Accomplishments - February, 2016
Cynthia Sims, Workforce Education and Development, presented two peer-reviewed papers at the 2016 Academy of Human Resource Development International Research Conference in the Americas in February in Jacksonville, Florida. One of the papers was “The Impact of Colorism on Taiwanese Women’s Careers;”a second paper, co-authored with doctoral student Yuanlu Niu, was “Evidence of Lookism in Online Job Advertisements for Nurses in Urban China.”
Qian Huang, School of Architecture, has two peer-reviewed papers accepted for publication at the 16th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering to be held in Osaka, Japan, July 6-8, 2016. The two papers are: “Occupancy Estimation in Smart Buildings Using Audio-Processing Techniques," and “Refining Wi-Fi Based Indoor Localization with Li-Fi Assisted Model Calibration in Smart Buildings.”
Rachel Alicia Griffin, Communication Studies, with a cross-appointment in Africana Studies and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, recently received the Critical Communication Studies Division Scholar-Activist Award at the National Communication Association’s Convention in Las Vegas. The award recognizes scholars whose work is both analytical and activist-oriented.
David Gibson, Plant Biology; Joseph L. Matthews, Plant, Soil & Agricultural Systems; Karla Gage, Plant Biology and Plant, Soil and Agricultural Systems, and Lauren Schwartz, a plant biology doctorate alumna, along with colleagues, received the “Outstanding Paper of 2015 Award” by the Weed Science Society of America for their paper, “Seedbank and Field Emergence of Weeds in Glyphosate-Resistant Cropping Systems in the United States,” in the journal, “Weed Science.” Schwartz accepted the award on behalf of the research group at the Weed Science Society of America annual meeting, Feb. 8, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Playwright Jacob Juntunen, Theater, is author of “Mainstream AIDS Theatre, the Media, and Gay Civil Rights: Making the Radical Palatable.” The book, part of the Routledge Advances in Theatre and Performance Series, traces “ideological change over time in the reception of U.S. mainstream plays taking HIV/AIDS as their topic from 1985 to 2000.”
The work of Patricia Saleeby, School of Social Work, was highlighted in the associate editor’s comments in the “Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal,” published in December 2015 by the University of Hawaii’s Center on Disability Studies. Saleeby’s highlighted article was “Using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) to Improve Understanding of Disability and Functioning.”
Deborah R. Barnett, Non-Traditional Student Services, attended a meeting of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) on Jan. 27, in Washington, D.C. SIU Carbondale was one of only 25 institutions invited to participate in discussions related to the Comprehensive Student Record. Barnett attended the meeting as a result of her work on a related project with Heather Brake, Student Involvement Coordinator; both hold roles in the university’s Student Affairs division, and were chosen Provost Assessment Fellows in summer 2015 to pursue efforts related to documenting and assessing co-curricular learning. During their assessment fellowship, they worked closely with James Allen, associate provost for academic programs, and his staff to make significant progress on the project now referred to as the SIU Advantage. Barnett and Brake are invited to share their work through an upcoming Online Learning Community live briefing.
Collegiate Aviation Review published a paper co-authored by three Aviation Management and Flight faculty members, Steve Goetz, Bryan Harrison and John Voges, “The Use of FAA Flight Training and Aviation Training Devices at UAA Institutions.”
Patricia Saleeby, School of Social Work, has been invited to serve as associate editor for the “International Journal of Disability, Development and Education.” The editorial board of the peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary international journal has only a few scholars representing the United States.
Marie Bukowski, director, School of Art & Design, has a solo exhibition of her work, titled “Undercurrents,” through Feb. 20 at Albion College in Albion, Miss. A frequent exhibitor regionally, nationally, and internationally, she will give an artist’s lecture on Feb. 22 at the college.
Sam Chung, director, School of Information Systems and Applied Technologies, has a peer-reviewed research paper with four co-authors titled, “FADES: Behavioral detection of falls using body shapes from 3D joint data,” in the Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments (JAISE)
