Faculty-Staff Achievements
Jason Breves, associate professor of biology, co-authored an article, in the American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology.
A paper co-authored by Charlie Bettigole, director of the GIS Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Kristofer Covey, assistant professor of environmental studies and sciences, and Juliana Hanle, landowner outreach and data acquisition manager, titled , has been published in the journal Soil Systems. The findings are based on more than
1,700 individual soil samples taken across more than 17,000 acres of rangeland in
Oklahoma and Texas.
Michael C. Ennis-McMillan, associate professor of anthropology, published the article in Open Anthropology: A Public Journal of the American Anthropological Association
(volume 10, issue 1). Cathy Lynne Costin is a co-author, and Sydney Dietz 鈥�22 was
an editorial assistant for this issue. This article analyzes anthropological studies
of the physiological and psychological effects of hallucinogenic chemicals from naturally
occurring plants, with an emphasis on the ways people evaluate and make sense of altered
states of consciousness.
Beck Krefting, associate professor of American studies, was invited to participate in an episode of the podcast 鈥�,鈥� hosted by Jesse David Fox, comedy critic and writer for Vulture Magazine and host
of 鈥淕ood One: A Podcast About Jokes.鈥�
Christopher Mann, associate professor of political science, offered his expert opinion to for their analysis of a new campaign ad launched by New York State Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Joowon Park, assistant professor of anthropology, has been elected as a board member of the . In addition, he was recently re-appointed to the National Unification Advisory Council
for another two-year term, a constitutional institution to advise the South Korean
president on reunification policies with North Korea.
Pushkala Prasad, professor of management, presented her paper 鈥淔rom Class Reductionism to Color Consciousness: Interrogating
Racial Capitalism鈥� at the Annual Meetings of the International Studies Association
(ISA) in early April.
A.J. Schneller, assistant professor of environmental studies, is a lead author on the article in the Journal of Environmental Education, along with Gabe Feldman-Schwartz '22,
Isabel Beard '20, Andrew Rhodes '20, Brandon Wilson Radcliffe '20, Audrey Erickson
'20, and Isaac Bardin '20. The paper contributes to the field of experiential environmental
education and advocates for a better understanding of the outcomes of pedagogies that
emphasize social justice youth development, issues of power and justice, and the enhancement
of social action and critical consciousness.
Ken Sider, visiting assistant professor in education studies, was inducted into the Oneonta Job Corps Academy Hall of Fame for his long-term commitment
to the students in this residential education and job training program. Sider taught
at the Academy in 1986, supervised an academic tutoring partnership with SUNY Oneonta
from 2004 to 2019, and created a public-school partnership enabling Job Corps students to tutor elementary
school children in the Oneonta City School District in 2015.
Sheldon Solomon, professor of psychology, was quoted in an article for magazine about the benefits of contemplating oneness with the whole of the universe.
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