Salem State University faculty and staff are educators, scholars, and leaders in their respective fields. Following are highlights and accolades celebrating the outstanding research and creative activities conducted by Salem State faculty and staff in February 2022.
Faculty and Staff News in February 2022
Professor Felix “Phil” Amato (social work) is quoted in “This Valentine’s Day, say ‘I love you’ by doing something together” published in the Boston Globe on February 4, 2022.
Professor Joanna Gonsalves (psychology) and Professor Emeritus Rich Levy (politics, policy and international relations) have been funded by the Massachusetts Teachers Association for the Massachusetts Campus Debt Reveal Project, an activist research project which brings together faculty, staff and students to better understand the amount of institutional debt and its consequences on campuses across Massachusetts and then organize to change that situation. Two students, Cassidy O'Connor, (POL ‘23) Emily Moran (Elementary Ed/ Math ’23) have been named as SSU coordinators.
Professor Dane Morrison's (history) chapter, "‘He Was Possessed of the Very First Natural Abilities’: American Mariners’ Construction of Masculinity on the Far Side of the World," was published in Negotiating Masculinities and Modernity in the Maritime World, 1815–1940 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021).
Professor Thea Popolizio (biology) with colleagues from Trinity College, University of New Brunswick, and the University of Rhode Island, has published in Cryptogamie, Algologie, an international journal of the systematics, ecology and evolution of algae and other cryptogams. The paper “Molecular analysis resolves the taxonomy of the Laurencia complex (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales) in Bermuda and uncovers novel species of Chondrophycus and Laurenciella,” explores historical records of a major group of macroalgae in the Bermuda islands and uses molecular data to update the taxonomy of the group and present two new species.
Professor Kanishkan Sathasivam (politics, policy and international relations) is extensively quoted in The Media Line article “With Progress Reported in Nuclear Talks, Tehran Again Demands All Sanctions Be Lifted”, which examines the negotiations between the US and Iran on Iran's nuclear program. The Media Line is a US news outlet focused on Middle East news.
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