Buffalo State faculty, staff, and graduate students contributed two case studies to the ACPA—College Student Educators International’s winter edition of Developments 19 (4):

Hermen Díaz III, assistant professor of higher education administration (HEA), and Andres Vasquez, graduate assistant in Residence Life and HEA graduate student, published “A Heavy Lift: The Impact of the Resident Assistant Position,” coauthored with Buffalo State HEA graduate students Shelbymarie Amos, ’21, Jasmine Samano, and Carly Livingston.

Tiffany Bromfield, associate director of residence life and inclusion, published “‘Why Do Some Think My People Don’t Belong?’ Being Black and Undocumented in College,” along with coauthor Stephen Santa-Ramirez.

Dorothea Braemer, assistant professor of media production, received a $10,000 grant from the New York State Council on the Arts in the Film, Media, and New Technology category for her project "The Stories We Wear," which will be produced in 2023.

An essay by Steve Peraza, assistant professor of history and social studies education, titled "The False Promise of Racial Self-Affirmation in the 21st-Century United States," will be published in a forthcoming issue of Afro-Americans in New York Life and History 43 (2). The peer-reviewed journal publishes research in African American studies with a New York focus.

Arjun Pathak, assistant professor of physics, published the peer-reviewed scientific article “Effect of Metal-Oxide Phase on the Magnetic and Magnetocaloric Properties of La0.7Ca0.3MnO3-MO (MO=CuO, CoO, and NiO) Composite” in the Journal of Magnetochemistry 8 (12). The article, coauthored by Jacob Casey, a physics major at Buffalo State, and other collaborators reports the comprehensive magnetic properties of metal-oxide nanoparticles for low-temperature refrigeration applications. Mr. Casey is a Buffalo State 2021 undergraduate summer research fellow who has been working with Dr. Pathak since spring 2021. The reported magnetic properties studies of materials were carried out at Buffalo State. This research was supported by the National Science Foundation and the Buffalo State Undergraduate Research Office.

Arjun Pathak, assistant professor of physics, was invited to serve on the organizing committee for the 67th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM), which was held from October 31 to November 4 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr. Pathak also chaired one of the conference’s scientific sessions and delivered two oral talks: one on his recently patented magnetic refrigeration materials and another on magnetic topological quantum materials funded by the National Science Foundation. Noah Kramer, 2022 Buffalo State undergraduate summer research fellow and EURO awardee, also presented his summer work at the conference. Mr. Kramer, an electrical engineering technology major with a minor in physics, has been working with Dr. Pathak since spring 2022. His travel to Minneapolis was partially supported by the Undergraduate Research Office. The MMM conference is one of the largest international conferences for scientists working in magnetic materials.

Deborah Silverman, chair and associate professor of communication, chaired the panel “Teaching Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Public Relations Classroom” at the Public Relations Society of America Educators Academy Summit in Grapevine, Texas, on November 12. Dr. Silverman serves as chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee of the national Commission on Public Relations Education, which is preparing a survey of PR educators and practitioners on DEI and other curricular topics for the commission’s next report on the undergraduate PR curriculum in fall 2023.

John Torrey, assistant professor of philosophy and of Africana studies, has been appointed to the New York State 400 Years of African-American History Commission. Established by Governor Kathy Hochul and named after the 400-year anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in the English colonies in August 1619, the commission serves to educate the public on the impact Africans and African Americans have made on the United States and New York State. Through research, events, and activities, the commission will help spark community dialogue about the history of racism in America and will recognize and highlight the resilience and contributions of African Americans since 1619. The inaugural meeting of the New York State Commission on African American History will be open to the public, starting at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will also be live-streamed.

Rose Hyman, Office Assistant 1 in the Weigel Health Center and U.S. Army veteran, was honored by Congressman Brian Higgins during a ceremony at the Buffalo and Erie Country Naval and Military Park on Monday, November 7. Army Specialist Hyman served from 1984 to 1989 before being honorably discharged. She completed Military Veteran Peer Network Basic Training and went on to work at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Buffalo and Philadelphia, as well as the VA Medical Center in Dallas, Texas.

Saquib Ahmed, assistant professor of engineering technology and founder and director of Buffalo State's Integrated Studies in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Center, and his student research team were awarded an Oracle Research Award on November 7. Oracle for Research collaborates with researchers to find solutions to humankind’s complex, disruptive, and high-impact social, environmental, economic, and technical challenges. This award will allow Dr. Ahmed and his team to pursue computationally heavy molecular dynamics work (on supercapacitors) with a full year's worth of cloud credits and access to the Oracle servers.

Jodelle Magner, associate professor of mathematics, was reappointed editor of the New York State Mathematics Teachers’ Journal (NYSMTJ), a publication of the Association of Mathematics Teachers of New York State (AMTNYS). AMTNYS was founded in 1951 and currently has about 2,100 members statewide. Members of AMTNYS include teachers at the elementary, middle, secondary, and college levels as well as others interested in mathematics and mathematics education.