Timothy J. Baroni
Timothy J. Baroni, Biological Sciences Department, recently had two papers published from work he participated in with a team analyzing macrofungal biodiversity in Guyana, South America. “The Entolomataceae of the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana III: New Species of Rhodocybe,” was published in the Dec. 26, 2009, issue of Mycoscience. “The Entolomataceae of the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana IV: New Species of Calliderma, Paraeccilia and Trichopilus,” appeared in the Dec. 21, 2009, issue of MYCOLOGIA. Both articles were written by team members by T.W. Henkel, M. C. Aime, D. L. Largent and T. J. Baroni. The team was funded by grants awarded to Henkel by the National Science Foundation and the National Geographic Society. Henkel is from Humboldt State University in Northern California, Baroni's alma mater for his B.A. and M.A. degrees.
A third paper, published in late 2009 in Synopsis Fungorum Fungiflora, was written by L. Ryvarden, Aime and Baroni. “Studies in Neotropical Polypores 26. A New Species of Trametes and Revisitation of an Old,” is the result of National Geographic Funding to Baroni in 2007 to study fungal diversity of the Maya Mountains in Belize.
Henry Steck
Henry Steck, Political Science Department, had his article “Three Historical Moments: Contested Visions of the State University of New York,” published in a recent edition of SUNY at Sixty (SUNY Press).
Jean W. LeLoup
Jean W. LeLoup, professor emerita of international communications and culture, was presented with the Outstanding Academy Educator (OAE) Award at the 34th Annual OAE ceremony on April 28 at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. She was selected for this honor from among more than 60 members of the Department of Foreign Languages at the Academy. LeLoup, along with one representative each from 24 other academy departments, was recognized for excellence in teaching, significant professional contributions and leadership by example.
Jerome O’Callaghan
Jerome O’Callaghan, School of Arts and Sciences, presented a paper at the annual meeting of the North East Academy of Legal Studies in Business (NEALSB) on May 1 in Ithaca, N.Y. The paper, co-authored with Paula O’Callaghan and Rosemary Hartigan, addresses gossip in the workplace with a focus on management and free speech issues. The authors learned recently that they were joint winners of the Best Paper Award at the conference.
John Cottone
John Cottone, Schools of Professional Studies and Education, was the keynote speaker for the New York State Association of Independent Schools annual meeting for athletic directors in New Paltz, N.Y. His presentation, “Athletic Risk Management: Concepts, Controversy and Confusion,” was designed to inform coaches, administrators, parents and community organizations about the importance of developing and implementing a risk management plan. His address focused on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and the latest evidenced-based information for dealing with environmental injury and the basic guidelines for fluid replacement in preventing heat-related illness.
Nancy Kane
Nancy Kane, Physical Education Department, had the second edition of her textbook, History and Philosophy of Physical Education and Sport (Cognella), released. Her chapter on "Duty of Care: Non-traumatic Deaths and DI Collegiate Football," will also be published by Bloomsbury in College Sport Ethics (Eds. S. Klein and C. Carlson) in December, 2025.
Scott Stull
Scott Stull, Sociology/Anthropology Department, has had his submission, “Experimental Archaeology as Participant Observation: A Perspective from Medieval Food,” accepted by EXARC Journal, the leading international journal on experimental archaeology. This article explores the value of experiential learning through replication and experimental archaeology in the discipline of anthropology. A related article, “An Anthropological Archaeological Perspective on Medieval Food,” has been accepted for publication in Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching (SMART), which included a discussion of the replication of medieval food by students at SUNY Cortland for Stull’s Medieval Archaeology class. He will be presenting on this continuing research at the Reconstructive and Experimental Archaeology (REARC) conference in November, held at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Williamsburg, Va.
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology, organized and chaired a panel titled “Gender and Health in Asia,” and presented her paper “Intimate Partner Violence in Postsocial China” at the panel, at the Annual Conference of New York Association of Asian Studies held Sept. 23-24 at Utica College.
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, organized a panel titled “Truth and Responsibility in the Ethnography of Sexuality” and presented a paper titled “Ethical Research on Ethnography of Sexuality” for the annual conference of American Anthropological Association, held Nov. 16 and 17 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Karen Downey
Karen Downey, Chemistry Department, presented her research, “Crystallization kinetics and energetics of erbium-containing zinc silicate germanate thin films,” at the American Chemical Society national meeting on March 25 in San Diego, Calif.