Gregory Phelan and Kerri Freese
Gregory Phelan, Chemistry Department, and Kerri Freese, Noyce Program coordinator, along with co-professional investigators (Co-PIs) from Drexel University and University of Massachusetts Boston, planned and executed the 3rd Annual Noyce NE Conference that took place from March 20-22 in Philadelphia, Pa. The theme of the conference was “Successful Teaching in High-Need Schools.” The conference engaged more than 250 math and science teachers, pre-service teachers and faculty from over 50 Noyce programs throughout the northeast. Keynote speakers included: Paul Gorski, founder of EdChange and associate professor of Integrative Studies at George Mason University; Michele DiPietro, executive director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and associate professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Kennesaw State University; John Mighton, founder of JUMP Math, and; Ryan Devlin, 2013 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year. The conference also included 21 science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) – related breakout sessions and pre- and post-workshop sessions at the Academy of Natural Sciences. A State of Poverty Simulation, led by the Lindy Glennon, executive director of Cortland County Community Action Program (CAPCO), was held for nearly 80 conference participants. The conference was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Jordan Kobritz
Jordan Kobritz, Sport Management Department, was quoted in the June 2020 Sports Illustrated cover story on Minor League Baseball titled “Minor League Baseball in Crisis.”
Christopher D. Gascón
Christopher D. Gascón, Modern Languages Department, presented a paper at the conference of the Asociación Internacional de Teatro Español y Novohispano de los Siglos de Oro (AITENSO), held Oct. 20-24 in New York City. The paper analyzed the neobaroque aesthetic of Spanish classical plays produced recently at New York’s Repertorio Español. Gascón also served on the organizing committee for the conference, which was attended by approximately 150 scholars of Spanish Golden Age drama from all over the world.
Richard Hunter
Richard Hunter, Geography Department, and Andrew Sluyter, Department of Geography and Anthropology at Louisiana State University, had their article published in the latest issue of Journal of Historical Geography. The article, “How Incipient Colonies Create Territory: The Textual Surveys of New Spain, 1520s-1620s,” explores the practices of early colonial land surveying to reveal how territory was created through negotiations among local actors, centralized state power and specific landscapes.
Christina Knopf
Christina Knopf, Communication and Media Studies Department, delivered the opening presentation in the 2023 Schering-Plough Executive Lecture Series at Fairleigh Dickinson University on Jan. 31. Her talk was titled “Comics, Covidity, and Visualizing the Invisible.”
Ben E. Wodi
Ben E. Wodi, Health Department, had the preliminary edition of his book, International Health and Culture, published by Kendall-Hunt. The book was coauthored by Kassim Kone, Sociology/Anthropology Department.
David Kilpatrick
David Kilpatrick, Psychology Department, spent his spring break doing professional development for teachers regarding the research on improving the reading skills of students with dyslexia for two state departments of education. He was in Ohio on March 13 and Virginia on March 20.
Seth N. Asumah
Seth N. Asumah, Africana Studies and Political Science departments, was appointed by the Eastern College Athletics Conference (ECAC) as a referee and officiated the National Junior Colleges Athletics Association (NJCAA) women’s national soccer championship held Nov. 8 at Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3). He refereed a game between Ann Arundel Community College, Arnold, Md., and Richland College, Dallas, Texas. Asumah has officiated numerous soccer championship matches at the international, professional, NCAA and NJCAA levels in the past 25 years.
Ute Ritz-Deutch
Ute Ritz-Deutch, History Department, recently had her chapter titled “TransGerman Experiences in Southern Brazil: The Stutzer Family in Blumenau, 1885-1887” published in the book Becoming TransGerman: Cultural Identity Beyond Geography.
Peter McGinnis
Peter McGinnis, Kinesiology Department, has announced the recent publication of the third edition of his undergraduate biomechanics textbook, Biomechanics of Sport and Exercise. Published by Human Kinetics, the textbook is used in biomechanics and kinesiology courses in the United States and elsewhere.