Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, distinguished service professor emeritus, political science, is the author of the new, tenth edition of his book The Politics of Gun Control. First published in 1995, it is considered the standard work on gun policy in America. The newest edition includes recent, dramatic developments, including the Trump administration’s dismantling of the federal agency charged with carrying out national gun laws, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. The book is published by Routledge.
In addition, his article, “Historical Firearm and Licensing Laws” was published in the most recent issue of the Dickinson Law Review.
Caroline K. Kaltefleiter
Caroline K. Kaltefleiter, Communication and Media Studies Department, presented at the Anarchist Studies Network Conference last fall. The virtual conference was hosted by Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom. The presentation, “Care and Crisis In New York: The Social Situation of Women, Anarcha-Feminism, and Mutual Aid During the COVID-Pandemic” was part of a panel discussion on the rise of mutual aid projects around the world. A follow-up paper will be presented on March 29, 2021 as part of the online Political Science Association UK Conference hosted by Queen’s University Belfast.
Laura J. Davies
Laura J. Davies, English Department, had her chapter, “Getting to the Root of the Problem: Teaching Reading as a Process in the Sciences,” published in the edited collection What Is College-Level Reading, published by the University of Colorado Press.
Robert Ponterio
Robert Ponterio, international communications and culture, presented a session at the New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers (NYSAFLT) annual conference held Oct. 11 in Buffalo, N.Y. The presentation, titled "French Culture through Online Authentic Materials," showed techniques for using various kinds of online materials, such as public service videos for children about the H1N1 virus and social media networks like YouTube, to teach French language in a strong cultural context. The keynote speaker at the conference was Terry Caccavale, SUNY Cortland Distinguished Alumna who is now a top specialist in early childhood language instruction.
Emmanuel Nelson
Emmanuel Nelson, English, is the editor of the recently published two-volume Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Literature of the United States, featuring more than 400 entries on individual authors, topics and texts. In addition to editing the encyclopedia, Nelson contributed 11 of its entries.
Brian D. Barrett
Brian D. Barrett, foundations and social advocacy, had his article titled "No Child Left Behind and the Assault on Teachers' Professional Practices and Identities" published in the current issue of Teaching and Teacher Education 25(8): 1018-1025. He presented an earlier version of the paper last summer at the Fifth Basil Bernstein Symposium in Cardiff, Wales. Additionally, his review, with Rob Moore, University of Cambridge, of David Hursh's High Stakes Testing and the Decline of Teaching and Learning: The Real Crisis in Education was published earlier this year in Educational Studies 45(1): 90-94.
Tara Mahoney, Kate Polasek and Larissa True
Tara Mahoney, Sport Management Department, and Kate Polasek and Larissa True, Kinesiology Department, delivered “An Examination of Participants in Women’s Specific Events” at the Sport Marketing Association Conference, held Oct. 22-24 in Philadelphia, Pa.
Celeste McNamara
Celeste McNamara, History Department, participated in a workshop on May 3 titled “Confession, Truth, and Power: A Conversation,” sponsored by Syracuse University’s Department of History, Humanities Center, and Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program. She presented a paper titled “Confession and Scandal in the Catholic Church.”
Gretchen Herrmann
Gretchen Herrmann, library, participated in a book reading at Buffalo Street Books in Ithaca, N.Y., on Oct. 23. She read from an article she had published titled "His and Hers: Gender and Garage Sales," which was included in the recently released edited collection Doing Gender Diversity: Readings in Theory and Real-World Experience, (Westview Press) edited by Lis Maurer, LGBT Education, Outreach and Services Program Director, and Rebecca Plante, associate professor of sociology at Ithaca College. The book focuses on both hegemonic and transgressive gender development, roles, identities and practices and demonstrates the multiple ways in which the universe of gender is socially, culturally and historically constructed. Herrmann's article focuses on the gendered patterns of belief and behavior that constitute "doing gender" in the social microcosm of the U.S. garage sale.
Mary Lynch Kennedy
Mary Lynch Kennedy, English, and Hadley M. Smith, Ithaca College, have published an expanded fourth edition of Reading and Writing in the Academic Community, Prentice Hall, 2010. The book is a comprehensive rhetoric covering critical reading and the major genres of academic writing that students encounter as undergraduates. Also, Kennedy was invited to give a two-hour workshop, "Exploring Memories in Writing," at the 59th Annual Conference of the New York State English Council held Oct. 22 in Albany N.Y. Kennedy and Ross Borden, English, gave a presentation Sept. 16 on Marjane Satrapi's graphic memoir, Persepolis, to the Ladies Literary Club of Cortland. This year the Literary Club is celebrating its 130th anniversary.