Meredith Morell
Meredith Morell, Career Services, was recognized with the Rising Professional Award from SUNY Career Development Organization (SUNYDCO) during an online conference in June. The award goes to a SUNYDCO member with less than five years of service to the profession with significant contribution to the career services field.
Jena Nicols Curtis
Jena Nicols Curtis, Health Department, presented sexual violence prevention education for the Department of the Navy’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response “Engaging All Voices” training seminar held in June in Orlando, Fla.
Robert Ponterio
Robert Ponterio, Modern Languages Department, presented a session titled “Make Web Materials Work on Student Smart Phones” at the New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers’ NYSAFLT Annual Convention on Oct. 11 in Buffalo, N.Y. The session examined the basic techniques of Responsive Design for adjusting Web page text size, images, columns and video to display on desktop, tablet and smartphone media. Templates were provided to simplify converting existing class materials to an HTML5 format with built-in responsive style elements to make the process easier for teachers with limited Web development skills. All presentation materials and templates are available online at web.cortland.edu/flteach/wksp/nysaflt2013.html.
David Kilpatrick
David Kilpatrick, Psychology Department, made an all-day presentation to 180 school psychologists and teachers at the New Hampshire Association of School Psychologists Conference on March 25. His topic was effective approaches to preventing and correcting reading problems.
Chris Manaseri
Chris Manaseri, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, presented at the Country School Association of America’s annual conference this June in New London, N.H. The group, devoted to the restoration and interpretation of one-room schools across the country, heard Manaseri’s dissertation presentation called “Keeping School: One-room Schoolhouse Preservation Projects in the Greater Finger Lakes Region.” Manaseri visited, photographed and catalogued more than three dozen projects, and interviewed 60 informants for the study.
Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, had his book, After Queer Studies: Literature, Theory, and Sexuality in the 21st Century, published recently by Cambridge University Press. Co-edited with E.L. McCallum from Michigan State University, the book contains 12 chapters that address the reciprocal relationships between queer studies and literary studies, including Bradway and McCallum’s co-written essay, “Thinking Sideways, or An Untoward Genealogy of Queer Reading.” Read more about the book.
Alexandru Balas, Jeremy Jimenez and Maria Timberlake
Alexandru Balas, Jeremy Jimenez and Maria Timberlake participated in an international conference, “Sustainable Development Goals: Confluence of Local, National and Global Actions,” hosted at St. Aloysius (Deemed to Be University) in Mangalore, Karnataka, India from Jan. 15 to 17. SUNY Cortland served as an institutional partner for the three-day conference, along with Universidad Católica de Valencia in Spain and Sophia University in Japan. Balas, professor of international studies and director of the Clark Center for Global Engagement, and Jimenez, associate professor of foundations and social advocacy, each delivered individual technical sessions. “Building Peace: Internal Wellbeing (SDG3) and External Conflict Resolution (SDG16)” was presented by Balas, while Jimenez’s talk was titled “End of Modernity.” Timberlake, associate professor of foundations and social advocacy, was joined by students Isabella Powell and Alexa Trotta for a paper panel presentation.
Teagan Bradway
Teagan Bradway, English Department, was elected to serve a five-year term on the Modern Language Association (MLA) Sexuality Studies Executive Committee. She also gave a presentation on LGBTQ+ kinship narratives at the annual MLA Convention held in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Christopher Badurek
Christopher Badurek, Geography Department, was honored with the 2018 GISP of the Year Award in February from the Geographic Information Systems Certification Institute (GISCI) for over five years of sustained contributions to the development of GIS professional knowledge certification standards used nationally in industry, government, and academia.
Tadayuki Suzuki
Tadayuki Suzuki, Literacy Department, presented “Being Born in the Wrong Gender: Thinking about the Availability of Current Transgender Children’s Books,” at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) annual convention, held Nov. 18 in St. Louis, Mo.