Beth Klein
Beth Klein, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, was recently named SUNY Cortland’s part-time sustainability coordinator. She has a longstanding record of advocacy for the preservation of the environment and is involved in many sustainability initiatives both on and off campus. These include local food groups, Sustainable Cortland, campus-wide sustainability curriculum projects and energy saving activities, and the Cortland Green Days project. Klein regularly hosts students and area science teachers at Raquette Lake and is a prominent member of the President’s Climate Action Planning Committee.
David Kilpatrick
David Kilpatrick, Psychology Department, co-authored a book chapter with Esther Geva of the University of Toronto on learning disabilities. The chapter was published this summer in Consultation and Mental Health Interventions in School Settings: A Scientist–Practitioner’s Guide by Hogrefe & Huber.
Andrew Morene, Kyla Young and Anahis Mercedes
Three Africana Studies majors and minors, Andrew Morene, Kyla Young and Anahis Mercedes, presented papers and attended academic sessions at the 49th annual National Council for Black Studies conference from March 20 to 22 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Their session title was"Agentive and Non-Agentive Ideational Frameworks in the Black World."
Eileen Gilroy and Ryan Davis
Eileen Gilroy, Communication Disorders and Sciences Department, and Ryan Davis, Kinesiology Department, hosted the first in a series of interprofessional education discussions between their graduate students. As future healthcare providers, athletic training and communication sciences and disorders students detailed their programs with each other and brainstormed ideas on how the professions could work together to advance patient care. The students learned there are more similarities between the two programs, rather than differences.
Ute Ritz-Deutch
Ute Ritz-Deutch, History Department, learned that her article, “Hermann von Ihering: Shifting Realities of a German Brazilian Scientist from the Late Empire to World War I,” has been accepted for publication in a special edition of the British Journal German History. The volume is scheduled for publication in 2015.
Mechthild Nagel and Seth Asumah
Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy, and Seth Asumah, SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus, have been informed that their monograph, Reframing Diversity and Inclusive Leadership: Race, Gender, and Institutional Change, is a finalist for the 2024 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the Education category.
Erin Morris
Erin Morris, Sport Management Department, presented “Youth Sport Retention Through Non-Traditional and Recreational Sports” at the North American Sociology of Sport Conference on Nov. 4 in Tampa, Fla. The presentation was part of a round table titled “Socio-Cultural Trends that Influence Youth Motivation and Enjoyment in Sport.” The roundtable considered the current issues facing participation and retention in sport and the initiatives that could be used increase youth participation, particularly from youths that are often underrepresented in the elite sport, pay for play models.
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.