recent projects and sculpture. Their exhibition, Mending the Earth, will be featured at the 2025 Photoclimat Biennial in Paris from Sept. 11 through Oct. 12 at L’Académie du Climat. Their surreal, staged photographs explore humanity’s impact on nature. 

Rodrigo Schneider and Smriti Tiwari, both associate professors of economics, published a paper, “Does Exposure to Refugees Impact Political Support for Right Wing Parties? Empirical Evidence From Venezuelan Refugees in Brazil" in Economics and Politics. The study found that proximity to refugee shelters in Boa Vista, Brazil, was associated with increased support for right-wing candidates in the 2018 elections. 

Michael Swellander, assistant teaching professor of world languages and literatures, published "Cultural Journalism in Germany, 1815-1848: A Critical Anthology," a collection of translated primary documents on the political, poetic, and historiographical importance of cultural journalism in 19th-century Germany. The volume includes critical introductions by more than 20 scholars in German studies, media studies, and related fields. 

Masami Tamagawa, teaching professor of world languages and literatures, published “Challenges in Collecting Data to Investigate the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Members of the Japanese LGBTQ+ Community, Who Are Private and Diverse” in Sage Research Methods: Data and Research Literacy.