Erik Bitterbaum, Mary Schlarb, Daniela Baban Hurrle and Doug Langhans
SUNY Cortland President Erik Bitterbaum, International Programs Director Mary Schlarb, International Student Advisor Daniela Baban Hurrle, and Senior Admissions Advisor Doug Langhans attended the annual NAFSA: Association of International Educators conference May 24-29 in Boston, Mass. They met with representatives from 13 of SUNY Cortland’s current and prospective international partner institutions.
Larissa True
Larissa True, Kinesiology Department, recently had her article “Motor Competence and Characteristics within the Preschool Environment” published in the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport.
Andrew Fitz-Gibbon
Andrew Fitz-Gibbon, chair of the Philosophy Department, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Following a sabbatical during spring 2012, two of his books in the Lindisfarne series were published by Xlibris: An Intentional Life: Reflections of a Secular Monastic and Secular Monasticism: A Journey (with Jane Hall Fitz-Gibbon) and his novel, which he authored under the pen name Jack Andrews, titled The Quest for Paradise: An Owen Breese-Jones Story. A new book in the Value Inquiry Book Series’ Ethical Theory and Practice Series, Love as a Guide to Morals, was published by Rodopi. He also had two articles published: “The Reasonableness of Sentimentalism and Violence,” in the Oct.-Dec. issue of Peace Review, and “Somaesthetics and Nonviolence,” in Vol. 28 of Social Philosophy Today, the North American Society of Social Philosophy publication.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article written in the aftermath of the Florida high school shooting titled, “Laws We Used to Have on the Books Could Have Prevented the Florida School Shooting,” published by the Washington Post on Feb. 15.
Also, his article “The NRA’s Journey from Marksmanship to Political Brinkmanship” was published in the Feb. 23 issue of The Conversation.
Samantha Moss
Samantha Moss, Kinesiology Department, had an article titled “Home-and community-based interventions for physical activity and early child development: a systematic review of effective strategies” published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The article, published in September, was co-authored by Xiangli Gu.
Jeanine Rose and Susan Mayberry
Jeanine Rose and Susan Mayberry, Academic Support and Achievement Program, recently attended the 8th International Conference for Supplemental Instruction in Chicago. They are coordinators for the Supplemental Instruction Program.
Mechthild Nagel
Mechthild Nagel, Africana Studies and Philosophy departments and the Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies, gave an Edu-Drama talk on March 4 titled “Playing with Memories” for the inaugural “Women of Character, Courage and Commitment” program at Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, N.Y.
Brian Williams
Brian Williams, Political Science Department, had an article accepted for publication in The Social Science Journal. His article, “Early Voting, Direct Democracy, and Voter Mobilization,” shows that direct democracy campaign contact increases voter turnout.
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, had her ethnography titled Violent Intimacy: Family Harmony, State Stability, and Intimate Partner Violence in Postsocialist China, published in July by Bloomsbury Publishing. Also, she co-authored a refereed journal article titled “Fanzuixue he Faxue de Tianye Jianghu” (Fieldwork in Criminology and Legal Studies). It was published in August by Jingxue Yanjiu (Police Science Research).
Laura Davies
Laura Davies, English Department, co-authored an article, “Polymorphic Frames of Pre-Tenure WPAs: Seven Accounts of Hybridity and Pronoia,” which was published in the Fall 2016 issue of Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy.