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Mechthild Nagel

Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy Department and Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies (CGIS), gave an invited talk for a seminar addressing Ph.D. candidates in the humanities on Feb. 16 at Syracuse University. The talk, titled “Unlocking Open Access: Shifting Paradigms in Academic Publication,” discussed the success of Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women’s and Gender Studies, which is supported by SUNY Cortland and housed in CGIS.

Melissa A. Morris

Melissa A. Morris, Physics Department, co-authored two abstracts presented at the American Astronomical Association Division of Planetary Sciences 46th annual meeting held Nov. 10-14 in Tucson, Ariz.: “Overcoming the Meter Barrier and The Formation of Systems with Tightly-packed Inner Planets (STIPs)” and “Measuring Fracture Properties of Meteorites: 3D Scans and Disruption Experiments.” As an attendee, she was invited to view a live feed of the Rosetta mission’s Philae lander, marking history of humans landing a spacecraft on a comet.

Christina Knopf

Christina Knopf, Communication and Media Studies Department, had her new book, Politics in the Gutters: American Politicians & Elections in Comic Book Media, published by the University Press of Mississippi. A critical examination of the intersection of popular culture and real-world politics, as occurring in graphic narratives, it is described as a “tremendous contribution to many fields—political science, media and communications, literature, American studies, and comics studies.”

Cynthia J. Benton and Kathleen A. Lawrence

Cynthia J. Benton, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, and Kathleen A. Lawrence, Communication Studies, collaborated on an action research project that was presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators on Feb. 14 in Orlando, Fla. Their work was titled “An X-Factor for Preservice Teacher Excellence: Practicing Communication and Presentation Skills in Multiple Contexts.”

Mark Dodds

Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, had an article accepted by the journal Choregia. “Using Mobile Marketing to Engage NASCAR Fans and Increase Sales” will be published in an upcoming edition of the journal.  

Christopher Gascon

Christopher Gascon, Modern Languages Department, has been elected secretary of the Association for Hispanic Classical Theater (AHCT), an international scholarly organization of 200 academics, directors, actors and musicians that annually hosts a conference in El Paso, Texas, supports the Spanish Golden Age Theater Festival at the Chamizal National Memorial Theater, and publishes the journal Comedia Performance. As secretary, he will assist the president, vice-president and treasurer in running the organization. He has served the AHCT for 15 years.

John Foley

John Foley, Physical Education Department, will be inducted as a fellow in the prestigious Research Consortium of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) at the annual conference in San Diego, Calif., on March 31.

Thomas Hischak

Thomas Hischak, Performing Arts Department, had his book, Off-Broadway Musicals: From Greenwich Village to The Toxic Avenger, released by Scarecrow Press/Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. The non-fiction book is a critical study that examines 375 off-Broadway musicals between 1919 and 2009.

Ute Ritz-Deutch

Ute Ritz-Deutch, History Department, presented “Detention and Deportation of Immigrants in the United States: A Year in Review” as part of Cornell University’s Committee on U.S.-Latin American Relations series on Feb. 23 at Cornell University.

Robert Spitzer

Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article titled, “Still Saving the Constitution from Lawyers” that has just been published in the most recent issue of the Gonzaga Law Review.