Brian D. Barrett
Brian D. Barrett, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, had his article titled “Get Real! A Social Realist Approach to Combating Relativism and Promoting Social Justice in the Foundations of Education” published in the current issue of Educational Change. The article can be accessed online. Barrett presented an early version of the paper at the New York State Foundations of Education Association’s 2011 Annual Conference in Rochester, N.Y.
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, presented a paper titled “Crisis and Media: Masculinity in Crisis, Loss of Manhood, and the Nation-State in Postsocialist China” at the International Conference on Communication and Media Studies, held Aug. 25 and 26 at University of Galway, Ireland.
In October, Zheng organized and chaired a panel and presented a paper titled “Male Rationale of Intimate Partner Violence in Postsocialist China” at the annual conference of the New York Association of Asian Studies held at Syracuse University. She represented SUNY Cortland at the conference, attended the executive board meeting as an executive board member, and presented student paper prizes as the prize committee chair at its business meeting.
Mary Gfeller and Noyce Scholar Morgan Barnett
Mary Gfeller, Mathematics Department, and SUNY Cortland Noyce Scholar Morgan Barnett, presented the workshop session “Creating Successful Tiered Lessons for the Mathematics Classroom” on Oct. 15 at the Noyce Northeast Regional Conference in Philadelphia, Pa. Using Marian Small’s book, More Good Questions, participants examined the process of creating parallel mathematics tasks in tiered lessons for diverse learners. Gfeller and Barnett shared their own experiences using tiered lessons, including how to overcome the most common problems teachers may encounter. Participants had the opportunity to brainstorm and share their ideas on how to differentiate with less difficulty and greater success.
Melissa A. Morris
Melissa A. Morris, Physics Department, recently gave two invited talks. On Nov. 2, she spoke at the University of Rochester and, on Nov. 7, at the annual meeting of the Astronomical Society of New York, held at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Ute Ritz-Deutch
Ute Ritz-Deutch, History Department, had her chapter “German Scientists in South America: Correspondences between Robert Lehmann-Nitsche, Hermann von Ihering, and Max Uhle” published in the anthology After the Imperialist Imagination: Two Decades of Research on Global Germany and its Legacies (2020).
Kathleen A. Lawrence
Kathleen A. Lawrence, Communication and Media Studies Department, received word that her poem “Dorothy Delivered” has been awarded third place in the Highland Park Poetry’s 2019 Poetry Challenge for L. Frank Baum’s Land of Oz in the Adult Non-Resident Category. In addition, her poem “What to Do?” has been awarded honorable mention in the same contest for Tricubes (a specific poetry form) in the Adult Non-Resident Category. Highland Park Poetry will be publishing a chapbook of all selected poems and Lawrence’s two poems will appear in that anthology.
Terrence D. Fitzgerald
Terrence D. Fitzgerald, Biological Sciences Department, is the author of a research paper titled “Colonies of the Eastern Tent Caterpillar Malacosoma americanum (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) Abandon Trails to Depleted Feeding Sites and Follow the Most Direct and Shortest Pathways Between their Tent and Food-Finds” appearing in the current issue of the Journal of Insect Behavior.
Tim Delaune
Tim Delaune, Political Science Department, presented research on the depiction in film of pirates as domestic and international outlaws from the 1930s to the present at the international conference Frontière(s) au Cinéma on June 27 in La Rochelle, France. His paper “The Outlaw at Sea: An Inquiry into Cinematic Depictions of Pirates and Piracy,” was included in the panel discussion on “Borders and Lost Territories” (Frontières et territories perdus).
Donna M. Videto and Aimee Greeley
Donna M. Videto and Aimee Greeley, Health Department and School Health Systems Change Project, presented two sessions at the New York State Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (NYSAHPERD) 75th Annual Conference held Nov. 15-17 at Turning Stone Resort in Oneida, N.Y. The sessions were titled: “Following Footprints: An Ecological Scan of School Health and Wellness” and “Overcoming Barriers to Developing Effective School Health Systems.” In addition, Videto was awarded the NYSAHPERD Amazing People Award in the Health Education Section for outstanding contributions and commitment to professional excellence.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of two recent op-eds. His article, “Why the Supreme Court Will Almost Surely Strike Down New York’s Gun Law,” was published by the New York Daily News on January 24. His article, “Why ‘Vice’ Deserves an Oscar,” appeared in the Los Angeles Times on February 7.