Alexandru Balas
Alexandru Balas, International Studies Department and Clark Center for International Education, presented his research projects in three panels at the International Studies Association Annual Convention in March. He presented a paper titled “‘Double Agent’ Negotiators at the Ottoman-Russian-Austrian Peace Negotiations (1699-1878): Applying a Negotiation Analysis Framework to the 18th and 19th Century ‘Eastern Question’ Negotiations.” Also, he was part of two roundtable discussions on the topics of “UN-Regional Collaboration: Achievements, Stumbling Blocks, and the Way Forward” and “The Decline of Violence and the Rise of Peace in the International System.” Finally, he served as a discussant for the panel “Multi-Actor Peace Operations: Approaching a Standard Operating Procedure Theoretically and Empirically.”
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, was invited by Brown University to deliver a campus talk on March 14. She also presented a talk at the Annual Conference of American Applied Anthropology in New Mexico on March 19.
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, had her paper, “Transnational Migration, Global Links, and Social Inequality: Human Trafficking and North Korean Women in China,” accepted for publication in the journal The Social Sciences Collection. Her ethnography “Tongzhi Living: Men Attracted to Men in Postsocialist China” was accepted by University of Minnesota Press and is in production for release in Fall 2015.
Mark Dodds
Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, presented “Using the Law to Combat Sport Corruption” at the 2019 Current Legal and Ethical Issues in Sports and Entertainment event held at Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee, Wisc.
Carolyn Bershad
Carolyn Bershad, Counseling and Student Development, has been informed that the Counseling Center has met the criteria for full re-accreditation by the International Association of Counseling Services (IACS), the only association that accredits counseling services on university and college campuses. Accreditation by IACS is dependent upon evidence of continuing professional development as well as demonstration of excellence in counseling performance. The Counseling Center offers individual and group counseling for students, as well as consultation and outreach to the campus community and beyond.
Daniel Radus
Daniel Radus, English Department and the coordinator of the Native American Studies Program at SUNY Cortland, has been selected as a new fellow in Rare Book School’s Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography. Radus specializes in 18th and 19th century Indigenous literatures in North America, with particular interests in Indigenous historical writing, book history, print culture and materialism. His current project, “Indigenizing the Book,” considers a series of 18th and 19th century books that have been inscribed, embellished or otherwise altered by Indigenous readers, writers and artists.
Eric Edlund
Eric Edlund, Physics Department, had his article titled “Lagrange Points and Regionally Conserved Quantities” published in the June edition of the American Journal of Physics. This work provides a new take on the analysis of the three-body problem that began about 250 years ago.
Jeff Radloff
Jeff Radloff, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, received the 2024 STANYS Excellence in College Teaching Award from the Science Teachers Association of New York State, Inc. On Nov. 2, @STANYSorg posted “Dr. Radloff’s work in #STEMEd and critical media literacy is shaping the future of teacher preparation.”
Teagan Bradway
Teagan Bradway, English Department, gave the plenary address for the Sexuality Summer School hosted by the Centre for the Study of Sexuality & Culture at the University of Manchester, England. Her talk was titled “Partner Uncoupled: Theories, Methods, and Forms of Queer Kinship.” Additionally, she taught a seminar for 40 doctoral students on queer theories of self-narration.
Caroline Kaltefleiter
Caroline Kaltefleiter, Communication and Media Studies Department, authored a chapter, “(Re)visiting a Girl Revolution: Riot Grrrl Zines, Liminality, and Anarcha-Feminism,” recently published in the Routledge Companion to Girls’ Studies, edited by Sharon Mazzarella.