Faculty and Staff Activities
Richard Hunter
Richard Hunter, Geography Department, presented his paper, “Historical Land use Change in Central Mexico: Another Potential Contributor to the Little Ice Age,” at the meeting of the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers in Panama City, Panama, on Jan. 7. This paper explores how the extensive conversion of agricultural semi-terraces to pastoralism in the 16th century may have increased central Mexico’s carbon sequestration rate and thereby potentially contributed to climatic cooling.
Gregory D. Phelan
Gregory D. Phelan, Chemistry Department, had a United States patent issue on April 11. The patent, numbered 9,616,013 and titled Photo-activated hydrogels, deals with a new type of crosslinked polymeric cosmetic product. The patent was assigned to L’Oreal. This is Phelan’s 33rd issued United States Patent. More information about this patent can be found at this link: http://bit.ly/2oDjoad
Andrew Fitz-Gibbon
Andrew Fitz-Gibbon, Philosophy Department, posted a YouTube video, “For all teachers who Zoom” on March 2.
Emily Quinlan
Emily Quinlan, Advisement and Transition, presented “Transforming the Transfer Student Experience: A Fluid and Dynamic Approach to Advocacy, Support and Services” at the New York State Transfer and Articulation Association (NYSTAA) conference, held May 22-24 in Lake Placid, N.Y.
Gregg Weatherby
Gregg Weatherby, English Department, recently learned that his poems “Literary Efforts/Tin Palace,” “Sargasso"” and “The Old Regulars Long Gone” were accepted for Home Planet News Online #7.
Jeremy Jimenez
Jeremy Jimenez, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, along with former SUNY Cortland alumni Tova Wilensky ’00, were awarded the Victor Kobayashi Award for Best Published Paper in 2020 for their article “‘It’s my responsibility’: perspectives on environmental justice and education for sustainability among international school students in Singapore,” published in International Studies in Sociology of Education. The award is aimed at research that shows promise of making a significant contribution towards existing theory, policy or practice in the fields of international and comparative education while also addressing issues concerning sustainability and environmental education.
Nance Wilson
Nance Wilson, Literacy Department, made two presentations at the New York State Association of Teacher Educators Annual Fall Conference held in October in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. “Building Partnerships Between Higher Education and High Quality Middle Level Schools” was presented with Brian Sherman. “NYS College Reading Educators Present Ideas for Preparing Teachers for Literacy Instruction in an Age of School Reform,” was presented with Kathleen Hinchman.
Amanda Anderson
Amanda Anderson, residence hall director for Smith Tower, participated in the Association of College and Personnel Administrators (ACPA) Conference held March 26-30 in Baltimore, Md. Anderson is a member of the Commission for Career Development and has submitted a piece for their newsletter about her experience at ACPA. She applied to join the Career Central at Convention (C3) Care Team for the 2012 ACPA convention in Louisville, Ky.
Ute Ritz-Deutch
Ute Ritz-Deutch, History Department, recently attended the annual general meeting of Amnesty International USA in Washington, D.C., where she accepted the Hironaka Award for human rights activism on behalf of the Ithaca chapter, AI Group 73. She is the coordinator for the Ithaca chapter and a member of the Northeast Regional Planning Group. Ritz-Deutch is also the faculty advisor for the Amnesty International student group at SUNY Cortland and has recently volunteered to serve as area coordinator for Upstate New York.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of a chapter on the presidency of John Tyler for a new book, The Presidents and the Constitution, published by New York University Press. The book is edited by Ken Gormley, president of Duquesne University.