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Faculty-Staff Achievements

May 15, 2024

Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Leadership Academy class of spring 2024

More than 20 Skidmore staff members participated in Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Leadership Academy, a semester-long professional development program for emerging College leaders. From left are Emily Poole, Tammy Ost, Michael Hinrichs, Jennifer Hardy, Carol Kosiba, Susan Koppi, Jennifer Sawyer, Judy Peyton, John Chaplin, Sarah Gagnon, Tasha Jenkins, Angela Banks, Lenni Walters, Kyle Lancto, James Helicke, Christina Montville, Emily Marcason-Tolmie, Bruce Murray, Mark Diodato, and Catherine Meyer. Not shown are Michael McPhillips and  Christopher Emdin. The program was organized by Human Resources in collaboration with Bishop House Consulting.

Jason Breves, professor of biology, published a review article, "Endocrine control of gill ionocyte function in euryhaline fishes," in the .

Darren Drabek, associate director of admissions and coordinator of international student recruitment, presented at the sixth annual China Institute of College Admission Counseling (ChinaIACAC) held in Dongguan, China. Drabek and colleagues from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Shanghai Hongrun Boyuan School, and InitialView presented a session titled "Establishing Trust: Strategies for Newer High Schools in College Admissions."

Michael Dunn, assistant professor of management and business, Clea O'Neil ’24, and Heba Salman ’25 won the "Best Paper Award" at the Academy of Management's Careers Division Conference in April.

Jeff Segrave, professor of health and human physiological sciences, and John Cosgrove, resource management and outreach and humanities librarian, published "Sport in the Cartoons of Charles Addams and Gary Larson: A Theatre of Ludic Absurdity" in Studies in American Humor.

Charmaine Willis, visiting assistant professor of political science, was elected to the executive boards of the New York State Political Science Association and the Education and Learning in International Affairs Section (ELIAS) of the International Studies Association.


Submissions to the Faculty-Staff Achievements section will not be accepted over the summer and will be accepted again in the fall.

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