Alexis Blavos, Health Department, had her manuscript “A Social Marketing Intervention to Prevent Drowning Among Inner-City Youth,” accepted for publication in the journal Health Promotion Practice. Also, her oral presentation, “Building your Health Advocacy Toolkit: Tactics for the Trenches,” was accepted for presentation at the 2017 Health Education Advocacy Summit to be held Oct. 21 to 23 in Washington, D.C. In addition, Blavos had an oral presentation, “To CHES or CPH? The Future of Credentialing in Public Health,” and a poster presentation, “Health Related Risk Behaviors and Health Outcomes Among Cannabis Users,” accepted for presentation at the American Public Health Association 2017 meeting Nov. 4 to 8 in Atlanta, Ga.
Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, had his article “Unassisted Goal: U.S. Soccer Does Not Need Approval to Use Player Likenesses in Group Ad” recently published by Sport Marketing Quarterly.
Julie Ficarra, International Programs Office, and Sam Avery, Communication Studies Department, presented at the 17th International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement Annual Conference held at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Julie presented on problematizing issues of race, power and the “helping imperative” in service-learning programs in the Global South; and together, they co-presented a film project exploring the politics of space, memory and belonging for two immigrant groups on the north side of the city of Syracuse.
Mark A. Sutherlin, Kinesiology Department, gave two presentations at the National Athletic Trainers’ Association 68th Clinical Symposia & AT Expo, was accepted into the NATA Foundation Research/Faculty Mentor Program, and participated as part of the Athletic Training Research Agenda Focus Group this summer in Houston, Texas.
Gregg Weatherby, English Department, was a featured reader in July at New York City’s famed Cornelia Street Cafe. He read from his most recent published work as well as work in progress.
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article titled “Gun Law History in the United States and Second Amendment Rights,” published in the most recent issue of the journal Law and Contemporary Problems.
Holly Manaseri, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department and Educational Leadership Program coordinator, was a presenter at the annual conference of the International Council of Professors of Educational Leadership in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in August. Her presentation featured the importance of Universal Design for Learning in the preparation of educational leaders in light of the new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requirements.
Katherine M. Polasek and Erik Lind, Kinesiology Department, and John Foley, Physical Education Department, recently had their manuscript, “The Relationship of Sex and Sport Skill Type on Imagery Use among Division III Athletes,” published in the Journal of Sport Behavior. The manuscript was co-authored by former exercise science graduate student Dan Jones, ’15, MS, exercise science.
Ben Lovett and Karen Davis, Psychology Department, had an article accepted for publication in the journal Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. Their article argues that certain techniques from forensic psychology can improve the accuracy of adult ADHD assessments, helping to reduce misdiagnosis.
Kathleen A. Lawrence, Communication Studies Department, recently had two of her published poems nominated for 2017 Best of the Net: “Just Rosie” was nominated by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA), and “High Tea” was nominated by Highland Park Poetry. In addition, her poem “Extracurricular” was published in Sonic Boom Journal in August. Star*Line, SFPA’s print journal, recently accepted her poem “Vampirette.” Her poems “wide eyed wallflowers,” “Lovely and Dilapidated” and “My Father - Somonka” will appear in Undertow Tanka Review. Also, her poem “Invisible, Fat Me” is forthcoming in Blynkt Magazine.
