Jeremy Jimenez
Jeremy Jimenez, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, presented a paper titled, “‘Don’t Say It’s Going to Be Okay’: How International Educators Embrace Transformative Education to Support Their Students Navigating Our Global Climate Emergency” at the Comparative and International Education Society conference in April in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Also, he presented a paper titled ‘It’s my responsibility’: Perspectives on Environmental Justice and Education for Sustainability among international school students in Singapore” at the American Education Research Association conference in April in San Diego, California.
Kathryn Kramer
Kathryn Kramer, Art and Art History Department, will have her article “Flanerie’s Art and Measure of the Urbanizing Global” published in the December issue of the journal Visual Resources.
Mark Dodds
Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, was the Sport Law session chair at the European Association for Sport Management Conference held Sept. 5 to 8 in Innsbruck, Austria.
Alex Corbitt
Alex Corbitt, Literacy Department, was recognized by the National Council of Teachers of English with the 2024 Promising Researcher Award. Corbitt’s research explores how youths and adults represent their identities, communities and civic lives through processes of play and coauthorship. Oriented by participatory and ethnographic methods, he engages in long-term partnerships with schools and organizations to understand their learning ecologies, reflexively analyze their pedagogical practices and codesign justice-oriented programming. His scholarship has been published in several academic journals, including Linguistics and Education, Journal of Literacy Research, English Teaching: Practice & Critique, English Journal, Curriculum Inquiry, English in Education, Digital Culture & Education, Voices from the Middle, and Mind, Culture, and Activity.
James Webb
James Webb, Auxiliary Services Corporation and executive chef at The Bistro Off Broadway, received the 2019 Chef Professionalism Award from the Syracuse chapter of the American Culinary Federation on March 25. Presented at The Oncenter in Syracuse, N.Y., the award recognizes chefs who exemplify the highest standard of professionalism through certification, continuing education and training, culinary competitions and community involvement. It honors culinarians who help elevate the status of chefs and cooks.
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, was panel organizer of “Continuity and Change of East Asia,” and a panel chair and paper presenter of “Sexual Violence and Awareness in Postsocialist China” at the New York Association of Asian Studies annual conference. It was held on Oct. 5 at SUNY New Paltz.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article titled, “Why the Oregon Shooting Won’t Likely Change Anything” appearing on the U.S. News and World Report website, posted on Oct. 2.
Timothy J. Baroni
Timothy J. Baroni, Biological Sciences Department, was invited to lecture and help with mushroom identifications at the Northeast Mycological Foray (NEMF) held in July at Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts. The annual NEMF meeting drew 250 participants. Baroni’s talk, “Mushrooms with “Pink” Colored Spore Deposits Found in the Northeast,” addressed the diversity and taxonomy of pink-spored mushrooms. Also, Baroni was invited to present the keynote lecture at the 2016 Bill Russell Foray in August, held by the Central Pennsylvania Mycological Club at the Sieg Research Center at Lock Haven University (Pa). He presented “Exploring for Biodiversity of Neotropical Macrofungi: A Glimpse into the Adventures of a Mycologist” to the 50 participants, which included biologists from nearby Pennsylvania State University.
David L. Snyder
David L. Snyder, Sport Management Department, served as an invited panelist at a symposium titled “Baseball and the Law: America’s National Pastimes.” The symposium was presented by the Albany Government Law Review with the Government Law Center and was held at Albany Law School on April 11.
Maria Timberlake
Maria Timberlake, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, had her article, “Recognizing Ableism in Educational Initiatives: Reading between the Lines” published in the June issue of Research in Educational Policy and Management.