Laura Davies
Laura Davies, English Department, co-authored an article, “Polymorphic Frames of Pre-Tenure WPAs: Seven Accounts of Hybridity and Pronoia,” which was published in the Fall 2016 issue of Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article written in the aftermath of the Florida high school shooting titled, “Laws We Used to Have on the Books Could Have Prevented the Florida School Shooting,” published by the Washington Post on Feb. 15.
Also, his article “The NRA’s Journey from Marksmanship to Political Brinkmanship” was published in the Feb. 23 issue of The Conversation.
Seth N. Asumah
Seth N. Asumah, Africana Studies and Political Science departments, presented his paper “United States Immigration Policy and the Politics of Exclusion: Seeing More Than African Immigrants” at the New York African Studies Association (NYASA) 43rd annual conference held April 12 and 13 at Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J. Also, Asumah supervised the research projects of four Africana studies majors and minors, which were presented at NYASA conference: Alliyah Dookie presented “Rethinking Internal Migration Benefits for Africa,” Jacob Wrights presented “Should All Speech Be Free? How Hate Speech Negates Freedom,” Kevin Robinson presented “Miseducation, Socialization and Conformity in the Black Community,” and Devon Sanders presented his research paper on “Melanin.”
Jennifer Kronenbitter and Hailey Ruoff
Jennifer Kronenbitter, Library, and Hailey Ruoff, Library and Instructional Technologies and Design Services, presented at the Computers in Libraries conference held April 8-10 in Washington D.C. Their presentation focused on the streaming media project that converted the library’s video collection into a streaming format. Computers in Libraries is noted as the most comprehensive North American conference and exhibition on all aspects of library and information delivery technology.
Brian Barrett
Brian Barrett, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, has had his chapter, co-authored with Rob Moore of the University of Cambridge, published in Pedagogic rights and democratic education: Bernsteinian explorations of curriculum, pedagogy and assessment, edited by Philippe Vitale and Beryl Exley and published by Routledge. The chapter is titled, “Changing from within: Basil Bernstein, teacher education, and social justice.” At the editors’ invitation, Barrett also wrote the book’s dedication to Moore, his doctoral supervisor and a major contributor to the development of Bernstein’s sociology of education who passed away in April 2014.
Jacqueline Augustine
Jacqueline Augustine, Kinesiology Department, recently had her manuscript, “Sex differences in cardiovascular adaptations in recreational marathoners,” published in the European Journal of Applied Physiology.
Seth N. Asumah
Seth N. Asumah, Africana Studies and Political Science departments, was invited by the Ghana Society of Central New York (GSCNY) to be the 2017 keynote speaker for the 60th Ghana Independence Day Anniversary Celebration Banquet on March 25 at LeMoyne College in Syracuse, N.Y. The theme of Asumah’s keynote address was “Consolidating Democracy and Development in Africa.” The event was attended by many faculty, staff, administrators and students of Syracuse University, Bryant and Stratton College, LeMoyne College, Onondaga Community College, SUNY Cortland, and the public. Proceeds of the funds raised by the organizers of the event were earmarked for student scholarships in Central New York area.
Mark Prus
Mark Prus, Academic Affairs, had his manuscript, coauthored with Kevin Duncan and Peter Philips, accepted for publication in the journal Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management. The article is titled “Using Stochastic Frontier Regression to Estimate the Construction Cost Inefficiency of Prevailing Wage Laws.”
Richard Hunter
Richard Hunter, Geography Department, is the lead author of an article titled “Sixteenth-century Soil Carbon Sequestration Rates Based on Mexican Land-grant Documents,” published in the May issue of The Holocene.
Kerri Freese and Gregory D. Phelan
Kerri Freese, Noyce program coordinator, and Gregory D. Phelan, Chemistry Department, presented “Noyce Regional Conferences: Lessons Learned and Best Practices,” on May 30 in Washington, D.C. They presented with Sheila Vaidya of Drexel University, Kim Nguyen of Indiana University and Lienne Medford of Clemson University. The Noyce regional conferences were designed and implemented to bring together regional communities of Noyce scholars, teachers and program personnel to share ideas and practices, inspire learning and solidify a regional and national Noyce identity. In a roundtable forum, professional investigators and co-professional investigators who were leaders in running various regional conferences answered questions, listened to suggestions and shared learned lessons as well as the findings from evaluation data.