David A. Kilpatrick
David A. Kilpatrick, professor emeritus of psychology, presented an invited address at University of California, Los Angeles at the International Dyslexia Association–Los Angeles Branch on Saturday, March 5. His topic was “Boosting Reading Skills in Struggling Readers.” This trip provided Kilpatrick ’82 and his wife Andrea Belaskas Kilpatrick '83 with the opportunity to spend an evening with David’s Cortland roommate Timothy Shanahan ’83, a professor of philosophy of science at Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles.
Thomas Hischak
Thomas Hischak, professor emeritus of theatre, had his book, Broadway Decoded: Musical Theatre's Forgotten References, published by Applause Theatre and Cinema Books.
Mecke Nagel
Mecke Nagel, Philosophy and Africana Studies departments and the Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies, learned that her Wagadu article, “OAJ and Wagadu: Towards a Diamond Model of Feminist, Postcolonial Publishing,” was published in the journal TripleC - Communication, Capitalism & Critique: Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society, available at www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/527.
Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, had a new paperback edition of his book, Queer Experimental Literature: The Affective Politics of Bad Reading, published in February. Also, his essay “Queer Theory Now and the Pleasure of Movement,” with E.L. McCallum, was published on FifteenEightyFour: The Cambridge University Press Blog.
Lisa Czirr, Jennifer Parker and Jenifer Phelan
Lisa Czirr, Jennifer Parker and Jenifer Phelan, Memorial Library, presented at the Eastern New York Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) conference hosted by Syracuse University on May 10. Their presentation, “Turning the Tables: Using Primo VE's Collection Discovery to Connect Students with Diverse Books" focused on the creation and implementation of the Collection Discovery interface in Primo VE (ONESearch), which enabled them to create virtual sets of picture book records for education classes.
Jerome O'Callaghan
Jerome O'Callaghan, associate dean of arts and sciences, recently had his review of Corey Brettschneider’s new volume, When the State Speaks, What Should It Say? published in the Law and Politics Book Review, (LPBR) Volume 22, #11. The LPBR is an electronic publication of the American Political Science Association, distributed to 1,300 subscribers in 39 countries. Reviews are available online at www.lpbr.net.
Susan Rayl
Susan Rayl, Kinesiology Department, has had three book reviews published. Her review of Racism and the Olympics, by Robert G. Weisbord, was published this summer in the Journal of Sport History, a peer-reviewed journal. The Sport Literature Association published her reviews online of Greatness in the Shadows: Larry Doby and the Integration of the American League, by Douglas M. Branson, on July 17, and Wartime Basketball: The Emergence of a National Sport During World War II, by Douglas Stark, on Sept. 6.
Doug Langhans
Doug Langhans, Admissions, represented Study New York, a consortium of SUNY, CUNY and private institutions formed to promote New York as a destination for international students, at the International Consultants for Education and Fairs (ICEF) 2015 North American Workshop. Langhans, a Study New York Board Member, met with a variety of international education colleagues to discuss the advantages of studying in New York.
David Kilpatrick
David Kilpatrick, Psychology Department, was the featured presenter at the Wyoming School Psychology Association fall conference on Oct. 22 and 23 and an invited presenter at the Florida Association of School Psychologists annual conference on Oct. 30. His topic for both presentations was on highly effective interventions for reading difficulties and disabilities.
Mark Dodds
Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, recently was interviewed by the radio show “ESPN The Classroom” about the legal issues surrounding the FIFA corruption story. FIFA is the international federation for association football (soccer).