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Faculty and Staff Activities

Jena Nicols Curtis and Susan Burnett

Jena Nicols Curtis and Susan Burnett, Health Department, presented a workshop at the 23rd annual conference of the National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation held Feb. 26-28 in Philadelphia, Pa. The workshop was titled “Responding to Campus Sexual Violence” and was based upon Curtis’ and Burnett’s research with survivors of campus sexual violence. 

Michelle Cryan

Michelle Cryan, Publications and Electronic Media Office, was the sketchnoter at the recent TEDxCortland Conference held Oct. 25. Her sketchnotes can be viewed online on the TEDxCortland Facebook page.

Donna M. Videto

Donna M. Videto, Health Department, recently was selected as one of the American Association for Health Education (AAHE) fellows. Videto will be inducted as a fellow during the 2013 Annual American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) meeting at the AAHE Scholars’ Presentation on Friday, April 26, in Charlotte, N.C. 

Katherine M. Polasek, Larissa True, Erik Lind, Joy L. Hendrick and Patrick R. Boerner ‘13

Katherine M. Polasek, Larissa True, Erik Lind and Joy L. Hendrick, all from the Kinesiology Department, and Patrick R. Boerner ‘13, had their paper titled “Is What You See What You Get? Perceptions of Personal Trainers’ Competence, Knowledge, and Preferred Sex of Personal Trainer Relative to Physique” published in the July issue of the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Karen Downey

Karen Downey, Chemistry Department, attended the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, held in State College, Pa., from July 29 through Aug. 2. While there, she presented her innovations in the pedagogy of physical chemistry.

Samantha Moss

Samantha Moss, Kinesiology Department, had an article titled “Overweight/obesity and socio-demographic disparities in children’s motor and cognitive function” published in May in the Frontiers of Psychology. The article was co-authored by Xiaoxia Zhang, Priscila Tamplain and Xiangli Gu.

Mechthild Nagel

Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy Department and Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies (CGIS), had her chapter, “Black Athena and the Play of the Imagination,” published in Transnational Trills in the Africana World. The book was edited by Cheryl Sterling and published by Cambridge Scholars Press.

Gregory D. Phelan

Gregory D. Phelan, Chemistry Department, started a new volunteer program with St. Mary’s School in Cortland in mid-October. The work centers on the use of technology in the classroom. The students are using iPads and working through various activities in math, science and reading. Phelan hopes to expand the work to include other members of the SUNY Cortland community, including Noyce scholars. 

Tadayuki Suzuki

Tadayuki Suzuki, Literacy Department, presented with Darryn Diuguid of McKendree University at the 2022 National Council of Teachers of English on Nov. 19 in Anaheim, California. “Challenge Heteronormativity and Nurture “Queer Eye” in Children Using LGBTQ-Themed Children’s Books” was part of the roundtable sessions titled “Bringing LGBTQ+ Sueños into the Light.”

Tiantian Zheng

Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, was invited by Yale University, University of Chicago and Columbia University to deliver campus-wide talks on her research. She will visit the campuses on Nov. 8, Nov. 15, and Nov. 18, respectively. She will present on her work on Japan-Korea Wave, karaoke bar hostesses, fashion, migration and mobility control in post- socialist China.