Helena Baert
Helena Baert, Physical Education Department, was the recipient of SUNY Cortland’s Tools of Engagement Project’s (TOEP) first award for completing TOEP learning activities. More information about TOEP can be found on these links: TOEP Cortland Team and SUNY TOEP.
Tracy Trachsler and Mark Dodds
Tracy Trachsler and Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, had their article, “Sport Commercialism and its Impact on Sponsorship Strategy,” published in a recent issue of Sport Management International Journal-Choregia. This paper examined how sport commercialism may create a negative influence for a consumer, which may lead to a negative purchase intent. This study compares this issue across demographics such as gender, age, type of sport and fan-avidity.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article titled “The Unitary Executive and the Bush Presidency” that appears in the Summer/Fall issue of the Social Science Docket.
Alex Corbitt
Alex Corbitt, Literacy Department, was recognized by the National Council of Teachers of English with the 2024 Promising Researcher Award. Corbitt’s research explores how youths and adults represent their identities, communities and civic lives through processes of play and coauthorship. Oriented by participatory and ethnographic methods, he engages in long-term partnerships with schools and organizations to understand their learning ecologies, reflexively analyze their pedagogical practices and codesign justice-oriented programming. His scholarship has been published in several academic journals, including Linguistics and Education, Journal of Literacy Research, English Teaching: Practice & Critique, English Journal, Curriculum Inquiry, English in Education, Digital Culture & Education, Voices from the Middle, and Mind, Culture, and Activity.
Stephen Halebsky
Stephen Halebsky, Sociology/Anthropology Department, has been informed that his paper, “Corporate Practices and Harmful Consequences: Learning from the Holocaust,” has been accepted for publication in Humanity and Society.
Robert Ponterio
Robert Ponterio, Modern Languages Department, with Jean LeLoup, professor emerita of Spanish, U.S. Air Force Academy, and Mark Warford, Buffalo State College, presented a session at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) annual convention on Nov. 18 in Denver, Colo. Titled “90% Target Language in the Classroom: Yes We Can!” focused on techniques for teaching in the target language. The session explored research that supports 90-100 percent use of the target language in language classes at all levels as recommended in ACTFL’s position paper. It also addressed techniques for implementing the recommendations and for training pre-service and in-service teachers.
John C. Hartsock
John C. Hartsock, Communication Studies Department, has been invited to be a keynote speaker at the University of Groningen in The Netherlands in May for a conference on the subject of “Witnessing the 60s: A decade of change in journalism and literature.” The conference explores the rise of the “New Journalism” in the United States at that time, as well as parallel developments in what was then a divided Cold War Europe. Hartsock will speak on the causes of the New Journalism, how they were manifested in earlier periods, and how they are still with us today. The conference is May 19-20.
In other news, Hartsock spoke in Elmira on April 5 at the annual convention of the Public Historians of New York State about his new book, Seasons of a Finger Lakes Winery, released in March by Cornell University Press. His talk focused on the importance of everyday life at wineries in the Finger Lakes as a basis for understanding that community’s history. He also appeared April 11 on “Bridge Street,” a news and information program on NewsChannel 9 in Syracuse, to discuss the book. In addition, to kick off this year’s Finger Lakes Literary Festival, he has been invited by host Bill Jaker to discuss the book on “Off the Page,” to be taped at the Finger Lakes Wine Center on May 6 and broadcast on May 10 on WSKG-FM Public Radio in Binghamton.
Robert Darling
Robert Darling, Geology Department, presented a paper titled “Zircon-adhering, Crystallized Melt Inclusions in Peritectic Garnet from the Western Adirondacks, New York State, USA” at the 23rd V. M. Goldschmidt Conference held in June in Montreal.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of the newly published sixth edition of his book, “The Politics of Gun Control.” First published 20 years ago, the book has become the standard source of information on the political consequences of the gun issue and includes extensive new information on the spread of legal gun carrying on college campuses, among other new developments. The book is published by Paradigm.
Hilary Wong, Katherine Hicks and Dave Kornreich
Hilary Wong, Library, Katherine Hicks, Chemistry Department, and former staff member Dave Kornreich, had their bibliographic essay, “Building Inclusive STEM Collections: Books by BIPOC Authors,” published in the October 2022 issue of CHOICE. Published by American College and Research Libraries. ACRL is a division of the American Library Association. CHOICE is the premiere journal academic librarians consult when selecting books for their libraries.
To write the essay, Wong, Hicks and Kornreich reviewed more than 70 books written by scientists who are Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC). They considered works of scientific literature, popular science, children’s books, and history/biography, along with books of poetry, books about education and more. As well as offering guidance to other libraries seeking to diversify their collections, the project informed the addition of several books to SUNY Cortland's own library.