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Achievements
Publications and achievements submitted by our faculty, staff, and students.
Leena Dallasheh
History
Dr. Leena Dallasheh presented a paper at the American Historical Association held in Denver, CO. The paper, entitles “Here We Stay: Palestinians’ Exclusion and Resistance in the Early Israel State,” was a part of a panel she organized, "Lived Decolonizations: Local Experiences of Colonial Transition."
Michael Bruner, Karissa Valine, Berenice Ceja
Communication
COMM Professor Michael Bruner and HSU/COMM alumni Karissa Valine and Berenice Ceja were honored to have their journal article "Women Can't Win: Gender Irony and the E-Politics of The Biggest Loser" published as a book chapter in "Politics, Protest, and Empowerment in Digital Spaces" (IGI Global, pp. 244-262). This 2017 volume was edited by Yasmin Ibrahim, of Queen Mary, University of London.
Mary I. Bockover
Philosophy
Mary I. Bockover contributed to the inaugural issue of the Journal of World Philosophies (Indiana University Press). See the Symposium on the role of gender in comparative philosophy by going to the link below.
https://scholarworks.iu.edu/iupjournals/index.php/jwp/issue/view/21
Stephen Jenkins
Religious Studies
Professor Stephen Jenkins published “Debate, Magic, and Massacre: The High Stakes and Ethical Dynamics of Battling Slanderers of the Dharma in Indian Buddhist Narrative and Ethical Theory,” in the Journal of Religion and Violence.
Stephen Jenkins
Religious Studies
Professor Stephen Jenkins gave an invited talk at Harvard's Center for the Study of World Religions entitled "Buddhist Stairways to Heaven."
Matthew A Derrick
Geography
On December 6, Matthew Derrick co-chaired a panel discussion titled "25 Years of Independence: Questioning Post-Soviet" at the Woodrow Wilson International Center Scholars in Washington, DC. The panel discussion, attended by scholars, policymakers, and media, coincided with the public release of the book Derrick co-edited, "Questioning Post-Soviet" (Wilson Center Press), which investigates the continuing significance of the fall of the USSR. The Wilson Center is the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum for tackling global issues through independent research and open dialogue to inform actionable ideas for Congress, the Administration and the broader policy community.
Sam Armanino
Journalism & Mass Communication
Journalism Major Sam Armanino was selected as one of four students across the state for a California Press Foundation Internship. Through the highly competitive program, Armanino will be paid $2,500 to intern at the North Coast Journal during the Spring semester. The California Press Foundation provides grants to select students who demonstrate an exceptional interest in pursuing careers in the newspaper business in California. The students are required to pursue and secure the internship on their own. At the Journal, Armanino will work with HSU Journalism Alumnus Thadeus Greenson.
Leena Dallasheh
History
Leena Dallasheh presented a paper, "When U.S. Aid didn’t Come to The Rescue: Nazareth, the Israeli state and water politics," at the The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Meeting in Boston, MA.
Robert Cliver
History
Prof. Cliver published a chapter titled "Second Class Workers: Gender, Industry, and Locality in Workers' Welfare Provision in Revolutionary China" in the book The Habitable City in China: Urban History in the Twentieth Century, edited by Toby Lincoln and Xu Tao and published this month by Palgrave-Macmillan.
Chelsea Teale
Geography
Dr. Chelsea Teale, Geography, published “Wetlands of New Netherland” in the Hudson River Valley Review, relating colonial Dutch terms for wetlands to their modern-day US Fish and Wildlife classifications. Another paper also accepted for publication by New York History examines the uses and modifications of wetlands in pre-1800 agriculture. Geography major Dan Cooper (‘16) also worked as a research assistant under an Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities grant and continuing an Island Invasives and Eradication Programs database project by Dr. Teale that began at the University of Georgia Institute of Ecology.