Faculty and Staff Activities
Keith Newvine
Keith Newvine, Literacy Department, and Dr. Lamar Johnson of Michigan State University will have their book chapter titled “Developing Racial Literacy through Critical Race English Education in Secondary English Language Arts Classrooms” published in Critical Race Theory and Classroom Practice, edited by Daniella Ann Cook and Nathanial Bryan. The book is set to be published in 2024, and the introduction to the textbook can be viewed here.
Bruce Mattingly
Bruce Mattingly, School of Arts and Sciences, co-organized a virtual conference titled “Preparing Students for the 21st Century Workforce: A Free, Virtual Workshop on Cross-Disciplinary, Team- and Project-based Experiences,” hosted Aug. 4 by Westminster College (Pa.). He also presented a breakout session titled “Integrating Cross-Disciplinary Problem-Solving into your Course.”
Chris Manaseri
Chris Manaseri, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, had his article titled “Keeping Schoolhouses in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State,” published in the Country School Journal, Volume 6.
Bonni C. Hodges
Bonni C. Hodges, Health Department, recently served as the chair of the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) accreditation site visit team for the University of Nebraska-Omaha's bachelor's degree in public health.
Jeremy Jiménez
Jeremy Jiménez, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, recently gave a presentation about his published findings surveying sustainable development goals and content in approximately 1,000 social science textbooks worldwide. He presented at the Comparative and International Education Society Conference held April 14 to 18 in San Francisco, Calif.
Jaclyn Pittsley
Jaclyn Pittsley, English Department, is coordinator of the Campus Equity Week Rally planned for 3 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 27 in front of Brockway Hall. She serves on the executive board of SUNY Cortland’s chapter of United University Professions, the group that is hosting the event.
Christina Knopf
Christina Knopf, Communication and Media Studies Department, had a chapter titled “AfterShock’s Rough Riders and the Reification of Race Reimagined,” published in the anthology Drawing the Past (Vol. 1): Comics and the Historical Imagination in the United States, from the University Press of Mississippi. The essay argues that though speculative histories purportedly challenge historical record and accepted limits of physical and social worlds, an alt-history founded on an aesthetic of capitalist and colonial violence (steampunk) will be restricted in its ability suggest new visions of equity and inclusion.
Kathleen A. Lawrence
Kathleen A. Lawrence, Communication Studies Department, had a poem, “Always Blue Cops,” accepted for publication recently by Rosebud Magazine. It is an abecedarian told in three parts that can be read together as well as stand each on its own. Each of the parts is made up 26 words in alphabetical order, like the title, made up of 3 words starting with a, b and c. Also, two micro-poems were accepted for The Her Heart Poetry Annual 2017. “A Brevity of Affirmations" and “Through Colored Glasses” also will be featured on Instagram in November.
Fran Elia
Fran Elia, sports information director, was presented the 2015 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Warren Berg Award at the CoSIDA Convention on June 17 in Orlando, Fla. The award is presented annually by the 3,000-member organization to a CoSIDA College Division member who has made outstanding contributions to the field of sports information, and who, by his or her activities, has brought dignity and prestige to the profession.
In February, the Metropolitan New York Football Writers and USA College Football presented Elia with the Bob Kenworthy Div. III Football Communications Award at the Eastern College Football Awards Banquet held at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.
Sports information director since 1992, Elia received the Fraser Stokes Award for dedication to Cortland athletics in 1996, the Eastern College Athletic Conference – Sports Information Directors Association’s Irving T. Marsh Service Bureau Award for excellence in the profession in 2009 and induction into the Cortland C-Club Hall of Fame as an honorary member in 2012.
Julie Ficarra
Julie Ficarra, International Programs, presented research on the coloniality of images used in study abroad marketing materials, and the unequal relations of power that can be perpetuated in international programs, with a focus on program design strategies that promote equity, ethics, and social justice. She also presented on her recently published article, titled: ‘Curating Cartographies of Knowledge: Reading Institutional Study Abroad Portfolio as Text’. The Forum on Education Abroad conference was held from March 21 to 23 in Boston, Mass.