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Faculty News Peter Aufsesser, Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, founder and director of the Fitness Clinic for Individuals with Disabilities, was awarded the "Exemplary Program Award" by the California Association of Health, Physical, Education, Recreation and Dance at the 33rd National Physical activity for Exceptional Individuals Conference in Oakland. He was also named chair of the International Adapted Aquatic Committee for the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Ft. Lauderdale. William Eadie, Wayne Beach, Myron Lustig, and Edwin McDaniel, School of Communication, were among the many faculty and graduate students from SDSU who participated in the annual National Communication Association Convention in Chicago last fall. Mark Freeman, School of Theatre, Television and Film, produced and directed "Talking Peace, a documentary that aired on KPBS TV in February. The production took viewers inside the living rooms of Jews and Palestinians to tell the story of the people, not the politics, of the region. Music Professor J. Mitzi Kolar’s music lab and supercomputer project with the Computational Science and Engineering EdCenter was featured in Envision, a quarterly science magazine for National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure (NPACI). The magazine is partially funded by the National Science Foundation. A study by Communication Professor Martha M. Lauzen paints a dim picture of women's progress in the film industry. Lauzen's "Celluloid Ceiling" data covers 2,359 individuals working on 209 of the top 250 domestic grossing films, with domestic box office grosses of about $8.8 billion. In 2003, women comprised only 17 percent of individuals working in key behind-the-scenes roles. When Lauzen looked only at executive producers, producers and directors, women accounted for 15 percent. The footlights dim even further when 2003 figures are compared to prior years. The percentage of women executive producers, directors, editors, and cinematographers has declined since 1998, according to her research.
Patricia Geist Martin, School of Communication, was recognized by the University Senate in December with the SDSU Excellence in Teaching Award for 2004-05. Thomas McKenzie, Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, will receive the R. Tait McKenzie Award from the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance at its 120th annual meeting in April in Chicago. The award recognizes significant contributions to the field and is named for a distinguished physician, sculptor and physical educator, R. Tait McKenzie (1867-1938). Michael Real, former professor and director of the School of Communication, recently moved from Ohio University to join the faculty of Royal Roads University in southwest Canada. He sends his fondest greetings to all his friends at SDSU. Randy Reinholz, head of performance in the School of Theatre, Television and Film, produced his new play, “Kino & Teresa,” in March at Native Voices at the Autry in L.A. Reinholz is artistic director and co-creator of Native Voices at the Autry, dedicated to developing new works for the stage by Native Americans. See SDSUniverse article
Artist Claudette Schreuders has been working on an important public art commission for the University Art Gallery? that includes the figures of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela and Chief Joseph Leabua Jonathan. She is shown here conversing with Mandela and showing him the catalogue from the exhibition. Communication Professor Bey-Ling Sha's article on "Future Professionals' Perceptions of Work, Life, and Gender issues in Public Relations," appears in the March 2005 issue of Public Relations Review, co-authored by Elizabeth Toth of the University of Maryland. Tenor Darryl Thompson, School of Music and Dance, performed a world premiere commission by composer/pianist Richard Thompson at UC Irvine's Chamber Series in Janaury. He also performed with clarinetist Marian Liebowitz at the Free Concerts at the Lyceum series at Horton Plaza. Music Professor Emeritus David Ward-Steinmann performed music influenced by the Gamelans of Indonesia with John Flood, percussion, at the Mingei International Museum in Balboa Park in November. He also presented his original composition "Prisms and Reflections" at the National Association of Composers, USA, East Coast Chapter, on March 14 in New York City in a program entitled: "Spring Counterpoint Vocal and Instrumental Music by American Composers." Music Professor Bill Yeager appeared as guest artist with the Community College All Star Student Big Band at the recent conference of the International Association of Jazz Educators in Long Beach.
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