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Faculty and Staff Activities

Tyler Bradway

Tyler Bradway English Department, gave an invited lecture on Jan. 18, at the University of Passau in Germany on “The Difference Queer Character Makes.” The lecture was supported by the Bavarian American Academy and the University of Passau Department of American Studies. 

Caroline K. Kaltefleiter

Caroline K. Kaltefleiter, Communication and Media Studies Department, presented a paper titled “Prefiguration and (COVID) Care: Anarcha-Feminism, Trebled Reflexivity, and Mutual Aid” on Aug. 24 at the 7th Anarchist Studies Network International Conference, held virtually. Also, she participated in a plenary session on the “Future of Anarchist Studies.” 

Brent Danega

Brent Danega, Human Resources Office, was named to the “40 under FORTY" class of 2016 by BizEvents and The Central New York Business Journal. He will be recognized at an event set for Wednesday, Nov. 16, at the Oncenter in Syracuse, N.Y.

Mechthild Nagel

Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy Department and Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies (CGIS), has begun her year-long teaching duties at Germany's Fulda University of Applied Sciences, a partner university with SUNY Cortland. She teaches in the areas of social philosophy and diversity education. She received a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Visiting Professorship.

Teagan Bradway

Teagan Bradway, English Department, gave the keynote lecture for the annual Shifting Tides, Anxious Borders Graduate Conference hosted by the Department of English, General Literature, and Rhetoric at Binghamton University. Bradway’s lecture, presented on March 23, was titled “Feeling the Fantasy: The Politics of Pleasure in Queer and Trans Camp."

Erin Morris and Ryan Vooris

Erin Morris and Ryan Vooris, Sport Management Department, presented their research findings at the 2019 Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA) Conference, held Feb. 7 and 8 in Atlanta, Ga. Their presentation was titled “Study Like a Girl: An Analysis of Constraints and Facilitators to Female Sport Management Majors.”

Robert Spitzer

Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is coauthor of the just-published ninth edition of We the People, a synthetic look at the American political system. The book is published by W.W. Norton.

Robert Spitzer

Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, was elected to serve on the Executive Council of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honors society, at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association held Aug. 28-31 in Washington D.C. Spitzer will serve a four-year term on the society’s national governing board. Cortland has been a chapter member of Pi Sigma Alpha since 1970.

Tiantian Zheng

Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, was invited by University of Wyoming to deliver a book talk on Tongzhi Living: Men Attracted to Men in Postsocialist China in November.

Mark Prus

Mark Prus, Academic Affairs, reviewed two manuscripts for publication in the Labor Studies Journal. The two articles were “Unintended consequences of Nevada’s Ninety Percent Prevailing Wage Rule,” and “Prevailing Wages, Side by Side Bids and School Construction Costs.”