Mechthild Nagel
Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy Department and the Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies (CGIS), is on leave for the academic year. In July she started her visiting scholar position at Cornell University’s Feminist, Gender, Sexuality Studies Program, where she will write a monograph on Ubuntu ethics of punishment. She will remain a scholar-in-residence until December.
In January 2015, she will commence her scholar-in-residence at the Max Planck Institute for Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Goettingen, Germany, through July 2015.
John C. Hartsock
John C. Hartsock, Communication Studies Department, has had one of his award-winning books accepted for publication in Chinese by Fudan University Press in China. A History of American Literary Journalism: The Emergence of a Modern Narrative Form, is expected to be published in Mandarin later this year. Translated by Li Mei, professor of journalism at South China University of Technology in Guangzhou (Canton), the book was the recipient of the two leading American awards for the history of journalism and mass communication from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, and the American Journalism Historians Association. The book was originally published by the University of Massachusetts Press in 2000. It is the first history of the journalistic genre of literary journalism in the United States, and has also been published in Romanian. Fudan University Press is widely regarded as one of the leading academic presses in China. Fudan University is located in Shanghai.
In other news, Hartsock was the subject of a question-and-answer article in the May issue of the journal Mass Communication Historiography. The journal is publishing interviews in each issue of recipients of major awards in the field of journalism and mass communication history. The interviews focus on historical methodologies used by the recipients.
Also, Hartsock participated in an interview in April with Polina Popova, a graduate student in journalism at St. Petersburg State University in St. Petersburg, Russia. The interview focused on Russian analogues to American literary journalism. Hartsock lectured on American literary journalism at St. Petersburg State University last November.
Kevin Dames
Kevin Dames, Kinesiology Department, presented a poster at the 45th annual meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in August. Coauthors of the project include Larissa True, Jacqueline Augustine and Sarah Rothstein, M ’20, all from the Kinesiology Department. Their work, “SHH! Quiet Running Promotes Sustained Reduction in Ground Reaction Force,” won the President’s Award.
Rhiannon M. Maton
Rhiannon M. Maton, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, had two chapters published in an edited volume on alternative schooling and student engagement.
Mark Dodds
Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, served as editor of the recently published book, Sports Leadership: A reference guide. The book includes contributions from Sport Management Department professors Genevieve Birren, Lawrence Brady, Ray Cotrufo, Ted Fay, Peter Han, Jordan Kobritz, Tara Mahoney, Matt Seyfried, Tracy Trachsler, George Vazenios and Ryan Vooris, and Kinesiology Department members Katherine Polasek and Brian Richardson.
Dakin Burdick
Dakin Burdick, director of the Institute for College Teaching, presented “Fleeting Glances: Using brief encounters with disciplinary specializations to enrich and diversify competency-based introductory classes” at the Conference on Instruction and Technology (CIT) on May 31 at Purchase College. Also, he presented on “Active Learning Activities that Minimize Student Anxiety” at the New England Faculty Development Consortium (NEFDC) conference on June 6 at Landmark College in Putney, Vt. Finally, he was interviewed on “Small-Group Discussions” for SUNY Oswego’s “Tea for Teaching” podcast, available at http://teaforteaching.com/85-small-group-discussions/
Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, participated in a Humanities Corridor Workshop hosted at Syracuse University on the topic “Objects of Inquiry: Re/Oriented LGBT/Queer Studies Introductory Courses,” which took place on April 6 and brought together faculty from universities and colleges in the region, including Cornell University, Ithaca College, Hamilton College, Colgate University, Hobart and William Smith Colleges and Le Moyne College.
Tara Mahoney
Tara Mahoney, Sport Management Department, recently returned from the European Association of Sport Management (EASM) conference in Bern, Switzerland. In addition to establishing further international teaching and research connections, she presented two research projects titled “Practitioners’ Perspectives on Innovation and the Future of Sport for Development and Peace’” and “Intra-Organizational Factors Associated with Innovation in Sport for Development and Peace,” both of which were co-authored by Per G. Svensson at Louisiana State University. The latter project was awarded the Best Conference Paper, which was announced at the closing banquet of the prestigious conference.
Alexandru Balas
Alexandru Balas, Clark Center for Global Engagement and International Studies Program, had his latest book, Sharing the Burden of Peace. Inter-Organizational Cooperation in Peace Operations, published by Peter Lang.
Jennifer Wilson
Jennifer Wilson, Communications Office, received an Award of Excellence Judges’ Citation from the State University of New York Council for University Advancement (SUNYCUAD) in the Excellence in Writing category of News Writing for her story “Educator introduces tykes to bikes.” The award was presented at the 2020 SUNYCUAD Unconference held online Sept. 24 and 25. This is Wilson’s second Judges’ Citation in the News Writing category and she previously received two Best in Category awards in the News Writing category.