Ithaca College

Submitted on behalf Benjamin Rifkin, Provost & VPEA

Please join me on Thursday, October 1 for the first Faculty Colloquium of the academic year and the first Faculty Scholarship, Research, and Creative Inquiry Fair. 

Gwen Seaquist, J.D., Professor and Coordinator of Legal Studies, School of Business, will be presenting “Independent Contractor or Employee: Financial and Legal Implications,” which is co-authored by Alka Bramhandkar, Professor, Department of Finance and International Business, and Marlene Barken, Associate Professor, Department of Legal Studies. 

Dr. Seaquist has a JD degree from the University of Mississippi Law School and was a visiting researcher at Harvard Law School.  She recently finished her fourth textbook: Labor Relations, Bridgepoint Education, Inc.           

The Colloquium will take place from 5:00p.m.-6:30p.m. in the Clark Lounge of the Campus Center with the first half-hour devoted to the Faculty Scholarship, Research, and Creative Inquiry Fair.  This half-hour research fair focuses on exhibitions of faculty research, scholarship and creative practices.   

Faculty presenters will be:

Jake Brenner, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies and Science
Exploring the Environmental Impacts of Cannabis Agriculture: The Case of Humboldt County, CA

Carole Dennis, Professor, Occupational Therapy
Nancy Rader, Professor, Psychology
Sharon Stansfield, Professor/Chair, Computer Science
Helénè Larin, Acting Associate Dean, HSHP
Judith Pena-Shaff, Associate Professor/Chair, Psychology
Robot-Assisted Locomotion:  Will it Affect Development of Executive Function in Infants?

Vincent DeTuri, Associate Professor and Director of the Integrative Core Curriculum, Chemistry
Energy Decomposition Analysis to Predict Explicit Solvent Shell in the Keto-Enol Tautomerism of Acetylacetone in Water, Acetone, and Chloroform

Sara Haefeli, Assistant Professor, Music Theory, History, and Composition
John Cage’s HPSCHD: Computer Music, Theater, and the Utopian Politics of the Avant Garde - Laptop Presentation

Jason Hamilton, Professor/Chair, Environmental Studies and Science
Michael “Bodhi” Rogers, Professor, Astronomy & Physics
3D Laser Scanning in Archaeology, Architectural Studies, and Forensics Research

Blake Hendrickson, Assistant Professor, Media Arts, Sciences and Studies
International Student Friendship Networks in Argentina: New Media Insights and Implications for Cross-Cultural Adaptation

Anna Larsen, Associate Professor/Chair, Chemistry
Developing Novel Pincer Rhodium Catalysts for Selective  Alkyne Dimerization

Deborah King, Associate Professor, Exercise and Sport Sciences
Measurement of Landing Forces during On-Ice Figure Skating Jumps

Michael Matheny, Clinical Associate Professor, Speech Language Pathology and Audiology
Mary Pitti, Clinical Assistant Professor/Clinical Director/Assistant Chair, Speech Language Pathology and Audiology
Speech-Language Pathology and Athletic Trainers Working Together: Cases of Vocal Cord Dysfunction-Exercise Induced Laryngeal Obstruction. Poster Presentation, New York State Speech-Language Hearing Association (NYSSLHA), Rochester, NY

Jennifer Muller, Assistant Professor, Anthropology
The Intersection of Poor and Disabled: Embodied Structural Violence in 19th Century Poorhouse Children

Yvonne Rogalski, Assistant Professor, Speech Language Pathology and Audiology
Amy Rominger, Clinical Assistant Professor, Speech Language Pathology and Audiology
The Impact of Subjective and Objective Hearing Loss Cognition and Memory in Older Adults

Gary Sforzo, Professor, Exercise and Sport Sciences
The Effects of Health & Wellness Coaching on Health Status when Added to an Employee Wellness Program

Christopher Sinton, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies and Science
Sustainable Energy and Maple Syrup Production

Stephen Sweet, Associate Professor/Chair, Sociology
Enhancing Organizational and Family Effectiveness through Workplace Flexibility

Tom Swensen, Professor/Chair, Exercise and Sport Sciences
Effect of L-Citrulline on Muscle Recovery after Anaerobic and Aerobic Exercise with Special Acknowledgement to the following students: 
Stephanie  Zybert, Alexa  Chandler, Jonathan  Jones, Hyechang Rhim, Anthony Spinelli, Pauline Werner, Rolf Krauss, Suma Kulkarni,  and Tamara Meuwissen

We will enjoy wine, appetizers, outstanding presentations, and excellent conversation.

I look forward to seeing you there.

*****The IC Faculty Colloquium, launched in 2012, is an event designed to provide a forum for faculty to share with one another their scholarly and creative work. This is a chance for people across department and school lines to learn more about the exciting pursuits of their colleagues and to engage with one another as members of a common learning community.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Karen Emnett at kemnett@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-3113. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.