Jim Hokanson and Yomee Lee and Gary Babjack
Jim Hokanson and Yomee Lee, Kinesiology Department, and Gary Babjack, Athletics Department, recently had their manuscript, “Effect of Carbohydrate Ingestion on Blood Glucose Concentration and Women’s Gymnastics Performance,” published in the International Journal of Human Movement Science. The manuscript was co-authored by former exercise science graduate student and assistant gymnastics coach Trisha (Zappala) Rebrovich ’03 exercise science, ’05 MS, exercise science.
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, had her recent book Tongzhi Living (University of Minnesota Press, 2015) named an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice in 2016 for its excellence in scholarship and presentation, the significance of its contribution to the field and value as important treatment of the subject.
Lin Lin
Lin Lin, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, was a presenter at the annual National Council for the Social Studies Conference on Nov. 17 and 18 in San Francisco, Calif. She presented “Reading Globally: Promoting Pre-service Teachers’ Global and Cross-Cultural Understanding” and co-presented “Engaging Elementary Children in Community-based PBL - Project-Based Learning - in Chinese Elementary Schools” with Dr. Yali Zhao from Georgia State University. Also, Lin presented “Promoting Teacher Candidates’ Global Perspectives” on Nov. 8 at Cornell University as part of the “Global Voices in Education” series. She has been a Global Learning Fellow with the Southeast Asian Studies and South Asian Studies Centers at Cornell University.
Laura J. Davies
Laura J. Davies, English Department, presented a paper at the Council of Writing Program Administrators Annual Conference in July in Boise, Idaho.
Szilvia Kadas and Eric Edlund
Szilvia Kadas, Art and Art History Department, and Eric Edlund, Physics Department, recently had their paper titled “A multidisciplinary collaboration between graphic design and physics classes responding to COVID-19” published in the Journal of Scholarship of Engagement (JoSE).
Greg Phelan
Greg Phelan, Chemistry Department, visited St. Mary’s School in Cortland on April 26 as part of the National Science Foundation-funded SUNY Cortland Noyce Project. He conducted chemistry experiments with the pre-K class. Twenty-one four- and five-year-olds participated in hands-on experiments to learn about phases of matter, vinegar and baking soda chemistry and cooking. Afterwards, the children “chewed on” the connection between the experiments and everyday life by eating Irish soda bread, which has visible bubbles and cavities.
Dennis L.C. Weng
Dennis L.C. Weng, Political Science Department, presented “Party Nomination Strategies in Taiwan’s Mixed Electoral System” at the Taiwan in the Realm of East Asia Conference on Oct. 22 at Wake Forest University, N.C.
John C. Hartsock
John C. Hartsock, Communication Studies Department, has been asked to serve as a reviewer this fall for Fulbright scholarship applicants from Russia for the 2015-16 academic year. The candidates would conduct research and teach in the United States in the area of journalism. Hartsock was a Fulbright scholar in journalism in Ukraine in 1993 at Taras Shevchenko Kiev State University in Kiev.
In other news, Hartsock stepped down at the end of May after five years as the editor of the peer-reviewed scholarly journal Literary Journalism Studies. The official journal of the International Association for Literary Journalism Studies, it was founded by Hartsock starting with the Spring 2009 issue. The journal is published biannually. Under Hartsock’s editorship, the journal established the first bibliography in its subject field and is now listed in the MLA International Bibliography. It is also listed with Ebscohost. Bill Reynolds, director of the graduate program in journalism at Ryerson University in Toronto, has been selected as Hartsock’s successor.
Thomas Hischak
Thomas Hischak, professor emeritus of theatre, had the second edition of his textbook, Theatre as Human Action: An Introduction to the Theatre, released by Rowman & Littlefield in March.
Joseph Anthony
Joseph Anthony, Political Science Department, received funding from the Bipartisan Policy Center. The grant is for “Cultivating Resilience in Election Administration by Impacting the Policy Landscape,” and will assess the impact of election policies passed since 2016 on local election officials and examine the roles of local election officials and their state professional associations in policymaking.
Advised by the Election Workforce Advisory Council, Anthony’s is one of nine projects that will investigate a variety of challenges facing the elections workforce including turnover, emerging technologies, funding, public trust, ethics, state policy, diversity and threats against election workers. The findings will build an important empirical foundation for long-term, evidence-based solutions to election workforce challenges and final research reports will be published in late 2024 and early 2025.
The Election Workforce Advisory Council is a joint project of the Bipartisan Policy Center and The Elections Group. The council brings together election administrators, academics, experts, and industry representatives to develop and implement best practices to improve recruitment, retention and training in election administration.
The grant program is supported by the Election Trust Initiative, a nonpartisan grant-making organization working to strengthen the field of election administration, guided by the principle that America’s election systems must be secure, transparent, accurate and convenient.