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Faculty and Staff Activities

Mary Lynch Kennedy

Mary Lynch Kennedy, English Department, received the 2010 Educator of Excellence Award from the New York State English Council. Kennedy’s Theorizing Composition: A Critical Sourcebook of Theory and Scholarship in Contemporary Composition Studies, Greenwood 1998, IAP 2006, has been released as an e-book.

Noelle Chaddock Paley

Noelle Chaddock Paley, Multicultural Life Office, and Joshua Price, Binghamton University, spoke about their research and experiences with the Broome County Jail Project on Feb. 4 at Union College. Paley and Price co-authored an essay titled “Violent Interruptions.” The essay was published in the anthology Interrupted Life: Experiences of Incarcerated Women in the United States, edited by Rickie Solinger, Paula C. Johnson, Martha L. Raimon, Tina Reynolds and Ruby Tapia.

Robert Spitzer

Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, wrote two articles that recently appeared on the Huffington Post. “Why Obama Must Embrace the Veto Strategy,” was posted Jan. 5; “Double Congress’s Pay,” was posted Jan. 18. Spitzer is a regular contributor to Huffington.

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.