Seth N. Asumah
Seth N. Asumah, Africana Studies and Political Science departments, was conference co-chair with Professor Akosua Adomako Ampofo, University of Ghana, for the 2017 Biennial Conference of the African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA) from Oct. 12 to 14 at the University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana. The ASAA Conference theme was “African Studies and Global Politics.” Asumah was also one of the keynote speakers for this conference and he spoke about his research on “Africa: Rethinking Democratic Consolidation and Development.” Professor Jacob Gordon, University of Kansas; Dr. Wangui Wa Goro, African Development Bank; rofessor Jean Allman, Washington University; Dr. Yao Graham, Third World Network-Africa; and Professor Takyiwaa Manuh, UN Economic Commission for Africa, were also plenary keynote speakers at the conference. Also, SUNY Cortland Africanists Ibipo Johnston Anumonwo, Geography Department, and Bekeh Utietiang, History Department, presented papers at the ASAA Conference in the concurrent session, “African Migrations: National Security and the Politics of Representing the Movements of Persons.” Organizations such as the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) and the Association of African Universities (AAU) presented their position papers on higher in Africa and the African Diaspora. Africanists, Africologists and African enthusiasts from the African continent, United States, the Caribbean and Europe, participated in this international conference.
Tim Delaune
Tim Delaune, Political Science Department and pre-law advisor, presented a paper on Taoist elements in the political thought of philosopher Martin Heidegger at the annual conference of the Western Political Science Association held April 2-4 in Las Vegas.
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.
Kristine Newhall
Kristine Newhall, Kinesiology Department, was an invited panelist at the annual North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference held virtually from Nov. 4 to 6. The panel addressed Title IX in the time of COVID.
Seth N. Asumah
Seth N. Asumah, Africana Studies and Political Science departments, is a contributor to a new volume, The Social Contract in Africa, (The African Institute of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, 2014), edited by Sanya Osha. Asumah’s chapter is titled “African Relational Democracy: Reframing Diversity, Economic Development and Society-Centered Governance for the Twenty-First Century." Worldwide orders can be secured through African Books Collectives, Oxford, England.
Jacqueline Dyke M ’08, Jason Page M ’12, Lynn Anderson and Susan Wilson
Jacqueline Dyke M ’08, Jason Page M ’12, Lynn Anderson and Susan Wilson, of the Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services Department, presented virtually at the 2021 American Therapeutic Recreation Association annual conference. Dyke and Wilson presented “Don't Farm It Out to Facebook: Using Your Skills to Design Interventions that Work.” Page presented with Patricia Stanko, MS TR-On ’21, “It’s a Long Road: Supervising a CTRS Candidate on the Equivalency Path to Certification.” Page also presented “The Status of Clinical Supervision in Therapeutic Recreation in 2020: A Follow Up Study” with Anderson and Melissa Zahl from the University of Utah. Additionally, Wilson presented with Jennifer Hinton from Western Carolina University, “How We Teach the Language of Disability: It’s Not All Person-First Anymore” as well as a solo and live presentation titled “Burnout and Compassion Fatigue.”
Mark Dodds
Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, had his journal article “What can Bilfinger Teach Olympic Sponsors?” accepted for publication by Sports Management International Journal Choregia. It was co-authored by University of Missouri Assistant Professor Mario Palmero.
T. D. Fitzgerald
T. D. Fitzgerald, Biological Sciences Department, is a co-author with Alfonso Pescador of the University of Colima, Mexico, of a paper titled “Trail Marking and Abandonment of Depleted Feeding Sites by the Caterpillars of Eutachyptera psidii (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae).” The paper appears in the journal Insect Science. The insect is a nest-building social caterpillar that feeds on a variety of native and introduced tree species that occur in the seasonal dry forests of Mexico. The paper reports that the caterpillars employ an efficient system of chemical communication that enables colonies, consisting of 300 or more individuals, to make nocturnal, en mass forays between their nests and distant feeding sites.
Bruce Mattingly and Jerome O’Callaghan
Bruce Mattingly and Jerome O’Callaghan, School of Arts and Sciences, presented at the annual conference of the Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences (CCAS) held in early November in Montreal. Mattingly presented to colleagues on strategic planning. O’Callaghan’s presentation was part of a panel devoted to the dean’s relationship to the registrar.
Sonia Sharma
Sonia Sharma, Mathematics Department, presented at the American Mathematical Society (AMS) Contributed Session on “C*-algebras and Analysis” at the annual Joint Mathematical Meeting held in January in Baltimore, Md.