On August 3, Ana Moraña, Global Languages and Cultures Department, was interviewed by Radio Uruguay, an important radio station in Montevideo, Uruguay, Ana´s home country. The interview was centered on the nature of the Ethnic Studies program at Shippensburg University. Dr. Moraña also spoke about her book La fiesta de la modernidad. La revista Caras…
Dr. David Bateman, special education, was a professional expert as a part of the settlement in the Flint, Michigan special education class action lawsuit that was recently settled.
Andrea Barrick, social work and gerontology, co-authored an article in the Journal of Policy Practice and Research. Barrick, A,. and Worsham, J. (2020). Issue framing, entrepreneurship and the passage of the violence against women act. Journal of Policy Practice and Research, doi: 10.1007/s42972-020-00012-z The authors map how the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) made it…
Dr. Christopher Woltemade, geography/earth science, recently completed a research project with The Nature Conservancy, entitled “Potential to Increase Dry Season Streamflow via Water Management Strategies in the Mill Creek Watershed, Mendocino County, California.” He has a related journal article in press: Woltemade, CJ. In press (2020). Impacts of Small-Scale Water Conservation Practices on Summer Streamflow in the…
Dr. Luis Melara, mathematics department, was the organizer of Minisymposium: Control Problems in Natural Resource Management and presented the talk entitled “A Two-Patch Epidemic Model with State-Dependent Dispersal Behaviors and Optimal Preventive Strategies” at the 2nd Joint Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics/The Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society Annual Meeting. In addition, Melara’s paper…
Dr. Robert Hewitt, professor emeritus of social work and gerontology, was one of a team of panelist who participated in a ZOOM presentation to the Directors of Bridge of Hope Network from different parts of the country. Hewitt’s presentation was entitled “The Power of Cultural Humility as An Approach for Anti-Racism and Beyond”. The presentation…
Dr. Kurt Fuellhart, geography/earth science, recently co-authored two articles: “Modeling the Evolutionary Mechanism of China’s Domestic Air Transport Network”, which will appear in the journal Sustainability and “Economic Influences on Air Transport in Vietnam 2006–2019”, which will appear in Journal of Transport Geography. The articles’ co-authors included two recent Ph.D. graduates from Ghent University on…
Shippensburg University’s return to campus was featured on Fox43 on August 24. Provost Tom Ormond highlighted the measures taken across campus to return during the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch the full story.
President Carter appeared in a WHYY article on August 24. The article discusses the State System’s efforts to support racial equality at all 14 system schools. Read the full article.
The student-led rally, planned for August 27 in response to a recent raced-based incident on campus, was featured in a Sentinel article. The article featured comments from Stephanie Jirard, chief diversity officer. Read the full article.