Karen Downey and Julius Green
Karen Downey, Chemistry Department, and Julius Green, Chemistry Department, presented their work, “Holistic assessment of capstone chemistry knowledge in an applied laboratory course”, at the American Chemical Society national meeting in Washington, D.C.
Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, was interviewed on March 15 about his research on queer kinship narratives on Queer Lit, a podcast hosted by Lena Mattheis from the University of Surrey, UK. The episode is available online.
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.
Mechthild Nagel
Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy Department and Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies (CGIS), gave two talks as an invited speaker to two conferences at University of Iceland, Reykjavik, in November. One talk addressed feminist discourses vis-à-vis state violence. The second presentation addressed recent trends in philosophy. Nagel also served as expert consultant for the Nordic workshop on “Gender, Violence and Power,” which drafted several grant proposals to European Union grantors.
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.
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.
Andrea M. Lachance
Andrea M. Lachance, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, has received $188,863 from the New York State Education Department for her project titled “Teacher/Leader Quality Partnerships Program” for the period Sept. 1, 2010 through Aug. 31, 2011.
Catherine Porter Lewis
Catherine Porter Lewis, professor emerita of French, recently had her translation of Avital Ronell’s “Fighting Theory: In Conversation with Anne Dufourmantelle,” published by Illinois University Press. Her 2009 Presidential Address, “English Is Not Enough,” appeared in Publications of the Modern Language Association (PMLA), volume 125.3. Her translation of an article by Abdelkebir Khatibi, “The Language of the Other: Testimonial Exercises,” was included in PMLA, volume 125.4. Her article “Translation as Scholarship” was published in the Association of Departments of Foreign Language Bulletin, volume 41.2.
Porter Lewis has also presented several papers in recent months: “Translation in the Curriculum,” at the Association of Departments of English (ADE) Seminar West held June 23 at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif.; “A Translator’s Statement,” at the Shifting Paradigms colloquium held Oct. 24 at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign; “High School-College Collaborations: The SUNY Cortland Model,” at a Modern Language Association (MLA) session at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) annual convention held Nov. 19 in Boston, Mass.; “Forging Alliances,” the keynote address at the National Network for Early Language Learning session keynote address at the Nov. 20 ACTFL convention; and “Translation in the Modern Language Curriculum,” at another MLA session at the Nov. 20 ACTFL convention.
Marley Barduhn
Marley Barduhn, Academic Affairs, has received $219,372 from the New York State Education Department for her project titled “Liberty Partnerships Program 2010-2011” for the period Sept. 1, 2010 through Aug. 31, 2011.
Susan Rayl
Susan Rayl, Kinesiology Department, participated on a panel discussing the early history of African American involvement in basketball at “The Emergence and Legacy of Black Basketball” national conference. The event was jointly hosted Nov. 12-13 by the Smithsonian Museum of American History and Howard University in Washington, D.C.