Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, and E.L. McCallum of Michigan State University, will co-edit a book titled After Queer Studies: Literary Theory and Critical Interpretation. Their book is now under contract with Cambridge University Press. The volume maps the literary influences that made queer theory's academic emergence possible and charts the trajectories that shape its continued evolution.
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, has won the 2022 Research Publication Book Award from the Association of Chinese Professors of Social Sciences in the United States for her book Violent Intimacy: Family Harmony, State Stability, and Intimate Partner Violence in Postsocialist China, recently published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Chris Badurek
Chris Badurek, Geography Department, was awarded a 2020 Love of Learning Award on Sept. 1 from the Phi Kappa Honor Society for his project “At Work in the Wild: Developing Virtual Field Trips in the Adirondacks.” Funding will support development of virtual field trips focusing on significant environmental and cultural features in the Adirondack landscape using digital video and web mapping tools. The field trips will be used in teaching and research focused on sustainable development of the Adirondack region.
Alexis Blavos
Alexis Blavos, Health Department, is on the board of directors for the National Health Education honorary, Eta Sigma Gamma, as the director of advocacy. She serves as a voting delegate for the Coalition of National Health Education Organizations and was involved in planning the 50th anniversary celebration that was held on March 30 in Denver, Colo. Also, she was appointed co-chair for the national awards committee for the Society for Public Health Education. And, Blavos recently had her article, “Marijuana and College Students: A Critical Review of the Literature,” published in the American Journal of Health Education, currently posted online.
Carol Van Der Karr
Carol Van Der Karr, Division of Academic Affairs, had her chapter, “Academic Advising and Transfer Mobility,” published in Building Transfer Student Pathways for College and Career Success. The book was published in October by the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience (2018).
Elaine A. Lund
Elaine A. Lund, Student Health Service, graduated with a Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) from St. John Fisher College in Rochester, N.Y., on May 10. A family nurse practitioner, her clinical scholarship project, “A Targeted Influenza Immunization Program in a Collegiate Athletic Community,” was conducted at SUNY Cortland during the 2013-14 academic year. She received a Graduate Certificate in Forensic Health from Binghamton University in December 2013 with a completion certificate in Victim Assistance Training (VAT).
Vaughn Randall
Vaughn Randall, Art and Art History Department, is curator of an exhibition titled “Liquid Earth,” on display in the Hope Horn Gallery at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania. The show features artworks produced in part during the International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art (ICCCIA) in Scranton, iron pours performed at SUNY Cortland and art residencies in China tied to SUNY Cortland’s Art and Art History Department program. Participating artists are Changzong Shao, Hui Fang, Gavin Kenyon, Tom Kohler, Lionel Maunz, Randall, Margarita Rasso, Erin Schiano and Wei Li. The exhibition will be on view from June until the end of the 2018 Fall Semester.
The “Liquid Earth” exhibition was conceived as result of a long-term collaboration among artists in the cast iron community in connection and support of SUNY Cortland. Over the years, the campus became a creative hub for local, regional and international artists who came to produce their pieces, share their work and ideas with the public, students and faculty.
The ICCCIA started as a grass root organization that promotes artists active in the field of cast iron. Since the conception, the ICCCIA developed a widely recognized international platform that fosters innovation in the creative practice and sustains relevancy in the context of the contemporary art scene. Associated artists cultivate a multi-faceted dialog furthering cultural, historical and aesthetic discourse and inspire global participation in the practice.
The exhibition is organized by Randall, associate professor of sculpture at SUNY Cortland, and co-chair and president of the ICCCIA. Randall invited artists to participate in the exhibition whose work align with the philosophical framework of the organization in support of its mission statement. “It is important to acknowledge that cottage industry, cupola cast iron operations in the U.S. are essentially gone,” said Randall. “As a result, the ability and technical knowledge about small production drastically diminished. The artistic community adopted the practices for the purposes of creating contemporary sculpture. The artists in the exhibition demonstrate a common approach towards contemporary cast iron sculpture while keeping the tradition alive. The exhibition celebrates and promotes an interest around cast iron sculpture, craft and community.”
Yomee Lee and Sam L. Kelley
Yomee Lee, Kinesiology and Africana Studies departments, and Sam L. Kelley, Communication Studies and Africana Studies departments, presented on “Racism & White Privilege” at the Stony Point Conference Center on Oct. 18, 2013. Lee addressed the stereotypes of Asians as depicted in popular culture, with an emphasis on film and advertising and how the depictions influence perceptions about Asians. Kelley presented on racial profiling against the backdrop of the civil rights movement and the impact since 9/11. The event was organized by the Public Policy Advocacy Network of the Synod of the Northeast New York.
Diane Craft
Diane Craft, Physical Education Department, was appointed in May as a full-time consultant for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as the subject matter expert in physical activity in early care and education. In this role she assists the CDC and states’ departments of public health in promoting the physical activity of young children. Her IPA appointment continues on a part-time basis throughout the 2015-16 academic year.
Caroline Kaltefleiter
Caroline Kaltefleiter, Communication and Media Studies Department, gave an invited talk, “Care and Crisis in David Graeber’s New York: Anarcha-Feminism and Mutual Aid” at the 8th Annual Transformative Justice and Abolition Criminology Conference held virtually on Feb. 25. Her presentation commemorated the mutual aid work of David Graeber, renowned scholar, and activist, who passed away in 2020. She also highlighted independent media groups and mutual aid networks activated in New York and the Ukraine in response to the military conflict and humanitarian crisis.