Faculty and Staff Activities

Patricia Roiger

Patricia Roiger, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, was featured in a Cortland Standard article titled “History Lesson a ‘Hoot.’” Roiger regularly contributes to the program called ”Time Travel,” created by the Cortland County Historical Society and the Cortland Free Library to teach children about history.

Tracy A. Trachsler and Raymond J. Cotrufo

Tracy A. Trachsler and Raymond J. Cotrufo, Sport Management Department, received notice that their article, “National Collegiate Academic Association: The Implications of Increased NCAA Oversight of Academics,” will be published in the Journal of Contemporary Athletics. The paper discussed recent academic scandals with an emphasis on events at the University of North Carolina, where student-athletes, over a period of several years, were enrolled in “paper classes” with limited oversight from faculty. Since some have proposed increased involvement by the NCAA in academic affairs on member campuses as a way to prevent occurrences of academic impropriety, this paper outlines some of the far-reaching effects of such an action.

Gregory D. Phelan

Gregory D. Phelan, Chemistry Department, had a United States patent issued on July 25. Patent number 8,227,561 “Bisphenol-A replacement materials” deals with safer alternatives to a common consumer plastic. The patent was developed based on research that Phelan is currently doing with industrial partners.

R. Bruce Mattingly

R. Bruce Mattingly, School of Arts and Sciences, participated in a panel discussion on tenure issues in higher education hosted by Syracuse University on March 28. The panel was presented as part of SU’s Future Professoriate Program for graduate students who intend to pursue faculty careers. Other panelists included Risa Lieberwitz, Cornell University, and Robert Rubinstein, Syracuse University.

Lawrence Klotz

Lawrence Klotz, Biological Sciences Department, recently had his article, “Factors Driving the Metabolism of Two North Temperate Ponds,” published in Hydrobiologia: The International Journal of Aquatic Science. The journal’s cover image was selected to highlight Klotz’s article. 

Alexander G. Gonzalez

Alexander G. Gonzalez, English Department, had his short article “Additional Interpretations of Eavan Boland’s ‘I Remember’ and ‘In Her Own Image’” published in ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes, and Reviews.

John C. Hartsock

John C. Hartsock, Communication Studies Department, had a new article, “Challenging the American Dream: The New Journalism and Its Precursors,” published in Witnessing the Sixties: A Decade of Change in Journalism and Literature, which is volume 51 of the Groningen Studies in Cultural Change series published by the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. The article examines how the American New Journalism of the 1960s subverted the cultural shibboleth and cliché of the American Dream. The series is published by the academic publisher Peeters of Louvain, Belgium.

Laura J. Davies

Laura J. Davies, English Department, had her essay, “Questioning Originality: Plagiarism and Collaboration on edTPA,” published on the website and blog “Follow Education” on Sept. 23. “Follow Education” was created and is edited by faculty, and it is dedicated to raising public awareness about contemporary issues in public education and public education policy.

Kathleen A. Lawrence

Kathleen A. Lawrence, Communication Studies Department, recently learned that her poem “Wherefore Art Thou?” was accepted for publication by Star*Line, the print journal of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association. “I'm Going to Make You Love Me,” a speculative piece, will be in the upcoming issue, Star*Line 41.3, July 2018.

Tara Mahoney, Kate Polasek and Larissa True

Tara Mahoney, Sport Management Department, and Kate Polasek and Larissa True, Kinesiology Department, delivered “An Examination of Participants in Women’s Specific Events” at the Sport Marketing Association Conference, held Oct. 22-24 in Philadelphia, Pa.