Karen Downey
Karen Downey, Chemistry Department, and Joshua Eller ’14, had their article titled “Computational assessment of electron density in metallo-organic nickel pincer complexes for formation of P-C bonds” published in volume 36, issue 26 of the Journal of Computational Chemistry. The article reports on research they conducted during Eller’s senior year. Current senior Matt Ellis ’16 is advancing the work further, under the advisement of Downey.
Ben Lovett and Karen Davis
Ben Lovett and Karen Davis, Psychology Department, had an article accepted for publication in the journal Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. Their article argues that certain techniques from forensic psychology can improve the accuracy of adult ADHD assessments, helping to reduce misdiagnosis.
Carrie E. Rood
Carrie E. Rood, Foundations and Social Advocacy, recently co-authored an article titled "Promoting Access Through Segregation: The Emergence of the “Prioritized Curriculum” Class” that was published in Teachers College Record, Volume 118, Issue 14.
Henry Steck
Henry Steck, Political Science Department, delivered the keynote address at the 69th annual conference of the New York State Political Science Association held April 10-11 at State University of New York College at Plattsburgh. The title of his presentation was “Teaching Students About Democracy.” He also presented on a panel: “Diverse Perspectives on Democracy: Suggestions for a Syllabus.”
Christina Knopf
Christina Knopf, Communication and Media Studies Department, appeared on the podcast/vidcast “SciFiGangstas” on March 21, with scholars from Georgia State University, University of Calgary and University of Oklahoma to discuss the transmediation and enduring popularity of the villain Joker from “Batman.”
Jen Drake
Jen Drake, The Learning Center, is co-founder and interim director of the Sharing Technology and Academic Resources-New York (STAR-NY) Consortium. She has been invited to present at the 2021 Association of Colleges for Tutoring and Learning Assistance virtual conference. Her session, Building an Online Tutoring Consortium from the Ground Up: Development of the STAR-NY Consortium, will take place at 9 a.m. on Friday, April 23.
John Suarez
John Suarez, Institute for Civic Engagement and coordinator for the Service-Learning Office, learned that the appendix of the SUNY Faculty Senate’s upcoming report on service-learning in the SUNY system will include a sample service-learning reflection assignment from SUNY Cortland’s Service-Learning Manual. The manual, written by Suarez in 2014 for SUNY Cortland faculty, can be found online.
Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, had his article, “Sexual Disorientation: Queer Narratology and Affect Plots in New Narrative,” published in July in Textual Practice.
Kati Ahern
Kati Ahern, English Department in Professional Writing and Rhetoric, had her book chapter, “Soundscapes: Rhetorical Entwinements for Composing Sound in Four Dimensions,” published by Intermezzo in an ebook called Tuning in to Soundwriting.
David A. Kilpatrick
David A. Kilpatrick, professor emeritus of psychology, presented an invited address at University of California, Los Angeles at the International Dyslexia Association–Los Angeles Branch on Saturday, March 5. His topic was “Boosting Reading Skills in Struggling Readers.” This trip provided Kilpatrick ’82 and his wife Andrea Belaskas Kilpatrick '83 with the opportunity to spend an evening with David’s Cortland roommate Timothy Shanahan ’83, a professor of philosophy of science at Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles.