Sheng Ding
Sheng Ding, assistant professor of political science, has his first book, The Dragon's Hidden Wings: How China Rises with Its Soft Power (hardcover and paperback editions) published by Lexington Books, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Sheng started writing his book in Spring 2006, and signed a contract with Rowman and Littlefield-Lexington in May 2007. The book manuscript was peer reviewed in January 2008. Its hardcover and paperback editions were simultaneously released on July 15, 2008.
In 2007-2008 academic year (08/07-08//08), Sheng published two single-authored research articles in peer-reviewed journals. One of them was reprinted as a book chapter in an edited volume. He also published three book reviews in various academic journals.
Eric Rawson
Eric S. Rawson, associate professor of exercise science, was named a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and was inducted into the fellowship program during the national conference in Indianapolis, Indiana. At the ACSM conference, he also delivered a lecture on dietary supplements and brain function and a presentation on muscle fatigue in the elderly. Rawson advanced to fellowship based on his research and distinguished service to the ACSM. The ACSM is the largest sports medicine organization in the world, and has over 20,000 national and international members. Rawson has been a member of the ACSM since 1996, has lectured at several ACSM conferences, is a member of the ACSM Program Committee, and chairs the Nutrition Interest Group.
Marilee Salvator
Marilee Salvator, assistant professor of art and art history, (printmaking and two-dimensional design), is current exhibiting her mixed printmedia research in the following international exhibitions: Inprint, SCA Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, NM, 5th International Biennial of Miniature Art, Gallery at Center for Cultural Promotion, Warszawa, Poland, 2008 Pacific States Biennial, Campus Center Gallery, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo HI, Printmaking Today: International Print Exhibition and Competition, Dedalo Center for Contemporary Art and Castle of Castiglione Museum, Abruzzo, Italy, and BIMPE V (The Fifth Biannual International Miniature Print Exhibition), Federation Gallery, Granville Island, Vancouver, BC Canada. Exhibition catalogues will be published for the Warszawa, Hilo and Vancouver exhibitions.
Over the summer, Salvator traveled to Manitoba to curate the international exhibition, Mark at Martha Street Studios, Manitoba Printmaking Association, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. While there, she gave a workshop to members of the Winnipeg community on a non-toxic photographic printmaking process called solar plate etching. Martha Street Studios/ Manitoba Printmaking Association is the largest printmaking center in Midwestern Canada.
One of Salvator's prints was recently purchased for the permanent art collection at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
Ferda Asya
Ferda Asya, assistant professor of English, presented a paper titled, "The Darwin Connection: A Kropotkinian Reading of Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence," at the Edith Wharton and History Conference of the Edith Wharton Society on June 26, 2008 in Pittsfield, Mass.
Her essay, "Anarchism in the Work of Aurora Levins Morales," appeared in the volume, Writing Off the Hyphen: New Critical Perspectives on the Literature of the Puerto Rican Diaspora (American Ethnic and Cultural Studies), published by University of Washington Press in May 2008. In the essay, she employs a threefold theoretical approach to discern the individualist, collectivist, and ecological ideology of anarchism as an important element in the artistic creativity of Aurora Levins Morales.
Andrea Fradkin
Andrea Fradkin, assistant professor of exercise science, recently published three book chapters entitled "Describing the warm-up habits of recreational golfers and the associated injury risks", "Do brochures promote the benefits of warm-up to golfers and help change their warm-up behaviours?", and "Observed warm-up behaviors do not reflect those reported by amateur golfers" in the text Science and Golf V. The book, published by Energy in Motion, Inc. in Mesa, AZ, is part of the distinguished series from the World Scientific Congress of Golf. Dr Fradkin also presented two talks based upon the published book chapters and was a co-author on the third talk, at The World Scientific Congress of Golf.
Fradkin was recently interviewed about her golf research on injury prevention and performance improvement and appears in the June 2008 issue of "Biomechanics" magazine. This article was the lead story for the magazine.
Mehmet (Safa) Saracoglu
Safa Saracoglu, assistant professor of history, has had two articles published in referred journals. "Sitting Together: Local Councils of Vidin County as Domains of Hybridization [1864-1877]") was published (in Bulgarian) in Sociological Problems/Sociologicheski Problemi, Vol. 39, Issue 3-4 (2007). "Some Aspects of Ottoman Governmentality at the local level: The Judicio-Administrative Sphere of the Vidin County in the 1860s and 1870s," in Ab Imperio, Vol. 8, Issue 2 (2008).
Saracoglu was also invited to attend a workshop organized by the East European Studies of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Committee on Eastern European Studies of the American Council of Learned Societies. This took place in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland (August 8-11, 2008).
Kelly Vangorden
Kelly Vangorden, assistant professor of exercise science, did a presentation at the 24th Annual Conference on Counseling Athletes on June 14, in Springfield, Mass. The title of the presentation was "Walk a Mile in Their Cleats: Working With Athletes of All Ages."
A. Blair Staley
A. Blair Staley, associate professor of accounting, has been re-appointed to the editorial board of the American Taxation Association Journal of Legal Tax Research for the 2008-2009 academic year.