Jeremy Jiménez
Jeremy Jiménez, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, recently contributed a chapter titled “‘I Need to Hear a Good Ending:’ How Students Cope with Historical Violence” in the forthcoming book Teaching and Learning the Difficult Past: Comparative Perspectives.
Kevin Dames
Kevin Dames, Kinesiology Department, recently coauthored a paper with graduate student Jennifer Kraft MS ’19, Connor Lewis ’20, Ryan Fiddler, who is a former kinesiology faculty member, and Jacqueline Augustine, Kinesiology Department. The paper is titled Bodyweight support alters the relationship between preferred walking speed and cost of transport. We demonstrated that the self-selected walking speed with bodyweight support does not correspond to the speed which elicits the lowest cost of transport. These findings have implications for clinical populations (e.g., obese, elderly) who may benefit from walking on a bodyweight supporting treadmill but may select speeds incompatible with their physical activity goals.
Terrence D. Fitzgerald
Terrence D. Fitzgerald, Biological Sciences Department, is the author of a research paper titled “Colonies of the Eastern Tent Caterpillar Malacosoma americanum (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) Abandon Trails to Depleted Feeding Sites and Follow the Most Direct and Shortest Pathways Between their Tent and Food-Finds” appearing in the current issue of the Journal of Insect Behavior.
Gregory D. Phelan
Gregory D. Phelan, Chemistry Department, was featured in the Sept. 14 issue of the journal Science in an article titled “Finding Balance: The Professor/Entrepreneur,” by Alaina Levine. The article includes a photo of Phelan as well as numerous direct quotes.
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, was invited by Oberlin College, Ohio, to deliver a campus-wide talk on April 4 on her book Tongzhi Living: Men Attracted to Men in Postsocialist China.
Melissa A. Morris
Melissa A. Morris, Physics Department, recently gave two invited talks. On Nov. 2, she spoke at the University of Rochester and, on Nov. 7, at the annual meeting of the Astronomical Society of New York, held at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article titled, “Libya and Iraq: A Stop and Think Moment,” that appeared on The Huffington Post (www.huffingtonpost.com) beginning on Oct. 24. Spitzer is a regular contributor to Huffington.
Mary Gfeller and Noyce Scholar Morgan Barnett
Mary Gfeller, Mathematics Department, and SUNY Cortland Noyce Scholar Morgan Barnett, presented the workshop session “Creating Successful Tiered Lessons for the Mathematics Classroom” on Oct. 15 at the Noyce Northeast Regional Conference in Philadelphia, Pa. Using Marian Small’s book, More Good Questions, participants examined the process of creating parallel mathematics tasks in tiered lessons for diverse learners. Gfeller and Barnett shared their own experiences using tiered lessons, including how to overcome the most common problems teachers may encounter. Participants had the opportunity to brainstorm and share their ideas on how to differentiate with less difficulty and greater success.
Brian Barrett
Brian Barrett, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, served as a guest editor for the most recent issue of The Curriculum Journal. He contributed two articles to the issue: “After the Knowledge Turn? Politics and Pedagogy,” with co-authors Ursula Hoadley, Alka Sehgal Cuthbert and John Morgan, and “An Engaging Pedagogy for an Academic Curriculum,” with Elizabeth Rata and Graham McPhail.
Jennifer Wilson
Jennifer Wilson, Communications Office, will be inducted into the State University of New York Council for University Affairs and Development (SUNYCUAD) Hall of Fame Class of 2018 on June 7 during the organization’s annual conference in Syracuse, N.Y. She and fellow honoree Nancy Prott of Upstate Medical University co-chaired the conference corporate sponsorship committee for five consecutive conferences through 2016, raising support and serving as sponsor liaisons for conferences in Syracuse, Farmingdale, Lake Placid, Rochester and Cooperstown. Each year, the SUNYCUAD Board of Directors adds up to two new Hall of Fame members who have distinguished themselves, their institutions and the State University by their significant contributions to the organization and its mission of service and education. Each honoree has his or her name added to a permanent plaque housed at the State University headquarters in Albany.