Daniela Baban Hurrle
Daniela Baban Hurrle, International Programs Office, was awarded the Clark Center Internationalization Award on April 27. Since 2010, the Clark Center Internationalization Award is given each year at SUNY Cortland to recognize individuals from the faculty or staff who have significantly contributed to or shown leadership in internationalizing the campus.
In selecting an honoree, the Clark Center Steering Committee recognizes the variety of ways an individual can enrich SUNY Cortland and the wider community. Recognized activities include, for example, expanding study abroad opportunities or mentoring international students on campus. Awardees have also repeatedly exposed SUNY Cortland students to a diversity of international perspectives, whether by presenting their scholarship, bringing guest scholars to campus, promoting the study of foreign languages, or diversifying our curriculum.
Past recipients are:
2010 Henry Steck
2011 Carol van der Karr
2012 International Advocates
2013 Sharon Steadman
2014 Jerome O’Callaghan
2015 Craig Little
2016 Jeremiah Donovan
2017 Mary Schlarb
2018 Luo Xu
2019 William Skipper
2020 Mecke Nagel
Dennis Weng
Dennis Weng, Political Science Department, presented three papers at a conference at The University of Texas at Austin from Oct. 31 to Nov. 1. His paper “Contextual Effects on individual Voting Behavior: the Case of Taiwan,” has been accepted for publication in the Asian Journal of Political Science by the end of this year.
Alexandru Balas
Alexandru Balas, International Studies Department and director of the Clark Center for International Education, gave a presentation titled “When Good People Do Something: The Actions of Two Romanians and a Salvadoran During the Holocaust” as part of the Conversations in Conflict Studies Series at the Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Cooperation. The series was held on Feb. 6 at Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University.
Matt Madden, Mark Dodds and Kate Polasek
Matt Madden, Physical Education Department, Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, and Kate Polasek, Kinesiology Department, presented “Female rights to physical education in the United States and the interpretation of co-educational classes” at the European Association for Sport Management Conference, held Sept. 5 to 8 in Innsbruck, Austria.
Tadayuki Suzuki
Tadayuki Suzuki, Literacy Department, presented at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) annual convention on Nov. 22 in Washington, D.C. His presentation was titled, “Stories to Tell—Listening to the Words in LGBT Themed Children’s Literature.”
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, has had his 2015 book, Guns across America, reviewed in the New York Review of Books, along with a letter exchange with the reviewer in a subsequent issue. The review is available at http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/07/14/terror-of-our-guns/ and http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/08/18/stand-your-ground/
Doug Langhans
Doug Langhans, Admissions Office, recently attended the European Association for International Education (EAIE) 2017 Conference in Seville, Spain. He represented Study New York, a consortium of SUNY, CUNY and private institutions formed to promote New York as a destination for international students. Langhans, Study New York chair-elect, exhibited at the conference in conjunction with EducationUSA. He met with a variety of international education colleagues to discuss the advantages of studying in New York.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article appearing at the CNN website titled, “Trump Should Seize This Pivotal Moment and Stop Waffling on Gun Control.” The article was posted on August 24.
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, was invited by University of Las Vegas to deliver a campus-wide book talk on Nov. 13 on her book Tongzhi Living: Men Attracted to Men in Postsocialist China.
Jacqueline Augustine and Kevin Dames
Jacqueline Augustine and Kevin Dames, Kinesiology Department, recently co-authored the manuscript “Efficacy of an Audio-Based Biofeedback Intervention to Modify Running Gait in Female Runners” which was published in November in the Journal of Sports Rehabilitation.