Faculty and Staff Activities
Kathleen Lawrence
Kathleen Lawrence, Communication Studies Department, had a poem, “Young and Virgin at 17,” published by Silver Birch Press in February. Her poem “What T***p Was Really Saying” appeared in The New Verse News, also in February. Lawrence was nominated for a Rhysling Award, sponsored by the Science Fiction Association, for the poem “Dorothy Delivered,” originally published in Altered Reality Magazine in 2016. In addition, Lawrence had three poems accepted by Inigo Online Magazine — “Mean Girls,” “H-I-V: Hope Is a Verb” and “King” — scheduled to appear in April.
Gregory D. Phelan and Kerri Freese
Gregory D. Phelan, Chemistry Department, and Kerri Freese, Noyce Program coordinator, along with co-professional investigators from Drexel University and University of Massachusetts, Boston, (UMass Boston) planned and executed the Second Annual Noyce Northeast Conference in Cambridge, Mass. Highlights of the two-day conference included 15 breakout sessions and a keynote from the 2012 MacArthur Fellows or Genius Grant recipient and Harvard University economist Raj Chetty. Other keynote speakers included physics professor Arthur Eisenkraft, UMass Boston; author Penny Noyce, daughter of Robert Noyce, the microchip inventor and founder of Intel; and chemistry teacher Rebecca Grella, who inspired homeless student Samantha Garvey to conduct research that led her to the Intel national science fair. A National Science Foundation grant written by Phelan, Sheila Vaidya of Drexel University and Lisa Gonsalves of UMass Boston funded the conference and participants’ attendance.
Seth N. Asumah
Seth N. Asumah, Africana Studies and Political Science departments, was invited by Intercultural Migration and Integration Center in Hamburg, Germany, to give a keynote address on Africa Day 2017. Also, he participated on a panel discussion on “Africa’s Partnership with Europe and Agenda 2063.” The panelists included Professor of Journalism Jane Ayeko- Kummeth from Deutsche Welle, Hamburg, former Minister of State for Private Sector Development Honorable Abdul-Rashid Hassan Pelpuo from Ghana, and Professor of Educational Science and Economics Louis Henri Seukwa from Hamburg University of Applied Sciences.
Lauren Scagnelli, Natasha McFadden and John Suarez
Lauren Scagnelli, Counseling and Wellness Services, Natasha McFadden, The Cortland Fund, and John Suarez, Institute for Civic Engagement, presented “Combating Food Insecurity: Tools to Implement a Food Pantry on Your Campus” at the annual meeting of the New York State College Health Association. They delivered their message on Oct. 18 in Syracuse to a multi-state audience.
Alexandru Balas
Alexandru Balas, International Studies Program, presented a research paper titled “Central and Eastern Europe’s Contributions to Peace Operations” at the International Studies Association’s 56th annual convention in February.
Mark Dodds
Mark Dodds, Sport Management and Kevin Heisey, formerly of SUNY Cortland, co-authored “Riddell v. United States Casts Legal Light on Tariff Engineering.” This article was published in Sport Marketing Quarterly.
Jacey Brooks
Jacey Brooks, Athletics Department and women’s basketball coach, worked as a court manager at the championship practice center in the Alamodome during the NCAA women’s basketball tournament in San Antonio, Texas, from March 17 to 30. She was a zone manager at the practice facility for 17 days, managed three courts and monitored each team’s practice session to ensure the court was cleaned and sanitized properly after each segment.
Mechthild Nagel and Seth Asumah
Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy and Africana Studies departments, and Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies, and Seth Asumah, Africana Studies and Political Science departments, presented a talk at the 2014 National Conference of Black Political Scientists, on March 13 in Wilmington, Del. The talk was based on their article, “Diversity Studies and Managing Differences – Unpacking SUNY Cortland's Case and National Trends,” recently published in the book Sprache - Macht – Rassismus(Language-Power-Racism), by G. Hentges, K. Nottbohm, M. M. Jansen and J. Adamou (eds.), Metropol Verlag, 2014, pages 349-466.
Jeremy Jimenez and Miranda Kistner ’23
Jeremy Jimenez, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, and Miranda Kistner ’23 had their article “Concerned but Confused: University students’ knowledge and perceptions of climate change, and how they plan to address it in their future personal and professional lives” recently published in the Journal of the Scholarship of Engagement (JoSE).
Melissa Morris
Melissa Morris, Physics Department, presented a talk titled “Chondrule Formation from Ejecta Melts with Adaptive Mesh Refinement” at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, held July 27-31 in Berkeley, Calif.