Kathleen Lawrence
Kathleen Lawrence, Communication Studies Department, had two abecedarians, “Lab Test” and “Adding Machines,” accepted for publication in Lemon Quarterly in the April 2017 issue. She also was notified her poem “Trump vs. Big Bird,” written to the tune of Sesame Street’s “Sunny Day,” was accepted for publication in Parody Poetry Journal, April Issue. Lawrence’s abecedarian originally titled “Resisting Trump” was the featured “Your Line” on April 3, 2017 to the epic poem being built on-line by OVS Magazine. In the last year, 53 poems by Lawrence have been published or are forthcoming.
Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, gave a guest lecture on queer narrative theory at Cornell University in Caroline Levine’s School of Criticism and Theory seminar, “Formalist Methods, Political Consequences.”
Tom Lickona
Tom Lickona, Center for the 4th and 5th Rs, joined Howard Gardner of Harvard University, William Damon of Stanford University, and other psychologists and educators asked to advise the Harvard Graduate School of Education on its proposed initiative in social-emotional learning and character education. The educators met at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on Sept. 25.
Dominick Fantacone
Dominick Fantacone, Research and Sponsored Programs, presented a paper titled, “Enacting Culturally Responsive Science Education in Rural & Urban Districts: Noyce Alumni Perspectives from Two Universities” at the NARST 2025 Annual International Conference on March 25 in National Harbor, Maryland. NARST is a global organization for improving science education through research.
Richard Hunter
Richard Hunter, Geography Department, has an article currently in press with The Professional Geographer. The article, “Land Use Change in New Spain: A Three-Dimensional Historical GIS Analysis,” offers new insights about the local-scale landscape effects of European colonization of the New World.
Chris Widdall
Chris Widdall, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, presented “Effectively Using Mobile Technology in the STEM Classroom” at the 2014 Noyce NE Regional Conference held March 20-22 in Philadelphia, Pa. During this hands-on workshop, Widdall gave participants the opportunity to see and use apps to supplement a lesson, engage students, design projects, collect data and use app-in-app tools, while showcasing the power of math and science. The presentation focused on the OS mobile platform, with infusion of Android and some cross-platform apps.
Alexandru Balas
Alexandru Balas, International Studies Program and Clark Center for Global Engagement, had his review published in the Romanian Journal of Indian Studies. He reviewed two books about the relations between India and the European Union: Changing Indian Images of the European Union Perception and Misperception and India and the European Union in a Turbulent World, both edited by Rajendra K. Jain.
Richard Hunter
Richard Hunter, Geography Department, and Andrew Sluyter, Louisiana State University, presented their paper “The Use of Colonial Land-grant Documents and GIS to Reconstruct Soil Carbon Sequestration in Sixteenth-century Mexico” on June 30 at the European Society for Environmental History in Versailles, France.
Kristine Newhall and Erin Morris
Kristine Newhall, Kinesiology Department, and Erin Morris, Sports Management Department, were invited to create and deliver a panel on Supporting Trans Athletes as part of SUNY Plattsburgh's Trans Day of Visibility events on March 27.
Janet Duncan
Janet Duncan, Foundations and Social Advocacy, recently gave the keynote address for the Inclusive Education Summer Institute at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. The title of the keynote was “International Perspectives on Human Rights for Persons with Disabilities.” While at Acadia she taught a graduate course in Foundations of Inclusive Education.