Lisa Czirr, Jenifer Sigafoes Phelan and Maria McLane
Lisa Czirr, Jenifer Sigafoes Phelan and Maria McLane, Memorial Library, presented “The Flowers of Tomorrow Are in the Seeds of Today: Planting Seeds of Diversity in Your Library’s Collection So They’ll Bloom in Your Campus Community” at the SUNYLA 2021 (Virtual) annual conference held June 16 to 18. The conference theme was “From Seeds to Service: Growing the New Academic Library.” Their session showcased a guide for diverse classroom resources, discussing the background and process for building it, as well as current and future uses.
Erin Morris
Erin Morris, Sport Management Department, participated on a panel on “Striving for Equality: The LGBTQ experience in Sport” at A Catalyst for the Cause: Fostering Greater Equity in Sport, a conference hosted by Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business.
Celeste McNamara
Celeste McNamara, History Department, organized and chaired a panel on “New Approaches to Catholic Reform” at the annual meeting of the Renaissance Society of America in Toronto. The panel highlighted the work of scholars working in history and art history who are bringing innovative methods and exploring new sources to provide new interpretations of 16th-17th century Catholicism.
John Foley
John Foley, Physical Education Department, was selected as a board member for the prestigious journal Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly.
Peter Ducey
Peter Ducey, Biological Sciences Department, co-authored the presentation “Predator-Prey Relationships Between Streamside Salamanders and Earthworm Communities Inhabiting the Riparian Zone” recently given by lead author and Cortland alumna Rebecca Forrest Pinder ’02 at the 10th International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology held in Athens, Ga., in June. Pinder has recently completed her Ph.D. at University at Albany in ecology and evolutionary biology and is currently a faculty member at Columbia-Greene Community College. The presentation was part of a broader study investigating the influences of non-native earthworms on biotic and abiotic components of stream ecosystems.
Tadayuki Suzuki
Tadayuki Suzuki, Literacy Department, had a blog articled titled “Reading When Aidan Became a Brother with elementary students” published by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) in July. Also, he co-authored the article “Children’s Book Reviews: “Less-known” Award Winning Books,” which was published in the combined Fall 2019-Spring 2020 issue of The Dragon Lode, a journal published by the Children's Literature and Reading Special Interest Group of the International Reading Association.
Susan Rayl
Susan Rayl, Kinesiology Department, organized a three-article forum on basketball, “Excellence in Basketball On and Off the Court,” for the Spring 2011 issue of The Journal of Sport History, a peer-reviewed journal. Her article, “‘Holding Court’: The Real Renaissance Contribution of John Isaacs” was the first of the three articles. The two other articles provided poignant biographies of Holcombe Rucker and Charlotte Lewis. Rayl also wrote the introduction to the forum, “Three People, Three Journeys, Three Legacies.”
Susan Rayl
Susan Rayl, Kinesiology Department, presented a paper titled “Killing History: The Senseless Death of the Renaissance Ballroom,” at the 44th North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) Annual Convention, held May 27-30 at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Also, she was named co-editor, with Gary James of Manchester Metropolitan University, U.K., of the NASSH bi-annual newsletter.
Jacqueline Augustine
Jacqueline Augustine, Kinesiology Department, recently was a co-author on the manuscript, “Influence of sex and presence of cardiovascular risk factors on relations between cardiorespiratory fitness and cerebrovascular hemodynamics,” published in the Journal of Applied Physiology.
Jacob Wright
Jacob Wright, Career Services, received the Central New York Career Development Association (CNYCDA) Student Success Champion Award at the CNYCDA annual meeting on June 2 in Dundee, N.Y. Wright is a career coach and educator. The award recognizes one professional in a 10-campus consortium for moving the industry of career development forward and promoting individual and group student success through student-centered programming.