Casey Hickey, Jennifer Kronenbitter and Hailey Ruoff
Casey Hickey, Campus Technology Services; Jennifer Kronenbitter, Library; and Hailey Ruoff, Library, Instructional Technologies and Design Services; presented at the Wizard 2012 held Nov. 13 in Syracuse, N.Y. Their presentation focused on the streaming media project that converted the library’s video collection into a streaming format. Wizard conferences are geared toward the SUNY technical community in order to address current information technology-related issues important to SUNY. The attendees represent the full range of SUNY campuses and university-wide programs that include IT professionals at every level.
Gretchen Herrmann
Gretchen Herrmann, Library, has just published her article “Machiavelli Meets Christmas: The White Elephant Gift Exchange and the Holiday Spirit” in the December issue of the Journal of Popular Culture. The article analyzes the popular holiday game that involves stealing gifts as an inversion of the values and practices of giving that are highlighted in the holiday season.
Kati Ahern
Kati Ahern, English Department in Professional Writing and Rhetoric, had an article “Soundscaping Learning Spaces: Online Synchronicity and Composing Multiple Sonic Worlds” published for a special issue on learning spaces in Postdigital Science and Education.
Carolyn Bershad
Carolyn Bershad, Counseling and Student Development, presented “AUCCCD Annual Survey: Scope, Trends and Current Applications” with David Reetz at the 67th annual conference of the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors (AUCCCD) on Oct. 24 in Tampa, Fla.
Nancy Kane
Nancy Kane, Performing Arts Department, was a featured speaker at TEDx Cortland, an independent TED event held on Nov. 9 in Cortland. Her topic was “Traditional Dance in a Digital Era: Contra Dance.”
Craig Foster
Craig Foster, Psychology Department, had his article about his Psychology of Pseudoscience class published Jan. 24 in The Conversation. Titled “Lots of people believe in Bigfoot and other pseudoscience claims – this course examines why,” it ran as part of the publication’s Uncommon Courses section. SUNY Cortland published “Psychology class considers pseudoscience” in the Dec. 7 issue of The Bulletin.
Mechthild Nagel
Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy Department and the Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies (CGIS), presented her official talk as research fellow at the Institute of Philosophy – Czech Academy of Sciences, Department of Contemporary Continental Philosophy. The talk, presented in February, was titled “Between Ressentiment and Forgiveness: Transitional Justice in Rwanda and South Africa.”
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, delivered a keynote speech at the International SCON Summit on HIV/AIDS on Nov. 12 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Kathleen A. Lawrence
Kathleen A. Lawrence, Communication Studies Department, had her poem titled “I Was a Carvel Soft Serve Queen” appear in the “My First Job” series at Silver Birch Press on June 22. Also, two of her poems were published in the debut issue of Scryptic Magazine on June 19. They are titled “Shadow Beach” and “Walking the Graveyard of My Poems.” Her two poems titled “Adding Machines” and “Lab Test” were published in Lemon Quarterly on April 8.
Frederic Pierce
Frederic Pierce, Communications Office, learned that his team won a SUNY Council for University Advancement (SUNYCUAD) Best of Category award in the category of Excellence in Marketing and Communications on a Budget – Special Events (Series). The award recognizes the College’s use of the alumni magazine, Columns, as a marketing vehicle and will be presented at the annual SUNYCUAD conference set for June 12 to 14 in Saratoga, N.Y.