Kevin Dames
Kevin Dames, Kinesiology Department, and alumna Megan Wagner ’18, had an article published in Journal of Sport Rehabilitation. Wagner and her faculty mentor, Dames, completed this project with support from an Undergraduate Research Council Summer Research Fellowship. Wagner is currently pursuing a doctorate in physical therapy at D’Youville College in Buffalo, N.Y.
Ryan Vooris
Ryan Vooris, Sport Management Department, was a finalist for Best Paper at the 2016 Sport Marketing Association Conference, held Nov. 2-4 in Indianapolis, Ind. The paper is titled “Development of a Motivational Scale for Sport Twitter Consumption.”
Donna E. West
Donna E. West, Modern Languages Department, authored the book Deictic Imaginings: Semiosis at Work and at Play (Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics), which was published through Springer Publishing as part of their SAPERE series. An editorial review on the book’s back cover begins with this overview: “This work represents the first integrated account of how deixis operates to facilitate points of view, providing the raw material for reconciling index and object. The book offers a fresh, applied philosophical approach using original empirical evidence to show that deictic demonstratives hasten the recognition of core representational constructs.”
Caroline Kaltefleiter
Caroline Kaltefleiter, Communication and Media Studies Department, has been awarded a Community News Champion Fellowship Grant from the University of Vermont. She is one of 33 fellows representing 21 different states. Her grant focuses on expanding the production of radio programs/podcasts at local audiences. She will serve as the executive producer and host of a new public affairs show that will feature local officials, along with area journalists and student reporters across campus media. The program will be aired on WSUC-FM and will be archived as a podcast and available on various streaming sites.
Kathleen A. Lawrence
Kathleen A. Lawrence, Communication and Media Studies Department, has received word that two of her poems will be published in Star*Line Magazine's October 2019 issue. Her poems are titled “Sailor Come Home” and “The Nonpareils: As Told by the Woman in the Gingerbread House,” which is a retelling of the German fairytale, Hansel & Gretel by the Brothers Grimm. Star*Line Magazine is the print journal of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association.
Bonni C. Hodges
Bonni C. Hodges, Health Department, was an invited participant in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) “Working Forum on Healthy Schools” held March 22-23 in Washington, D.C. The approximately 80 participants engaged in a series of activities designed to assist RWJF in setting its priorities related to fostering healthy schools as part of its initiatives to build a culture of health.
Jeremy Pekarek
Jeremy Pekarek, Memorial Library, presented a poster titled “The Tale of two hats: Time-management in the life of an Archivist & Instructional Services Librarian,” at the virtual New York Archives Conference on June 12.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article titled, “Comparing the Constitutional Presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama: War Powers, Signing Statements, Vetoes,” published in the Fall 2013 issue of the journal White House Studies.
Lori Schlicht and Abby Thomas
Lori Schlicht and Abby Thomas, Advisement and Transition, presented a poster regarding Academic Alert and a concurrent session titled “Enhancing Faculty Engagement in Advising” at the first annual SUNY Academic Advising Conference held in February in Albany, N.Y.
David Kilpatrick
David Kilpatrick, Psychology Department, will have his article, “Phonological Segmentation Assessment is Not Enough: A Comparison of Three Phonological Awareness Tests With First and Second Graders,” published in an upcoming issue of the Canadian Journal of School Psychology.