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Andrea M. Lachance

Andrea M. Lachance, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, has received $188,863 from the New York State Education Department for her project titled “Teacher/Leader Quality Partnerships Program” for the period Sept. 1, 2010 through Aug. 31, 2011.

Catherine Porter Lewis

Catherine Porter Lewis, professor emerita of French, recently had her translation of Avital Ronell’s “Fighting Theory: In Conversation with Anne Dufourmantelle,” published by Illinois University Press. Her 2009 Presidential Address, “English Is Not Enough,” appeared in Publications of the Modern Language Association (PMLA), volume 125.3. Her translation of an article by Abdelkebir Khatibi, “The Language of the Other: Testimonial Exercises,” was included in PMLA, volume 125.4. Her article “Translation as Scholarship” was published in the Association of Departments of Foreign Language Bulletin, volume 41.2.

Porter Lewis has also presented several papers in recent months: “Translation in the Curriculum,” at the Association of Departments of English (ADE) Seminar West held June 23 at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif.; “A Translator’s Statement,” at the Shifting Paradigms colloquium held Oct. 24 at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign; “High School-College Collaborations: The SUNY Cortland Model,” at a Modern Language Association (MLA) session at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) annual convention held Nov. 19 in Boston, Mass.; “Forging Alliances,” the keynote address at the National Network for Early Language Learning session keynote address at the Nov. 20 ACTFL convention; and “Translation in the Modern Language Curriculum,” at another MLA session at the Nov. 20 ACTFL convention.

Marley Barduhn

Marley Barduhn, Academic Affairs, has received $219,372 from the New York State Education Department for her project titled “Liberty Partnerships Program 2010-2011” for the period Sept. 1, 2010 through Aug. 31, 2011.

Robert Ponterio

Robert Ponterio, Modern Languages Department, was invited to present a 90-minute immersion workshop, “Cinéma et Vidéo: Langue et Culture Authentiques en Classe,” at the Central New York chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French meeting held at LeMoyne College on Oct. 30. The workshop focused on methods of using French cinema and various sources of online video, such as news reports, in the French classroom for teaching language and culture. Features of new tools for downloading and playing video were also demonstrated.

Susan Rayl

Susan Rayl, Kinesiology Department, participated on a panel discussing the early history of African American involvement in basketball at “The Emergence and Legacy of Black Basketball” national conference. The event was jointly hosted Nov. 12-13 by the Smithsonian Museum of American History and Howard University in Washington, D.C.

Christopher Latimer and Richard Kendrick

Christopher Latimer, Institute for Civic Engagement and Political Science Department, and Richard Kendrick, Institute for Civic Engagement and Sociology/Anthropology Department, had a book chapter accepted for publication in E-Governance and Civic Engagement: Factors and Determinants of E-Democracy. The chapter is titled “How Young People Are Using Communication Technologies as Platforms and Pathways to Engagement: What the Research Tells Us?” 

Jean LeLoup

Jean LeLoup, professor emerita of Spanish, presented in a session titled "Gateways to Jobs in Higher Education" at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages annual convention held Nov. 19-20 in Boston, Mass.

Tyler Bradway

Tyler Bradway, English Department, was interviewed on March 15 about his research on queer kinship narratives on Queer Lit, a podcast hosted by Lena Mattheis from the University of Surrey, UK. The episode is available online.

Mechthild Nagel

Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy Department and Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies (CGIS), gave two talks as an invited speaker to two conferences at University of Iceland, Reykjavik, in November. One talk addressed feminist discourses vis-à-vis state violence. The second presentation addressed recent trends in philosophy. Nagel also served as expert consultant for the Nordic workshop on “Gender, Violence and Power,” which drafted several grant proposals to European Union grantors.

Mark Dodds

Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, co-edited The Encyclopedia of Sport Management and Marketing, which was recently recognized with a Best Reference 2011 - Business and Economics Division award by Library Journal. The encyclopedia featured submissions by faculty members Genni Birren, Ted Fay, Peter Han and Jordan Kobritz, and former faculty Kevin Heisey and Jim Reese, as well as many former sport management graduate students.