Robert Ponterio
Robert Ponterio, Modern Languages Department, was invited to present a 90-minute immersion workshop, “Cinéma et Vidéo: Langue et Culture Authentiques en Classe,” at the Central New York chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French meeting held at LeMoyne College on Oct. 30. The workshop focused on methods of using French cinema and various sources of online video, such as news reports, in the French classroom for teaching language and culture. Features of new tools for downloading and playing video were also demonstrated.
Christopher Latimer and Richard Kendrick
Christopher Latimer, Institute for Civic Engagement and Political Science Department, and Richard Kendrick, Institute for Civic Engagement and Sociology/Anthropology Department, had a book chapter accepted for publication in E-Governance and Civic Engagement: Factors and Determinants of E-Democracy. The chapter is titled “How Young People Are Using Communication Technologies as Platforms and Pathways to Engagement: What the Research Tells Us?”
Ted Fay
Ted Fay, Sport Management Department, was a keynote speaker at the 2011 NCAA Scholarly Colloquium on College Sports held Jan. 12 in San Antonio, Texas. His topic was “Sports and Disabilities.”
Beth Shiner Klein
Beth Shiner Klein, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, received the New York State Outdoor Education Association Leadership Award at their awards banquet held Feb. 5 at the Ashokan Center in Olivebridge, N.Y. This award is presented to candidates who are responsible for the growth of professionals in the field, who created innovative programs and provided the management support that expanded outdoor education at the local, state and national levels.
David Snyder
David Snyder, Sport Management Department, wrote a book chapter titled, “Age Discrimination in Employment Act,” recently published in the fifth edition of Kendall Hunt’s Law for Recreation and Sport Managers.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, political science, is the author of an article titled, "Why do Americans love guns so much, and does everyone own one?" for a book titled, 20 Questions About America, to be published by the U.S. State Department for distribution around the world. The book brings together essays that address a variety of commonly asked questions about American life of interest to people around the world.
Brian D. Barrett
Brian D. Barrett, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, had his article, “The ‘Invisible Institution’ and a Disappearing Achievement Gap” published in the Fall 2009 issue of Religion and Education. The article examines the relationship between religious involvement and educational outcomes among urban African-American adolescents. He presented aspects of the paper on campus at a Black History Month Sandwich Seminar in February 2009 and in New York at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association.
Anthony Taylor
Anthony Taylor, professor emeritus of psychology, serves as a pro bono consultant in the research unit at the headquarters for Wildlife Conservation Society in the Bronx, N.Y. In 2009, he co-authored two journal articles: “Belonging at the Zoo: Retired Volunteers, Conservation, Activism and Collective Identity,” that appeared in Ageing & Society (29, 2009, 351-368); and “What Information Do Zoo and Aquarium Visitors Want on Animal Identification Labels?” that ran in Journal of Interpretation (14, No.2, 2009, 7-19).
Cynthia J. Benton
Cynthia J. Benton, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, co-presented a paper with Undergraduate Research Council Fellowship Awardee Jeremiah J. Best, a senior childhood education major from Inlet, N.Y. They delivered “Gender and Teaching Choice: Males’ Career Decisions and Elementary Teaching as a Profession” at the International Conference on Education held in January in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Jason Tucker
Jason Tucker, English Department, served on the panel “Balancing Professional Writing with Your Creative Side,” at The Association of Writers and Writing Program’s 2011 AWP Conference on Feb. 4 in Washington D.C.