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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.   

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.

Tracy Hudson

Tracy Hudson, Physical Education Department, received a New York State Senate Certificate of Achievement at Senator Lea Webb’s second annual Women’s History Month Award Reception on March 15. The award is given to individuals who have made notable contributions to the advancement, empowerment and acknowledgment of women's rights and accomplishments. Hudson, a Diversity Faculty Fellow assistant professor, was involved in notable endeavors including delivering the keynote address for Cortland’s Juneteenth celebration, conducting Youth Mental Health First Aid workshops and facilitating Kingian nonviolence training for both the YWCA and SUNY Cortland.

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.

Dan Harms

Dan Harms, Memorial Library, had two of his books published: Witch Bottles: History, Culture, Magic was published by Avalonia Press and The Book of Four Occult Philosophers was published by Llewellyn.

Ellis McDowell-Loudan

Ellis McDowell-Loudan, Sociology/Anthropology Department, hosted the planning board meeting of the International Iroquois Research Conference on Saturday, April 23, in the archaeology lab in Moffett Center, Room 2124. McDowell-Loudan is part of the group involved in the planning and implementation of the conferences’ transfer from the Rensselaerville Conference Center in New York, to the NAV Canada Training and Conference Center in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. The annual meeting will be held near Akwesasne, Ontario, Canada. Also in April, McDowell-Loudan attended the Annual Joint New York Archaeological Council/New York State Archaeological Association Meetings held April 15-18 in Gloversville, N.Y. She presented a paper, “New Perspectives on Wyns Farm Site: Contributions of Gordon DeAngelo,” as part of the Gordon DeAngelo Memorial Symposium titled “The Interface Between Avocational and Professional Archaeologists.”

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.

Timothy J. Baroni,

Timothy J. Baroni, Biological Sciences Department, was an invited guest speaker at the Middle Atlantic States Mycology Conference (MASMC) held April 9-11 at the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro. He presented “Exploring for Biodiversity of Neotropical Macrofungi — A Glimpse into the Adventures of a Mycologist.”

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.

Gregory D. Phelan

Gregory D. Phelan, Chemistry Department, served as part of the leadership team at the 2013 United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship National Conference held Jan. 10-13 in San Francisco. He led breakout meetings for the International Entrepreneurship Special Interest Group.