Kathleen A. Lawrence
Kathleen A. Lawrence, Communication Studies Department, just received word that her 5-7-5 poem “Fresh Squeezed Juice” was accepted for publication by the online journal Haikuniverse as one of the featured poems on the theme of Valentine's Day. Her triptych poem “Always Blue Cops” was published in the Spring 2018 issue of Rosebud Magazine. Her speculative poem “Cinderella Continued” appeared in Star*Line, Issue 41.1, the print journal of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA). In addition, she recently learned that her poem “Just Rosie,” published in Eye to the Telescope in 2017, has also been nominated for a 2017 Rhysling Award from the SFPA, along with the Pushcart Prize for 2017.
Jaroslava Prihodova
Jaroslava Prihodova, Dowd Gallery, opened her solo exhibition titled “Out of Objectivity,” on view from April 4 to 29 at The Elsie B. Rosefsky Memorial Art Gallery, Binghamton University. The exhibition includes small objects, jewelry and sculptures produced in the last few years. She will deliver her Artist’s Talk among her works at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, April 8.
Kyle Cannon
Kyle Cannon, Campus Activities and Corey Union, attended the National Conference of the Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities, which was held Feb. 15 to 18 at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center in Hershey, Pa. Kyle, in addition to his capacity as advisor to the Student Activities Board delegates, he worked at the conference as an event crew coordinator, leading a group of 28 student volunteers from SUNY Cortland and a number of other colleges and universities who were tasked with assisting session presenters and stamping programs for educational sessions and showcases, handing out conference swag and raffle tickets, and working and setting up the lunch and dinner showcases. In addition, the SUNY Cortland Student Activities Board was bestowed the National Boyd Jones Programming Board of the Year Award for their contributions to the SUNY Cortland campus and the Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities community.
Jeffery Swartwood
Jeffery Swartwood, Psychology Department, recently had his college textbook titled Educational Psychology published by BVT Publishing. The textbook covers traditional topics in the field, but adds a unique interdisciplinary perspective and expanded coverage for special learning needs.
Ben Wodi
Ben Wodi, Health Department, spent four weeks partnering with public health professionals at the University of Port Harcourt and the Rivers State Primary Health Care Management Board in Nigeria to assess the implementation of the United Nation’s 2000 Millennium Development Goals 4, 5 and 6, as well as prospects of achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal 3 for health and wellness throughout the state. Lessons learned will guide programs aimed at reducing morbidity/mortality from preventable diseases in the sub-Saharan nation of Nigeria. As the Principal Investigator, Wodi has established a team in the state that will continue the research initiative.
Kathleen A. Lawrence
Kathleen A. Lawrence, Communication Studies Department, recently learned that her poem “Three’s A Crowd” was accepted for publication in the upcoming anthology Hay(na)ku 15, edited by Eileen R. Tabios and forthcoming from Meritage Press.
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, was invited by Reed College in Oregon to deliver a campus-wide book talk on her book Tongzhi Living: Men Attracted to Men in Postsocialist China and to teach a class on her book Red Lights on Nov. 15.
Kevin B. Sheets
Kevin B. Sheets, History Department, had an article, “Talking Toward Success: In the World of the 19th Century, Social Climbers Used Conversation to Scale the Ladder,” published in the Fall 2022 issue of Forum, the quarterly magazine of Phi Kappa Phi.
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.
Ute Ritz-Deutch
Ute Ritz-Deutch, History Department, had footage from her interview with Jose Sadana included in a Dec. 14 Pacifica radio segment on the impact of elders in prison and COVID, titled “Caging in COVID.” The footage originally aired on Ritz-Deutch’s weekly radio show, the WRFI Human Rights and Social Justice Program. The Pacifica show is part of a larger program on COVID, Race and Democracy and the first nationally produced radio program in some years.