Susan J. Rayl
Susan J. Rayl, Kinesiology Department, presented a paper titled “Schizophrenia and Elite Athletes: The Struggles of Kamara James” at the Center for Sociocultural Sport and Olympic Research (CSSOR) Second Annual Conference held March 15-16 at California State University, Fullerton. Kamara James was a competitor, who suffered from schizophrenia, in the Women’s Epee event in Fencing at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. A new international conference, CSSOR attracted participants from several countries, including Germany, Brazil, France, China, Canada, Australia and the United States.
Nance Wilson
Nance Wilson, Literacy Department, presented “Teacher Candidates: Teaching and Learning with Technology to Improve Literacy Skills and Practices” at the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers Annual conference held in November in Costa Mesa, Calif. Also, Wilson co-authored an article titled “Reading, Writing and the Common Core Standards,” that was published in the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) Magazine.
Heather Bridge, M. Lorraine Melita and Patricia Roiger
Heather Bridge, Assistant Professor Emerita of Childhood/Early Childhood Education, M. Lorraine Melita, librarian emerita and Patricia Roiger, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, co-authored an Open SUNY Textbook titled The ELC: An Early Childhood Learning Community at Work.
The book compiles six case studies from a practicum model designed and coordinated by the authors at SUNY Cortland in which action research approaches were applied to teaching challenges in early childhood classrooms. Appropriate for practiced educators as well as educators in training, this text provides a real-world look into applying Learning Standards in early childhood classrooms.
The ELC: An Early Childhood Learning Community at Work can be downloaded as a PDF and an eBook and read online at https://textbooks.opensuny.org/the-elc-an-early-childhood-learning-community-at-work/
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of a chapter titled, “Hot Button Issues in the Presidential Campaign: 47 Percent Yes, Guns No?” for the book, Winning the Presidency 2012, recently published by Paradigm Publishers.
Jordan Kobritz
Jordan Kobritz, Sport Management Department, presented at the 27th Annual Sport and Recreation Law Association Conference held Feb. 26-March 1 in Orlando, Fla. With Douglas Manning from Eastern New Mexico University, he discussed “Royal Pain: Hot Dog Throwing Mascot in Kansas City.” Kobritz and Jeffrey Levine, from University of Louisville, presented “NFL Concussion Lawsuit Settlement: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.”
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of the new fifth edition of The Politics of Gun Control. Published by Paradigm Publishers, the book is widely recognized as the standard work on the subject.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, gave a talk on, “Is Gun Control Un-American or at Least Unconstitutional?” at Temple Concord in Syracuse, N.Y., on Oct. 14 as part of the temple’s scholars series. On Oct. 25, Spitzer presented “The American Gun Debate is Under Water” at the TEDxCortland Conference held at Tinelli’s Hathaway House in Cincinnatus, N.Y.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, has been named the new editor of the Presidential Briefings book series, published by Transaction Books. The books in the series provide concise and readable introductions to topics of general interest to students of the presidency. By approaching their subjects from the vantage point of what a president most needs to know, and what we most need to know about the presidency, each book provides a highly practical overview of an important subject. The first book in the series will be published this summer.
Sonia Sharma
Sonia Sharma, Mathematics Department, presented at the American Mathematical Society (AMS) Contributed Session on “C*-algebras and Analysis” at the annual Joint Mathematical Meeting held in January in Baltimore, Md.
Kate McCormick
Kate McCormick, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, co-authored an article published in the Journal of Research in Childhood Education titled, “Early childhood professional well-being as a predictor of risk of turnover in child care: A matter of quality.” The article describes the relationship between early childhood educator’s risk of leaving their positions and their sense of well-being.