Melissa Morris
Melissa Morris, Physics Department, co-authored a paper titled “The effect of multiple particle sizes on cooling rates of chondrules produced in large-scale shocks in the solar nebula,” that was accepted for publication in Meteoritics and Planetary Science.
Mary McGuire
Mary McGuire, Political Science Department, gave two presentations on New York State Constitution Convention processes and history. She provided background for the November vote on whether or not New York should hold a convention to amend the state constitution for the Cortland County Republican Women’s Spring Luncheon and at the New York State Rural Democratic Conference.
David A. Kilpatrick
David A. Kilpatrick, professor emeritus of psychology, was invited by the National Association of School Psychologists to present two half-day workshops for their annual conference in New Orleans on Friday, Feb. 16. The workshops were titled “Intervention-Oriented Assessment of Reading Difficulties” and “Interventions for Difficulties with Word Identification, Fluency and Reading Comprehension.” In addition, he participated in a research presentation, “Exploring Reading Fluency as a Function of the Orthographic Lexicon” with co-presenters Michelle Storie, Ph.D., from SUNY Oswego, Vincent Alfonzo, Ph.D. from Montclair University and Daniel Hajovsky, Ph.D. from Texas A&M.
Helene Roth Schmid
Helene Roth Schmid, Physical Education Department, was named the 2024 New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance’s North Zone Higher Education Professional of the Year. She will receive her award at a dinner to honor professionals on Tuesday, March 5.
Charles DeMotte
Charles DeMotte, Sociology/Anthropology Department, has been named co-winner of the 2020 Larry Ritter Book Award by the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) for the best baseball book of the dead ball era. His book, James T. Farrell and Baseball: Dreams and Realism on Chicago’s South Side, was published by University of Nebraska Press. The award is granted annually by SABR’s Deadball Era Committee to the author of the best book about baseball between 1901 and 1919 published during the previous calendar year. The winner’s work must demonstrate original research or analysis, a fresh perspective, compelling thesis, impressive insight, accuracy and clear, graceful prose.
Jeff Radloff
Jeff Radloff, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, received the 2024 STANYS Excellence in College Teaching Award from the Science Teachers Association of New York State, Inc. On Nov. 2, @STANYSorg posted “Dr. Radloff’s work in #STEMEd and critical media literacy is shaping the future of teacher preparation.”
Ute Ritz-Deutch
Ute Ritz-Deutch, History Department, gave the keynote address at the Nov. 24 international webinar “Reproductive Choice of Women: A Fundamental Right” organized by St. Aloysius College in Mangaluru, India, which is one of SUNY Cortland's study abroad locations. The daylong webinar event was under the initiative of the National Commission of Women (NCW), India for better implementation of the existing policies, schemes, programs or projects relating to the well-being and empowerment of women. An article quoting Ritz-Deutch titled “Domestic violence increased during Covid-19 pandemic” was published in the Deccan Herald.
Ray Cotrufo
Ray Cotrufo, Sport Management Department, presented “An Examination of Fan Reactions to NFL Cause Related Marketing” at the Sport Marketing Association Conference, held Oct. 22-24 in Philadelphia, Pa.
Melissa A. Morris
Melissa A. Morris, Physics Department, gave an invited talk titled “Phyllosilicate Emission from Protoplanetary Disks. Is the Indirect Detection of Extrasolar Water Possible?” at Cornell University in early December. Also, she submitted a paper to The Astrophysical Journal Letters titled “New Insight into the Solar System’s Transition Disk Phase Provided by the Metal-rich Carbonaceous Chondrite Isheyevo.” Morris travelled to Salt Lake City, Utah, for three days in December for in-depth planetarium training, and to Arizona State University (ASU) from Jan. 8-10 to participate in an international conference that she helped organize. The conference was titled “AstroRecon 2015, Conference on Spacecraft Reconnaissance of Asteroid and Comet Interiors.” While at ASU, she met with fellow NASA grant collaborators and conducted experiments on meteoritic material, which will be reported in upcoming publications and future grant proposals. Most recently, Morris coauthored two posters presented at the 225th Astronomical Society Meeting held Jan. 4-8 in Seattle, Wash.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science emeritus, is the author of the new, ninth edition of his book “The Politics of Gun Control.” The book provides a comprehensive treatment of the major elements of the modern gun debate, including history, law, criminology, politics and policy. First published in 1995, the new edition is published by Routledge.