Peter M. McGinnis
Peter M. McGinnis, Kinesiology Department, was inducted into the third class of the Swarthmore College Garnet Athletics Hall of Fame on Oct. 31. A multi-sport athlete at the college, McGinnis, who graduated in 1976, excelled as a pole vaulter on Swarthmore’s outdoor track and field team. He became Swarthmore’s first track and field All-American by placing fifth at the 1975 NCAA Championships. At the Penn Relays in 1976, McGinnis set the still-existing college outdoor pole vault record of 15 feet. Now a leading expert in the field, McGinnis has been an adviser to USA Track & Field for more than 30 years, providing scientific services to elite U.S. pole vaulters and their coaches to prepare them for the Olympic Games, IAAF World Championships and other competitions. As pole vault coach at SUNY Cortland, McGinnis has mentored two NCAA pole vault champions.
Ben E. Wodi
Ben E. Wodi, Health Department, had the preliminary edition of his book, International Health and Culture, published by Kendall-Hunt. The book was coauthored by Kassim Kone, Sociology/Anthropology Department.
Greg Sharer
Greg Sharer, vice president of student affairs, was a panelist at the 2019 NASPA Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education Conference in Los Angeles, Calif. The panel consisted of selected authors of the recently published book, Crisis, Compassion, and Resiliency in Student Affairs: Using Triage Practices to Foster Well-Being. NASPA is the acronym for the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators.
Nance S. Wilson
Nance S. Wilson, Literacy Department, co-authored a book chapter, “Avid Readers in High School: Are they Reading for Pleasure?” that appears in Teaching Adolescent Literature Today, a book edited by J. A. Hayn and J. S. Kaplan to be published in November by Rowman and Littlefield. Also, Wilson presented “Beyond Questioning: Progress Monitoring Comprehension,” at the New York State Middle School Association Annual Conference held in October in Watkins Glen, N.Y.
Kevin Dames
Kevin Dames, Kinesiology Department, co-authored an article, “Averaging Trials Versus Averaging Trial Peaks: Impact on Statistical Tests,” that was accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied Biomechanics. The paper addressed the methodological issue in biomechanics of how to select peaks from time series data. The authors demonstrated, through experimental data and phase shifted sine waves, that peaks are significantly underestimated when selected from an average profile.
Tadayuki Suzuki
Tadayuki Suzuki, Literacy Department, presented “Still Missing: How Should Teacher Educators Include LGBT Family-themed Picture Books in Curricula for Primary Grades?” at the National Association for Multicultural Education’s annual conference on Nov. 14 in Tucson, Ariz.
Caroline Kaltefleiter
Caroline Kaltefleiter, Communication and Media Studies Department, has been awarded a Community News Champion Fellowship Grant from the University of Vermont. She is one of 33 fellows representing 21 different states. Her grant focuses on expanding the production of radio programs/podcasts at local audiences. She will serve as the executive producer and host of a new public affairs show that will feature local officials, along with area journalists and student reporters across campus media. The program will be aired on WSUC-FM and will be archived as a podcast and available on various streaming sites.
Eileen Gilroy and Jill Toftegaard
Eileen Gilroy and Jill Toftegaard, Communication Disorders and Sciences Department, presented a poster co-authored by Timothy Davis and Catherine MacDonald, Physical Education Department, at the annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention on Nov. 16 in Boston, Mass. The poster, “Interprofessional Education (IPE) in Clinical Training,” highlighted the ongoing collaboration between graduate speech pathology clinicians and undergraduate adapted physical education students.
In 2015, ASHA established a strategic objective to advance IPE within the professions of speech-language pathology and audiology. With these changes, IPE is being incorporated not only into clinical practice and continuing education programs, but into student curriculum and training as well. The presentation was well attended and inspired other clinical training programs to talk about developing similar programs.
Kevin Dames
Kevin Dames, Kinesiology Department, and alumna Megan Wagner ’18, had an article published in Journal of Sport Rehabilitation. Wagner and her faculty mentor, Dames, completed this project with support from an Undergraduate Research Council Summer Research Fellowship. Wagner is currently pursuing a doctorate in physical therapy at D’Youville College in Buffalo, N.Y.
Szilvia Kadas
Szilvia Kadas, Art and Art History Department, has 34 of her illustrations and designs on display from Feb. 4 to Feb. 24 at M. Gallery, Marczibanyi Cultural Center, Budapest, Hungary. Kadas’s solo show is titled “The Natural Environment and People.”