Thomas Hischak
Thomas Hischak, professor emeritus of theatre, has had two books published recently: the anthology Plays of the American Experience: 25 Scenes for the Classroom and Stage (Meriwether Publishing) and The Woody Allen Encyclopedia (Rowman & Littlefield).
Denise D. Knight
Denise D. Knight, professor emerita of English, has been informed that her article, “A `solitary song’: Identity, Agency, and Motherhood in Wharton’s Summer,” has been accepted for publication in American Literary Realism.
Jordan Kobritz
Jordan Kobritz, Sport Management Department, recently was quoted in two publications: New York Family and Wallet Hub.
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John C. Hartsock
John C. Hartsock, Communication Studies Department, was invited to give a lecture on June 21 to the doctoral program in human sciences at the University of Perugia on the relationship between literary journalism and ethnography. The University of Perugia is located in Perugia, Italy and is one of Italy’s oldest universities, founded in 1308. The invitation came about because Hartsock has been teaching a study abroad course at the Umbra Institute in Perugia for the last three summer sessions.
Kristine Newhall
Kristine Newhall, Kinesiology Department, was invited to co-present a symposium at the Social Justice Through Sport and Exercise Psychology Conference in March. The session was called “More than a Trend: Assessing the Literature on Trans Issues in Sport.”
Kristine Newhall
Kristine Newhall, Kinesiology Department, presented at the annual meeting of the North American Society for Sport History in May in Washington, D.C. Her talk “Who is a women’s sports advocate?” focused on the life and activism of Dr. Jean Grossholtz of Mt. Holyoke College.
Fran Elia
Fran Elia, Sports Information Office, along with the Georgetown University sports information director, co-moderated the “Town Hall” panel at the annual Eastern College Athletic Conference-Sports Information Directors Association (ECAC-SIDA) workshop June 26 in Troy, N.Y.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article titled, “Flanagan’s Gun Permit, and Mine,” that was published in the New York Daily News on August 31. Spitzer argues that the man who shot a television reporter and cameraman in Virginia likely could not have obtained his gun had he lived in New York.
David Kilpatrick
David Kilpatrick, Psychology Department, presented a poster titled “The Compensating Dyslexics We Never Hear About: A Multiple Case Study Approach” for the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading. The presentation took place at the society’s annual conference in July in Santa Fe, N.M.
Lisa Randolph and Tracy Frenyea
Lisa Randolph, Career Services, and Tracy Frenyea, Advisement and Transition, presented a concurrent session at the College Student Personnel Association of New York State conference held on Oct. 5 in Syracuse. “A Collaborative Evolution” reflected on the collaborations between Advisement and Transition, as part of Academic Affairs, and Career Services, as part of Student Affairs. They discussed how the collaboration has evolved from workshops for undeclared students to a one-credit elective course, Major and Career Exploration, co-taught by both offices, and what they learned in the process.