Faculty and Staff Activities
Mary Lynch Kennedy
Mary Lynch Kennedy, English, and Hadley M. Smith, Ithaca College, have published an expanded fourth edition of Reading and Writing in the Academic Community, Prentice Hall, 2010. The book is a comprehensive rhetoric covering critical reading and the major genres of academic writing that students encounter as undergraduates. Also, Kennedy was invited to give a two-hour workshop, "Exploring Memories in Writing," at the 59th Annual Conference of the New York State English Council held Oct. 22 in Albany N.Y. Kennedy and Ross Borden, English, gave a presentation Sept. 16 on Marjane Satrapi's graphic memoir, Persepolis, to the Ladies Literary Club of Cortland. This year the Literary Club is celebrating its 130th anniversary.
Brett Troyan
Brett Troyan, history, organized and hosted the New York Latin American History Workshop at SUNY Cortland, which took place on Oct. 16.
Jerome O'Callaghan
Jerome O'Callaghan, arts and sciences, has been selected as a member of the Irish Voice's "2009 Irish Education 100." The list, in this inaugural edition, is designed to recognize Irish and Irish-Americans who have made significant contributions to the field of education in the United States.
Caroline K. Kaltefleiter
Caroline K. Kaltefleiter, Communication and Media Studies Department, presented at the Anarchist Studies Network Conference last fall. The virtual conference was hosted by Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom. The presentation, “Care and Crisis In New York: The Social Situation of Women, Anarcha-Feminism, and Mutual Aid During the COVID-Pandemic” was part of a panel discussion on the rise of mutual aid projects around the world. A follow-up paper will be presented on March 29, 2021 as part of the online Political Science Association UK Conference hosted by Queen’s University Belfast.
Amanda Wasson
Investigator Amanda Wasson, University Police Department, gave a lecture on Jan. 3 at Ithaca College regarding Fair and Impartial Policing. The lecture was provided to the Ithaca College campus police, public safety and emergency management personnel. The Fair & Impartial Policing® (FIP) training program applies the modern science of bias to policing; it trains officers on the effect of implicit bias and gives them the information and skills they need to reduce and manage their biases.
Emmanuel Nelson
Emmanuel Nelson, English, is the editor of the recently published two-volume Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Literature of the United States, featuring more than 400 entries on individual authors, topics and texts. In addition to editing the encyclopedia, Nelson contributed 11 of its entries.
Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, wrote a review of Dead Letters Sent: Queer Literary Transmission by Kevin Ohi, which was published in the January issue of Journal of the History of Sexuality.
Celeste McNamara
Celeste McNamara, History Department, participated in a workshop on May 3 titled “Confession, Truth, and Power: A Conversation,” sponsored by Syracuse University’s Department of History, Humanities Center, and Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program. She presented a paper titled “Confession and Scandal in the Catholic Church.”
Bonni C. Hodges
Bonni C. Hodges, Health Department, was an invited presenter at the SOPHE/CDC Institute for Higher Education (IHE) Academy, held March 20 and 21 in Atlanta, Ga. The IHE Academy works with teams from professional preparation programs across the country on refining and updating curricula and skills, so their programs provide their students with the most current essential tools required to teach health and physical education with a focus on health education teacher preparation.
Also, Hodges presented a poster on Educational Support Professionals: “Hidden Assets in Plain Sight” at the annual conference of the Society for Public Health Education held March 21 to 24 in Atlanta.
Bonni C. Hodges
Bonni C. Hodges, Health Department, was a participant in the Assembly on Health Equity and Prosperity held Aug. 4-5. Hosted by the University of Maryland’s Center for Health Equity and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the assembly brought practitioners, academics, business leaders, and government officials together to build skills and capabilities to empower local actions to improve health equity and prosperity.