Mary Gfeller
Mary Gfeller, Mathematics Department and SUNY Cortland Noyce Scholars Kelsey O’Donnell and Robin Tobin presented “Teaching Math Using Culturally Relevant Teaching Strategies” at the National Science Foundation 2014 Noyce NE Regional Conference held in March in Philadelphia, Pa. Perspectives on culturally relevant teaching strategies in teaching secondary math concepts were discussed using examples from real classrooms, including several from O’Donnell and Tobin’s current student teaching placement at Binghamton High School. The presenters explored the various strategies designed to make math more accessible and more meaningful to students.
Terrence Fitzgerald
Terrence Fitzgerald, Biological Sciences Department, is the author of a paper titled “Collectively Facilitated Behavior of the Neonate Caterpillars of Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)” appearing in the current issue of the journal Insects. The paper consists of a series of studies on the behavioral ecology of the insect conducted over a four-year period by former biology students Elizabeth Fabozzi '14, Katelyn Meyer '16, Michael Wolfin '11, and junior Ryan Young, all of whom are coauthors of the paper. The studies are part of a larger project on the chemical ecology of the insect being conducted by the senior author and Frank Rossi, Chemistry Department, that is supported by grants from the United States Department of Agriculture-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
Wylie Schwartz
Wylie Schwartz, Art and Art History Department, presented a research paper titled “Radical Subjectivity in the Scandinavian Situationist Bauhaus” at the ‘Artists’ colonies in the world / The world in artists’ colonies’ conference. Held Monday, Nov. 28 through Wednesday, Nov. 30 at the University of Melbourne in Australia, Schwartz presented her paper remotely. The conference is intended for imagining the artists’ colony as an alternate model for writing art history.
Gregg Weatherby
Gregg Weatherby, English Department, has been awarded the Aurora Poetry Chapbook Prize for “Before We Forget,” the title poem of his next collection. The prize includes a $500 cash award and publication in Aurora Poetry, an online publication. Two additional poems, “Sunset” and “Drafts,” were also selected to appear in the journal.
John C. Hartsock
John C. Hartsock, Communication Studies Department, has had a scholarly award established in his name by the International Association for Literary Journalism Studies. The award, the “John C. Hartsock Award for Best Article in Literary Journalism Studies,” was established by the association at their last international conference held at King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia in May. The award is given for the best article appearing in the association’s blind-reviewed journal, Literary Journalism Studies, for the previous publication year. Hartsock was the founding editor of the journal in spring 2009 and guided it for the first five years of publication. He has been invited to give the award next May at the association’s annual conference to be held at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna.
Mary Lynch Kennedy
Mary Lynch Kennedy, English Department, co-authored the seventh edition of the book, Writing in the Disciplines; A Reader and Rhetoric for Academic Writers, which was published by Prentice Hall and released earlier this year. There will be a copy available in the English Department for interested browsers.
Brian Barrett and Anne Burns Thomas
Brian Barrett, Foundations and Social Advocacy, served as a co-organizer of the Third International Social Realism Symposium hosted at Jesus College, University of Cambridge, from June 29 to July 1. The symposium attracted a record number of researchers and teachers to address educational questions by drawing significantly on social realism, which explores the social conditions of knowledge production and exchange as well as its structuring in the curriculum.
Barrett and Anne Burns Thomas, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, presented their paper titled “Flipping the Script: Exploring the Impact of Curriculum Modules on Access to Knowledge and Teacher Professionalism,” which also was co-authored by Maria Timberlake, Foundations and Social Advocacy, at the conference in Cambridge.
Jeffrey Radloff
Jeffrey Radloff, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, and Bridget Miller, Teacher Education at the University of South Carolina, were selected to be the new co-editors of the peer-reviewed science education journal called Innovations in Science Teacher Education (ISTE) starting in Spring 2024. This is an Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) affiliated publication.
Melissa Morris
Melissa Morris, Physics Department, served on several NASA review panels over the summer, as well as serving as reviewer for “The Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Earth, Moon, and Planets.”
Seth N. Asumah
Seth N. Asumah, Africana Studies and Political Science departments, recently was appointed by the Association of African Universities and the Carnegie Diaspora Linkage Fellowship Program as an international invigilator and examiner for doctoral programs in Africa. Asumah will be travelling to the University of Ghana, Legon Ghana and the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, as an international examiner for doctoral dissertation defenses from April 22-30.