Simon Brandon-Lai
Simon Brandon-Lai, Sport Management Department, co-authored an article, “Organizational Impression Congruence: A Conceptual Model of Multi-level Impression Management Operation in Sport Service Organizations,” that was published in Sport Management Review. In the paper, the authors addressed ways in which images projected by actors at different organizational levels combine to produce in/coherent consumer impressions. Conceptual links between these impressions and related outcomes (e.g., consumer trust, psychological connection, and re-patronage intentions) are discussed.
Seth N. Asumah
Seth N. Asumah, Africana Studies and Political Science departments, is the author of a book chapter, “African Cultures, Modernization and Development: Re-examining the Effects of Globalization.” It will be included in a new book, Globalization and the African Experience, edited by Emmanuel M. Mbah and Steven J. Salm, to be published in 2012 by Carolina Academic Press.
Thomas Hischak
Thomas Hischak, Performing Arts Department, has written a chapter on the “American Musical Theatre” for The Oxford Handbook of American Drama, published by Oxford University Press in December 2013.
Brice Smith
Brice Smith, Physics Department, is an invited presenter at a public forum titled “New York’s Energy Plan: Scaling Up Renewable Energy or Business as Usual?” being held Wednesday, March 5, in Ithaca, N.Y. The associate professor and former senior scientist at the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research has focused his work on renewable and sustainable energy systems for more than a decade. The forum will be moderated by Tony Ingraffea, a member of Cornell University’s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and is free and open to the public.
Thomas Hischak
Thomas Hischak, professor emeritus of theatre, had the second edition of his textbook, Theatre as Human Action: An Introduction to the Theatre, released by Rowman & Littlefield in March.
Thomas Hischak
Thomas Hischak, professor of theatre emeritus, had two of his books released in January. The Abbott Touch: Pal Joey, Damn Yankees, and the Theatre of George Abbott have been published by Methuan Drama (London). The fourth edition of the textbook Theatre as Human Action: An Introduction to Theatre Arts has been released by Rowman & Littlefield. The new edition was co-authored by Mark A. Robinson.
Ute Ritz-Deutch
Ute Ritz-Deutch, History Department, will moderate the immigration panel at the annual Northeast Regional Conference of Amnesty International set for Saturday, Nov. 10, at Boston University. The conference, which consists of panels and workshops covering a range of human rights issues, will be held at Boston University. Ritz-Deutch is one of the organizers of the conference and the faculty advisor for the SUNY Cortland Amnesty International student group.
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, had her recent book Tongzhi Living (University of Minnesota Press, 2015) named an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice in 2016 for its excellence in scholarship and presentation, the significance of its contribution to the field and value as important treatment of the subject.
Greg Sharer
Greg Sharer, vice president for student affairs, recently contributed a chapter titled “Critical Relationships During Stormy Times” in the book Crisis, Compassion, and Resiliency in Student Affairs: Using Triage Practices to Foster Well-Being.
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.