Seth N. Asumah
Seth N. Asumah, Africana Studies and Political Science departments, received a national appointment to referee the National Junior Collegiate Athletic Association (NJCAA) National Soccer Championships from Nov. 3-6, hosted by Tompkins County Community College, Dryden, N.Y. Asumah is a member of the United States Soccer Federation and the National Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association. He has represented the United States in five international matches and has received six national appointments to officiate the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Final Four Championship games in all divisions. This is his fourth NJCAA National Soccer Championship appointment.
Stephen Yang
Stephen Yang, Physical Education Department, was an invited speaker at “The Power of Play: Innovations in Getting Active Summit” sponsored by the American Heart Association (AHA) and Nintendo of America. It was held Jan. 12-13 in San Francisco. The summit organizers wrote, “because of your expertise and specific interests, our team would love to hear your thoughts about “Video games as a gateway to encourage a lifetime of physical activity”; specifically, in providing people with an interactive alternative channel to start moving.” Yang was invited to speak to this cross-disciplinary, invitation-only group on this topic and to interact with the attendees throughout the day. The summit brought together leaders with unique perspectives from the divergent worlds of fitness, science, health care, research and video games. The invitation-only summit selected invitees based on their innovative research, pioneering play and diversity of cross-sector perspectives.
John C. Hartsock
John C. Hartsock, Communication Studies Department, recently spent 10 days in China lecturing on American literary journalism, investigative journalism and media law. Hartsock was invited by the School of Journalism and Communication at the South China University of Technology in Guangzhou from Oct. 21 to Nov. 1. In addition, Hartsock participated in a translation workshop in which students are translating his History of American Literary Journalism into Mandarin Chinese.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the recipient of the “Chapter Advisor of the Year” award given out by Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honors society. Spitzer has served as advisor for SUNY Cortland's Zeta Delta chapter for nearly 20 years. He is one of two recipients of this nationwide award.
Kristine Newhall
Kristine Newhall, Kinesiology Department, was a guest on the British podcast, “Reasons to be Cheerful,” hosted by former Labour Party Leader Ed Miliband in July. In the episode “A Question of Sport: The Fight for Gender Equality,” she talked about Title IX, the Women’s World Cup, and the state of gender equality in sports in the U.S.
Caroline Kaltefleiter
Caroline Kaltefleiter, Communication Studies Department, has been named to the editorial board of the journal Anarchist Studies, which is published in the United Kingdom. Kaltefleiter is professor of communication studies whose research focuses on anarcha-feminism, Girl Culture, digital media and utopianism. She presented “Embrace the Gap: Liminality, Riot Grrrls, Feminist Utopianism and (Trans)locution” at the “Utopia after the Human Symposium” at Cornell University. The article is slated for publication in the journal Utopian Studies in 2018.
Dominick Fantacone
Dominick Fantacone, Research and Sponsored Programs Office, presented a poster at the Association for Science Teacher Education 2024 International Conference held Jan. 10 to 13 in New Orleans, La. Fantacone’s poster was titled “CRE: Are they in our programs? Two Case Studies” and was included in a structured poster session titled “How is our ASTE Community Working to Address Equity.”
Willnide Lindor
Willnide Lindor, English Department, published an article, “Experience Retrieval Exercise (ERE): A Pedagogical Approach to Shakespeare, Race, and Empire,” for the peer-reviewed journal Literature Compass.
Susan Bush and Michelle Congdon
Susan Bush, School of Professional Studies, and Michelle Congdon, Human Resources Office, recently completed the Administrative Skills Certificate Program (ASCP) offered through the NYS & CSEA Partnership for Education and Training. The 26.5-hour ASCP was completed over the course of seven months and is designed around critical job-related knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for clerical, secretarial and paraprofessional administrative employees to succeed in their careers.
Ute Ritz-Deutch
Ute Ritz-Deutch, History Department, has received a research grant from the Ibero-American Institute to continue her archival research on German scientists in Brazil. Her work is part of the Institute’s current research theme on “Cultural Transfer and Academic Exchange between Europe and Latin America.” She will be working in the archives during June and July 2014.