Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, an original panelist on the WCNY public affairs program, “Ivory Tower,” program, recently learned from WCNY that the program has been nominated for an Emmy Award in the category of “Public/Current/Community Affairs.” Broadcast weekly since 2002, the “Ivory Tower” is the highest rated local television program in Central New York. Panelists from area universities discuss the news of the week, and conclude with A’s and F’s, during the half-hour show that airs Fridays at 8 p.m.
Peter M. McGinnis
Peter M. McGinnis, Kinesiology Department, recently had a Polish translation of the third edition of his textbook published. Biomechanics of Sport and Exercise (Biomechanika W Sporcie I Cwiczeniach Ruchowych), has been published by Edra Urban & Partner in Poland.
Teagan Bradway
Teagan Bradway, English Department, gave an invited lecture on Nov. 8 to the Centre for Cultural Inquiry at the University of Konstanz in Germany. Her talk, “Throuple Plots: Narrative Infrastructures of Queer Kinship,” is drawn from her book-in-progress on the representation of kinship in contemporary LGBTQ+ literature and film.
Terrence Fitzgerald, Frank Rossi and Michael Wolfin '12
Terrence Fitzgerald, Biological Sciences Department, Frank Rossi, Chemistry Department, and former student Michael Wolfin ’12, co-authored an article titled “Trail Marking by Larvae of the Cactus Moth, Cactoblastis cactorum” appearing in the current issue of the Journal of Insect Science. The paper reports the results of a study supported by the USDA-APHIS directed at developing an eco-rational approach to the control of the caterpillar, which is an invasive species. Wolfin, currently a graduate student at Cornell, was recently designated the George G. Gyrisco Outstanding Graduate Student in Applied Entomology.
Thomas Hischak
Thomas Hischak, professor emeritus of theatre, had his book 1939: Hollywood’s Greatest Year published by Rowman & Littlefield, Publishers. The book is a day-by-day chronicle of the year 1939 describing all 510 movies that opened as well as events in history, sports, music, theatre, radio, and politics.
Christopher D. Gascón
Christopher D. Gascón, Modern Languages Department, had his article “La vida es sueño Reimagined: Inversion, Mimicry, and Communitas in Teatro Inverso’s Rosaura (2018)” published in Comedia Performance. The article analyzes a recent performance of an adaptation of a Spanish classic in the midst of the #MeToo movement.
Li Jin
Li Jin, Geology Department, co-authored a paper titled “Chloride sources in urban and rural headwater catchments, central New York” with Kristina Gutchess ’13, lead author, who is now a Ph.D. student at Syracuse University. The article will appear in the journal Science of the Total Environment.
Kathleen A. Lawrence
Kathleen A. Lawrence, Communication Studies Department, recently had two of her published poems nominated for 2017 Best of the Net: “Just Rosie” was nominated by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA), and “High Tea” was nominated by Highland Park Poetry. In addition, her poem “Extracurricular” was published in Sonic Boom Journal in August. Star*Line, SFPA’s print journal, recently accepted her poem “Vampirette.” Her poems “wide eyed wallflowers,” “Lovely and Dilapidated” and “My Father - Somonka” will appear in Undertow Tanka Review. Also, her poem “Invisible, Fat Me” is forthcoming in Blynkt Magazine.
David A. Kilpatrick
David A. Kilpatrick, Psychology Department, did a spoken presentation at the New England Research on Dyslexia Society on Friday April 4. The conference was held at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions. His presentation was “The persistence of phonemic proficiency deficits in high school students with reading disability: How orthographic mapping theory explains dyslexia.” David represented SUNY while other presenters were from Harvard, Yale, MIT, the University of Connecticut and Florida State University, which for decades has been a National Institute of Child Health and Human Development funding hub for dyslexia.
Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, participated in a Humanities Corridor Workshop hosted at Syracuse University on the topic “Objects of Inquiry: Re/Oriented LGBT/Queer Studies Introductory Courses,” which took place on April 6 and brought together faculty from universities and colleges in the region, including Cornell University, Ithaca College, Hamilton College, Colgate University, Hobart and William Smith Colleges and Le Moyne College.