Dr. Amy Bass, Associate Professor of History and Honors Program Director in the School of Arts & Sciences, was cited in the Quad-City Times of Davenport, Iowa.  The special feature on the 1968 Olympics quoted extensively from Bass’ book, Not the Triumph but the Struggle:  the 1968 Olympic Games and the Making of the Black Athlete, deeming it the definitive source on the black power gesture of Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos.

On December 12, 2008, Dr. Susan Conte, Associate Professor of Guidance & Counseling in the Graduate School, and her colleague, Robert Schavrien, LCSW, presented the workshop Group Theory in Family Practice: An Interactive Workshop in Family Sculpture for the Westchester Group Psychotherapy Society at Westchester Medical Center/Behavioral Health in Valhalla, New York. Approximately 35 mental health professionals participated in the workshop, including psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health counselors, and social workers.

Dr. Kenneth J. Doka, Professor of Gerontology in the Graduate School, recently published an essay on “Religious and Spiritual Perspectives on Life-Threatening Illness, Dying, and Death” in Decision Making Near the End of Life: Issues, Developments, and Future Directions, edited by J. Werth and D. Blevins and published by Routledge Books. His essay “Survivors’ Weekend: Supporting Those Left Behind” written with A. Doney, D. Gleason, R. Mincher, appeared in The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin in 2008.

Deborah Hunt, Instructor in the School of Nursing, was recently appointed by Adolfo Carrion, Borough President of the Bronx, to serve as a member of Community Board #10. She also serves as a member of the Health and Human Services Committee to promote health and wellness in the community. Hunt also was chosen by the student nurses to be the faculty speaker in December at the Nursing School Pinning Ceremony.

Dr. Nereida Segura-Rico, Associate Professor of Spanish in the School of Arts and Sciences, presented a paper “La ficción histórica de Marta Rojas y la narrativa antiesclavista” ("Marta Rojas'  historical fiction and the antislavery narrative") at the international conference Four Hundred Years of Cuban Literature in Havana, Cuba on November 6, 2008. The week-long conference was organized by the Institute of Literature and Linguistics to commemorate the four hundredth anniversary of the publication of the first Cuban literary text, Espejo de Paciencia (Model of Patience) by Silvestre de Balboa in 1608.

Dr. Walter Sullivan, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership in the Graduate School, met with the Education Committee of the New York City Federal Reserve Bank on December 23, 2008, to discuss how the Education Committee of the Bank can assist New York schools in providing resources in economics and personal finances for students. In addition to the professional development component, there was discussion of the moral and ethical issues involved in the study of economics and in personal finances. Members of the Education Committee consist of economists who work at the Federal Reserve Bank in Manhattan.

Ron Valenti, Assistant Dean and adjunct professor in the Graduate School, contributed one of the lead articles on the nation’s fiscal crisis as it impacts public education, “Trimming Costs in Personnel and Health Care,” in the January 2009 issue of  The School Administrator.  Dr. Valenti was a school superintendent in Westchester, Nassau, and Suffolk counties for over 28 years.

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