Kathleen A. Lawrence
Kathleen A. Lawrence, Communication Studies Department, has had a second poem, “I Am Puerto Rico,” accepted for publication in New Verse News. Her poem will appear on top of the page on Tuesday, Oct. 10. The poem speaks to the beauty, strength and indomitable spirit of the people of Puerto Rico and the richness of their culture despite the ravages of Hurricane Maria.
Denise D. Knight
Denise D. Knight, professor of English emerita, will have her monograph, “‘what our union once was’: Newly Recovered Letters from Charlotte Perkins Gilman to Martha Luther Lane,” published as a special issue of American Literary Realism in Fall 2021.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, presented a paper titled, “New York State and the NY SAFE Act: A Case Study in Strict Gun Laws,” at a conference on “A Loaded Debate: The Right to Keep and Bear Arms in the 21st Century,” held at Albany Law School on Oct. 9.
Chris Cubells, James Durr and Joshua Peluso
Chris Cubells, James Durr and Joshua Peluso, Systems Administration and Web Services, presented at the SUNY SICAS Summit held Sept. 24 in Syracuse, N.Y. Their two talks were on migrating to the new myRedDragon and how to reach students through email.
Rhiannon Maton
Rhiannon Maton, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, co-presented with students Breeanna Dexter, Nicolette McKeon, Breanna Washington and Emily Urias-Velasquez at the National Council of Teachers of English annual conference. The presentation was titled, “Picture Books and Familial Incarceration: Representations of Visitation.”
Ute Ritz-Deutch
Ute Ritz-Deutch, History Department, participated in the seminar “German Sources on the Global South” at the annual conference of the German Studies Association held Sept. 29-Oct. 2 in San Diego, Calif. The 17 contributors met for three days to exchange research ideas and challenges regarding oral sources and access to archives.
Benjamin J. Lovett
Benjamin J. Lovett, Psychology Department, had an article published in the September 2014 issue of the Journal of Disability Policy Studies. “Testing Accommodations Under the Amended Americans with Disabilities Act: The Voice of Empirical Research” critically examines recent legal regulations that are followed when students request testing accommodations for disability conditions.
Will Montgomery
Will Montgomery, Communications Office, received the SUNY Council for University Advancement (SUNYCUAD) Award For Excellence for feature writing, honoring the job he did capturing the tale of SUNY Cortland’s 1980 national champion women’s soccer team and their subsequent documentary film and reunion. Read the story: “Film on First U.S. Women’s Soccer Champion – SUNY Cortland – Premieres.” The award was presented at SUNYCUAD’s annual conference held June 6 to 8 in Syracuse, N.Y.
Mary Schlarb
Mary Schlarb, International Programs, presented at the NAFSA: Association of International Educators Annual Conference and Expo on June 1 in Denver, Colo. She participated in the panel discussion titled “Aligning Institutional Culture with Internationalization Activities.” Co-presenters were Chris Johnstone and Jennifer Fricas, colleagues from her University of Minnesota doctoral program in Comparative International Development Education.
Brian Barrett
Brian Barrett, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, had his article titled “Rethinking the foundations: Towards powerful professional knowledge in teacher education in the USA and England” published in the Journal of Curriculum Studies. The article was co-authored with Jim Hordern, University of Bath, UK, and is part of a special issue that explores the concept of “powerful knowledge” in education from various theoretical perspectives.