Faculty-Staff Achievements, Nov. 18, 2014
Activities
Dan Nathan, associate professor and chair, Department of American Studies, and Mack Lacy '14 participated in a roundtable discussion titled "Viewing the Peanut Gallery: An Open Forum on Studying Sports Fans" at the recent American Studies Association annual meeting in Los Angeles. Nathan and Lacy discussed Red Sox Nation in the wake of three championships in the last 10 years, what that success means for a formerly 鈥渢ortured鈥� fan base, and what academic mentorship can mean for the sports-interested scholar and student.
L. Ian Reed, visiting assistant professor, Department of Psychology, gave a talk titled "The Face of Emotion" at the HeadCon '14 Conference. Videos and transcripts from the entire conference can be found . Reed's individual video and transcript can be found
Publications
Joerg Bibow, professor of economics, is the author of 鈥淭he euro treasury plan,鈥� a Levy Policy Brief published . And which became an op-ed titled 鈥溾�� also published . In addition it appeared in and in and was picked up by the .
Victor Cahn, professor emeritus of English, is the author of Walking Distance鈥擱emembering Classic Episodes from Classic Television. Read more here.
Beck Krefting, assistant professor of American studies, is the author of a new book, All Joking Aside鈥擜merican Humor and Its Discontents. Read more here.
In the News
Paul Arciero, professor of health and exercise sciences, was a source for 鈥�,鈥� published at mensjournal.com, the online edition of Men鈥檚 Journal Magazine.
Tim Harper, associate professor and chair, Department of Management and Business, was a source for 鈥淟oss of net neutrality would affect everyone,鈥� published Nov. 15 in The Daily Gazette.
Minita Sanghvi, assistant professor of management and business, is the author of 鈥�,鈥� an opinion essay published Nov. 16 in the Albany Times Union.
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