Richard Kendrick and Timothy Rodriguez ’08
Richard Kendrick, Institute for Civic Engagement and Sociology/Anthropology Department, and Timothy Rodriguez ’08, a graduate student at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, presented a seminar on April 18 at Syracuse University. They discussed “Building a Culture of Volunteering” with the Leaders for Democracy Fellows, which included journalists, activists, and non-governmental organization leaders from the Middle East and North Africa.
Wylie Schwartz
Wylie Schwartz, Art and Art History Department, will co-chair a panel session with her colleague,Katherine Jackson (assistant professor, Department of Art History, Utah Valley University) from Oct. 19-22 at the 2025 Nordik Association for Art History Conference in Helsinki, Finland. Their panel session, titled, "Negotiating Spaces: Nordic artists working within or in resistance to institutional spaces," includes papers that examine Nordic and Northern European artists and artist collectives from the 1960s to the present in their operation within or in their attempt to change institutional bodies such as the government, the corporation and the art school. This panel ultimately grapples with the complex question: Can an artist operate critically within systemic structures without dismantling the institution itself?
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article titled “Armed Private Militias Like Charlottesville’s Offend the Founding Fathers’ Intent,” that appeared in the August 16 issue of the New York Daily News.
Szilvia Kadas
Szilvia Kadas, Art and Art History Department, was selected as one of the 2019 Design Incubation Fellows. As part of the Design Incubation Fellowship, Kadas participated in a three-day intensive workshop from Jan. 10 to 13, held at St. John’s University’s Manhattan campus.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, gave a presentation titled, “Gun Policy 101: What Policymakers and the Public Need to Know” on Oct. 1 at the Rockefeller Institute of Government in Albany, N.Y.
Ann Blanton and Amanda Olson
Ann Blanton and Amanda Olson, Communication Disorders and Sciences Department, attended the Cortland Pride Festival held on July 13 to promote the Center for Speech, Language and Hearing Center's gender affirming voice care services.
Gender affirming voice services are dedicated to individuals who want to develop communication styles that are aligned with their gender identity and expression across all settings. These services are designed to educate and train clients to modify their voice through vocal pitch, intonation, resonance, articulation and voice quality as well as nonverbal communication. Gender affirming voice therapy can guide individuals to communicate in a way that feels authentic to them.
James A. Felton, III
James A. Felton, III, Institutional Equity and Inclusion Office, was elected president of the Iota Iota Lambda Alumni Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. for the 2019-20 academic year. Alpha Phi Alpha is the first African-American, intercollegiate Greek-lettered fraternity founded on Dec. 4, 1906 at Cornell University.
Kenneth A. Cohen
Kenneth A. Cohen, Recreation, Parks and Leisure Studies Department, was featured in WalletHub's recent article “2023’s Best Summer Travel Destinations.” The article by Adam McCann, financial writer, was published May 16.
Janet Duncan
Janet Duncan, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, has been appointed an editor for Social Welfare: Interdisciplinary Approach, a collaborative journal between Open International University of Human Development (Ukraine) and Siauliai University in Lithuania. The editor-in-chief is Kateryna Kolchenko from Kyiv, Ukraine, who is also a research partner in disability studies with Duncan. Published twice a year, the peer-reviewed journal is published in English and accepts articles related to human social welfare.
Jennifer Kronenbitter and Hailey Ruoff
Jennifer Kronenbitter, Library, and Hailey Ruoff, Library and Instructional Technologies and Design Services, presented at the Computers in Libraries conference held April 8-10 in Washington D.C. Their presentation focused on the streaming media project that converted the library’s video collection into a streaming format. Computers in Libraries is noted as the most comprehensive North American conference and exhibition on all aspects of library and information delivery technology.