A.J. Williams-Myers (Black Studies) has been awarded a $600 honorarium from the New York Council for the Humanities for facilitating the “Cultural Crossroads at the Hudson River Valley” book discussion series at the Senate House State Historic Site during spring 2010. The four-session series, which is part of the Council’s “Reading Between the Lines” program, will include 90-minute discussions about the development of the Hudson River Valley region, and the ethical dilemmas, power dynamics and social and psychological tensions involved in the settlement of the Valley. For more information, visit www.nyhumanities.org.

Rose Rudnitski’s (Educational Administration) assessments of ethical practice for four programs in the Department of Educational Administration were chosen by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) as exemplary and have been posted on the NCATE Web site as exemplars for other institutions seeking NCATE accreditation in Educational Leadership.

Joan Barker’s (Art, Communication and Media) work is included in the exhibition, “Marks That Matter,” at SUNY Ulster’s Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery in Stone Ridge. The opening reception takes place from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, March 19. The show will continue through April 16.

Aaron Haselton (Biology) presented a research poster coauthored by Angela Acevedo ‘09 (Biology), Hannah Lewis-Rosenblum (University of Florida) and Preeti Dhar (Chemistry) at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America in Indianapolis, IN on Dec. 16. The poster was titled “Repellency of Pinenes Against the House Fly, Musca Domestica” and detailed the research group’s work on the development of novel, plant-derived insect repellents.

Photographs by Joan Barker (Art) are included in “High and Dry IX,” a photography exhibit of the people and places of the world’s dry lands, at the International Cultural Center at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, Nov.20-Jan. 15, 2010.

Photographs by Joan Barker (Communication and Media) are on display at the Garrison Art Center in Garrison, the Barrett Art Center in Poughkeepsie, the Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, Colo., and the NAVE Gallery in Somerville, Mass., throughout November.

A.J. Williams-Myers (Black Studies) presented a lecture, “African American History in the Hudson Valley,” at the Senate House State Historic Site in Kingston on Oct. 3. Williams-Myers’s lecture kicked off the Senate House’s African American Culture and History Festival, which took place on Oct. 3 and 4.

Joel Evans (Music) presented a master class, lecture and solo oboe recital at the School of Performing Arts at the University of Maine in Orono, Maine, as part of the fall 2009 Distinguished Lecturer Series.

Amy Cheng (Art) installed a 6-by-39.5-foot hand-painted ceramic-tile mural at the Howard St. El Station in Chicago, Ill., in July 2009. Commissioned by the Chicago Transit Authority, the piece, titled “Destination: Points Unknown,” had budget of $69,150. The mural was depicts a cosmic scene that aims to transport viewers on an imaginative journey. The mural was fabricated by Sherle Wagner International LLC in Falls River, Mass.

Donna Flayhan (Communication and Media) presented a paper, “Arab Professors and Academic Freedom Post 9/11,” at The American Association of University Professors Academic Conference in Washington, D.C., on June 12. The Chronicle of Higher Education reviewed the paper and Flayhan was later interviewed by The Chronicle about her scholarship on pejorative terms used for Arabs since 1991. Flayhan’s work in that area is summarized in the article “Beyond Henry Louis Gates: Many Scholars Find Inspiration in Discrimination,” which appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education on Aug. 4. Flayhan also presented as an invited expert in a Media Ecology Roundtable at the Congress of the Canadian Communication Association in Ottawa in May 2009, where the Canadian Congress is forming a media-ecology area of its own.

Provost Donald Christian (right), seen here with his wife, Sandy, is speaking to Robert Michael, dean of the School of Education, at the faculty/staff barbecue on May 19.

Provost Donald Christian began his work at the college on Aug. 1.

Christian said, “After many months of transition, I am excited to be on campus, beginning my work as Provost and learning all the things I need to help make a great college be even better. I look forward to meeting and working with faculty, staff, and students here, and hope that people will introduce themselves to me as we cross paths on campus or in town in the coming months.”

As provost and vice president of Academic Affairs, he is the chief academic office of the college overseeing five instructional divisions and six departments.

A full interview with Christian will appear in the Aug. 17 issue of News Pulse.

Greta Winograd (Psychology) presented a poster, co-authored by Patricia Cohen of the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University’s New York State Psychiatric Institute, titled “Improved Functioning and Personality Disorder: Finding (or Creating) One’s Niche” at the May 2009 Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Convention in San Francisco.

PRESENTATIONS, EXHIBITIONS

Kristine Harris (History, Asian Studies) presented a paper, “Re-makes/Re-models: The Red Detachment of Women between Stage and Screen,” on April 17 at the Chinese Opera Films after 1949: Music, Performance, and Cinematic Arts symposium at the University of Chicago.