Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, had a new paperback edition of his book, Queer Experimental Literature: The Affective Politics of Bad Reading, published in February. Also, his essay “Queer Theory Now and the Pleasure of Movement,” with E.L. McCallum, was published on FifteenEightyFour: The Cambridge University Press Blog.
Jerome O'Callaghan
Jerome O'Callaghan, associate dean of arts and sciences, recently had his review of Corey Brettschneider’s new volume, When the State Speaks, What Should It Say? published in the Law and Politics Book Review, (LPBR) Volume 22, #11. The LPBR is an electronic publication of the American Political Science Association, distributed to 1,300 subscribers in 39 countries. Reviews are available online at www.lpbr.net.
Jean W. LeLoup
Jean W. LeLoup, Professor Emerita (Spanish), International Communications and Culture, and the U.S. Air Force Academy, along with USAFA colleagues Dan Uribe and Terrence Haverluk, has published “Assessing Intercultural Competence Growth using Direct and Indirect Measures” in the January issue of The NECTFL Review, 73. This article reports the findings of a study conducted at USAFA to explore and assess the intercultural competence of cadets using a variety of instruments.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article titled, “There’s No Second Amendment Right to Large-Capacity Magazines,” published in the New York Times on Aug. 5. The article was written in the aftermath of two recent mass shootings.
Rena Janke, Gregory D. Phelan, Kerri Freese and Dominick Fantacone
Rena Janke, Biological Sciences Department, Gregory D. Phelan and Kerri Freese, Chemistry Department, and Dominick Fantacone M ’12 attended and presented a poster at the 7th Annual Noyce Scholarship Conference, Building Excellence in STEM Teaching, held May 23-25 in Washington, D.C. Carl Wieman, recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics, spoke at the conference, which celebrated 10 years of the Noyce Scholarship. The conference included representatives from nearly 350 Noyce Scholarship programs from throughout the U.S.
Herb Haines
Herb Haines, Sociology-Anthropology Department, gave an invited talk at a Stanford University conference on nonviolence and tactical diversity in social movements on May 6.
JoEllen Bailey
JoEllen Bailey, Physical Education Department, presented “Assisting Teacher Candidates through Professional Puberty,” at the National Student Teaching and Supervision Conference on April 28 at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania.
John Suarez
John Suarez, Institute for Civic Engagement, learned that his workshop, “Build Organizational Capacity: Invert the Triangle,” has been accepted for the SUNY Applied Learning Conference set for Nov. 1 and 2. To address the challenge of limited budgets, directors of applied learning offices can build office capacity by hiring, for academic credit, interns who demonstrate entrepreneurial qualities such as creativity and initiative. Directors can nurture those qualities by inverting the traditional management triangle, thereby giving interns some autonomy in creating, designing and conducting office projects. This approach does require directors to relinquish some ownership of intern-led projects, so this session’s role plays will give participants the opportunity to surrender ownership of projects and to experience the resulting ambiguity regarding those projects’ trajectories.
Gregory Phelan and Kerri Freese
Gregory Phelan, Chemistry Department, and Kerri Freese, Noyce Program coordinator, along with co-professional investigators (Co-PIs) from Drexel University and University of Massachusetts Boston, planned and executed the 3rd Annual Noyce NE Conference that took place from March 20-22 in Philadelphia, Pa. The theme of the conference was “Successful Teaching in High-Need Schools.” The conference engaged more than 250 math and science teachers, pre-service teachers and faculty from over 50 Noyce programs throughout the northeast. Keynote speakers included: Paul Gorski, founder of EdChange and associate professor of Integrative Studies at George Mason University; Michele DiPietro, executive director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and associate professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Kennesaw State University; John Mighton, founder of JUMP Math, and; Ryan Devlin, 2013 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year. The conference also included 21 science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) – related breakout sessions and pre- and post-workshop sessions at the Academy of Natural Sciences. A State of Poverty Simulation, led by the Lindy Glennon, executive director of Cortland County Community Action Program (CAPCO), was held for nearly 80 conference participants. The conference was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Alexis Blavos
Alexis Blavos, Health Department, is on the board of directors for the National Health Education honorary, Eta Sigma Gamma, as the director of advocacy. She serves as a voting delegate for the Coalition of National Health Education Organizations and was involved in planning the 50th anniversary celebration that was held on March 30 in Denver, Colo. Also, she was appointed co-chair for the national awards committee for the Society for Public Health Education. And, Blavos recently had her article, “Marijuana and College Students: A Critical Review of the Literature,” published in the American Journal of Health Education, currently posted online.