Faculty and Staff Activities
Joy Hendrick
Joy Hendrick, Kinesiology Department, presented a paper titled “Influence of Participant Response Strategies on Effects of Secondary Tasks” at the annual American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) conference on March 18 in Indianapolis, Ind.
J. Richard Kendrick Jr.
J. Richard Kendrick Jr., Sociology/Anthropology Department and Institute for Civic Engagement, presented a paper titled “The Economic Crisis: How One College is Responding to its Community” at the annual meeting of the Eastern Sociology Society held in March in Boston, Mass. He also appeared, along with two AmeriCorps members, on a Cornell Cooperative Extension public access cable television program to discuss SUNY Cortland’s AmeriCorps program. The program was titled “AmeriCorps and CCECC (Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cortland County)” and aired on March 23, March 24, March 30 and March 31 as part of the series “Cornell Cooperative Extension Presents.”
Marley Barduhn
Marley Barduhn, Academic Affairs, consulted as part of an American Council on Education Internationalization Laboratory Team visit to Central Connecticut State University Feb. 21-23 in Hartford, Conn.
Denise D. Knight
Denise D. Knight, English Department, has signed a contract with Syracuse University Press for publication of In This Our World and Uncollected Poetry of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, co-edited with Distinguished Professor Gary Scharnhorst of the University of New Mexico.
Robert C. Lawrence
Robert C. Lawrence, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, recently had his book, Sailor of the Stars, endorsed by astronaut Mike Mullane, veteran of three Space Shuttle missions. The book is a teaching simulation for students in grades 4-8 on the career of an astronaut. Mullane said that Sailor of the Stars is “a great teaching resource to inspire and motivate students on the subjects of space, science, teamwork and leadership. I wish I could have had Sailor of the Stars instruction when I was a kid!”
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, gave a talk titled “Inventing Gun Rights: The Supreme Court, the Second Amendment and Incorporation” on March 24 at SUNY Geneseo. Spitzer’s talk was sponsored by Geneseo’s Political Science Department as part of its annual lecture series.
Robert Ponterio
Robert Ponterio, Modern Languages Department, with Jean LeLoup, professor emerita of Spanish, U.S. Air Force Academy, and Mark Warford, Buffalo State College, presented a session at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) annual convention on Nov. 18 in Denver, Colo. Titled “90% Target Language in the Classroom: Yes We Can!” focused on techniques for teaching in the target language. The session explored research that supports 90-100 percent use of the target language in language classes at all levels as recommended in ACTFL’s position paper. It also addressed techniques for implementing the recommendations and for training pre-service and in-service teachers.
Robert Darling
Robert Darling, Geology Department, presented a paper titled “Zircon-adhering, Crystallized Melt Inclusions in Peritectic Garnet from the Western Adirondacks, New York State, USA” at the 23rd V. M. Goldschmidt Conference held in June in Montreal.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of the newly published sixth edition of his book, “The Politics of Gun Control.” First published 20 years ago, the book has become the standard source of information on the political consequences of the gun issue and includes extensive new information on the spread of legal gun carrying on college campuses, among other new developments. The book is published by Paradigm.
Hilary Wong, Katherine Hicks and Dave Kornreich
Hilary Wong, Library, Katherine Hicks, Chemistry Department, and former staff member Dave Kornreich, had their bibliographic essay, “Building Inclusive STEM Collections: Books by BIPOC Authors,” published in the October 2022 issue of CHOICE. Published by American College and Research Libraries. ACRL is a division of the American Library Association. CHOICE is the premiere journal academic librarians consult when selecting books for their libraries.
To write the essay, Wong, Hicks and Kornreich reviewed more than 70 books written by scientists who are Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC). They considered works of scientific literature, popular science, children’s books, and history/biography, along with books of poetry, books about education and more. As well as offering guidance to other libraries seeking to diversify their collections, the project informed the addition of several books to SUNY Cortland's own library.