Kati Ahern
Kati Ahern, English Department in Professional Writing and Rhetoric, had an article “Soundscaping Learning Spaces: Online Synchronicity and Composing Multiple Sonic Worlds” published for a special issue on learning spaces in Postdigital Science and Education.
Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, has learned that his book manuscript, Queer Experimental Literature: The Affective Politics of Bad Reading, is now under contract with Palgrave Macmillan for the Palgrave Studies in Affect Theory and Literary Criticism Series. It is edited by Adam Frank and Joel Faflak.
Jean W. LeLoup
Jean W. LeLoup, International Communications and Culture emerita, and the U.S. Air Force Academy, had her article published in the spring issue of The IALLT Journal for Language Learning Technologies. It was titled “Effectiveness of Computer-Graded vs. Instructor-Graded Homework Assignments in an Elementary Spanish Course: A Comparative Study at Two Undergraduate Institutions.” LeLoup and co-authors Richard Dabrowski and Lunden E. MacDonald collaborated on a cross-institutional research study involving the U.S. Air Force Academy and Metropolitan State University of Denver. The study investigated issues involved in different types of online student activities.
Noelle Chaddock
Noelle Chaddock, Chief Diversity Officer and Director of Multicultural Life and Diversity, co-presented “Diversity Equity and Inclusion: What is Our Responsibility” with Dean Kevin Railey from Buffalo State for the executive committee and invited guests of the University Faculty Senate. Participants from across the SUNY system were in attendance.
Alexis Blavos
Alexis Blavos, Health Department, recently was elected deputy coordinator for the Coalition of National Health Education Organizations for a term that extends to 2021.
Jeremiah Donovan
Jeremiah Donovan, Art and Art History Department, presented a paper titled “Revitalization of Maya Pottery Practices in San Antonio, Belize” at the Strategic Alliances for the Internationalization of Higher Education, Cuba TIES Conference. The conference, held Oct. 20 to 26, was sponsored by the University of Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Susan J. Rayl
Susan J. Rayl, Kinesiology Department, presented “The Right to Pursue Arete’” at 4th Annual Athletes and Social Change Forum, April 8-9. Regularly held at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Ky., the forum was conducted online in order to accommodate the schedules of the participants. Participants discussed topics directly and indirectly related to an International Bill of Rights for Athletes.
Kathleen A. Lawrence
Kathleen A. Lawrence, Communication and Media Studies Department, recently received word that her speculative poem “Dark Sky of Shimmering Forget-me-nots” has been accepted for publication by Lucent Dreaming Magazine in their forthcoming Issue 6.
Katie Silvestri, Brittany Adams, Charlotte Pass and Nance S. Wilson
Katie Silvestri, Brittany Adams, Charlotte Pass and Nance S. Wilson, Literacy Department, co-authored a book chapter titled “Collaborative Self-Study of an Online Literacy Master's Program Pilot Year: Problem-Solving Practices in a Pandemic.” The chapter illustrates their intradepartmental, collaborative self-study of their literacy master’s program through use of an adapted collaborative conference protocol to surface problems and solutions related to policies, procedures and pedagogies. The chapter illustrates how the department prioritized pedagogies fostering deep engagement with literacy education content as well as relationship-building with students. Additionally, this intradepartmental case study leverages self-study methodology to structure collective inquiry, identifying “critical events” for deeper questioning, reflection, observation and guidance for future practice. The chapter discusses three critical events created tensions relating to the literacy master’s program’s implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic: field experience placements, community-building with students and student-teacher workload.
Rhiannon Maton
Rhiannon Maton, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, had her book chapter titled “The Chicago Teachers Union as Counterhegemony: Organized Resistance During COVID-19” published in the Routledge book, Progressive Neoliberalism in Education: Critical Perspectives on Manifestations and Resistance. This essay considers the Chicago Teachers Union’s response to school district policy during Covid-19 as a case study for mapping the contours and mechanisms of counterhegemonic resistance by educators' unions to advanced neoliberalism.