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.
Kent Johnson
Kent Johnson, Sociology/Anthropology Department, and a team of international collaborators were awarded a grant to host a design workshop by the Coalition for Archaeological Synthesis. The workshop is titled “From Close Kinship to Population Interactions in the Deep Past: Integrating Biological and Cultural Indicators of Social Identities in a Multiscalar Framework,” and it will be held in northern Germany in Spring 2026.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article written in the aftermath of the Florida high school shooting titled, “Laws We Used to Have on the Books Could Have Prevented the Florida School Shooting,” published by the Washington Post on Feb. 15.
Also, his article “The NRA’s Journey from Marksmanship to Political Brinkmanship” was published in the Feb. 23 issue of The Conversation.
Mark Prus
Mark Prus, Academic Affairs, had his manuscript, coauthored with Kevin Duncan and Peter Philips, accepted for publication in the journal Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management. The article is titled “Using Stochastic Frontier Regression to Estimate the Construction Cost Inefficiency of Prevailing Wage Laws.”
Denise D. Knight
Denise D. Knight, English Department, had her essay, “‘that pure New England stock’: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the Construction of Identity,” published as the opening chapter in Charlotte Perkins Gilman: New Texts, New Contexts (Ohio State University Press, 2011). Knight also has been informed that her “Note on Gilman’s Supplement to ‘A Conservative’” has been accepted by ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes, and Reviews. In June, she will present two papers at the Fifth International Conference on Gilman in Missoula, Mont.: “Gilman Abroad,” and “Artistic Renderings of Charlotte Perkins Gilman.”
Ryan Fiddler
Ryan Fiddler, Kinesiology Department, was senior author on a presentation at the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) regional meeting Nov. 3 and 4 in Harrisburg, Pa. The research, titled “Beetroot Juice Supplementation Lowers Oxygen Cost of Vigorous Intensity Aerobic Exercise in Trained Endurance Athletes,” was presented by Nathaniel S. Ashton '16, who is currently working on his master’s thesis in exercise science.
Ben Wodi
Ben Wodi, Health Department, was one of 15 invited environmental health career panelists at the 143rd American Public Health Association Conference held Oct. 31 through Nov. 4 in Chicago, Ill. Wodi and one other environmental health professional represented academia among the panelists.
Moyi Jia
Moyi Jia, Communication and Media Studies Department, co-authored an article that was published in December in Health Communication, one of the leading journals in this field. The article is titled “Promoting Mental Health on Social Media: A Content Analysis of Organizational Tweets.”
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, was invited by University of Wyoming to deliver a book talk on Tongzhi Living: Men Attracted to Men in Postsocialist China in November.
Randi Storch and Kevin Sheets
Randi Storch and Kevin Sheets, History Department, attended the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) project director’s meeting to receive final training before launching their $180,000 Landmarks in American History and Culture workshop for K-12 teachers. The meeting was held Oct. 20-21 in Washington D.C. Their workshop, coordinated with the assistance of Kerri Freese, SUNY Cortland Noyce Project, invites teachers from around the country to learn about the Gilded Age and Progressive Era from the perspective of the wilderness, using Camp Huntington in Raquette Lake, N.Y., as a living classroom. The application and details about the workshop can be found at http://www2.cortland.edu/foreverwild/.