Faculty and Staff Activities
Kathleen A. Lawrence
Kathleen A. Lawrence, Communication and Media Studies Department, received word that her poem “Dorothy Delivered” has been awarded third place in the Highland Park Poetry’s 2019 Poetry Challenge for L. Frank Baum’s Land of Oz in the Adult Non-Resident Category. In addition, her poem “What to Do?” has been awarded honorable mention in the same contest for Tricubes (a specific poetry form) in the Adult Non-Resident Category. Highland Park Poetry will be publishing a chapbook of all selected poems and Lawrence’s two poems will appear in that anthology.
Seth N. Asumah and Mechthild Nagel,
Seth N. Asumah, Political Science and Africana Studies departments, and Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy Department and the Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies (CGIS), had their peer-reviewed anthology titled Diversity, Social Justice, and Inclusive Excellence: Transdisciplinary and Global Perspectives published by SUNY Press. The essays focus on the components of diversity, social justice and inclusive excellence, not just within the United States but also in other parts of the world. The contributors to the anthology include Elizabeth Davis-Russell, president of Tubman University, Liberia, and former provost and vice president for academic affairs at SUNY Cortland, and other prominent scholars from 11 different universities. SUNY Cortland contributors include: Janet Duncan, Foundations and Social Advocacy and Educational Leadership Department; Ibipo Johnston-Anumonwo, Geography Department, and; Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department. With generous support from Provost Mark Prus, the anthology was made available to participants of the 2014 Summer Diversity Institute. The book will be on display by SUNY Press at the first SUNY-wide diversity conference, “Making Diversity Count: Ensuring Equity, Inclusion, Access and Impact,” set for Nov 12-13 at the Marriott Inn in Albany, N.Y.
Donna M. Videto and Aimee Greeley
Donna M. Videto and Aimee Greeley, Health Department and School Health Systems Change Project, presented two sessions at the New York State Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (NYSAHPERD) 75th Annual Conference held Nov. 15-17 at Turning Stone Resort in Oneida, N.Y. The sessions were titled: “Following Footprints: An Ecological Scan of School Health and Wellness” and “Overcoming Barriers to Developing Effective School Health Systems.” In addition, Videto was awarded the NYSAHPERD Amazing People Award in the Health Education Section for outstanding contributions and commitment to professional excellence.
Mark Dodds
Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, recently co-authored an article, “Inherent Risk or Risky Decision? Coach’s Failure to Use Safety Device an Assumed Risk,” published in the April 2013 issue of The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of two recent op-eds. His article, “Why the Supreme Court Will Almost Surely Strike Down New York’s Gun Law,” was published by the New York Daily News on January 24. His article, “Why ‘Vice’ Deserves an Oscar,” appeared in the Los Angeles Times on February 7.
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.
Jeremy Jiménez
Jeremy Jiménez, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, recently contributed a chapter titled “‘I Need to Hear a Good Ending:’ How Students Cope with Historical Violence” in the forthcoming book Teaching and Learning the Difficult Past: Comparative Perspectives.
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.
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.