On the heels of their third successful event in 2020, Ship Story Slam is excited to announce the remainder of our 2019-2020 season. Especially during this time of uncertainty and social distancing, metaphorically coming together for evenings of camaraderie and entertainment over shared stories that reveal and celebrate our commonalities is more important than ever.…
Positivity, flexibility, grace, resilience—this is how students and faculty pivot from traditional on-campus education to a new virtual learning experience in a week’s time. Shippensburg University, much like the rest of the country, is a beautiful but barren campus today. The life that drives that campus is not gone—it’s simply shifted to a new…
The history of American social dancing is on display in a new virtual tour that highlights outfits from the early nineteenth century through the twentieth century, giving viewers an unprecedented and up-close view of the outfits that helped define the unique American experience. Covering genres from the waltz to disco, viewers can visit the Fashion…
Jonathan Skaff, History and Director of International Studies – Skaff has published the chapter, “Early Medieval China’s Rulers, Retainers, and Harem,” in the The Cambridge World History of Violence, Volume 2: AD 500-AD 1500, Matthew S. Gordon, Richard W. Kaeuper and Harriet Zurndorfer, eds. Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Wendy S. Becker, Management – Becker was interviewed in the March 20, 2020 issue of the journal, Lab Manager. Becker provided advice for leaders in the article, Managing Your Lab Amid COVID-19. Becker’s 2015 textbook (with Mark Dale), Forensic Laboratory Management: Applying Business Principles, provides laboratory managers with business tools to increase the effectiveness of the…
Robert Shaffer, History – Shaffer presented a paper on “Pearl Buck, Working for Social Justice and Racial Equality during World War II,” at the Robert Shafferat Wilson College in February 2020. He has also written book reviews which have appeared recently or will appear in Journal of American History, The Historian, Peace & Change, and Pennsylvania History.
Luis Melara, Mathematics – Melara recently published a paper entitled, “Host density and habitat structure influence host contact rates and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans transmission“. The paper appeared in NATURE Scientific Reports with DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62351-x
Margaret Lucia, Music and Theatre Arts – Lucia presented a lecture-recital on January 30 at the University of South Florida, in Tampa, as a part of the third annual Composition in Asia Symposium and Festival. Her presentation was entitled “Beauty in Simplicity: an Exploration of Haiku in piano music by Western composers”. She also performed music…
Claire Jantz & Scott Drzyzga, Geography/Earth Science – Jantz and Drzyzga, along with one of their former students, Joshua Barth, co-authored a paper that has just been published in the journal, Sustainability. “Squeezed from All Sides: Urbanization, Invasive Species, and Climate Change Threaten Riparian Forest Buffers”. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/4/1448/htm
Robert L. Hewitt, Social Work & Gerontology (Professor Emeritus) – Hewitt was selected to be the Keynote Speaker for the 2020 Massillon (Ohio) Tiger Benchwarmers Booster club Inc.’s Black History Scholarship Dinner Program on February 22. Hewitt spoke to over 250 attendees from Massillon, Canton, and surrounding communities within Stark County, Ohio on the topic:…