Celebrations
We celebrate the scholarship, projects and accomplishments of our talented and diverse arts and sciences faculty.
Current Celebrations
Aimée Baker
Lecturer, Department of English
- The essay “Beasts of the Fields,” which was published February 2021 in Guernica, was selected to be in an anthology about lyric essays, A Harp in the Stars: An Anthology of Lyric Essays. Edited by Randon Billings Noble and published by University of Nebraska Press, the anthology will be out in October 2021.
Dr. Karina Ckless
Professor, Department of Chemistry
- Ckless, K.; Sunasee, R. Chapter 19 – Mitochondria-Targeted Drugs and Immune Function.
In Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Nanotherapeutics; Oliveira, M. R. de, Ed.; Academic Press, 2021; pp 499–524. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-
0-323-85666-9.00006-1 .
Dr. Mustafa Demir
Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice
- “Effect of awareness and notification of body-worn cameras on procedural justice, police legitimacy, cooperation, and compliance: Findings from a randomized controlled trial” has been published in Journal of Experimental Criminology, August 26, 2021. Accessible at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-021-09487-6
Dr. Beth Dixon
Professor & Chair, Department of Philosophy
- “Playing the Poverty Simulation Game: A Course in Analysis and Revision” published in Teaching Ethics, January 8, 2022. https://doi.org/10.5840/tej20221798
Diane Fine
SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Art
Currently showing twelve prints in Ink on Paper: A Letterpress Showcase an international, invitational exhibition for letterpress printers and artists at Great Park Gallery, The Palm Court Arts Complex, Irvine CA.
- Sunday, April 4 – Sunday, June 13, 2021
Dr. Arzu Gul
Lecturer, ESL Program, Department of English
- “Supporting Teacher Change in an English as a Foreign Language Environment: A Peer-Coaching Study in Turkey,” American Journal of Qualitative Research (AJQR)
Dr. Shawna Mefferd Kelty
Associate Professor & Chair, Department of Theatre
- Mefferd Kelty, S. (November 2020). Spinning Truth(s), Myths, Gossip, and Facts in the Theatre History Classroom. Theatre Topics, 30(3). https://doi.org/10.1353/tt.2020.0037
Sue Lezon
Associate Professor & Chair, Department of Art
Participated in group exhibitions at the Center for Contemporary Arts in Abilene, Texas.
- October 24 – December 11, 2020
Dr. Stephen Light
Professor, Department of Sociology
- “Incarceration and the Failure of Opioid Addiction Treatment in the United States.” Contemporary Sociology 49(6), November 2020: 487-491. (Invited Review Essay).
Dr. Justin Lowry
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
- “Soil biomarkers of cacao tree cultivation in the sacred cacao groves of the northern Maya lowlands.” Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Vol. 41. February 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103331
Dr. John McMahon
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
- Crandall, E., Brown, R. and McMahon, J. “Magicians of the Twenty-First Century: Utopia, Work, and Domination in Silicon Valley,” Theory & Event 24 (3), 841-873
- Issar, S., Brown, R., and McMahon, J. “Rosa Luxemburg and the Primitive Accumulation of Whiteness.” In Creolizing Rosa Luxemburg, ed. Drucilla Cornell and Jane Anna Gordon, Rowman & Littlefield
Dr. Sam Northshield
Professor, Department of Mathematics
- “Topographs; Conway and otherwise”, Fibonacci Quarterly 58 (2020), no. 5, 172–189.
Dr. Sandra Rezac
Associate Professor & Chair, Department of Sociology
- April 2021 recipient of the Ram Chugh/Senate Outstanding Service Award. “The Ram Chugh/Senate Outstanding Service Award is conferred by the SUNY University Faculty Senate Executive Committee. Nominees for the award must have achieved a reputation for outstanding service in the area of faculty governance at the System and Campus levels. Consideration will be given for a sustained level of commitment for a minimum of five years.” More information about the Ram Chugh/Senate Outstanding Service Award.
Dr. Scott Reznick
Assistant Professor, Department of English
- “Literature, Politics, and Reality: Revisiting the Dark and Bloody Crossroads,” Forma de Vida No. 21 (Summer 2021)
Dr. Jonathan Slater
Professor & Chair, Department of Journalism & Public Relations
- Dr. Jonathan Slater (journalism and public relations) was the invited speaker at this fall’s BMP Rotating Lecture Program in Canadian Studies. Slater delivered a webinar, Marshall McLuhan, the Man Behind Québec’s October Crisis?, to audiences at Bridgewater State University and McGill University.
Dr. Rajesh Sunasee
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
- Pacherille, A.; Tuga, B.; Hallooman, D.; Dos Reis, I.; Vermette, M.; Issack, B.B.; Rhyman, L.; Ramasami, P.; Sunasee, R*. “BiCl3-Facilitated Removal of Methoxymethyl-Ether/Ester Derivatives and DFT Study of -O-C-O- Bond Cleavage,” New Journal of Chemistry, 2021, 45, 7109–7116. DOI: 10.1039/d1nj00449b
Dr. Kelly Theisen
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
- SUNY Plattsburgh Center for Teaching Excellence presentation: “How to Help Students Reframe Academic Anxiety by Cultivating a Growth Mindset.” (Sept. 2020).
More to Explore
Our faculty and students are active and engaged. From regular colloquies hosted by the Institute for Ethics in Public Life, to tantalizing exhibitions at our Plattsburgh State Art Museum, to groundbreaking research at the Lake Champlain Research Institute, we invite you to explore all arts and sciences has to offer.