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Amanda Wasson

Investigator Amanda Wasson, University Police Department, gave a lecture on Jan. 3 at Ithaca College regarding Fair and Impartial Policing. The lecture was provided to the Ithaca College campus police, public safety and emergency management personnel. The Fair & Impartial Policing® (FIP) training program applies the modern science of bias to policing; it trains officers on the effect of implicit bias and gives them the information and skills they need to reduce and manage their biases.

Tyler Bradway

Tyler Bradway, English Department, wrote a review of Dead Letters Sent: Queer Literary Transmission by Kevin Ohi, which was published in the January issue of Journal of the History of Sexuality.

Kati Ahern

Kati Ahern, English Department, had a short fiction piece, “At My Job I Work the Robotic Arms,” published in the journal Fractured Literary as one of the 2023 Anthology Prize winners. Also, her short fiction piece “Extrusions” was published Oct. 1 in Liminal Spaces Magazine (LMNL SPCS).

Bonni C. Hodges

Bonni C. Hodges, Health Department, was an invited presenter at the SOPHE/CDC Institute for Higher Education (IHE) Academy, held March 20 and 21 in Atlanta, Ga. The IHE Academy works with teams from professional preparation programs across the country on refining and updating curricula and skills, so their programs provide their students with the most current essential tools required to teach health and physical education with a focus on health education teacher preparation.

            Also, Hodges presented a poster on Educational Support Professionals: “Hidden Assets in Plain Sight” at the annual conference of the Society for Public Health Education held March 21 to 24 in Atlanta.

Denise D. Knight and Noralyn Masselink

Denise D. Knight and Noralyn Masselink, English, have had their article, "A Plea for Honest Grades," accepted for publication in the Fall 2009 issue of Focus on Teacher Education.

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.

C. Ashley Ellefson

C. Ashley Ellefson, professor emeritus of history, announced that in October his manuscript, "Seven Hangmen of Colonial Maryland," was added to the Archives of Maryland Online, the Web site of the Maryland State Archives in Annapolis, Md. Included with the manuscript are 71 charts that Ellefson began working on in the 1960s and that include the 477 executions, including one burning, possibly alive, pardons, reprieves, gibbetings and quarterings that he has found in Maryland, mostly from 1726 through 1775.

Robert Spitzer

Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, has been appointed to serve as a member of the Cortland City Planning Commission. His appointment was approved by the City Council in November.

Ellen Paterson

Ellen Paterson, Library, has a book review of Dying To Please: Anorexia, Treatment, and Recovery, by Avis Rumney, 2nd ed., McFarland, 2009, published in the December 2009 issue of CHOICE.

Henry Steck

Henry Steck, Political Science Department, recently attended the annual conference of the Alliance of Universities for Democracy held at Uludag University in Bursa, Turkey. He presented "Campaigning in Poetry - Governing in Prose: Reflections on President Obama's First Months."