Zoe Oxley, William D. Williams Professor of Political Science, co-authored an article which was recently published in Social Studies and the Young Learner. The article, “You Have to See It to Be It”: Expanding Students’ Perceptions of Who Can Be a Leader," proposes a series of activities for K-5 teachers designed to expand schoolchildren's understandings of who can be a leader and what leads do. Drawing upon their childhood socialization research that discovered children are likely to perceive political leaders to be male and white, Oxley and her colleagues teamed up with a Schenectady City School District teacher to design these activities.
Michele Ricci Bell, associate professor of German studies and chair of the pepartment of modern languages & literatures, recently presented her research at the annual German Studies Conference in Washington, DC. Her paper, "The Germans Return to Poland: Robert Thalheims' Am Ende kommen Touristen (2007)" was part of a panel on portrayals of Poland in contemporary German Film and Literature.
Francis Wilkin, senior lecturer in physics and astronomy, published the article "Lightcurve and Period of Koronis Family Member (2837) Griboedov" in the Minor Planet Bulletin. A second paper by Wilkin and students Abigail Ramsey '27, Eduardo Castro '27, Glauk Hizmo '27 and Dimitrios Vasileios Zora '26 is entitled "Lightcurves of Asteroid (1363) Herberta in 2023 and 2024." Both objects studied are fragments of the same parent body that gave rise to the Koronis family of asteroids. Data were obtained from the Union College Observatory and mountaintop telescopes in Chile.
Lewis Davis, Thomas Armstrong Professor of Economics, and professor Claudia Williamson Kramer published "Individualism, Institutions and Patriarchal Attitudes," in the Journal of Institutional Economics. The paper argues that individualism reduces support for patriarchal attitudes and finds that roughly half of the impact of individualism on patriarchal attitudes operates through its effect on democracy and women's economic rights.
Phillip Wajda, director of media and public relations, was unanimously elected president of the board of directors of the Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corporation (DSIC) at a recent meeting of the board.
Wajda, a board member since 2022, began his new role Oct. 1.
Working with its partners, including the City of Schenectady and the Schenectady County Metroplex Authority, the DSIC is a private non-profit organization committed to making the downtown a premier and vibrant destination.
It provides vital services to benefit property owners, businesses, residents and visitors. This includes providing daily supplemental beautification services, enhancing the aesthetic appearance of the district and making people feel welcomed and safe.
The DSIC also hosts many popular events that bring thousands of visitors downtown, including Wing Walk, the Schenectady Soup Stroll and Schenectady Restaurant Week.
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