Henry Steck
Henry Steck, Political Science Department, has published a chapter titled “Higher Education in New York State” in The Oxford Handbook of New York State Government and Politics, edited by Gerald Benjamin and published by Oxford University Press.
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, presented her paper at a panel she organized at the New York Conference on Asian Studies held Sept. 18-20 at Hofstra University. Also, she was invited by SUNY Plattsburgh to deliver two campus-wide lectures in October.
Kate McCormick
Kate McCormick, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, co-authored an article recently published in Early Education & Development. It is titled “Early Childhood Professional Well-being as a Predictor of the Risk of Turnover in Early Head Start & Head Start Settings
Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, presented a paper titled “The Queerness of Creativity: Aesthetic Object-Relations in Eve Sedgwick and Alison Bechdel” at the 2016 American Comparative Literature Association’s annual meeting on March 18 at Harvard University. Also, he co-chaired and organized a seminar titled “Are We Queer Yet?” Also, in January, Bradway presented a paper titled "Bad Writing: Queer Experimentalism at the Limits of the LGBT Canon" at the 2016 Modern Language Association Convention in Austin, Texas.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article titled “Gun Accessories and the Second Amendment: Assault Weapons, Magazines, and Silencers,” appearing in the most recent issue of the journal Law and Contemporary Problems, published by the Duke University Law School.
Jennifer Wilson
Jennifer Wilson, Communications Office, earned a Judges’ Citation for Excellence in Writing – News Writing from the SUNY Council for University Advancement (SUNYCUAD) for her feature story “Iraq War Translator Aspires to Teach Immigrant.” Wilson will accept the Excellence in Writing award at this year’s conference June 12 to 14 in Saratoga, N.Y.
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.
Seth N. Asumah
Seth N. Asumah, Africana Studies and Political Science departments, was conference co-chair with Professor Akosua Adomako Ampofo, University of Ghana, for the 2017 Biennial Conference of the African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA) from Oct. 12 to 14 at the University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana. The ASAA Conference theme was “African Studies and Global Politics.” Asumah was also one of the keynote speakers for this conference and he spoke about his research on “Africa: Rethinking Democratic Consolidation and Development.” Professor Jacob Gordon, University of Kansas; Dr. Wangui Wa Goro, African Development Bank; rofessor Jean Allman, Washington University; Dr. Yao Graham, Third World Network-Africa; and Professor Takyiwaa Manuh, UN Economic Commission for Africa, were also plenary keynote speakers at the conference. Also, SUNY Cortland Africanists Ibipo Johnston Anumonwo, Geography Department, and Bekeh Utietiang, History Department, presented papers at the ASAA Conference in the concurrent session, “African Migrations: National Security and the Politics of Representing the Movements of Persons.” Organizations such as the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) and the Association of African Universities (AAU) presented their position papers on higher in Africa and the African Diaspora. Africanists, Africologists and African enthusiasts from the African continent, United States, the Caribbean and Europe, participated in this international conference.
Tim Delaune
Tim Delaune, Political Science Department and pre-law advisor, presented a paper on Taoist elements in the political thought of philosopher Martin Heidegger at the annual conference of the Western Political Science Association held April 2-4 in Las Vegas.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, has been named the new editor of the Presidential Briefings book series, published by Transaction Books. The books in the series provide concise and readable introductions to topics of general interest to students of the presidency. By approaching their subjects from the vantage point of what a president most needs to know, and what we most need to know about the presidency, each book provides a highly practical overview of an important subject. The first book in the series will be published this summer.