Alexis Blavos
Alexis Blavos, Health Department, recently was elected deputy coordinator for the Coalition of National Health Education Organizations for a term that extends to 2021.
Kathleen Lawrence
Kathleen Lawrence, Communication Studies Department, had her paper, “Get It While It’s Hot: A Rhetorical Examination of The Use of Female Images to Pimp Beauty, Sexuality and Vulnerability as Commodities in Contemporary American Advertising,” competitively selected for presentation at the national American Popular Culture Association Annual Conference held in April in Boston, Mass. Lawrence used stylistic tropes to examine and identify a variety of images incorporated into print advertisements to suggest overt sexuality and promiscuity. Other images offer beauty products aimed at exacerbating the viewer’s sense of vulnerability and inadequacy. Lawrence focused her rhetorical analysis on the combination of pressures inherent in an emphasis on purity while stressing the desired expectation of blatant sexuality from women. In addition, she illustrated the paradoxical dilemma created for contemporary female consumers and argued that this practice can create a backlash effect.
Susan J. Rayl
Susan J. Rayl, Kinesiology Department, presented “The Right to Pursue Arete’” at 4th Annual Athletes and Social Change Forum, April 8-9. Regularly held at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Ky., the forum was conducted online in order to accommodate the schedules of the participants. Participants discussed topics directly and indirectly related to an International Bill of Rights for Athletes.
Christa Chatfield
Christa Chatfield, Biological Sciences Department, had a paper accepted for publication in the December issue of the Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education. “A Multi-Unit Project for Building Scientific Confidence via Authentic Research in Identification of Environmental Bacterial Isolates” is about integrating authentic scientific methods and research questions into a microbiology lab course that she teaches at SUNY Cortland. The journal is published by the American Society for Microbiology.
Kenneth A. Cohen
Kenneth A. Cohen, Recreation, Parks and Leisure Studies Department, was featured in WalletHub's recent study, “2022’s Best & Worst Cities for Recreation.” The article by Adam McCann, financial writer, was published July 5.
Thomas Hischak
Thomas Hischak, Performing Arts Department, signed a contract with publisher Rowman & Littlefield to write the Jerome Kern Encyclopedia, covering the life, stage musicals, movie musicals, songs and collaborators of the pioneer American theatre composer Kern. The book is a follow-up of sorts to Hischak’s The Rodgers and Hammerstein Encyclopedia (2006).
Lisa Kahle
Lisa Kahle, Campus Technology Services, completed a week-long intensive leadership program, from June 12 to 17. The Leading Change Institute Program is described as engaging leaders who seek to further develop their skills for the benefit of higher education. More information on the application and selection process as well as the program can be found on the Leading Change Institute website.
Kathryn Kramer
Kathryn Kramer, Art and Art History Department, will have her report on the exhibition “The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell Revisited by Contemporary African Artists,” published in the November/December issue of Afterimage: Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism. The exhibition runs through Nov. 1 at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article titled, “What's Behind NRA TV's Grotesque Take on ‘Thomas & Friends’,” posted Sept. 14 on the CNN.com website. The article examines the political agenda and tactics behind NRA TV’s depiction of a cartoon character in Ku Klux Klan garb.
Mark Dodds
Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, was elected president of the Sport and Recreation Law Association.