Christine Paske
Christine Paske, Health Department, recently was elected to the American School Health Association (ASHA) Board of Directors.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of the newly published sixth edition of his book, “The Politics of Gun Control.” First published 20 years ago, the book has become the standard source of information on the political consequences of the gun issue and includes extensive new information on the spread of legal gun carrying on college campuses, among other new developments. The book is published by Paradigm.
Mark Dodds
Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, delivered a keynote speech at the 29th International Sport Science Conference hosted this summer by the Korean Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. Also, he was an invited speaker to the Korean Society for Sport Management Conference.
Gregg Weatherby
Gregg Weatherby, English Department and local actor and poet, will perform the work of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 21, at the 1890 House on Tompkins Street in Cortland. Thomas was well known for his dramatic readings during his lifetime, both on the radio and on tour, and is best known for the poems “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” and “Fern Hill,” as well as the play Under Milkwood. The performance, presented by Ad Hoc Theatre and The 1890 House, is free and open to the public. It will include the seasonal classic story “A Child's Christmas in Wales” featuring local actor and elementary school student Stuart Carr. Weatherby has published three volumes of poems, “Under Orion,” “Bone Island” and “Approaching Home.” His most recent acting credits include work with Ad Hoc Theatre and the Ithaca Shakespeare Company.
Eric Edlund and Szilvia Kadas
Eric Edlund, Physics Department, and Szilvia Kadas, Art and Art History Department, presented “Visual Storytelling of Scientific Data: Collaborations Between Art and Physics in the College Classroom” at the SUNY Applied Learning Conference held Oct. 28 to 30 in Albany, N.Y.
Evan Faulkenbury
Evan Faulkenbury, History Department, launched his podcast, “The So What? Question” – a podcast for historians to share what they do and why it matters. It can be heard on iTunes or in a web browser.
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology, organized and chaired a panel titled “Gender and Health in Asia,” and presented her paper “Intimate Partner Violence in Postsocial China” at the panel, at the Annual Conference of New York Association of Asian Studies held Sept. 23-24 at Utica College.
Charlotte L. Pass
Charlotte L. Pass, Literacy Department, co-presented the workshop “A Cluster of Others,” addressing the practice of “othering” and ways to increase student awareness of its enactment at the combined Australian Association of Teachers of English and Australian Literacy Educators Association Annual Conference held July 6 to 9 in Hobart, Australia.
Jaroslava Prihodova
Jaroslava Prihodova, Dowd Gallery, was interviewed by the Cortland Standard about her role as gallery director for an article that was published Monday, April 10 titled “She stays surrounded by art.” It is also available online on the publication’s website (for subscribers only) and promoted on its Instagram page.
Gregory D. Phelan
Gregory D. Phelan, Chemistry Department, had a United States patents issue in February. The patents is numbered 9,567,255 and is titled Light Weight Structural Materials. The patents deal with reducing the density of polymeric structural materials by incorporating hollow microstructures into the matrix of the pyloric materials. More information can be found here.