James Webb
James Webb, Auxiliary Services Corporation and executive chef at The Bistro Off Broadway, received the 2019 Chef Professionalism Award from the Syracuse chapter of the American Culinary Federation on March 25. Presented at The Oncenter in Syracuse, N.Y., the award recognizes chefs who exemplify the highest standard of professionalism through certification, continuing education and training, culinary competitions and community involvement. It honors culinarians who help elevate the status of chefs and cooks.
Mechthild Nagel
Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy and Africana Studies departments and Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies, is serving as a visitor at the Max Planck Institute for Ethnic and Religious Diversity in Goettingen, Germany during the spring semester.
Nancy Kane
Nancy Kane, Kinesiology Department, had her session titled “Transgender and Gender Diverse Athletes: Ethics and U.S. Legislative Initiatives,” accepted for the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport’s 50th anniversary annual conference. Also, she will chair a separate session on transgender athletes and philosophy at the conference, set for Aug. 14 to 17 at Penn State University. The conference will feature leading sports philosophers from around the world.
Christian Berenguer and Christopher Gutierrez
Christian Berenguer ’16 and Christopher Gutierrez ’17, graduate assistants in the Recreational Sports Department, worked with a group of 20 Cortland students, staff and community members during the summer months to train and prepare for the Dick's Sporting Goods Half Marathon, in which they competed on Sept. 22. “The group started off with a few individuals who simply wanted to run a race together, but then exploded to a group of 20 individuals,” said Gutierrez. The team name, NARP, an acronym for “Non-Athletic Regular People,” was created as an all-inclusive team for all fitness levels. The name was designed to encourage participants of the campus community to join in this race. More information can be found on Binghamton’s Fox 40 website story titled, “Dick's Greater Binghamton Marathon Offers Races For All Ages.”
Jeffrey Radloff, Angela Pagano and Dominick Fantacone
Jeffrey Radloff, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, Angela Pagano, Biological Sciences, and Dominick Fantacone, School of Education and Regional Director for the New York State Master Teacher Program, presented a paper titled, “Characterizing Secondary STEM Master Teachers' Instructional Strategies when Transitioning to Remote Settings” at the Northeast Regional Conference of the Association of Science Teacher Education on Oct. 2, 2020.
Rhiannon Maton
Rhiannon Maton, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, had her article published in French in the Revue Internationale d’Education de Sevres. The article, Social justice unionism and K-12 educator union transformation in the United States of America / Vers un syndicalisme de justice sociale dans l’enseignement obligatoire aux États-Unis (French translation by Sylvaine Herold), discusses methods of union transformation, the range of issues and tactics driving such efforts, and more generally highlights how shifts toward social justice unionism has led to enhanced militancy amongst U.S. educator unions.
Kate Polasek
Kate Polasek, Kinesiology Department, recently had her article “Friendship Formation among Professional Male Dancers” published in Dance and Gender: An Evidence-Based Approach.
Taylor Lynch
Taylor Lynch, Career Services, received a President’s Award for Outstanding Service and Dedication at the annual SUNY Career Development Organization (SUNYCDO) conference held June 13 in Suffern, N.Y. The university’s internship and student employment coordinator served as secretary and new member relations coordinator for the SUNYCDO Board of Directors during the 2023-24 academic year.
John C. Hartsock
John C. Hartsock, Communication and Media Studies Department, participated in a panel discussion at the 13th annual conference of the International Association for Literary Journalism at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in May in Vienna, Austria. He discussed “Internationalizing American Campuses: Teaching World Literary Journalism.”
Also at the conference, the second “John C. Hartsock Award for Best Article” published in Literary Journalism Studies for the previous publication year was awarded. The recipient was Julie Wheelwright of the City University of London for her article on the ethical relationships in Gay Talese’s Thy Neighbor’s Wife. The award was created by IALJS in 2017. Hartsock was the founding editor of the peer-reviewed Literary Journalism Studies, the official scholarly journal of the IALJS. Previously unreported was the first award recipient, Leslie Cowling of the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, for 2016 publication year.
Steven Dangler and Paul Vanvalkenburg
Steven Dangler and Paul Vanvalkenburg, University Police Department, recently attended an Investigators Roundtable Training Conference as part of SUNY’s ongoing commitment to safe campus environments. University police investigators, supervisors and officers from 23 SUNY campuses and system administration attended the conference, which was held in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and featured investigators from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Topics included: training in sexual assault investigations through the use of social media and the Internet; trends in drug trafficking reviewed by the New York State Intelligence Center and the New York State Police; an update on the federal Clery Act, Violence Against Women Act, and recent changes to Title IX by SUNY’s Office of the General Counsel.