Eileen Gilroy
Eileen Gilroy, Communication Disorders and Sciences Department, shared that graduate students Erika Janny, Paige Knetchel and Min Ju Oh accepted a proclamation from the Cortland County Legislature declaring June 2022 as Aphasia Awareness Month in Cortland County. The students provided a brief presentation on Aphasia to the council and attendees of the May 26 meeting.
Obidiah Atkinson
Obidiah Atkinson, Physical Education Department, was nominated for and received the 2025 National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education’s Hally Beth Poindexter Young Scholar Award. The award recognizes scholarly content, organization and pertinence to the field of kinesiology or physical education from an interdisciplinary perspective. It will be presented in January at the conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
David A. Kilpatrick
David A. Kilpatrick, Psychology Department, attended the annual international conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading in Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia. On July 21, he presented the paper “Beyond Phonemic Awareness: Phonemic Proficiency and Word-Reading Skills.” While in Australia, the organization called “Science and Teaching of Learning Australia” invited him to present all-day professional development workshops titled “Addressing Word-Level Reading” in Perth (Aug. 15, Brisbane (Aug. 17) and Sydney (Aug. 24).
Steven Canals
Steven Canals, residence hall director for Shea Hall, participated in the Association of College and Personnel Administrators (ACPA) Conference held March 26-30 in Baltimore, Md. Canals serves as the Director of Convention Programs for the Standing Committee for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Awareness. He is responsible for planning and implementing several annual programs including: all identity based socials and Our Agenda-Educate, Advocate, Eliminate HIV/AIDS.
Mark Dodds
Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, recently had his paper, “Revisiting the Salt Lake City Olympic Scandal: Would the Outcome Be Different Today?” accepted by the Sports Management International Journal ‘Choregia.’
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, presented “Money, Class, and Money Boys in Postsocialist China” at the Association of Asian Studies annual conference held March 28 in Chicago.
Tadayuki Suzuki
Tadayuki Suzuki, Literacy Department, presented “Still Missing: How Should Teacher Educators Include LGBT Family-themed Picture Books in Curricula for Primary Grades?” at the National Association for Multicultural Education’s annual conference on Nov. 14 in Tucson, Ariz.
Jeremy Jimenez
Jeremy Jimenez, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, had his article titled “Indigenizing Environmental Sustainability Curriculum and Pedagogy: Confronting Our Global Ecological Crisis Via Indigenous Sustainabilities” accepted for publication in a forthcoming edition of the journal Teaching in Higher Education.
Benjamin J. Lovett
Benjamin J. Lovett, Psychology Department, gave an invited talk to the American Association of Medical Colleges, the association that makes and administers the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). Lovett discussed research on testing accommodations for students with disabilities and when accommodations would be appropriate on the MCAT. His book, Testing Accommodations for Students with Disabilities: Research-Based Practice, was recently published by the American Psychological Association Press.
Kevin Dames
Kevin Dames, Kinesiology Department, co-authored an article, “Averaging Trials Versus Averaging Trial Peaks: Impact on Statistical Tests,” that was accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied Biomechanics. The paper addressed the methodological issue in biomechanics of how to select peaks from time series data. The authors demonstrated, through experimental data and phase shifted sine waves, that peaks are significantly underestimated when selected from an average profile.