Kathleen A. Lawrence
Kathleen A. Lawrence, Communication Studies Department, had three poems, all abecedarians of different types, published in Inigo Online Magazine on April 12. They are titled “Mean Girls,” “H-I-V: Hope Is a Verb” and “King.” In celebration of National Poetry Month in April, Poetry Super Highway has been publishing daily poetry writing prompts. Featured in this series on April 6 was Lawrence’s writing exercise “I’m Taking a Mulligan,” an instructional essay that suggests writing a poem about a “do-over” of a day or event in one’s life.
Andrea R. Harbin
Andrea R. Harbin, English Department, presented “The Augmented Palimpsest: Engaging Students with Augmented Reality” at the Modern Languages Association annual conference on Jan. 8. She was on the panel titled, “Middle English Literature after the Digital Turn.”
Holly Manaseri
Holly Manaseri, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department and Educational Leadership Program coordinator, was a presenter at the annual conference of the International Council of Professors of Educational Leadership in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in August. Her presentation featured the importance of Universal Design for Learning in the preparation of educational leaders in light of the new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requirements.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, gave a presentation titled, “Gun Policy 101: What Policymakers and the Public Need to Know” on Oct. 1 at the Rockefeller Institute of Government in Albany, N.Y.
Janet Duncan
Janet Duncan, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, has been appointed an editor for Social Welfare: Interdisciplinary Approach, a collaborative journal between Open International University of Human Development (Ukraine) and Siauliai University in Lithuania. The editor-in-chief is Kateryna Kolchenko from Kyiv, Ukraine, who is also a research partner in disability studies with Duncan. Published twice a year, the peer-reviewed journal is published in English and accepts articles related to human social welfare.
Christa Chatfield and Katherine Hicks
Christa Chatfield, Biological Sciences Department, and Katherine Hicks, Chemistry Department, were co-authors along with three former students of a paper recently published in Biochemistry. Former biology majors Devon Dattmore ’16 and Devin Stives ’16, and biochemistry major Ashley Jackson ’17, were also involved in the research, which was funded by a SUNY Cortland Faculty Research Program grant. The article is titled, “Structural and Functional Basis for Targeting Campylobacter jejuni Agmatine Deiminase to Overcome Antibiotic Resistance.”
Janet Duncan
Janet Duncan, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, gave a presentation for the Alliance of Universities for Democracy (AUDEM) in Dubrovnik, Croatia, in October. The talk, “Toward a Deeper Understanding of Disability in Society,” was based on the Capabilities Approach by Martha C. Nussbaum. While in Croatia, Duncan and Elaine Little, former Special Education Administrator for the Ithaca School District, toured a local elementary school and a community residence for adults with disabilities.
Genevieve Birren and Mark Dodds
Genevieve Birren and Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, attended the Sport and Recreation Law Association’s 26th annual conference from March 13 to 16 in Denver, Colo. Birren’s presentation was titled “Do Student Codes of Conduct Hold Water?” Dodds’ presentation was titled “Ordinary Negligence or Suboptimal Playing Conditions: Are Schools Being Let off Easy?”
Szilvia Kadas
Szilvia Kadas, Art and Art History Department, was selected as one of the 2019 Design Incubation Fellows. As part of the Design Incubation Fellowship, Kadas participated in a three-day intensive workshop from Jan. 10 to 13, held at St. John’s University’s Manhattan campus.
Jennifer Janes
Jennifer Janes, The Cortland Fund, recently learned that the office won a SUNY Council for University Advancement (SUNYCUAD) Award for Excellence Best in Category award for the 2010 Faculty and Staff Campaign. The award will be presented during the annual educational conference scheduled for June 8-10 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.