Michael I. Niman, associate professor, communication, published a chapter, “You Can't Be Nonviolent Without Violence: The Rainbow Family's Nonkilling Utopia and its Survival of Persistent State Violence," in Nonkilling Societies, edited by Joam Evans Pim, and published by the Center for Global Nonkilling, Honolulu.
Kimberly J. Jackson, assistant dean for strategic and enrollment planning and program coordinator, multidisciplinary studies, the Graduate School, appeared as a guest on “Aging is for Everyone,” a program that aired August 24 on WKBW-TV. She discussed educational opportunities available to adult students at Buffalo State. She also discussed the importance of lifelong learning as it relates to professional development, personal enrichment, career transitions, and academic growth. Finally, she told the audience that adults interested in enrolling or auditing courses can obtain information from the Continuing Professional Studies Office, Admissions, and the Graduate School.
Chenchen Huang, assistant professor, Hospitality and Tourism, and Keunyoung Oh, assistant professor, Technology, presented a research paper at the 2010 International Tourism Symposium, A New Horizon of International Tourism: From the Hinterland to the Ocean, July 5–7, at Buan, Jeonbuk Province, in Korea. Their paper, “Tourism Destination Branding: A Conjoint Analysis Approach,” measured the importance of key attributes that tourists consider when choosing a destination for a short trip. Buffalo as a tourism destination was compared with its major competitors in the regional-drive market by using choice-based conjoint analysis.
Gerald Mead, lecturer, Design, wrote the catalog essay, “Alberto Rey: Replacing a Sense of Place,” for the publication accompanying the artist's site-specific installation in the University at Buffalo Art Gallery from March 18 to May 15; presented a lecture on the work of Milton Rogovin in conjunction with the exhibition A Yemeni Community: Photographs from the 1970s by Milton Rogovin at El Museo Francisco Oller Y Diego Rivera in Buffalo on May 15; and cocurated the exhibition Extraordinary Forms II: 40 Years of Craft Media for the Kenan Center in Lockport from May 16 to July 11.
Dolores E. Battle, senior adviser to the president for equity and campus diversity, conducted a symposium on multicultural issues in global health and disability, and presented a paper on the education of speech-language pathologists in Africa at the 28th World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics in Athens, Greece, August 22–26.
Vida Vanchan, assistant professor, Geography and Planning, was selected as one of 40 delegates from among 186 applicants from more than 40 countries to attend the Summer Institute in Economic Geography at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, June 26–July 2. The summer institute featured contributions from internationally renowned figures in economic geography and provided an opportunity to investigate leading-edge theoretical and methodological questions, as well as a range of associated professional development issues in the field of economic geography.
Timothy Joyce, lecturer, Theater, spent the summer touring as a stand-up comic, appearing in shows from California to North Dakota to Tennessee.
Stephen F. Saracino, professor, Design, has been invited to exhibit his work at the Jewelry/Metals/Enameling Alumni Exhibition at Kent State University School of Art. His piece entitled “War trophy. Nation Building. 3rd. Place” has been included in the exhibition, which runs October 2–30.
Stephani Foraker, assistant professor, Psychology, in collaboration with Mary V. Rivers, a recent graduate and McNair scholar, presented a talk, “Students Reflect their Level of Understanding Through Non-Verbal Backchanneling,” at the fourth conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies, held in Frankfurt/Oder, Germany, July 25–30.
Staci Newmahr, Assistant Professor, Sociology, had a paper, “Power Struggles: Pain and Authenticity in SM Play,” published in the fall 2010 issue of Symbolic Interaction.