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Faculty and Staff Activities

Deborah Matheron

Deborah Matheron, Communication Disorders and Sciences Department, presented “Respiratory and Laryngeal Interactions During Speech: Speakers with Multiple Sclerosis and Their Healthy Peers” at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention on Nov. 18 in Philadelphia, Pa.

Amanda L. Anderson

Amanda L. Anderson, Student Conduct Office, was selected to serve as a volunteer on the C3 Care Team for the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) at its 2012 convention in Louisville, Ky. C3 is an annual job fair that takes place during ACPA’s annual convention.

Kenneth A. Cohen

Kenneth A. Cohen, Recreation, Parks and Leisure Studies Department, was featured in WalletHub's recent article “2023’s Best Summer Travel Destinations.” The article by Adam McCann, financial writer, was published May 16.  

Robert Spitzer

Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, gave a presentation titled, “Gun Policy 101: What Policymakers and the Public Need to Know” on Oct. 1 at the Rockefeller Institute of Government in Albany, N.Y.

Ann Blanton and Amanda Olson

Ann Blanton and Amanda Olson, Communication Disorders and Sciences Department, attended the Cortland Pride Festival held on July 13 to promote the Center for Speech, Language and Hearing Center's gender affirming voice care services. 

Gender affirming voice services are dedicated to individuals who want to develop communication styles that are aligned with their gender identity and expression across all settings. These services are designed to educate and train clients to modify their voice through vocal pitch, intonation, resonance, articulation and voice quality as well as nonverbal communication. Gender affirming voice therapy can guide individuals to communicate in a way that feels authentic to them. 

James A. Felton, III

James A. Felton, III, Institutional Equity and Inclusion Office, was elected president of the Iota Iota Lambda Alumni Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. for the 2019-20 academic year. Alpha Phi Alpha is the first African-American, intercollegiate Greek-lettered fraternity founded on Dec. 4, 1906 at Cornell University. 

Margaret Gichuru and Patricia Roiger and Maria Timberlake

Margaret Gichuru and Patricia Roiger, Childhood and Early Childhood Education Department, and Maria Timberlake, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, traveled to the Kenya Institute of Special Education to deepen a partnership started by Gichuru. The faculty will share their experiences and photos at a Sandwich Seminar titled “Summer Teaching in Kenya” set for noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3, in Old Main Colloquium. 

Erik Bitterbaum, Mary Schlarb, Daniela Baban Hurrle and Doug Langhans

SUNY Cortland President Erik Bitterbaum, International Programs Director Mary Schlarb, International Student Advisor Daniela Baban Hurrle, and Senior Admissions Advisor Doug Langhans attended the annual NAFSA: Association of International Educators conference May 24-29 in Boston, Mass. They met with representatives from 13 of SUNY Cortland’s current and prospective international partner institutions.

Larissa True

Larissa True, Kinesiology Department, recently had her article “Motor Competence and Characteristics within the Preschool Environment” published in the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport.

Andrew Fitz-Gibbon

Andrew Fitz-Gibbon, chair of the Philosophy Department, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Following a sabbatical during spring 2012, two of his books in the Lindisfarne series were published by Xlibris: An Intentional Life: Reflections of a Secular Monastic and Secular Monasticism: A Journey (with Jane Hall Fitz-Gibbon) and his novel, which he authored under the pen name Jack Andrews, titled The Quest for Paradise: An Owen Breese-Jones Story. A new book in the Value Inquiry Book Series’ Ethical Theory and Practice Series, Love as a Guide to Morals, was published by Rodopi. He also had two articles published: “The Reasonableness of Sentimentalism and Violence,” in the Oct.-Dec. issue of Peace Review, and “Somaesthetics and Nonviolence,” in Vol. 28 of Social Philosophy Today, the North American Society of Social Philosophy publication.