Nance Wilson
Nance Wilson, Literacy Department, presented “Teacher Candidates: Teaching and Learning with Technology to Improve Literacy Skills and Practices” at the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers Annual conference held in November in Costa Mesa, Calif. Also, Wilson co-authored an article titled “Reading, Writing and the Common Core Standards,” that was published in the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) Magazine.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, has been named the new editor of the Presidential Briefings book series, published by Transaction Books. The books in the series provide concise and readable introductions to topics of general interest to students of the presidency. By approaching their subjects from the vantage point of what a president most needs to know, and what we most need to know about the presidency, each book provides a highly practical overview of an important subject. The first book in the series will be published this summer.
Terrence Fitzgerald
Terrence Fitzgerald, Biological Sciences Department, is the author of a paper titled “Temporal and Spatial Foraging Behavior of the Larvae of the Fall Webworm, Hyphantria cunea” appearing in the current issue of the entomological journal Psyche. Also, he is the coauthor with Alfonso Pescador-Rubio of the keynote talk “Historia natural de Cactoblastis cactorum: intervenci?n en los mecanismos de Comunicaci?n Larval y uso potencial en el control sus problaciones,” presented by Pescador-Rubio, the current president of the Mexican Entomological Society, at the Congreso Nacional de Entomología held in Acapulco, Mexico. The presentation focused on an eco-rational approach to managing the invasive caterpillar based on the use of pheromone disruptors identified and synthesized by SUNY Cortland students directed by Frank Rossi of the Chemistry Department.
C. Ashley Ellefson
C. Ashley Ellefson, professor emeritus of history, had his recent writings placed on the Web in mid-January as Volume 847 of the Archives of Maryland Online. His manuscript is titled “Fortune’s Orphan: The Troubled Career of Thomas Macnemara in Maryland, 1703-1719.” According to Ellefson, Macnemara was probably the best lawyer of his time in Maryland, but he was constantly in trouble because he was not afraid to challenge a corrupt political system and a haphazard system of justice. At the same time, he was popular enough with the voters of Annapolis that he became a member of the city council. From there he became an alderman, then mayor of the city and finally an alderman again. Historians have condemned him because they have believed everything his enemies said about him without looking further. In his manuscript, Ellefson has tried to present a more realistic view of Macnemara.
Kevin Dames and Jared Rosenberg
Kevin Dames and Jared Rosenberg, Kinesiology Department, coauthored a paper, "Where is the Power in a Power Analysis?" with graduate student Zoe Climenhaga. It appeared in the International Journal of Exercise Science.
David Kilpatrick
David Kilpatrick, Psychology Department, presented a paper on Feb. 24 at annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists in Philadelphia, Pa. Approximately 35 school psychologists, school psychology graduate students and professors of school psychology attended his 50-minute presentation titled, “Supercharge your Reading Evaluations with the ‘Simple View’ of Reading.”
Tom Lickona
Tom Lickona, Center for the 4th and 5th Rs and professor of education emeritus, shares that his blog posts, “8 Ways Parents Can Teach and Get Respect” and “Talking to Teens about Love and Sex,” were chosen by Psychology Today editors as “essential reads” for parents.
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, organized a panel and presented her paper at the annual New York Conference of Asian Studies at Vassar College in October.
Melissa A. Morris
Melissa A. Morris, Physics Department, had her NASA Emerging Worlds grant proposal selected for funding in the amount of $319,000. This highly interdisciplinary grant will involve Morris, an undergraduate student and a research assistant at SUNY Cortland, as well as researchers at Arizona State University and Caltech. The entire project has been funded by NASA at a level of approximately $500,000.
Also, Morris submitted a paper, “The Effect of Multiple Particle Sizes on Cooling Rates of Chondrules Produced in Large-scale Shocks in the Solar Nebula” to Meteoritics and Planetary Science.
Also, Morris has been invited to give a talk at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. in September 2015.
Jordan Kobritz and Ray Cotrufo
Jordan Kobritz and Ray Cotrufo, Sport Management Department, presented “Beyond the Box Score: The Case for Integrating Sport Analytics into the Sport Management Curriculum” at the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA) conference in Philadelphia on Feb. 13.