eInside Recognition
Check out some of your colleagues’ recent achievements.
Professional Activities
Yosh Hakutani, Department of English, presented the paper "Richard Wright’s Haiku and Africa" for the session “Reading Between the (Color) Lines: Translation, Traveling Texts and African American-Japanese Cultural Exchange” at the "Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference" in Toronto, Canada, on March 15-18, 2012.
Jeanne Marie Stumpf-Carome, Department of Anthropology, Kent State University at Geauga, presented "The Unhappy Face of Singapore" at the annual meeting of the Central States Anthropological Society in Toledo, Ohio, on March 23, 2012. Summary: Singapore is a model miracle state. From its independence in 1965 to the present, the government’s free market policies intended to attract foreign investment have succeeded. In Asia, Singapore has the second-highest living standard after Japan.
Peter Kratcoski, Department of Sociology, Kent State University at Tuscarawas, and Maximilian Edelbacher, presented "Initiatives to Prevent and Control Financial Crimes: A Cross-Cultural Perspective" at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in New York City, N.Y., March 13-17, 2012.
Brian Kelley, Department of Sociology, has been selected by Government Technology magazine as a Top 25 Doer, Dreamer and Driver of 2012. Kelley is being recognized for making an impact on government through technology and his inspirational leadership.
Rick Feinberg, Department of Anthropology, presented "Development, Aloha, and Non-Giving Among Polynesian Outlier Communities" at the Avoiding Giving working session during the annual meeting of the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania in Portland, Ore. on Feb. 7-11, 2012.
Publications
E. Thomas Dowd, Department of Psychology, authored a journal article "Cognitive Therapy and Hypnotherapy: A Cognitive-Developmental Approach", Journal of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies, Aurora Szentagotai, Volume 12, Issue 1, (2012): 103-119.
Kenneth Cushner, School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies, "Planting Seeds for Peace: Are We Moving in the Right Direction?" International Journal of Intercultural Relation, Vol. 36, Issue 2, (2012): 161-168.
Kenneth Cushner, Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies, authored a section of a book, "Intercultural Competence for Teaching and Learning," Internationalizing Teacher Education in the United States, Edition 1, (Lanham, Md.:Rowman and Littlefield) B. Shaklee and S. Baily, (2012): 41-58.