John Siskar, senior adviser for Buffalo State educational pipeline initiatives, coauthored a chapter with Paul Theobald, dean of the School of Education at Buena Vista University, titled "Civic Responsibility and Science Education" in the recently released book Assessing Schools for Generation R (Responsibility): A Guide for Legislation and School Policy in Science Education, published by Springer Publishing.

Zhang Jie, professor of sociology and director of the Center for China Studies, published his article "College Students' Satisfaction to Campus Life and Affecting Factors," coauthored with Tan Jiandan, in the journal Research on Higher Education 30: 9–22.

Tan was a master’s student at Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing, studying sociology. She spent six months at Buffalo State as a visiting scholar in 2011.

Zhang Jie, professor of sociology and director of the Center for China Studies, published his article "When Aspiration Fails: A Study of Its Effect on Mental Disorder and Suicide Risk," coauthored with Kong Yuanyuan, Gao Qi, and Li Ziyao, in the Journal of Affective Disorders 151 (1): 243–247.

Each of the coauthors, all Ph.D. students majoring in public health at Shandong University, recently served as visiting scholars at Buffalo State for one year. Kong was on campus in 2009–2010, Gao in 2010–2011, and Li in 2011–2012.

Zhang Jie, professor of sociology and director of the Center for China Studies, published his article "Relative Deprivation and Psychopathology of Chinese College Students," coauthored with Tao Mengke, in the Journal of Affective Disorders 150 (3): 903–907. Tao is a master’s student at Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing, studying sociology. She spent six months at Buffalo State as a visiting scholar in 2012.

Patrick Ravines, associate professor and director of the Art Conservation Department, spoke at 6Mbs (6-Minute Building Stories), a series of presentations by speakers from diverse cultural disciplines, on September 19 at One HSBC Center. 6Mbs is part of the Buffalo Architecture Foundation’s Building Stories project, a multimedia personal history project documenting and sharing profound individual experiences with architecture, construction, landscape, and planning throughout Western New York.

Jean Gounard, director of international student affairs, chaired the annual business meeting of the NAFSA Francophone World Special Interest Group at the NAFSA: Association of International Educators meeting in Saint Louis, Missouri, May 28–31, and was subsequently reelected chair of the group. During that meeting, official representatives from various parts of the Francophone world spoke on the status of the French language today. In addition, Gounard co-chaired the session “Helpful Information and Resources to Facilitate Review of the Francophone Africa Credentials.”

These meetings also marked the 12th anniversary of the signature of the Memorandum of Friendship between NAFSA and l’Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie initiated in 2001 by Gounard, already chair of the NAFSA Francophone World Special Interest Group.

Dolores Battle, professor emerita and part-time lecturer, Speech-Language Pathology, received Honors of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics for her leadership in international issues related to speech-language pathology, education, and global disability. The award was given at the 34th triennial congress of the association in Torino, Italy, on August 31. The honor is the highest award given by the association, which has more than 200,000 affiliated members in 57 countries around the world.

At the congress, Battle gave an address titled "The Needs of Persons with Communication and Other Disabilities in Natural Disasters, Political Conflict, and War."

Battle also gave the keynote address "The World Is Not Flat: Global Issues in Communication Disability and Health" at the 5th East African Speech Therapy Association Conference on Communication Disability in Mombasa, Kenya, on September 2. The conference was attended by speech pathologists, occupational therapists, special educators, and administrators from seven countries in Africa and nine countries in Europe and Asia.

Jeffrey Hirschberg, associate professor and director of the television and film arts program, was one of 20 filmmakers selected from across the country to receive a full scholarship titled "20/20/20." The program, sponsored by NYC-based Killer Films and Stony Brook Southampton, enabled 20 filmmakers to direct 20 short films in 20 days in Southampton, New York.

Hirschberg's film, Why Can't They All Be Like Johnny Depp? was based on his feature screenplay of the same name (story by Hirschberg and Mark Williams), which was a winner in the WGA Screenplay Reading Series in 2010.

Bruce Bryski, associate professor of communication, was featured as an expert analyst on WBFO-FM 88.7 on August 27, examining the communication and public-speaking styles of the three candidates for the Buffalo mayoral race: Brown, Tolbert, and Rodriguez. He discussed the three distinctive styles each candidate incorporates while campaigning and the effectiveness of each style.

Bryski was also a frequent in-studio guest this summer on WBEN-AM 930, discussing such issues as political communication and the media, the NYC mayoral race, political scandal, and President Obama's recent trip to Buffalo. Bryski is WBEN's chief political analyst.

Zhang Jie, professor of sociology and director of the Center for China Studies, published his article "Suicidal Ideation and Its Correlates: Testing the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide in Chinese Students," coauthored with David Lester, Sibo Zhao, and Chengchao Zhou, in the Archives of Suicide Research 17: 236–241. Sibo Zhao was a visiting scholar to the Buffalo State Center for China Studies two years ago.