Craig Foster
Craig Foster, Psychology Department, wrote an article in October titled “Another Voice: Trump’s best option is to depart with dignity,” which was published in The Buffalo News. Also, he co-authored “Love Is Blind Is Blinding Us with ‘Science’” that was published in the November/December issue of Skeptical Inquirer.
Bonni C. Hodges
Bonni C. Hodges, Health Department, was reappointed to the Research and Publications Committee of the American School Health Association. She was named chair of the “Promoting Research Translation” sub-committee.
Kathleen A. Lawrence
Kathleen A. Lawrence, Communication and Media Studies Department, received word that her poem “Puberty & Junk in my High School Locker” will be published in the Spring ’19 Issue of Peach Velvet Magazine. In addition, her haiku “Dearest Logophile,” was included in the Valentine’s Day special by Haikuniverse on Feb. 14.
Seth N. Asumah
Seth N. Asumah, Africana Studies and Political Science departments, was a recipient of the Professor Ali A. Mazrui Outstanding Publication/Book and Educational Activities Award, presented at the 39th annual conference of the New York Africana Studies Association (NYASA). The conference was held at SUNY Cortland on April 4-5.
This inaugural award for NYASA was developed to echo and honor Ali A. Mazrui, a prominent Africanist, Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities, and the director and founder of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies at Binghamton University. NYASA developed the award to honor Mazrui for his commitment to NYASA and his distinguished scholarship, publication, educational activities, intellectual vibrancy, national and international prominence and reputation.
Asumah is the first scholar and educator in NYASA to receive this award. He is a State University of New York Distinguished Teaching Professor, professor of political science, professor of Africana studies and chairperson of the Africana Studies Department at SUNY Cortland.
Mechthild Nagel
Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy Department and the Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies (CGIS), presented her official talk as research fellow at the Institute of Philosophy – Czech Academy of Sciences, Department of Contemporary Continental Philosophy. The talk, presented in February, was titled “Between Ressentiment and Forgiveness: Transitional Justice in Rwanda and South Africa.”
David Franke
David Franke, English Department and Seven Valleys Writing Project, is helping to organize the “Writing Matters in Every Classroom” conference at Homer Intermediate/Junior High School on Saturday, March 28. Several teacher-educator agencies are collaborating on the conference, which focuses on writing and learning in all disciplines — not just English classes. Robert Yagelski, director of University at Albany’s Program in Writing and Critical Inquiry as well as the Capital District Writing Project, serves as keynote speaker. A virtual presentation by Ruth Culham, author of 6+1 Traits of Writing, also is planned. Local and regional teachers will offer more than a dozen breakout sessions on classroom teaching and the use of writing. Other conference sponsors include the Teacher-Leader Quality Partnership, the New York State Master Teacher Program, the Cortland County Teacher Center and the Southern Tier Teacher Center Network. For more information, visit writingmattersconference.com.
Daniel Radus
Daniel Radus, English Department and the coordinator of the Native American Studies Program at SUNY Cortland, has been selected as a new fellow in Rare Book School’s Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography. Radus specializes in 18th and 19th century Indigenous literatures in North America, with particular interests in Indigenous historical writing, book history, print culture and materialism. His current project, “Indigenizing the Book,” considers a series of 18th and 19th century books that have been inscribed, embellished or otherwise altered by Indigenous readers, writers and artists.
Carolyn Bershad
Carolyn Bershad, Counseling and Student Development, presented “AUCCCD Annual Survey: Scope, Trends and Current Applications” with David Reetz at the 67th annual conference of the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors (AUCCCD) on Oct. 24 in Tampa, Fla.
Craig Foster
Craig Foster, Psychology Department, had his article about his Psychology of Pseudoscience class published Jan. 24 in The Conversation. Titled “Lots of people believe in Bigfoot and other pseudoscience claims – this course examines why,” it ran as part of the publication’s Uncommon Courses section. SUNY Cortland published “Psychology class considers pseudoscience” in the Dec. 7 issue of The Bulletin.
Seth N. Asumah and Mechthild Nagel
Seth N. Asumah, Africana Studies and Political Science departments, and Mechthild Nagel, Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies and Philosophy Department, presented papers at the recent Syracuse University symposium, hosted by the Department of African American Studies, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the late Nigerian author Chinua Achebe’s landmark book, Arrow of God. Among the presenters were members of the Achebe family, international personalities in Africana and oral literature, and scholars from various universities around the world. Asumah’s paper is titled “Arrow of God as a Tool for Analysis in Comparative Political Science.” Nagel’s paper is titled “The Art of Restorative Justice vs. Colonial Punishment with its Focus on Prisons (Engendering Social Death), Referencing Arrow of God.”