Jacqueline Augustine
Jacqueline Augustine, Kinesiology Department, gave an invited talk, “Aortic Blood Pressure, Wave Reflections and Exercise: Does Sex Matter?” at the Mid-Atlantic Regional American College of Sports Medicine Conference on Nov. 5 in Harrisburg, Pa.
Tadayuki Suzuki
Tadayuki Suzuki, Literacy Department, presented with Darryn Diuguid of McKendree University and Barbara Ward of the University of New Orleans at the 2021 National Council of Teachers of English on Nov. 21 in Louisville, Kentucky. It was a Zoom Conference due to COVID-19. “Exploring Intersectional Identities in Award-Winning LGBTQ-Themed Children’s Books” was part of the roundtable sessions titled “Queer Intersections of Equity, Justice, and Antiracism.”
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article titled, “Researching Gun Policy: Futile or Feasible?” that was posted Oct. 16 on the Social Science Research Council website, “Items: Insights from the Social Sciences.”
Deborah Warnock
Deborah Warnock, Sociology/Anthropology Department, presented about class and and higher education on two panels at the annual meetings of the Working Class Studies Association in early June at SUNY Stony Brook.
Alex Corbitt
Alex Corbitt, Literacy Department, was recognized by the National Council of Teachers of English with the 2024 Promising Researcher Award. Corbitt’s research explores how youths and adults represent their identities, communities and civic lives through processes of play and coauthorship. Oriented by participatory and ethnographic methods, he engages in long-term partnerships with schools and organizations to understand their learning ecologies, reflexively analyze their pedagogical practices and codesign justice-oriented programming. His scholarship has been published in several academic journals, including Linguistics and Education, Journal of Literacy Research, English Teaching: Practice & Critique, English Journal, Curriculum Inquiry, English in Education, Digital Culture & Education, Voices from the Middle, and Mind, Culture, and Activity.
Hilary Wong, Katherine Hicks and Dave Kornreich
Hilary Wong, Library, Katherine Hicks, Chemistry Department, and former staff member Dave Kornreich, had their bibliographic essay, “Building Inclusive STEM Collections: Books by BIPOC Authors,” published in the October 2022 issue of CHOICE. Published by American College and Research Libraries. ACRL is a division of the American Library Association. CHOICE is the premiere journal academic librarians consult when selecting books for their libraries.
To write the essay, Wong, Hicks and Kornreich reviewed more than 70 books written by scientists who are Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC). They considered works of scientific literature, popular science, children’s books, and history/biography, along with books of poetry, books about education and more. As well as offering guidance to other libraries seeking to diversify their collections, the project informed the addition of several books to SUNY Cortland's own library.
Julie Ficarra and Sam Avery
Julie Ficarra, International Programs Office, and Sam Avery, Communication Studies Department, presented at the 17th International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement Annual Conference held at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Julie presented on problematizing issues of race, power and the “helping imperative” in service-learning programs in the Global South; and together, they co-presented a film project exploring the politics of space, memory and belonging for two immigrant groups on the north side of the city of Syracuse.
Dan Harms
Dan Harms, Memorial Library, had two of his books published: Witch Bottles: History, Culture, Magic was published by Avalonia Press and The Book of Four Occult Philosophers was published by Llewellyn.
Kathleen A. Lawrence
Kathleen A. Lawrence, Communication Studies Department, had one of her poems, “Winged Love,” published recently in Highland Park Poetry’s 2018 Winter Muses’ Gallery. Also, her poem, “Grit: The Resilience of New Yorkers” appeared in Panoply: A Literary Zine in early January.
Lindsey Darvin
Lindsey Darvin, Sport Management Department, had her research featured in an Ozy article titled “There’s No Gender Gap for Winning Basketball Coaches.” She is quoted in the article. Also, she provided some expert insights for a Forbes article related to the NCAA name, image, and likeness changes and the impact for women student-athletes. The article, “5 Issues To Keep An Eye On With The NCAA’s New NIL Policy,” includes a link to Darvin’s SUNY Cortland staff profile.