Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, was invited by Oberlin College, Ohio, to deliver a campus-wide talk on April 4 on her book Tongzhi Living: Men Attracted to Men in Postsocialist China.
Melissa A. Morris
Melissa A. Morris, Physics Department, recently gave two invited talks. On Nov. 2, she spoke at the University of Rochester and, on Nov. 7, at the annual meeting of the Astronomical Society of New York, held at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article titled, “Libya and Iraq: A Stop and Think Moment,” that appeared on The Huffington Post (www.huffingtonpost.com) beginning on Oct. 24. Spitzer is a regular contributor to Huffington.
Mary Gfeller and Noyce Scholar Morgan Barnett
Mary Gfeller, Mathematics Department, and SUNY Cortland Noyce Scholar Morgan Barnett, presented the workshop session “Creating Successful Tiered Lessons for the Mathematics Classroom” on Oct. 15 at the Noyce Northeast Regional Conference in Philadelphia, Pa. Using Marian Small’s book, More Good Questions, participants examined the process of creating parallel mathematics tasks in tiered lessons for diverse learners. Gfeller and Barnett shared their own experiences using tiered lessons, including how to overcome the most common problems teachers may encounter. Participants had the opportunity to brainstorm and share their ideas on how to differentiate with less difficulty and greater success.
Brian Barrett
Brian Barrett, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, served as a guest editor for the most recent issue of The Curriculum Journal. He contributed two articles to the issue: “After the Knowledge Turn? Politics and Pedagogy,” with co-authors Ursula Hoadley, Alka Sehgal Cuthbert and John Morgan, and “An Engaging Pedagogy for an Academic Curriculum,” with Elizabeth Rata and Graham McPhail.
Jennifer Wilson
Jennifer Wilson, Communications Office, will be inducted into the State University of New York Council for University Affairs and Development (SUNYCUAD) Hall of Fame Class of 2018 on June 7 during the organization’s annual conference in Syracuse, N.Y. She and fellow honoree Nancy Prott of Upstate Medical University co-chaired the conference corporate sponsorship committee for five consecutive conferences through 2016, raising support and serving as sponsor liaisons for conferences in Syracuse, Farmingdale, Lake Placid, Rochester and Cooperstown. Each year, the SUNYCUAD Board of Directors adds up to two new Hall of Fame members who have distinguished themselves, their institutions and the State University by their significant contributions to the organization and its mission of service and education. Each honoree has his or her name added to a permanent plaque housed at the State University headquarters in Albany.
Brian D. Barrett
Brian D. Barrett, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, had his article titled “Get Real! A Social Realist Approach to Combating Relativism and Promoting Social Justice in the Foundations of Education” published in the current issue of Educational Change. The article can be accessed online. Barrett presented an early version of the paper at the New York State Foundations of Education Association’s 2011 Annual Conference in Rochester, N.Y.
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, presented a paper titled “Crisis and Media: Masculinity in Crisis, Loss of Manhood, and the Nation-State in Postsocialist China” at the International Conference on Communication and Media Studies, held Aug. 25 and 26 at University of Galway, Ireland.
In October, Zheng organized and chaired a panel and presented a paper titled “Male Rationale of Intimate Partner Violence in Postsocialist China” at the annual conference of the New York Association of Asian Studies held at Syracuse University. She represented SUNY Cortland at the conference, attended the executive board meeting as an executive board member, and presented student paper prizes as the prize committee chair at its business meeting.
Tim Delaune
Tim Delaune, Political Science Department, presented research on the depiction in film of pirates as domestic and international outlaws from the 1930s to the present at the international conference Frontière(s) au Cinéma on June 27 in La Rochelle, France. His paper “The Outlaw at Sea: An Inquiry into Cinematic Depictions of Pirates and Piracy,” was included in the panel discussion on “Borders and Lost Territories” (Frontières et territories perdus).
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is co-author of a new book, Encyclopedia of Gun Control and Gun Rights. The book is a compendium of information about all aspects of the gun issue in America. Co-authored with Glenn Utter of Lamar University, the book is published by Grey House Publishing.