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Dr. Dhiman Chattopadhyay’s, Communication, Journalism and Media paper titled: “Engage and Transform: Exploring Effects of Institutional, Interpersonal, and Individual Communication, on University Students’ Attitudes about Diversity, and Belongingness” has been conferred the “top faculty” paper award by the Undergraduate College & University Section of the National Communication Association (NCA). Chattopadhyay will present the paper and…

Dr. Pablo Delis (Biology), his former Shippensburg University student, Jason Dallas, and his colleague at the State Museum of Pennsylvania have published the paper DALLAS J., W. E. MESHAKA, JR., AND P. R. DELIS. 2021. The Natural History of the Northern Black Racer (Coluber constrictor constrictor) in South-central Pennsylvania. Journal of North American Herpetology 2021(1):…

Dr. Christine Royce, Teacher Education Department, has given three presentations in the last few weeks including: Using Picture Books Can Promote Literacies with Text to……Connections at the NSTA Regional Conference in Portland, OR; Growing in the Digital World which was part of the Science Teachers of Missouri MoDELS professional learning seminar series; and co-presented with three international colleagues From Typhoid Mary…

Dr. Shakya’s, econmoics, paper titled “Productivity Spillovers and the Productivity-Compensation Gap” is accepted in the Spatial Economic Analysis journal. The article illuminates possible explanations and quantifies the productivity and compensation gap in US industries. The productivity and compensation gap is attributed to rising inequality and wage stagnation and has intrigued academics and policymakers. He hypothesis…

Five faculty members from the Department of Political Science participated virtually in the annual meeting of the Northeast Political Science Association from November 11 – 13, 2021 (https://www.northeasternpsa.com/). Dr. Lonce Bailey, associate professor, chaired the Jerry Mileur Panel on the Future of the Parties. Dr. Alison Dagnes, professor, chaired the panel:  Authors Meet Critics:  At War…

Dr. Scott Drzyzga was recently recertified as a Geographic Information Systems Professional (GISP), which requires continual education, making contributions to the profession, and peer review of a portfolio of recent mapping projects. Scott also passed the FAA’s recurrent small unmanned aircraft systems test, renewed his FAA Remote Pilot Certificate, and became an inaugural member of…

Dr. Justin Sentz served as a presenter for a session titled “Strategies to Mitigate Systemic Challenges That Arise in Instructional Design” at the 2021 Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention held in Chicago, IL and virtually. He also was a panelist for a webinar on “Project Management in Instructional Design” as part…