Christopher D. Gascón
Christopher D. Gascón, Modern Languages Department, will have his review article published in the spring issue of the journal Comedia Performance in March. Written in collaboration with colleague Laura Vidler, U.S. Military Academy, the article reviews and analyzes four plays from the Spanish Golden Age staged at Repertorio Español in New York City last summer.
Richard Kendrick
Richard Kendrick, Institute for Civic Engagement and Sociology/Anthropology Department, presented “Where Are Our ‘Habits of the Heart’?” at a conference titled “Making the Middle East and North Africa Region a Burgeoning Democracy,” held Feb. 25 to 29 in Marrakech, Morocco. Also, he co-led a two-day training session, with Julia Ganson of Syracuse University, on civic education and civic engagement for Moroccan higher education faculty and students. The conference and training were organized by the North-South Center for Social Sciences and sponsored by the Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund.
Kate Polasek
Kate Polasek, Kinesiology Department, recently had her article “Friendship Formation among Professional Male Dancers” published in Dance and Gender: An Evidence-Based Approach.
Kim Wieczorek
Kim Wieczorek, Childhood/Early Childhood Department, attended the Association of Teacher Educators' conference in Atlanta in February as a representative to the Council for Unit Presidents and to the Delegate Assembly in her role as president of the New York State Association of Teacher Educators. At the conference, she presented a roundtable titled “Press Play and Repeat: Identifying and Documenting a Repertoire of Skills and Dispositions for Preservice Candidates in a Professional Development School Context.”
Rhiannon Maton
Rhiannon Maton, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, had her article published in French in the Revue Internationale d’Education de Sevres. The article, Social justice unionism and K-12 educator union transformation in the United States of America / Vers un syndicalisme de justice sociale dans l’enseignement obligatoire aux États-Unis (French translation by Sylvaine Herold), discusses methods of union transformation, the range of issues and tactics driving such efforts, and more generally highlights how shifts toward social justice unionism has led to enhanced militancy amongst U.S. educator unions.
Mechthild Nagel
Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy and Africana Studies departments and Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies, is serving as a visitor at the Max Planck Institute for Ethnic and Religious Diversity in Goettingen, Germany during the spring semester.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, spoke on “The Second Amendment and the Hidden History of Gun Laws,” at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, on Nov. 20. The talk was sponsored by the school’s Institute for Legislative Studies.
Thomas S. Hischak
Thomas S. Hischak, Performing Arts Department, has signed a contract with McFarland Publishers to write the nonfiction book American Literature on Stage and Screen about 19th and 20th century American fiction that has been adapted for the theatre, film and television. McFarland recently released Hischak’s Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary about all performers who did voices for every Disney animated short and feature film from “Steamboat Willie” (1928) to “Tangled” (2010).
Diane Craft
Diane Craft, Physical Education Department, was an invited presenter at the China Research Center on Sports for Persons with Disabilities Forum at the Beijing Sports University. She gave two lectures on inclusive physical activities with young children with disabilities on Oct. 28 and 29.
Scott Anderson
Scott Anderson, professor emeritus of geography, had his latest book, Pricing the Land: The Buying and Selling of Frontier New York and the Cayuga Reservation, published by Cornell University Press over summer 2024. Building upon his service as expert witness in the Cayuga Land Claim trials of 1999-2001, Anderson traces the history of land sales in the territory on the northern side of Cayuga Lake. Although the Cayuga Nation was awarded $247.9 million in compensation, the award was overturned in 2005. He concludes Pricing the Land with a conservative land valuation estimate entitling the Cayuga to twice the original judgement amount. The book has received positive review and praise from scholars of New York’s land use history.