Christopher Gascón
Christopher Gascón, Modern Languages Department, presented a paper, “Transferencia cultural de la comedia aurisecular en Repertorio Español” (“Cultural Transference of Spanish Golden Age Plays at New York City’s Repertorio Español”), on April 30 at the First Symposium of Early Modern Hispanic Studies. The symposium was sponsored by the Central New York Humanities Corridor and the Spanish and Hispanic Studies Department of Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
Melissa A. Morris
Melissa A. Morris, Physics Department, appeared on the Discovery Channel show “NASA’s Unexplained Files” on March 11. Also, her paper, “New Insight into the Solar System’s Transition Disk Phase Provided by the Metal-rich Carbonaceous Chondrite Isheyevo,” was published in the March 10 issue of The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Alexandru Balas, Jeremy Jimenez and Maria Timberlake
Alexandru Balas, Jeremy Jimenez and Maria Timberlake participated in an international conference, “Sustainable Development Goals: Confluence of Local, National and Global Actions,” hosted at St. Aloysius (Deemed to Be University) in Mangalore, Karnataka, India from Jan. 15 to 17. SUNY Cortland served as an institutional partner for the three-day conference, along with Universidad Católica de Valencia in Spain and Sophia University in Japan. Balas, professor of international studies and director of the Clark Center for Global Engagement, and Jimenez, associate professor of foundations and social advocacy, each delivered individual technical sessions. “Building Peace: Internal Wellbeing (SDG3) and External Conflict Resolution (SDG16)” was presented by Balas, while Jimenez’s talk was titled “End of Modernity.” Timberlake, associate professor of foundations and social advocacy, was joined by students Isabella Powell and Alexa Trotta for a paper panel presentation.
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.
Richard Kendrick
Richard Kendrick, Institute for Civic Engagement and Sociology/Anthropology Department, gave a series of 11 talks, workshops and class presentations at universities, community centers and high schools in Morocco from April 25 through May 6. He spoke on the topics of civil society, civic and community engagement and civic education to two classes at Hassan II University in Casablanca and in one class at Mohammed I University in Oujda. He gave two workshops in Oujda, one at Mohammed I University and one at the American Corner and a public presentation at Mohammed I University. He also gave two public lectures at Moulay Ismail University in Meknes, conducted a workshop at a private high school in Meknes and gave public presentations at the regional center in Meknes and at Mohammed V University in Rabat.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of two new articles: “Guns Don’t Belong Near Polling Places. Right Wingers Want Them There Anyway” appeared in the Washington Post on Sept. 30, and his article “President Trump’s Record on Promises: Did He Keep Them?” was in the Syracuse Post-Standard on Oct. 4.
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.
Celeste McNamara
Celeste McNamara, History Department, was invited to give a lecture at The College of William and Mary in Virginia on April 1. Her talk was titled “Sin and Salvation: The Threat of Scandal in Early Modern Italy.” She also gave a workshop for the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Faculty on her forthcoming book on the reform of the Catholic Church in 17th century Italy. Finally, she guest-taught a class on European Reformations, introducing students to her research.
Tom Lickona
Tom Lickona, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, had his three-part review essay published in the January/February issue of MercatorNet, an Australian online newsletter. The essay is about the book, “Lost in Transition: The Dark Side of Emerging Adulthood,” by University of Notre Dame sociologist Christopher Smith. Smith’s interview study of 230 18- to 23-year-old young adults was the subject of a recent David Brooks column in The New York Times.