Bonni C. Hodges
Bonni C. Hodges, Health Department, was reappointed to the Research and Publications Committee of the American School Health Association. She was named chair of the “Promoting Research Translation” sub-committee.
Jennifer Olin
Jennifer Olin, University Police Department, was named a 2014 Recognition Award recipient by the New York State STOP-DWI Foundation and Mothers Against Drunk Driving New York State (MADD). Olin is trained in traffic safety related courses to recognize the effects of alcohol and drugs on the human body and in operational procedures, including Drug Recognition Expert, Breath Analysis Operator and Standard Field Sobriety Test. Also, she is on the State of New York Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee Program – Police Traffic Services. She was nominated as a dedicated officer who has had success in reducing impaired driving her community.
Rhiannon Maton
Rhiannon Maton, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, had her book chapter titled “The Chicago Teachers Union as Counterhegemony: Organized Resistance During COVID-19” published in the Routledge book, Progressive Neoliberalism in Education: Critical Perspectives on Manifestations and Resistance. This essay considers the Chicago Teachers Union’s response to school district policy during Covid-19 as a case study for mapping the contours and mechanisms of counterhegemonic resistance by educators' unions to advanced neoliberalism.
Lin Lin
Lin Lin, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, was invited to present “Small Island, Global Issues” at the Going Global: Leveraging Resources for International Education Conference hosted by South Asia and Southeast Asia Programs at Cornell University. The conference was held March 10 at Tompkins Cortland Community College. The presentation is based on her January two-week study tour as a Global Learning Fellow, a program sponsored by Department of Education Title VI funding for the internationalization projects of the teacher education faculty in regional teacher education programs.
Alexander G. Gonzalez
Alexander G. Gonzalez, English Department, had his scholarly article, “Eavan Boland’s ‘The Glass King’ and R.G.Collingwood’s Theory of Art,” published in South Atlantic Review after many delays.
Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, has learned that his book manuscript, Queer Experimental Literature: The Affective Politics of Bad Reading, is now under contract with Palgrave Macmillan for the Palgrave Studies in Affect Theory and Literary Criticism Series. It is edited by Adam Frank and Joel Faflak.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of a book chapter titled, “Clinton and Gun Control: Boon or Bane?” in a new book, A True Third Way? Domestic Policy and the Presidency of William Jefferson Clinton, published by Nova Publishers.
Laura Davies
Laura Davies, English Department, presented “Real-World Scientific Research” at the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention on Nov. 20 in Minneapolis, Minn. She was on a panel titled “Sites of Science Literacy Education at the Elementary, Secondary, and College Level.”
Madeline Orr
Madeline Orr, Sport Management Department, was recognized by Forbes as one of the top 30 under 30 in the sports category for being one of the first researchers to dive into the impact of climate change on sports.
Jo-Ann Maclean
Jo-Ann Maclean, Admissions Office, recently completed the Administrative Skills Certificate Program (ASCP) offered through the NYS & CSEA Partnership for Education and Training. The 25-hour ASCP was completed over the course of several months and is designed around critical job-related knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for clerical, secretarial and paraprofessional administrative employees to succeed in their careers.