Zhang Jie, professor of sociology and director of the Center for China Studies, published his article "Life Satisfaction and Its Correlates among College Students in China: A Test of Social Reference Theory" in the Asian Journal of Psychiatry 10:17–20. The article's coauthors are Sibo Zhao, David Lester, and Chengchao Zhou, who was a visiting scholar to Buffalo State in 2010–2011 and is now an adjunct instructor in the college's Sociology Department.

Zhang Jie, professor of sociology and director of the Center for China Studies, published his article "Reliability, Validity and Preliminary Hypothesis Tests for the English Version of the Psychological Strain Scales (PSS)," coauthored with Juncheng Lyu, in the Journal of Affective Disorders 164: 69–75.

Zhang Jie, professor of sociology and director of the Center for China Studies, published his article "Identification of Mental Disorders in Rural Youth Suicides," coauthored with Zhou Rui and Huimin Qiu, in the Chinese Mental Health Journal 28 (4): 248–252 [in Chinese]. Zhou Rui was a visiting scholar to Buffalo State in 2012–2013.

Zhang Jie, professor of sociology and director of the Center for China Studies, published his article "Characteristics of Schizophrenia Suicides compared with Suicides by Other Diagnosed Psychiatric Disorders and Those Without a Psychiatric Disorder," coauthored with Lyu Juncheng, in Schizophrenia Research 155 (1–3): 59–65.

Zhang Jie, professor of sociology and director of the Center for China Studies, published his article "The Moderating Effects of Impulsivity on Chinese Rural Young Suicide," coauthored with Lin Lin, in the Journal of Clinical Psychology 70 (6): 579–588. Lin was a visiting scholar to Buffalo State in 2013–2014.

Zhang Jie, professor of sociology and director of the Center for China Studies, published his article "Mental Health and Suicide among Chinese Rural Young Women" in the journal American Review of China Studies 14 (2): 14–30.

Zhang Jie, professor of sociology and director of the Center for China Studies, published his article "Psychological Strains and Depression in Chinese Rural Populations," coauthored with Juncheng Lyu, in Psychology, Health & Medicine 19 (3): 365–373.

Zhang Jie, professor of sociology and director of the Center for China Studies, published his article "The Gender Ratio of Chinese Suicide Rates: An Explanation in Confucianism" in Sex Roles 70 (3–4):146–154.

Meghan Pereira, Ginger Bidell, and Ellen Sidey of the Instructional Resources Department, in conjunction with Jenna Dulak, instructional designer at Hilbert College, have created the Western New York Blackboard Users Group (WNYBUG). BUGs are supported by Blackboard and exist as a way for Blackboard users in our area to meet, whether virtually or in person, to exchange ideas and expertise. Currently the group's membership spans 20 public and private institutions within Western and Central New York.

The group has a website and a Listserv and will host an eLearning Day at Hilbert College on Friday, October 17.

All are welcome to join the BUG by subscribing to the Listserv, and all are encouraged to register for the free eLearning Day event and to submit presentation proposals. Representatives from Blackboard and invited vendors will also be in attendance. Please join us!

Frances Gage, assistant professor of fine arts, published the essay “Giulio Mancini: Caravaggio’s Death of the Virgin and the Madonna Blasphemed” in Caravaggio: Reflections and Refractions, pp. 83–105 (Pericolo and Stone, eds.; Ashgate, 2014). She also published the article “Invention, Wit, and Melancholy in the Art of Annibale Carracci” in Intellectual History Review 24 (2): 1–26 (special issue, The Nature of Invention).