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Tyler Bradway

Tyler Bradway English Department, gave an invited lecture on Jan. 18, at the University of Passau in Germany on “The Difference Queer Character Makes.” The lecture was supported by the Bavarian American Academy and the University of Passau Department of American Studies. 

Christopher Tucker, Hugh Anderson, Michael Bersani and Ron Hulslander

Christopher Tucker, Purchasing Office, serves as captain of the SUNY Cortland J.P. Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge team that learned recently it will compete at the series’ international championship race in San Francisco on Wednesday, Sept. 9. The College’s four-person men’s team finished with the fastest total time at the 3.5-mile Syracuse race in June 2014. Tucker will be joined by Hugh Anderson, International Programs Office; Michael Bersani, Public Relations Office; and Ron Hulslander, Physical Plant.

Erin Morris and Ryan Vooris

Erin Morris and Ryan Vooris, Sport Management Department, presented their research findings at the 2019 Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA) Conference, held Feb. 7 and 8 in Atlanta, Ga. Their presentation was titled “Study Like a Girl: An Analysis of Constraints and Facilitators to Female Sport Management Majors.”

Robert Spitzer

Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, was elected to serve on the Executive Council of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honors society, at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association held Aug. 28-31 in Washington D.C. Spitzer will serve a four-year term on the society’s national governing board. Cortland has been a chapter member of Pi Sigma Alpha since 1970.

Ben Wodi

Ben Wodi, Health Department, was one of 15 invited environmental health career panelists at the 143rd American Public Health Association Conference held Oct. 31 through Nov. 4 in Chicago, Ill. Wodi and one other environmental health professional represented academia among the panelists.

David Kilpatrick

David Kilpatrick, Psychology Department, was a panelist for the Central New York Reading Council’s presentation “Dyslexia: Definitions, Issues, and Instructional Responses” on Sept. 21. Dr. Elliott from Durham University, UK, presented a keynote followed by a panel discussion which included Elliott, Kilpatrick, Donna Scanlon from SUNY Albany and Bong Gee Jang from Syracuse University.

Daniel Harms

Daniel Harms, Library, presented at the Scientiae: Disciplines of Knowing in the Early Modern World Conference in July at St. Anne's College, Oxford, England. He presented “Hell and Faerie: Differentiation of Fairies and Demons within Ritual Magic of the Early Modern Period."

Tiantian Zheng

Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, was invited by University of Wyoming to deliver a book talk on Tongzhi Living: Men Attracted to Men in Postsocialist China in November.

Moyi Jia

Moyi Jia, Communication and Media Studies Department, co-authored an article that was published in December in Health Communication, one of the leading journals in this field. The article is titled “Promoting Mental Health on Social Media: A Content Analysis of Organizational Tweets.”

Mark Prus

Mark Prus, Academic Affairs, reviewed two manuscripts for publication in the Labor Studies Journal. The two articles were “Unintended consequences of Nevada’s Ninety Percent Prevailing Wage Rule,” and “Prevailing Wages, Side by Side Bids and School Construction Costs.”