Carol Costell Corbin
Carol Costell Corbin, Advisement and Transition, presented two sessions at the New York State Transfer and Articulation Association (NYSTAA) conference, held May 22-24 in Lake Placid, N.Y. The first was “Pre-Conference Session for New Professionals,” designed for professionals in the transfer field with one to three years’ experience to discuss trends in higher education, terminology and tips for success. Also, she presented “Let’s Celebrate! Promoting the First Annual National Transfer Student Week on Your Campus.” NYSTAA has been working with the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students (NISTS) to launch the first National Transfer Student Week, which is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 9 through Friday, Oct. 13, 2017. Corbin served as president of NYSTAA for the 2016-17 year, and her term concluded at the end of the conference.
Samantha Moss
Samantha Moss, Kinesiology Department, presented a research poster, “Home- and Community-Based Interventions in Early Childhood: A Systematic Review,” at the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) America national convention held March 28 to April 1 in Seattle, Wash.
Diane H. Craft
Diane H. Craft, Physical Education Department, along with children’s singer/songwriter Vincent, presented the keynote lecture at the Massachusetts Association for the Education of Young Children (MassAEYC) annual statewide conference held March 16-17 in Westford, Mass. Craft also gave two workshops on developmentally appropriate physical activities to the early childhood educators in attendance.
Herbert Haines
Herbert Haines, Sociology/Anthropology Department, was interviewed by a Northern Lights Productions video crew in August as part of a documentary film about protests against the classic silent film “The Birth of a Nation” in 1915. The documentary is scheduled to air nationally on PBS sometime in 2016.
Marni Gauthier
Marni Gauthier, English Department, had her book, Amnesia and Redress in Contemporary American Fiction: Counterhistory, published on Oct. 11 by Palgrave MacMillan in the American Literature Readings in the 21st Century series. Linda Wagner-Martin edited the book. Through interpreting the truth, claims of a contemporary historical fiction — beyond postmodernism — on epistemological and narrative bases, Amnesia and Redress identifies a new literary movement as a distinct phenomenon of recent global and national history.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, presented a paper titled, “Gun Accessories and the Second Amendment: Assault Weapons, Magazines, and Silencers,” for the Symposium on Gun Rights and Regulation Outside the Home, held Sept. 27 at Duke University.
Joshua Peluso
Joshua Peluso, Systems Administration and Web Services, presented “The Pixar Way on a SUNY Budget,” at the SUNY Technology Conference held in June in Lake Placid, N.Y. The talk detailed management techniques used to motivate and create synergies in a modern technical field.
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, chaired a panel titled “Queer Asias: Exploring the Intersections of Queer and Asian Studies” and presented a paper titled “Money, Class, and Money Boys in Postsocialist China,” at the Association of Asian Studies annual conference, held March 23 to 29 in Honolulu.
Karen Downey
Karen Downey, Chemistry Department, was an invited panelist at the “Finding Your Path” workshop held by the American Chemical Society on Campus April 21 at Binghamton University.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article titled, “What’s Old Is New Again: Political Science, Law, and Constitutional Meaning,” published in the most recent issue of PS: Political Science and Politics, the professional publication of the American Political Science Association.