Kevin Dames and Jared Rosenberg
Kevin Dames and Jared Rosenberg, Kinesiology Department, coauthored a paper, "Where is the Power in a Power Analysis?" with graduate student Zoe Climenhaga. It appeared in the International Journal of Exercise Science.
David Kilpatrick
David Kilpatrick, Psychology Department, presented a paper on Feb. 24 at annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists in Philadelphia, Pa. Approximately 35 school psychologists, school psychology graduate students and professors of school psychology attended his 50-minute presentation titled, “Supercharge your Reading Evaluations with the ‘Simple View’ of Reading.”
Tom Lickona
Tom Lickona, Center for the 4th and 5th Rs and professor of education emeritus, shares that his blog posts, “8 Ways Parents Can Teach and Get Respect” and “Talking to Teens about Love and Sex,” were chosen by Psychology Today editors as “essential reads” for parents.
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, organized a panel and presented her paper at the annual New York Conference of Asian Studies at Vassar College in October.
Melissa A. Morris
Melissa A. Morris, Physics Department, had her NASA Emerging Worlds grant proposal selected for funding in the amount of $319,000. This highly interdisciplinary grant will involve Morris, an undergraduate student and a research assistant at SUNY Cortland, as well as researchers at Arizona State University and Caltech. The entire project has been funded by NASA at a level of approximately $500,000.
Also, Morris submitted a paper, “The Effect of Multiple Particle Sizes on Cooling Rates of Chondrules Produced in Large-scale Shocks in the Solar Nebula” to Meteoritics and Planetary Science.
Also, Morris has been invited to give a talk at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. in September 2015.
Jordan Kobritz and Ray Cotrufo
Jordan Kobritz and Ray Cotrufo, Sport Management Department, presented “Beyond the Box Score: The Case for Integrating Sport Analytics into the Sport Management Curriculum” at the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA) conference in Philadelphia on Feb. 13.
Seth N. Asumah
Seth N. Asumah, Africana Studies and Political Science Departments, received the “Outstanding Service Award” at the 37th annual conference of the New York Africana Studies Association (NYASA) held Feb. 24-25 at Penn State University, University Park, Pa. He was recognized for his leadership and continuing service to the organization. Asumah was also honored by the African American Studies Department and the Black Student Union of Penn State University for his contributions and leadership to the NYASA Publications Committee.
Karen Downey and senior Matthew Ellis
Karen Downey, Chemistry Department, authored a paper with senior Matthew Ellis, to be published in an upcoming issue of the International Journal of Quantum Chemistry.
Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, had his book chapter titled "Inchoate Kinship: Psychoanalytic Narrative and Queer Relationality in Are You My Mother?" published in The Comics of Alison Bechdel: From the Outside In. The collection was edited by Janine Utell and published in February by the University of Mississippi Press.
Nance S. Wilson
Nance S. Wilson, Literacy Department, had her article titled “Teaching & Learning with E-Readers: Promoting Deep Learning or Deep Trouble?” published in the 2014 Technology in Literacy Education SIG Newsletter. It was co-authored by Vicky Zygouris-Coe and Victoria Cardullo and can be found on the Technology in Literacy Education website.
Also, Wilson presented “CCLS and Developmentally Responsive Teaching of Young Adolescents” at the New York State Middle School Association Conference held Oct. 10 in Verona, N.Y.