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Faculty and Staff Activities

Sam Kelley

Sam Kelley, Communication Studies Department, has announced that his play, “Thruway Diaries,” is now being published as a book and has been adopted by Syracuse University’s African American Studies Department for use during the 2012-13 academic year. “Thruway Diaries” had a workshop production at SUNY Cortland under the title “Driving While Black.” It was also the topic of a workshop at the Juneteenth Theatre Festival at the University of Louisville and the Juneteenth Legacy Theatre in Louisville, Ky.  It made its professional debut at the Jubilee Theatre in Fort Worth, Texas, in June 2005, and later at the Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company in Syracuse, N.Y. The book is available through xlibris.com, Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. This is one of four of Kelley’s plays that will be published by the end of this year. Kelley is currently on sabbatical and working on a play about African women suffragists and voting rights in Florida. 

Madeline Orr

Madeline Orr, Sport Management Department, was recognized by Forbes as one of the top 30 under 30 in the sports category for being one of the first researchers to dive into the impact of climate change on sports.

Tyler Bradway

Tyler Bradway, English Department, gave an invited lecture (remotely) to the "Future Theory" seminar at Durham University, UK. The title of his lecture was "Queer Narrative Theory and the Relationality of Form."

Kathleen A. Lawrence

Kathleen A. Lawrence, Communication Studies Department, received word that her poem “Blackest Night” was accepted for publication in the upcoming issue of Scryptic Magazine. Her poem “I’m Going to Make You Love Me” was also accepted for publication in Star*Line, the print journal of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association. In addition, her poem “Three’s A Crowd,” forthcoming in the anthology Hay(na)ku 15, will be displayed in “Words with a View,” an exhibit planned for August through November at the Kresge Foundation International Center of the San Francisco Public Library.

Pam Schroeder

Pam Schroeder, Academic Affairs Office, presented a session titled “Lessons from a Curriculog Implementation” at Digital Architecture’s (Curriculog) annual conference, held March 1-4 in Tampa, Fla.

Kathleen A. Lawrence

Kathleen A. Lawrence, Communication and Media Studies Department, received word that four of her poems were published in Altered Reality Magazine. They include “The Conjunction: Jupiter Pursues Venus,” “Things That Go Bump & Smile In The Night,” “Brunch, Spaceship Side” and “Atopic Catastrophi.” In addition, her poem “Once Upon a Time” will be in the upcoming issue of The Poet’s Haven Digest in the edition themed “It Was a Dark and Stormy Night...” It will be published on Dec. 15.

Rhiannon Maton

Rhiannon Maton, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, had an interview published in Spectre Journal on how the Chicago Teachers Union is advocating for marginalized communities during Covid-19. The article is titled “Building Union and Community Power During COVID-19, Interview With CTU Chief of Staff Jennifer Johnson.”

Christopher D. Gascón

Christopher D. Gascón, Modern Languages Department, presented “Taking Liberties with Cervantes, Calderón, and Lope,” at the annual conference of the Association for Hispanic Classical Theater held in March in El Paso, Texas. His paper analyzes how Spanish classical theater is transformed when performed in other cultural contexts. 

Doug Langhans

Doug Langhans, Admissions, represented Study New York, a consortium of SUNY, CUNY and private institutions formed to promote New York as a destination for international students, at the International Consultants for Education and Fairs (ICEF) 2015 North American Workshop. Langhans, a Study New York Board Member, met with a variety of international education colleagues to discuss the advantages of studying in New York.

James Hokanson, Peter McGinnis and Steve Patrick

James Hokanson, Peter McGinnis, Kinesiology Department, and Steve Patrick, Athletics Department, recently had their research article published in the journal Sports. The article, co-authored by Casey Austin ’14, M.S. ’18, investigated the relationship between a new wearable running power meter, the Stryd Footpod, and running efficiency.