Kevin Dames
Kevin Dames, Kinesiology Department, Cabel McCandless '21 and Christopher Aiken of New Mexico State University had their article titled "Postural stability in trail and cross-country runners: Time-to-boundary metrics and training insights" published in the International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching. Their work highlights unique postural control profiles among a cross-sectional sample of healthy adults, collegiate runners, and trail runners.
Kent Johnson
Kent Johnson, Sociology/Anthropology Department, had his essay "The Persistent Myth of the Nuclear Family" published in Anthropology News, the online member magazine for the American Anthropological Association.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, distinguished service professor emeritus, political science, is the author of the new, tenth edition of his book The Politics of Gun Control. First published in 1995, it is considered the standard work on gun policy in America. The newest edition includes recent, dramatic developments, including the Trump administration’s dismantling of the federal agency charged with carrying out national gun laws, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. The book is published by Routledge.
In addition, his article, “Historical Firearm and Licensing Laws” was published in the most recent issue of the Dickinson Law Review.
Mark Dodds
Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, was recently interviewed in the “Teaching Sport Management” chapter of Experiential Learning in Sport Management, a leading textbook in the field.
Danica Savonick
Students in Danica Savonick’s English course, Publishing Literary and Cultural Criticism, created a new journal of literary and cultural analysis called Emblaze. Issue One is now live. Read Cortland students’ interpretations of books, TV shows, movies, music and more.
Susan J. Rayl
Susan J. Rayl, Kinesiology, presented a paper, "African American Basketball in New England, The Early 1930s," at the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) Annual Conference, held May 26-29, 2025, at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. She also served as the conference photographer.
Caroline Kaltefleiter
Caroline Kaltefleiter, Communication and Media Studies Department, has been appointed to the board of trustees of WSKG Public Media, headquartered in Vestal, N.Y. WSKG is part of the National Public Radio Network and PBS system and operates four radio stations and two television stations, providing news, entertainment, educational programming, and classical music. Kaltefleiter will bring her expertise in digital media and public broadcasting to the development team to advise on crisis campaign creation amid the closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and funding cuts to NPR.
Danica Savonick
Danica Savonick, English Department, was selected to the SUNY Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice Fellows Program.
Nancy Kane
Nancy Kane '13, Kinesiology Department, presented a session, "Tariffs ARE Going To Impact the Dance World: Geopolitics Hits Home," at the annual National Dance Society conference in June.
Jared Rosenberg
Jared Rosenberg, Kinesiology Department, was first author on a recently published article, "Agreement Between Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis and Ultrasound for Measuring Body Composition in Women with Breast Cancer," in online resource PubMed.