Faculty and Staff Activities
Martine Barnaby and Jenn McNamara
Martine Barnaby and Jenn McNamara, Art and Art History Department, will have their exhibit, “Look But Don’t Touch, Touch but Don’t Look: An Art Installation by Martine Barnaby and Jenn McNamara” on display from April 2-30 at the Bundy Museum, 129 Main St., Binghamton, N.Y.
Jenn McNamara
Jenn McNamara, Art and Art History Department, will have two works of art on exhibit at the Foundry Art Centre’s “Fiber: TwentyTen.” The juried exhibition, which celebrates contemporary fiber art, will be held April 2-May 14 in St. Charles, Mo.
Jeffrey J. Walkuski
Jeffrey J. Walkuski, Physical Education Department, was appointed chair of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) Student Services Committee. This committee functions to advise and monitor student issues and professional development programs for students and also plans and coordinates student activities and programming at both the Alliance's national conference and the national student leadership conference.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article arguing against granting the president an item veto in the just published book, Debating Reform: Conflicting Perspectives on How to Fix the American Political System, published by CQ Press.
Darrell Thomas
Darrell Thomas was appointed catering manager for Auxiliary Services Corporation. The 1992 graduate of culinary arts from The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y., brings to the position a wealth of knowledge from his 25 years of experience in the food-service industry. Previously, Thomas worked at the Sherwood Inn in Skaneateles, N.Y., Phoebe’s Garden Café in Syracuse, N.Y., and several Ruby Tuesday restaurants. His experience includes on and off-site catering, including weddings and corporate dinners.
Julie Ficarra and Sam Avery
Julie Ficarra, International Programs Office, and Sam Avery, Communication Studies Department, presented at the 17th International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement Annual Conference held at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Julie presented on problematizing issues of race, power and the “helping imperative” in service-learning programs in the Global South; and together, they co-presented a film project exploring the politics of space, memory and belonging for two immigrant groups on the north side of the city of Syracuse.
Mechthild Nagel
Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy and Africana studies departments, had her book titled Ludic Ubuntu Ethics: Decolonizing Justice published with Routledge’s series in Justice Studies in Penal Abolition and Transformative Justice.
Seth N. Asumah
Seth N. Asumah, Africana Studies and Political Science departments, recently was nominated and approved by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) New York State Conference as a founding chapter faculty advisor for the newly formed SUNY Cortland NAACP. Founding President Gia Greenidge, a psychology major, and 28 SUNY Cortland students worked with Asumah through the rigorous process of establishing the SUNY Cortland branch of the NAACP. SUNY Cortland’s Student Government Association (SGA) approved the SUNY Cortland NAACP Club on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018.
The NAACP, the oldest and largest civil rights organization, was established in New York on Feb. 12, 1909 by black and white U.S. citizens who were committed to civil rights and social justice. Among the founders were W.E.B. Dubois, Henry Moscowitz, Mary White Ovington, Oswald Garrison Villiard, William English Walling and Ida Wells-Barnett. In 1936, the Youth and College Division of the NAACP was created by student activists. There are 2,200 NAACP affiliates in the United States, Japan and Germany.
The mission of the NAACP is to “ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality” of minoritized groups and to fight for civil rights, social justice and inclusion. SUNY Cortland joins five other SUNY campuses with NAACP branches— the University at Albany, Binghamton University, the University at Buffalo, SUNY Stony Brook and Buffalo State University.
Alexander G. Gonzalez
Alexander G. Gonzalez, English Department, had his article, “Joyce’s Presence in Iris Murdoch’s ‘Something Special,’” published in Studies in Short Fiction after very lengthy and unforeseen printing delays. The article shows that all 15 of James Joyce’s Dubliners stories are referred to in Murdoch’s story, many of them being veiled references. Murdoch’s story emerges as an homage to Joyce, as references to Ulysses and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man are also present.
Tim Donovan
Tim Donovan, Youth Sports Institute, was quoted in an article in The New York Times that promoted Sandlot Day 2010, a concept developed by the institute. The story, titled “On Sandlot Day, Children Call Their Own Shots,” was written by Mark Hyman and ran in the baseball section on March 26.