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Faculty and Staff Activities

Jena Nicols Curtis and Susie Burnett

Jena Nicols Curtis and Susie Burnett, Health Department, delivered a research presentation on “College Men’s Perceptions of Affirmative Consent, Coercion and Sexual Violence: Research Findings and Implications for Policy and Practice” at the Ending Violence Against Women International’s annual conference on Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence and Engaging Men and Boys, held from March 22-24 in Washington, D.C. The conference was attended by more than 2,000 law enforcement personnel, criminal justice and victims’ advocates, medical providers and campus health and safety professionals from a dozen countries around the world.

Erica Pratt

Erica Pratt, Physical Education Department, will be inducted in the Movement Science Alumni Hall of Fame at Westfield State University on Thursday, April 22.

Robert Spitzer

Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article titled “Gun Law History in the United States and Second Amendment Rights,” published in the most recent issue of the journal Law and Contemporary Problems.

Gary Moulsdale and Richard Montgomery

Gary Moulsdale, a tenor, Richard Montgomery, a pianist, both from the Performing Arts Department, will perform Schubert’s 1827 song cycle “Die Winterreise” (The Winter Journey) at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 9, in the Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 110.  Based on a selection of poems by Wilhelm Müller, the Winter Journey tells the story of a lost love: a young man who had thought he was about to be engaged to be married flees the town where his former love lives. She has turned away from him, and in his despair, he flees into the winter wilderness. The concert is free and open to the public.

Moataz Emam

Moataz Emam, Physics Department, was invited to present two lectures at the Zewail City of Science and Technology, Egypt’s largest science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) university and one of the largest in the Middle East. The first lecture on July 20 was at a public seminar titled “Superstrings, Multiverses and the Future of Physics.” The second seminar on July 21 was research-oriented and Emam presented his current research interests in a talk titled, “The Rise of Symplectic and Split-complex Geometries in Calabi-Yau Compactifications.” In addition, Emam collaborated with colleagues on a discussion panel on July 26 titled, “The Theory of Everything and the Future of Physics,” organized by an academic group in the Egyptian city of Alexandria.

Maggie Haefele and Lisa Kahle

Maggie Haefele, Information Resources, and Lisa Kahle, Campus Technology Services, co-presented “KACE – Asset Management Solution for SUNY Cortland” at the SUNY Technology Conference held June 19 in Lake Placid, N.Y.

Robert Spitzer

Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article titled, “What’s Old Is New Again: Political Science, Law, and Constitutional Meaning,” published in the most recent issue of PS: Political Science and Politics, the professional publication of the American Political Science Association.

Tiantian Zheng

Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, spoke at the international conference organized by University of Vienna in Vienna on April 17. Her presentation was titled “Criminal Intimacies: Sexual Geographies and the State.”

Jordan Kobritz

Jordan Kobritz, Sport Management Department, had his article on the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) National Letter of Intent published in Sports Litigation Alert, Volume 10, Issue 3.   

Ben Wodi

Ben Wodi, Health Department, served as Environmental-Occupational Safety and Health Career panelist and workshop facilitator at the American Public Health Association annual conference held Nov. 4 to 8 in Atlanta.