Kathleen Lawrence
Kathleen Lawrence, Communication Studies Department, had 12 poems accepted for publication. Eight poems were published during the summer. “Alice Abbreviated” and “Dorothy Delivered” both appeared in Altered Reality Magazine in August. “Intoxicated” and “A Sexual Assault in the Woods” were published in Crow Hollow 19 in July. Two more poems, “How to Write a Poem” and “How to Break Up with Your Dinosaur,” were published in the Muses’ Gallery of Highland Park Poetry in June. Her poem “Pure Prince” appeared in Delirious: A Poetic Tribute to Prince (NightBallet Press), also in June. “Requiem” appeared in A Prince Tribute (Yellow Chair Review) in May 2016. Also, Lawrence has four more poems currently forthcoming. “‘King," an elegy for B.B. King, will be published in October in an introduction to poetry textbook by Kendall Hunt. “Detecting Nancy Drew” will appear in the Nancy Drew Anthology forthcoming from Silver Birch Press. Two poems, “Breastfeeding Bliss” and “Milk and Honey,” will appear in the journal Breastfeeding Medicine.
Mark Prus
Mark Prus, Academic Affairs, had his manuscript, coauthored with Kevin Duncan and Peter Philips, accepted for publication in the journal Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management. The article is titled “Using Stochastic Frontier Regression to Estimate the Construction Cost Inefficiency of Prevailing Wage Laws.”
Christopher Tucker, Hugh Anderson, Michael Bersani and Ron Hulslander
Christopher Tucker, Purchasing Office, serves as captain of the SUNY Cortland J.P. Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge team that learned recently it will compete at the series’ international championship race in San Francisco on Wednesday, Sept. 9. The College’s four-person men’s team finished with the fastest total time at the 3.5-mile Syracuse race in June 2014. Tucker will be joined by Hugh Anderson, International Programs Office; Michael Bersani, Public Relations Office; and Ron Hulslander, Physical Plant.
Seth N. Asumah
Seth N. Asumah, Africana Studies and Political Science departments, was invited by the Ghana Society of Central New York (GSCNY) to be the 2017 keynote speaker for the 60th Ghana Independence Day Anniversary Celebration Banquet on March 25 at LeMoyne College in Syracuse, N.Y. The theme of Asumah’s keynote address was “Consolidating Democracy and Development in Africa.” The event was attended by many faculty, staff, administrators and students of Syracuse University, Bryant and Stratton College, LeMoyne College, Onondaga Community College, SUNY Cortland, and the public. Proceeds of the funds raised by the organizers of the event were earmarked for student scholarships in Central New York area.
Teagan Bradway
Teagan Bradway, English Department, published Unaccountably Queer, a special issue of differences: a Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies (vol. 35, no. 3, Duke UP), which she edited. The issue includes Bradway’s introductory essay, “Queer Metarelationality,” and her article “Renarratable Bonds: Queer Relationality in the Scene of Redress.” Contributors include Sara Ahmed, Judith Butler, Amber Jamilla Musser, Jules Gill-Peterson, Lynne Huffer, Leigh Gilmore, Cassius Adair, Megan Cole Paustian and Michael D. Snediker.
Ben Wodi
Ben Wodi, Health Department, was one of 15 invited environmental health career panelists at the 143rd American Public Health Association Conference held Oct. 31 through Nov. 4 in Chicago, Ill. Wodi and one other environmental health professional represented academia among the panelists.
Denise D. Knight
Denise D. Knight, English Department, had her essay, “‘that pure New England stock’: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the Construction of Identity,” published as the opening chapter in Charlotte Perkins Gilman: New Texts, New Contexts (Ohio State University Press, 2011). Knight also has been informed that her “Note on Gilman’s Supplement to ‘A Conservative’” has been accepted by ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes, and Reviews. In June, she will present two papers at the Fifth International Conference on Gilman in Missoula, Mont.: “Gilman Abroad,” and “Artistic Renderings of Charlotte Perkins Gilman.”
David Kilpatrick
David Kilpatrick, Psychology Department, was a panelist for the Central New York Reading Council’s presentation “Dyslexia: Definitions, Issues, and Instructional Responses” on Sept. 21. Dr. Elliott from Durham University, UK, presented a keynote followed by a panel discussion which included Elliott, Kilpatrick, Donna Scanlon from SUNY Albany and Bong Gee Jang from Syracuse University.
Brent Danega
Brent Danega, Human Resources Office, was named to the “40 under FORTY" class of 2016 by BizEvents and The Central New York Business Journal. He will be recognized at an event set for Wednesday, Nov. 16, at the Oncenter in Syracuse, N.Y.
Thomas Hischak
Thomas Hischak, professor emeritus of theatre, has had his book, The Mikado to Matilda: The British Musical on the New York Stage, published this summer by Rowman and Littlefield. The book discusses 110 London musical successes from the late 18th Century to the present and how they were received in New York City.