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Susan Wilson

Susan Wilson, Recreation, Parks and Leisure Studies Department, has received, via Cornell University and through the New York State Compact via Washington Campus Compact, funding for eight intern service slots. Her proposal is titled “Students in Service AmeriCorps Program.” Interns will receive $1,200 upon completion of internship or service.

Robert Spitzer

Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is co-author of the just-published eighth edition of We The People: An Introduction to American Government. Published by W.W. Norton, the book is an analytic examination of the American governing system. The book’s co-authors include Benjamin Ginsberg, Johns Hopkins University; Theodore J. Lowi, Cornell University; and Margaret Weir, University of California, Berkeley.

Tadayuki Suzuki

Tadayuki Suzuki, Literacy Department, will present “Art of Pleasure: Reviving the Joy of Reading,” at the Kentucky Reading Association’s annual conference in October. In November, he will present “Still Missing: How Should Teacher Educators Include LGBT Family-themed Picture Books in Curricula for Primary Grades?” at the National Association for Multicultural Education in Tucson, Ariz. Also in November, he will present “Stories to Tell—Listening to the Words in LGBT Themed Children’s Literature” at the National Council of Teachers of English in Washington, D.C. 

Regina B. Grantham

Regina B. Grantham, Communication Disorders and Sciences Department, was appointed secretary of the board of the New York State Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NYSSLHA). NYSSLHA advocates for the professions of speech-language pathology and audiology in New York and those who are served by these professions.

Timothy J. Baroni

Timothy J. Baroni, Biological Sciences Department, was a keynote speaker at the 34th Annual Foray of the Northeast Mycological Federation held Sept. 23-26, 2010, in Kerhonkson, N.Y. He presented “Macrofungi in Tropical America, Some New — Some Not So New — What it Tells Us.” 

Baroni was a co-author of an article titled “Aurantiopileus mayanensis a new genus and species of polypore (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) from Belize with connections to existing Asian species,” that ran in the Nov. 19, 2010, issue of North American Fungi, volume 5. Co-authors were mycologists from Canada; the USDA-Forest Service, Madison, Wis.; and University of Oslo, Norway. The new genus and species of polypore is from a collection that Baroni made during a 12-scientist, helicopter-assisted, two-week expedition to Doyle’s Delight in the Maya Mountains of Belize in August of 2007 and was partially funded by a National Geographic Society research grant he received earlier that year.

Van A. Burd

Van A. Burd, professor emeritus of English, had his writings titled, “Young John Ruskin, His Tutor in Mathematics, John Rowbotham and the Geometric Impossible,” published in the Autumn 2010 issue of The Ruskin Review and Bulletin. It was published at the University of Lancaster in England.

Beth Shiner Klein

Beth Shiner Klein, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, received the New York State Outdoor Education Association Leadership Award at their awards banquet held Feb. 5 at the Ashokan Center in Olivebridge, N.Y. This award is presented to candidates who are responsible for the growth of professionals in the field, who created innovative programs and provided the management support that expanded outdoor education at the local, state and national levels.

Jason Tucker

Jason Tucker, English Department, served on the panel “Balancing Professional Writing with Your Creative Side,” at The Association of Writers and Writing Program’s 2011 AWP Conference on Feb. 4 in Washington D.C.

Edward P. Caffarella

Edward P. Caffarella, Educational Leadership Department, presented “Leadership in Education: Moving Beyond Administration and Management” on Dec. 2 as part of the Intellectual Discourse Series at the Universiti Putra Malaysia.

Tiantian Zheng

Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, was invited to deliver a book talk and present a graduate seminar Feb. 22-24 at University of California at Berkeley.