Mechthild Nagel, Seth N. Asumah and Lewis Rosengarten
Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy and Africana Studies departments and Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies, Seth N. Asumah, Africana Studies and Political Science departments, and Lewis Rosengarten, Educational Opportunity Program and Africana Studies Department, presented papers at the recent New York African Studies Association at CUNY and Columbia University. Students Deidre Kirkem and Adesola Belo also presented their papers. Asumah and Nagel’s book, Diversity, Social Justice, and Inclusive Excellence, published in 2014 by SUNY Press, won the New York African Studies Book Award.
John C. Hartsock
John C. Hartsock, Communication Studies Department, has learned that his book, Seasons of a Finger Lakes Winery, was named one of four finalists for the Louis Roederer Award for International Wine Book of the Year. The award is sponsored annually by the distinguished French Champagne House of Louis Roederer. Last March, Hartsock’s book won best in class at the Gourmand awards in Paris. The book was published in 2011 by Cornell University Press.
In other news, Life in the Finger Lakes published excerpts from the book in the summer and fall issues of the magazine.
Thomas Hischak
Thomas Hischak, Performing Arts Department, is co-editor and wrote the commentary for the autobiography Noel, Tallulah, Cole and Me: A Memoir of Broadway’s Golden Age by John C. Wilson, published by Rowman and Littlefield.
Celeste McNamara
Celeste McNamara, History Department, is the author of The Bishop's Burden: Reforming the Catholic Church in Early Modern Italy, published in November by The Catholic University of America Press. Through a detailed examination of the diocese of Padua in the seventeenth century, this book provides fresh insight into the challenges and process of reforming the Catholic Church after the 1563 Council of Trent.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science emeritus, is the author of the new, ninth edition of his book “The Politics of Gun Control.” The book provides a comprehensive treatment of the major elements of the modern gun debate, including history, law, criminology, politics and policy. First published in 1995, the new edition is published by Routledge.
Helene Roth Schmid
Helene Roth Schmid, Physical Education Department, was named the 2024 New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance’s North Zone Higher Education Professional of the Year. She will receive her award at a dinner to honor professionals on Tuesday, March 5.
Jordan Kobritz
Jordan Kobritz, Sport Management Department, has been elected to the Florida State League Hall of Fame. He will be inducted along with the rest of the 2017 class during the Florida State League’s annual Hall of Fame Dinner and Banquet on Wednesday, Nov. 15 in Clearwater, Fla. Kobritz is the director of the Stone Crabs, Advanced ‘A’ Affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays, and serves as the liaison with the Florida State League (FSL), the Tampa Bay Rays and Charlotte County, owner of the Charlotte Sports Park, the Stone Crabs’ home field. He began his journey in the FSL in 1993 when he became the owner of the Daytona Cubs, which he owned through 2000. During his two ownership stints in the FSL, he has served the league in a number of capacities, including his current role as a member of the League Executive Committee. Also, he was a member of the Executive Committee when he owned the Daytona Cubs. Along with former FSL president and Hall of Fame member Chuck Murphy, Kobritz developed the league-wide scholarship program which is in its 19th consecutive year of existence. Kobritz has served on a variety of League committees and represented the League in negotiations with the Rays when they came into existence in 1998. Also, he has been a presenter at the annual baseball winter meetings.
Henry Steck, William Veit, Julia West and John Suarez
Henry Steck, distinguished service professor emeritus of political science, William Veit, risk management officer, Julia West, risk management intern, and John Suarez, Institute for Civic Engagement director, participated in SUNY Central’s Deliberative Democracy Conference held June 22 and 23 at the SUNY Oswego Metro Center. Steck participated in the Experience a Deliberation workshop. West, Veit and Suarez conducted the Risk Managed Applied Learning Workshop in which participants applied enterprise risk management concepts to a real-life project as a way of determining how they could apply those concepts to their own projects. Suarez served as a panelist on the Envisioning the Uses of Deliberation panel and served as a facilitator in the Experience a Deliberation workshop.
Kathryn Kramer
Kathryn Kramer, Art and Art History Department, will have her article “Flanerie’s Art and Measure of the Urbanizing Global” published in the December issue of the journal Visual Resources.
Christopher D. Gascón
Christopher D. Gascón, Modern Languages Department, will have his review article published in the spring issue of the journal Comedia Performance in March. Written in collaboration with colleague Laura Vidler, U.S. Military Academy, the article reviews and analyzes four plays from the Spanish Golden Age staged at Repertorio Español in New York City last summer.