John Foley
John Foley, Physical Education Department, was selected as a board member for the prestigious journal Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly.
Katie Ducett
Katie Ducett, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, was a 2024 Faculty Grant Winner of Teach Access, a national non-profit disability advocacy organization dedicated to bridging the digital accessibility skills gap between education and industry. She is one of 25 recipients awarded a $2,000 grant to fund their work to incorporate teaching about accessibility into their existing courses. Grant recipients, in turn, contribute their teaching materials, such as lesson plans, assignments, tests and discussion prompts, to the free and open-access Teach Access Curriculum Repository, multiplying the impact of the grants. Teach Access offers free programs and resources help educators teach and students learn about the fundamentals of disability and accessibility.
Moyi Jia
Moyi Jia, Communication and Media Studies Department, recently presented two papers at the Eastern Communication Association Convention held April 10 to 14 in Providence, RI. They are titled, “Communicating Social Support to Enhance Student Emotional Wellness: Exploring Supportive Message Sources, Types, and Effectiveness” and “Computer-Mediated Communication and the Dual Identification in Chinese Organizations.”
Caroline Kaltefleiter
Caroline Kaltefleiter, Communication and Media Studies Department, had an article, “Care and Crisis in David Graeber’s New York: Anarcha-feminism, Gift Economies, and Mutual Aid Beyond a Global Pandemic” published in a special volume of Anthropological Notebooks. The volume is dedicated to the work of the late anthropology scholar and activist David Graeber who passed away in September 2020.
James Hokanson
James Hokanson, Kinesiology Department, served as a mentor for kinesiology graduate student Lindsey Taylor, who presented her poster at the “Graduate Research: Making a Difference in New York Partnering with SUNY and CUNY” event held Feb. 11 in Albany, N.Y. Taylor’s poster is titled “Whole-Body High-Intensity Interval Training as an Alternative to Endurance Training.”
Jack Carr
Jack Carr, Communication and Media Studies Department, performed the role of the bastard fop, Don John, in “Much Ado About Nothing” for Shakespeare-in-the-Park at Thornden Amphitheatre, in Syracuse, N.Y., the only live theatre presentation in Onondaga County this summer. This was followed by an ensemble role in a COVID-compliant mashup on the lawns behind the former Case Mansion in Auburn, N.Y., of the Greek tragedy “Antigone” by Sophocles and “Letters to Soldiers Lost,” reading actual letters that had been left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, and singing contemporary folk songs, two of which were written by college students for the original production on the West Coast. For this work, Carr and his SUNY Cortland colleague Nancy Kane, Kinesiology Department, were cited by the Theatre Association of New York State (TANYS). Carr is currently playing Malvolio in “Twelfth Night,” to be posted to YouTube at Thanksgiving. Also, he is putting finishing touches on an original script, “Maintenance,” with his friend and collaborator, Cortland native Matthew B. Steele.
Richard Hunter
Richard Hunter, Geography Department, co-authored a research article titled “Coping strategies during drought: The case of rangeland users in southwest Iran” that appears in the current issue of Rangelands.
Celeste McNamara
Celeste McNamara, History Department, was appointed book review editor for the Journal of Religious History, published on behalf of the Religious History Association. The Journal of Religious History is an international, double-blind, peer-reviewed journal that aims to publish high quality, impactful scholarship and research that makes original and significant contribution to the field of religious history. The scope of the journal is the history of all religions and their relationship with the human experience across all time periods; the journal explores religion and its related subjects, along with debates on comparative method and theory in religious history.
Angela Pagano and Greg Phelan
Angela Pagano, Biological Sciences Department, Greg Phelan, Chemistry Department, Lisa Gonsalves from University of Massachusetts Boston, hosted the 2018 Noyce Northeast Conference from April 19 to 21 in New York City. The conference brought together science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) faculty, in-service STEM teachers and Noyce Scholarship recipients from 11 northeastern states to meet, network and share ideas and best practices on successful teaching in high-need schools. Collaborations with the American Museum of Natural History and the Alda Center for Communicating Science provided transformative experiences for members of the Northeast Noyce Scholarship community. Kerri Freese, Chemistry Department, organized the event with help from SUNY Cortland students Mia DiMartino, a biology major, Daniel Menendez, working on his masters in history, and Alicia Platt and Victoria Ryan, both history majors.
Kathleen A. Lawrence
Kathleen A. Lawrence, Communication and Media Studies Department, had seven poems published recently. Her poem ‘Catholic School” was published by Highland Park Poetry in their Winter 2019 Muses’ Gallery. Her speculative poem “Not Tonight” was published by Star*Line (Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association) in January. Four poems appeared in Altered Reality Magazine: “The Conjunction: Jupiter Pursues Venus,” “Things That Go Bump & Smile In The Night,” “Brunch, Spaceship Side” and “Atopic Catastrophic.” Her poem “Zombie Love” was published in a special edition of The Cicada’s Cry: A Micro-Zine of Haiku Poetry (based on a Halloween theme) in Fall 2018.