Tadayuki Suzuki
Tadayuki Suzuki, Literacy Department, presented “A Visit with Princess Boy, Jazz, Kyle, Morris and Jacob: Analyzing Recent Picture Books with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Character” at the National Council of Teachers of English, held Nov. 16 in Houston, Texas.
Susan Rayl
Susan Rayl, Kinesiology Department, received the “Sue and Ron Smith Service Award” at the annual convention of the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) held May 26 to 29 in Washington, D.C. The award recognizes exceptional contributions to the organization. Rayl has served as the convention photographer since 2013.
Vicki Johnson
Vicki Johnson, Interfaith Center, was a delegate from the New York Conference to the General Synod of the United Church of Christ (UCC), held June 27 through July 2 in Long Beach, Calif. She helped to work on a resolution that, for the sake of climate change, urged divestment from fossil fuel companies. The resolution passed on July 1, making the UCC the first national organization, faith-related or not, to take such a stand for the environment. On July 2, the General Synod received congratulations about the resolution from Bishop Desmond Tutu.
Ute Ritz-Deutch
Ute Ritz-Deutch, History Department, had her article, “The Obscure Labors of a Forgotten Anthropologist: A Biography of Bruno Oetteking,” published in BEROSE - International Encyclopaedia of the Histories of Anthropology, Paris, 2019.
Ryan Vooris and Susan Barnett
Ryan Vooris, Sport Management Department, and Susan Barnett, Recreation, Parks and Leisure Studies Department, co-authored an article recently published in the International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure called “Understanding the Wearable Fitness Tracker Revolution.”
Joshua Peluso
Joshua Peluso, Systems Administration and Web Services, gave two presentations at the Fall 2011 Wizard Collaborative SUNY Conference held Nov. 15-16 in Syracuse, N.Y. His talks were titled, “Getting Everything in your Campus Portal” and “SUNY Source.” Wizard technology conferences promote SUNY-wide technological offerings for all campuses.
Kevin Dames
Kevin Dames, Kinesiology Department, recently attended the American Society of Biomechanics Annual Meeting in Rochester, Minn. He collaborated on a poster and a rapid podium presentation. The poster, titled “Comparison of subjective electromyographic onset determination to objective techniques during running,” compares alternative methods for identifying when lower extremity muscles are active during running. In the rapid podium presentation, titled “An exploration of muscle activity in young and older runners and the relationships with running economy,” they demonstrated that younger runners present different muscle activation patterns than older runners. Specifically, more economical young runners activate biarticular lower extremity muscles for a greater percent of stance phase, while more economical older runners activate these muscles for a lower percent of stance.
Gregg Weatherby
Gregg Weatherby, English Department, will be one of two featured poets in the second issue of Home Planet News Online.
Tadayuki Suzuki
Tadayuki Suzuki, Literacy Department, co-authored an article with Darryn Diuguid and Barbara Ward, titled “Taking a closer look at the American Library Association’s 2022 Rainbow Book List” recently published in the journal Multicultural Education.
Will Montgomery
Will Montgomery, Communications Office, received an Award of Excellence Judges’ Citation from the State University of New York Council for University Advancement (SUNYCUAD) in the Excellence in Photography, Individual Photograph category for “Red Dragon sculpture in the snow.” The photo was a “Capture the Moment” feature in the Dec. 3, 2019 issue of The Bulletin. The award was presented at the 2020 SUNYCUAD Unconference held online Sept. 24 and 25.