Kevin Dames
Kevin Dames, Kinesiology, and student Gwyneth Laukaitis, Kinesiology. presented research titled "Collegiate female lacrosse players demonstrate asymmetry in time to stabilization following lateral hops" at the American Society of Biomechanics Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh. Their research identifies deficits in medial and lateral hop landings which could contribute to the high prevalence of anterior cruciate ligament injuries in female field sport athletes.
David A. Kilpatrick
David A. Kilpatrick, professor emeritus of psychology, was invited by the United States Library of Congress to present a talk on dyslexia on April 12. Also, he was invited to present the workshop titled “Word-Level Reading Difficulties: Implications for Assessment, Instruction, and Intervention” at the annual conferences of the West Virginia Association of School Psychologists on April 19 and the Kansas Association of School Psychologists on April 28.
Tadayuki Suzuki
Tadayuki Suzuki, Literacy Department, will present “Promoting Social Justice and Reading Skills with Multicultural Informational Picture Books” at the International Literacy Association annual convention in July in St. Louis, Mo.
Adam Levine
Adam Levine, Facilities Management, was interviewed by geographic information system company ESRI for an article, GIS Technology Drives Campus Asset Management, that discusses his use of GSI technology at Cortland.
Barbara A. Barton
Barbara A. Barton, Health Department, was awarded an exemplary rating from the BlackBoard Exemplary Course Program for her online graduate course, HLH 593, Methods and Practices in Community Health. The Exemplary Course Program recognizes instructors whose courses demonstrate best practices in four major areas: course design, interaction and collaboration, assessment, and learner support. Submitted courses are evaluated by peer reviewers, and to receive an exemplary award, all standards must be met or exceeded.
David Kilpatrick
David Kilpatrick, Psychology Department, presented a paper at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading international conference on July 15 in Kona, Hawaii. His topic was “The Phonological Proficiency Hypothesis of Orthographic Learning: An Investigation with Kindergarteners, First Graders and Skilled Fifth-Grade Readers.”
Mary McGuire
Mary McGuire, Political Science Department, gave two presentations on New York State Constitution Convention processes and history. She provided background for the November vote on whether or not New York should hold a convention to amend the state constitution for the Cortland County Republican Women’s Spring Luncheon and at the New York State Rural Democratic Conference.
John C. Hartsock
John C. Hartsock, Communication Studies Department, gave lectures in early October at St. Petersburg State University in St. Petersburg, Russia on American and international literary journalism. He was invited by Russia’s oldest university as part of the Russia Program sponsored by Stony Brook University. In addition, he participated in a roundtable discussion on journalism ethics at the university, and gave a lecture to the general public on literary journalism at the bookstore Word Order in St. Petersburg. This was his first return to Russia in 24 years. From 1989 to 1993 he reported on the collapse of the Soviet Union for several publications.
Mechthild Nagel, Seth N. Asumah and Lewis Rosengarten
Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy and Africana Studies departments and Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies, Seth N. Asumah, Africana Studies and Political Science departments, and Lewis Rosengarten, Educational Opportunity Program and Africana Studies Department, presented papers at the recent New York African Studies Association at CUNY and Columbia University. Students Deidre Kirkem and Adesola Belo also presented their papers. Asumah and Nagel’s book, Diversity, Social Justice, and Inclusive Excellence, published in 2014 by SUNY Press, won the New York African Studies Book Award.
Charles DeMotte
Charles DeMotte, Sociology/Anthropology Department, has been named co-winner of the 2020 Larry Ritter Book Award by the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) for the best baseball book of the dead ball era. His book, James T. Farrell and Baseball: Dreams and Realism on Chicago’s South Side, was published by University of Nebraska Press. The award is granted annually by SABR’s Deadball Era Committee to the author of the best book about baseball between 1901 and 1919 published during the previous calendar year. The winner’s work must demonstrate original research or analysis, a fresh perspective, compelling thesis, impressive insight, accuracy and clear, graceful prose.