PSFA E-CONNECT
September 2007
Welcome to PSFA E-Connect, an electronic newsletter for alumni and friends of the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts (PSFA). We hope you enjoy this summary of SDSU and PSFA news.
CALENDAR
(For complete listings please visit each School's website)
http://artgallery.sdsu.edu/
http://musicdance.sdsu.edu
http://theatre.sdsu.edu
The
Glass Menagerie
By Tennessee Williams
Experimental Theatre
September 28, 29
October 3, 4, 5 and 6 at 8 p.m.
September 30 and October 7 at 2 p.m.
Written by Tony Award and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie won the prestigious New York Drama Critics Circle Award.
Seymour Chwast
End Bad Breath
USA, 1968
The Graphic Imperative: International Posters for Peace, Social Justice & the Environment 1965 to 2005
University Art Gallery
September 10 through October 10, 2007
The Graphic Imperative is a select retrospective of forty years of international sociopolitical posters. Themes include dissent, liberation, racism, sexism, human rights, civil rights, environmental and health concerns, AIDS, war, literacy and tolerance, collectively providing a window to an age of great change.
Mojalet Dance Collective
SDSU Studio Theater ENS 200
September 28, 29, 30 at 8 p.m.
The work created for Mojalet Dance Collective is often design oriented using classical music and large ensembles. The work varies from traditional modern dance, to classical, post modern and sometimes a flavor of jazz.
WELCOME NEW FACES
As the new academic year gets underway, the College welcomes new faculty members and directors. Please welcome the following individuals to the SDSU family.
School of Art, Design and Art History
Matthew
Hebert, MFA (California College of the Arts and Crafts, 2001)
Hebert is an artist engaged in the development of sculptural works of furniture. His work is concerned with the technological influence of the built environment and its impact on our culture and our personal experiences. Currently, he is creating a body of work that incorporates simple solar powered mechanisms and robotics and deals with the conception of craft in our digital times.
School of Communication
William
B. Snavely, Ph.D. (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1977)
Snavely is the new director of the School of Communication and a social scientist specializing in the fields of communication and organizational behavior. His areas of interest include organizational communication competence, behavioral communication style, leadership and intercultural issues, particularly focused on Europe and Russia. His most recent empirical study examines two popular models of communication or behavioral style and proposes a convergence and new model.
School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences
Mee Young Hong, Ph.D. (Texas A&M University, 1999)
Hong is a nutritional scientist and her research is focused on the roles of dietary factors on carcinogenesis and chemoprevention with a particular interest in lipids, fiber and phytochemicals. Her research goal is to determine the mechanisms that fish oil is protective against carcinogenesis in the aspect of genomic response and molecular signaling.
Charles
F. Morgan, Ph.D. (Arizona State University, 2004)
Morgan recently joined the School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences as an assistant professor in physical education pedagogy. The majority of his work includes the study of physical activity levels and the factors that influence physical activity in youth. He has numerous peer reviewed publications and coauthored the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) Physical Activity Guidelines for Children.
School of Journalism and Media Studies
Noah Arceneaux, Ph.D., (University of Georgia, 2007)
Arceneaux has substantial professional experience in major markets with new media informational systems, interactive television and other advanced systems in corporate and entertainment settings. His area of research interest is the relationship between technology and culture. Specifically, he studies the social history of electronic communication, from early radio to the movement of various forms of content into wireless delivery, such as that found on cellular phones.
School
of Music and Dance
Donna M. Conaty, M.M. (Yale University, 1984)
Conaty is the new director of the School of Music and Dance and professor of oboe. She comes to SDSU from Ohio University, where she was associate dean of the College of Fine Arts. With a performance background ranging from orchestral and chamber ensemble to solo and recital appearances throughout the United States and Europe, she previously held the position of principal oboe for the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra.
School of Public Affairs
Shawn Flanigan, Ph.D. (University at Albany, State University of New York, 2007)
Flanigan recently received her Ph.D. in public administration and policy, specializing in comparative public policy and administration, and nonprofit organizations as policy actors and service providers. Her research focuses on the role nonprofit organizations play in meeting the health and social service needs of minorities and marginalized groups, with a specific interest in the developing world and low-income populations in the United States.
Paul
J. Kaplan, Ph.D. (University of California, Irvine, 2007)
Kaplan is a sociolegal scholar and criminologist specializing in capital punishment, wrongful conviction, police culture, and qualitative methods. Kaplan was born in Philadelphia, grew up in San Diego and lived in San Francisco working as a mitigation investigator prior to graduate school. His current research focuses on the role of ideology in storytelling in capital trials.
School of Theatre, Television and Film
Randy
Reinholz, M.F.A. (Cornell University, 1988)
Reinholz is the interim director of the School of Theatre, Television and Film and Head of Performance. Reinholz, co-creator and artistic director of Native Voices, has twenty years of experience in theatre, film, and television in the United States and Canada as an actor, director, producer, and script developer. During the past ten years Reinholz has been instrumental in the development of new works for the stage and has directed staged readings and workshops, such as Urban Tattoo.
Alumni Association Honors Professor Patricia Geist-Martin
And
the 2007-08 Monty for Outstanding Faculty Contributions goes to... Patricia
Geist-Martin, Professor in the School of Communication. Geist-Martin
has authored three books, more than fifty chapters and articles and received
the University's Excellence in Teaching Award, presented by the Faculty
Senate. Dr. Geist-Martin teaches courses in Health Communication,
Ethnography, Gender and Organizational Communication. Dean Joyce
Gattas, College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts, applauded Geist-Martin's
boundless energy and dedication to her teaching, research and service. "She
has provided significant service to the university over the past 17 years," Gattas
said.
GIVING BACK
Thank you to all our wonderful donors who are giving back to SDSU. Your gifts to PSFA and its Fund for Excellence greatly benefit our College and its programs. For those who prefer the convenience of on-line giving, please visit the University Development web page at http://advancement.sdsu.edu/develop/giving/colleges/psfa-new.html. Each gift will be recognized by on-line confirmation, plus a follow-up email message that can be retained for tax purposes. These sites are secured to protect personal information, including credit card numbers.