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Faculty and Staff Activities

Rhiannon Maton

Rhiannon Maton, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, had her book chapter titled “The Chicago Teachers Union as Counterhegemony: Organized Resistance During COVID-19” published in the Routledge book, Progressive Neoliberalism in Education: Critical Perspectives on Manifestations and Resistance. This essay considers the Chicago Teachers Union’s response to school district policy during Covid-19 as a case study for mapping the contours and mechanisms of counterhegemonic resistance by educators' unions to advanced neoliberalism. 

Lin Lin

Lin Lin, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, was invited to present “Small Island, Global Issues” at the Going Global: Leveraging Resources for International Education Conference hosted by South Asia and Southeast Asia Programs at Cornell University. The conference was held March 10 at Tompkins Cortland Community College. The presentation is based on her January two-week study tour as a Global Learning Fellow, a program sponsored by Department of Education Title VI funding for the internationalization projects of the teacher education faculty in regional teacher education programs.   

Alexander G. Gonzalez

Alexander G. Gonzalez, English Department, had his scholarly article, “Eavan Boland’s ‘The Glass King’ and R.G.Collingwood’s Theory of Art,” published in South Atlantic Review after many delays.

Tyler Bradway

Tyler Bradway, English Department, has learned that his book manuscript, Queer Experimental Literature: The Affective Politics of Bad Reading, is now under contract with Palgrave Macmillan for the Palgrave Studies in Affect Theory and Literary Criticism Series. It is edited by Adam Frank and Joel Faflak.

Robert Spitzer

Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of a book chapter titled, “Clinton and Gun Control: Boon or Bane?” in a new book, A True Third Way? Domestic Policy and the Presidency of William Jefferson Clinton, published by Nova Publishers.

Laura Davies

Laura Davies, English Department, presented “Real-World Scientific Research” at the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention on Nov. 20 in Minneapolis, Minn. She was on a panel titled “Sites of Science Literacy Education at the Elementary, Secondary, and College Level.”

Madeline Orr

Madeline Orr, Sport Management Department, was recognized by Forbes as one of the top 30 under 30 in the sports category for being one of the first researchers to dive into the impact of climate change on sports.

Jo-Ann Maclean

Jo-Ann Maclean, Admissions Office, recently completed the Administrative Skills Certificate Program (ASCP) offered through the NYS & CSEA Partnership for Education and Training. The 25-hour ASCP was completed over the course of several months and is designed around critical job-related knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for clerical, secretarial and paraprofessional administrative employees to succeed in their careers.

Craig Foster

Craig Foster, Psychology Department, had his article about his Psychology of Pseudoscience class published Jan. 24 in The Conversation. Titled “Lots of people believe in Bigfoot and other pseudoscience claims – this course examines why,” it ran as part of the publication’s Uncommon Courses section. SUNY Cortland published “Psychology class considers pseudoscience” in the Dec. 7 issue of The Bulletin.

Nichole Edwards

Nichole Edwards, SUNY Cortland Auxiliary, was interviewed about our food waste composting by Spectrum News. The video was published on the statewide television station and its website on Saturday, April 22.