Faculty and Staff Activities
Brian Barrett
Brian Barrett, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, presented his paper along with Jim Hordern, University of Bath, UK, titled “Towards Powerful Professional Knowledge in Teacher Education in the USA and England: Reframing the Foundations” at the Knowledge and Quality across School Subjects and Teacher Education (KOSS) Symposium on powerful educational knowledge. Barrett presented virtually at the hybrid event in October, which was based at the University of London’s Institute of Education.
Mechthild Nagel,
Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy Department and the Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies (CGIS), presented on Ubuntu Philosophy at a forum sponsored by the Critical Jurist Association of Frankfurt University, on June 11 in Frankfurt, Germany.
Caroline Kaltefleiter
Caroline Kaltefleiter, Communication and Media Studies Department, had her article published in the journal Theory in Action. The article “Dive In: Transformative Education, Direct Action, and Innovative Media Strategies in an (Inter)Collegiate Partnership to Save a Community Pool” highlights an innovative media campaign, design choices and digital media used for capacity building, critical reflection and social justice.
Alexis Blavos
Alexis Blavos, Health Department, presented her research “Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic as Professionals: Health Education Specialists in Action,” at the Society for Public Health Education annual conference. Also, her article “Universities as catalysts for COVID-19 vaccination: A call to action” has been accepted for publication by the peer-reviewed journal Health Promotion Practice.
Mark Dodds
Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, had his article “Unassisted Goal: U.S. Soccer Does Not Need Approval to Use Player Likenesses in Group Ad” recently published by Sport Marketing Quarterly.
Melissa Morris
Melissa Morris, Physics Department, presented a talk on chondrule formation in impacts at the 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference held March 20-24 at The Woodlands, Texas.
Mechthild Nagel
Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy Department and the Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies (CGIS), is on leave for the academic year. In July she started her visiting scholar position at Cornell University’s Feminist, Gender, Sexuality Studies Program, where she will write a monograph on Ubuntu ethics of punishment. She will remain a scholar-in-residence until December.
In January 2015, she will commence her scholar-in-residence at the Max Planck Institute for Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Goettingen, Germany, through July 2015.
John C. Hartsock
John C. Hartsock, Communication Studies Department, has had one of his award-winning books accepted for publication in Chinese by Fudan University Press in China. A History of American Literary Journalism: The Emergence of a Modern Narrative Form, is expected to be published in Mandarin later this year. Translated by Li Mei, professor of journalism at South China University of Technology in Guangzhou (Canton), the book was the recipient of the two leading American awards for the history of journalism and mass communication from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, and the American Journalism Historians Association. The book was originally published by the University of Massachusetts Press in 2000. It is the first history of the journalistic genre of literary journalism in the United States, and has also been published in Romanian. Fudan University Press is widely regarded as one of the leading academic presses in China. Fudan University is located in Shanghai.
In other news, Hartsock was the subject of a question-and-answer article in the May issue of the journal Mass Communication Historiography. The journal is publishing interviews in each issue of recipients of major awards in the field of journalism and mass communication history. The interviews focus on historical methodologies used by the recipients.
Also, Hartsock participated in an interview in April with Polina Popova, a graduate student in journalism at St. Petersburg State University in St. Petersburg, Russia. The interview focused on Russian analogues to American literary journalism. Hartsock lectured on American literary journalism at St. Petersburg State University last November.
Gretchen Herrmann
Gretchen Herrmann, Library, served as a panelist commenting on issues related to an exhibition titled “Meta-Monumental Garage Sale” on Nov. 29 at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City. Joined by artists Coco Fusco and Anton Vidokle, Herrmann talked about her research of more than 25 years on the U.S. garage sale and later the panelists entertained smaller breakout discussions on various topics. Martha Rosler, the artist who created this exhibit, is known for her “art of the commonplace, art that illuminates social life.” The exhibition consisted of an array of goods—including a Mercedes Benz without an engine, books, clothing, Christmas goods and intimate apparel for shoppers to buy. Many of the goods belonged to Rosler, but were largely supplemented by various donations with the intention that proceeds go to charity. Bargaining was encouraged and allowed purchasers to be photographed with their garage sale finds. The exhibition was live-streamed by several video cameras.
Also, Herrmann contributed to a lengthy question-and-answer session concerning women, work and community in the garage sale, titled “In Conversation: Gretchen Herrmann with Martha Rosler” that started off a series of articles on garage sales and related topics in the two issues of the museum-sponsored Garage Sale Standard. Access to the issues of the newspaper, photos of purchases and more information can be found at www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2012/garagesale/
Mark Dodds
Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, co-edited with James T. Reese a book that was recognized by Library Journal with a Best Reference 2015 award. Sports Leadership: A Reference Guide featured submissions by more than 10 SUNY Cortland faculty members.