Dr. Feng (Johnny) Deng, Accounting, received a certificate of merits from the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) for outstanding character and excellence in contributing to the literature for the advancement of management and financial management. Institute of Management Accountants is the worldwide association of accountants and financial professionals in business. Founded in 1919, it is one of the largest and most respected associations focused exclusively on advancing the management accounting profession. It is committed to empowering its 100,000-plus members – and those throughout the rest of the profession – to strengthen on-the-job skills, better manage companies, and accelerate careers. The IMA has a global reach of 140 countries and more than 300 professional and student chapters.
Michael Epperson, History, director of Sac State’s Center for Philosophy and the Natural Sciences, will deliver a keynote talk at New York’s Stony Brook University’s 2nd Annual Phenomenological Approaches to Physics Conference, September 26-28. This year’s conference, “Quantum Mechanics: Paradigm or Ontology of Nature?” deals with the history of conflicts between ontological and non-ontological interpretations of quantum physics, and the competing standards of objectivity and subjectivity in realist and anti-realist interpretations of the mathematical formalism. Epperson will be discussing the work in his most recent book, Foundations of Relational Realism: A Topological Approach to Quantum Mechanics (Rowman & Littlefield, 2013).
Darryl Omar Freeman, Ethnic Studies, was invited to present a portion of his research on the collaborative relationships between members of the African American and Native American communities in the early developing United States society. This lecture took place at the National Park Service, National Underground Railroad “Network to Freedom” Training Conference held at Niagara University, Niagara Falls, New York, September 12-14, 2019. The Underground Railroad can be viewed as a migration story of enslaved people who self-liberated. The presentation was titled “Seeking Sanctuary: Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness.” His research identifies qualitative evidence of the operation of an informal underground railroad for freedom-seeking enslaved African Americans conducted by different Native American tribes. These efforts are often omitted in historical accounts of slavery resistance efforts during the early formation of the American democratic experiment.
Jamie Kneitel, Biological Sciences, recently published two articles. The first was co-authored with former graduate student Robin Shin and was based on his master's thesis. It was published in Hydrobiologia and titled, "Warming interacts with inundation timing to influence the species composition of California vernal pool communities." This study addressed climate change effects on California vernal pools and found changes with invertebrate communities with both warming and the timing when pools filled. The second paper was co-authored with collaborators in Israel, which was conducted during Dr. Kneitel's sabbatical. It was also published in Hydrobiologia and titled, The abundance and larval performance of Aedes phoeniciae in supralittoral rockpools. This study assessed the ecology of a mosquito vector species in coastal rock pools.
Cynthia Linville, English, appeared as a featured poet and photographer in Al-Khemica Poetica in March and in Medusa's Kitchen in July. Her poetry was also published in Ekphrastic Review in June and in Poetic Diversity in April, with more work forthcoming in Poetic Diversity in November. She gave a spoken-word performance with musician Victor Krummenacher in the Bay Area in April.
Dr. Kazue Masuyama, World Languages and Literatures, served as College Board’s AP Chief Reader (CR) for 2019 Japanese Culture and Language Exam and managed all aspects of AP Japanese Reading on June 7-19 at Duke Energy Convention Center, Cincinnati, OH. She also made two presentations at AP Annual Conference, July 18-21, Orland, Florida: “Results from the 2019 AP Japanese Language and Culture Exam” and “Developing Intercultural Competence for AP Classroom.” Her “Chief Reader Report on Student Responses: 2019 AP Seminar Free-Response Questions” will be published at AP Central website in fall.
On May 5, 2019, Dr. Kazue Masuyama was invited to present a half-day workshop on “Tokyo Olympic 2020: How to develop a lesson plan” at the Teachers of Japanese in Northern California Spring Workshop Program at University of San Francisco.
Dr. JZ “Joe” Zhou, University Library, had a presentation titled “Ithaka 2015 survey at Sacramento State University: Teaching Faculty’s Perspectives of Future Libraries,” at the Beijing Normal University on June 5, 2019.