Joseph Anthony
Joseph Anthony, Political Science Department, received funding from the Bipartisan Policy Center. The grant is for “Cultivating Resilience in Election Administration by Impacting the Policy Landscape,” and will assess the impact of election policies passed since 2016 on local election officials and examine the roles of local election officials and their state professional associations in policymaking.
Advised by the Election Workforce Advisory Council, Anthony’s is one of nine projects that will investigate a variety of challenges facing the elections workforce including turnover, emerging technologies, funding, public trust, ethics, state policy, diversity and threats against election workers. The findings will build an important empirical foundation for long-term, evidence-based solutions to election workforce challenges and final research reports will be published in late 2024 and early 2025.
The Election Workforce Advisory Council is a joint project of the Bipartisan Policy Center and The Elections Group. The council brings together election administrators, academics, experts, and industry representatives to develop and implement best practices to improve recruitment, retention and training in election administration.
The grant program is supported by the Election Trust Initiative, a nonpartisan grant-making organization working to strengthen the field of election administration, guided by the principle that America’s election systems must be secure, transparent, accurate and convenient.
Daniela Baban Hurrle
Daniela Baban Hurrle, International Programs, gave an invited presentation on Aug. 1 at the national IREX Host Institution Orientation on best practices and tips for hosting Global UGRAD-Pakistan students. Global UGRAD-Pakistan is a U.S. Department of State program administered by International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) that offers undergraduate Pakistani students cultural and academic exchange through non-degree study at a university in the U.S. for a semester. SUNY Cortland is one of only two SUNYs that has been selected to host students in this program. SUNY Cortland has been hosting one to two students every year from this prestigious program since 2017.
Rhiannon Maton
Rhiannon Maton, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, had a coauthored article published in Globalisation, Societies and Education journal. The article, "For Once We’re Asking for MORE Testing": Organisational Infrastructure in the Safe Schools Movement during COVID-19, explores how U.S. educators mobilized a range of organizational structures in their activism and organizing during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Kevin Sheets and Randi Storch
Kevin Sheets and Randi Storch, History Department, were awarded a $190,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support their “Forever Wild: Americans and Their Land in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era” program, which provides professional development for K-12 humanities teachers from across the nation. This is their eighth grant from the NEH since 2012. Their program invites two cohorts of teachers to each spend a week at SUNY Cortland’s Camp Huntington facility on Raquette Lake to develop new understandings of US history and to develop innovative teaching approaches using place-based pedagogies.
Juan Diego Prieto
Juan Diego Prieto, Political Science Department, had a conference paper selected as the winner of the Network for Latin American Political Economy (REPAL) 2023 Best Paper Prize. The paper is titled “State Patching: A Typological Theory with Illustrations from Emergency Social Transfers in Brazil and Colombia.”
Kati Ahern
Kati Ahern, English Department, had a short fiction piece, “At My Job I Work the Robotic Arms,” published in the journal Fractured Literary as one of the 2023 Anthology Prize winners. Also, her short fiction piece “Extrusions” was published Oct. 1 in Liminal Spaces Magazine (LMNL SPCS).
Janet Duncan
Janet Duncan, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, recently returned from Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, where she worked with two nongovernmental organizations, Partnerships for Human Rights (PHR) and Families against Discrimination (FAD). Both groups are working toward supporting individuals with disabilities to improve their educational opportunities and rightful place in society. She visited three institutions that are featured in the PBS series “The Visionaries,” hosted by Sam Waterston, featuring the working of Disability Rights International (DRI). Based on DRI’s work, with input from Duncan, DRI will be making a series of policy presentations to government officials from Georgia in the spring.
Caroline K. Kaltefleiter
Caroline K. Kaltefleiter, Communication and Media Studies Department, presented at the Anarchist Studies Network Conference last fall. The virtual conference was hosted by Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom. The presentation, “Care and Crisis In New York: The Social Situation of Women, Anarcha-Feminism, and Mutual Aid During the COVID-Pandemic” was part of a panel discussion on the rise of mutual aid projects around the world. A follow-up paper will be presented on March 29, 2021 as part of the online Political Science Association UK Conference hosted by Queen’s University Belfast.
Judy Bentley and Janet Duncan
Judy Bentley and Janet Duncan, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, co-edited chapters in the book, Earth, Animal and Disability Liberation: The Rise of the Eco-Ability Movement, recently published by Peter Lang Press, N.Y. Bentley’s chapter discusses toxic environments and transformative technologies, using a Michel Foucault’s framework. Duncan’s chapter examines the concepts of capability and competence, building on Martha Nussbaum’s Capabilities Approach. This edited volume also contains chapters written by Lynn Anderson, Vicki Wilkins and Laurie Penney McGee, faculty from the College’s Recreation, Parks and Leisure Studies Department, featuring their work with the Inclusive Recreation Resource Center. Additionally, Amber George from the Philosophy Department has a chapter on the Disney complex. This critically acclaimed book is the first of its kind to examine the intersectionality of disability rights, animal rights and the environment. Anthony Nocella II, visiting professor at Hamline University, is the first author and was instrumental in securing contributions from leading scholars in these areas.
Lauren Scagnelli '12 M '14
Lauren Scagnelli '12 M '14, Conley Counseling and Wellness Services, presented at the New York State College Health Association Conference on “Combating Food Insecurity on Campus.” The conference was held Wednesday, Nov. 13 and Thursday, Nov. 14 in Utica, N.Y.