Tracy Hudson
Tracy Hudson, Physical Education Department, received a New York State Senate Commendation Award from 52nd District Sen. Lea Webb on Feb. 20. Hudson was honored for having made a lasting impact on the growth and prosperity of the Southern Tier and its residents.
Teagan Bradway
Teagan Bradway, English Department, was elected to serve a five-year term on the Modern Language Association (MLA) Sexuality Studies Executive Committee. She also gave a presentation on LGBTQ+ kinship narratives at the annual MLA Convention held in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Alexis Blavos
Alexis Blavos, Health Department, had an article titled “Advocacy Skill Development in Public Health Education Curriculum: A Pilot Study” published in Health Promotion Practice. Also, she and colleagues presented a plenary titled “Utilizing the Power of AI to Advocate for Equity Where You Live, Work, and Play” at the 2024 Health Education Advocacy Summit, held Oct. 19 to 21 in Washington, D.C.
John Suarez
John Suarez, Galpin Institute for Civic Engagement, designed and co-facilitated a pair of civic engagement workshops for 20 Empire State Service Corps interns. In one, Joseph Scanlon (associate professor, political science, SUNY Monroe Community College), David Rogers (president, SUNY Morrisville) and Suarez coached the SUNY students to identify career and civic readiness skills demonstrated in their internships. In the second, students explored applying those skills to address a specific issue. Four SUNY Cortland students participated, Kalyiah Haynes, Kaylynn Claudio, Sahteve Lindsay and Tylar Macintyre.
Mechthild Nagel and Seth Asumah
Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy, and Seth Asumah, SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus, have been informed that their monograph, Reframing Diversity and Inclusive Leadership: Race, Gender, and Institutional Change, is a finalist for the 2024 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the Education category.
Erik Lind
Erik Lind, Kinesiology Department, and Ian Macali, Lauren Smith, Melody Dale, Hilary DeShong and Megan Holmes from Mississippi State University, had an article published in Journal of Sports Sciences. The paper, “Influence of motivation and personality on physical activity: A systematic review” summarizes the individual effects of motivation and personality and the interplay of both on physical activity. Their findings may help guide interventions designed to promote greater physical activity.
Alexandru Balas
Gillian Mertens
Gillian Mertens, Literacy Department, had an article titled “Evidence of Strategic Information Literacy Practices in Early Career Teachers’ Navigation of Teachers Pay Teachers” published Nov. 12 in Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice.
David Kilpatrick
David Kilpatrick, Psychology Department, had his book Essentials of Assessing, Preventing, and Overcoming Reading Difficulties (Wiley, 2015) cited multiple times by the Utah Department of Education in their recently released document on dyslexia.
Andrew Morene, Kyla Young and Anahis Mercedes
Three Africana Studies majors and minors, Andrew Morene, Kyla Young and Anahis Mercedes, presented papers and attended academic sessions at the 49th annual National Council for Black Studies conference from March 20 to 22 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Their session title was"Agentive and Non-Agentive Ideational Frameworks in the Black World."