Robert Ponterio
Robert Ponterio, Modern Languages Department, with Jean LeLoup, professor emerita of Spanish, U.S. Air Force Academy, and Mark Warford, Buffalo State College, presented a session at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) annual convention on Nov. 18 in Denver, Colo. Titled “90% Target Language in the Classroom: Yes We Can!” focused on techniques for teaching in the target language. The session explored research that supports 90-100 percent use of the target language in language classes at all levels as recommended in ACTFL’s position paper. It also addressed techniques for implementing the recommendations and for training pre-service and in-service teachers.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article titled “How Obama Can Use the Power of the Veto and Still Avoid Being Nicknamed ‘President No,’” that was published on the editorial pages of the Los Angeles Times on Feb. 3. The link to the article is: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0203-spitzer-presidential-veto-20150203-story.html
Denise D. Knight
Denise D. Knight, English Department, has been informed that she is a winner of the 2012 Bedtime Stories Competition at the Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, Mass. Her story, “Pennies from Heaven,” appears in the Spring 2012 issue of the Inn’s Storybook.
Barbara Wisch
Barbara Wisch, Art and Art History Department, will have her co-edited book, Confraternities and the Visual Arts in Renaissance Italy: Ritual, Spectacle, Image (Cambridge University Press, 2000), reissued in paperback. Cambridge has selected a number of out-of-print volumes to be part of this new program.
Christina Knopf
Christina Knopf, Communication and Media Studies Department, had a chapter published in Studies of Communication in the 2020 Presidential Campaign, part of the Lexington Studies in Political Communication series, released on Oct. 15. The chapter is titled “The Democratic Primary Debates in Political Cartoons, or Santa Claus Gets Voted Off Fantasy Island.” Also, Knopf recently had an article published in the inaugural issue of Home Front Studies. The article, “‘Like His Dad’: Epistolic Constructions of American Children in World War II,” examines letters from the home front to discuss how wartime propaganda messages were internalized into the lived experiences of American families.
Emmanuel S. Nelson
Emmanuel S. Nelson, English Department, is the editor of the recently published book Bharati Mukherjee: Critical Perspectives (London and New York: Routledge, 2017).
Cyndi Guy
Cyndi Guy, Institute for Civic Engagement, delivered a presentation titled “Chalk it Up to Service — Tips on Great Customer Service,” to approximately 25 business leaders on Nov. 18 at a workshop sponsored by the Cortland County Chamber of Commerce. Guy also has been invited to serve on the Cortland Downtown Partnership (CDP) Board. She will begin serving in January and will be on the CDP Promotions Committee.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article titled, “Why the Oregon Shooting Won’t Likely Change Anything” appearing on the U.S. News and World Report website, posted on Oct. 2.
David L. Snyder
David L. Snyder, Sport Management Department, served as an invited panelist at a symposium titled “Baseball and the Law: America’s National Pastimes.” The symposium was presented by the Albany Government Law Review with the Government Law Center and was held at Albany Law School on April 11.
Jacob Hall
Jacob Hall, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, was recently honored with the award for Outstanding and Dedicated Service to the Division of Teacher Education from the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). AECT is the premier professional association of instructional designers, educators and professionals from around the world who conduct research and provide leadership in the creation, use and management of technologies for effective teaching and learning.