Kathleen A. Lawrence
Kathleen A. Lawrence, Communication Studies Department, had a haiku, “blackbird dead,” published recently by Haikuniverse online magazine as part of an annual event to commemorate Halloween. Also, the upcoming anthology to be published by Scryptic Magazine will include two of her poems: “He Left Me Cold” and “Travelogue: First Day of My Last Trip.”
Christopher McRoberts
Christopher McRoberts, Geology Department, presented a session at the 2011 Annual Meeting of The Geological Society of America (GSA) Oct. 9-12 in Minneapolis, Minn. His talk is titled “Habitat Heterogeneity and Speciation Among Deep-Sea Triassic Benthic Bivalves from the Exaerobic Zone.”
Bonni C. Hodges, Donna M. Videto and Aimee Greeley
Bonni C. Hodges, Donna M. Videto and Aimee Greeley, Health Department, presented on the School Health System Change Project throughout the fall. In October, they discussed “Plotting a New Course: Letting the Data Drive Your School Health Program” at the American School Health Association conference in South Carolina. In November, Hodges represented the project at the American Public Health Association conference in Boston to present “Barriers to School and Community Health Organization Collaborations.” Videto and Greeley shared the project’s work in November at the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance conference via two presentations, “ Embracing Health, Wellness, and the Common Core” and “School Health Systems: Creating Your Own Success.”
Li Jin
Li Jin, Geology Department, co-authored two papers recently published in the journals Water and in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. Both papers are part of REACH, a global research program to improve water security for the poor. The first paper, “Multibranch modelling of flow and water quality in the Dhaka River System, Bangladesh: Impacts of future development plans and climate change” was published in Water. The second paper, “Evaluating the effects of geochemical and anthropogenic factors on the concentration and treatability of heavy metals in Awash River and Lake Beseka, Ethiopia: Arsenic and Molybdenum issues,” was published in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article titled “The Gun-Safety Issue is Actually Helping Democrats,” published by the New York Times on Nov. 12.
Gigi Peterson
Gigi Peterson, History Department, presented a poster session at the annual conference of the National Council of the Social Studies, which centered on the theme “Advancing Social Justice.” Due to the virtual nature of the conference, held Dec. 4 through 6, her presentation, “A Community Action Project Pilot: Teacher Candidates Take ‘Informed Action,’" will be on online display through April. She looks forward to adding sections on the Fall 2020 Community Action Projects carried out by teacher candidates in her Foundations of Social Studies class.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, authored two recent articles. “Capitol Riot a Fitting End to Trump Presidency Built on Lies” was published in Syracuse’s The Post-Standard on Jan. 10. His article “The Problem with a Presidential Self-Pardon” appeared on the History News Network website on Jan. 13.
Garrett Otto and Kevin Dames
Garrett Otto, Mathematics Department, and Kevin Dames, Kinesiology Department, co-authored a paper with Sutton Richmond, University of Florida, that was recently published in Journal of Biomechanics. The study, “Characterization of trial duration in traditional and emerging postural control measures,” establishes minimum trial durations necessary to acquire reliable force platform-derived outcomes. Recommendations from this project can improve consistency in collecting balance data for future studies and enhance confidence in clinical assessments of sensorimotor function.
Doug Langhans
Doug Langhans, Admissions, was a panelist on the State Study Consortia: Pool Resources & Increase Exposure! webinar presented by International English Language Testing System (IELTS) USA. IELTS hosted a variety of online workshops throughout the summer discussing various topics related to international education. Langhans, Study New York past-chair, and a number of other industry leaders discussed the benefits of forming a study state consortium to help increase the exposure of colleges and universities to international students and scholars. Langhans has been the SUNY Cortland representative for Study New York since it was founded in 2009 and has been a member of the Executive Leadership Team since 2016.
Kathleen A. Lawrence
Kathleen A. Lawrence recently had four poems published by Synkroniciti Magazine, edited by Katherine Grace McDaniel. Two poems, “Kangaroo Court,” a satirical take on celebrities and politicians, and “Entanglements Under a Forest Canopy,” a study of nature and color and beauty), were written in the abecedarian form. Her poems “Amelia Earhart: Lost & Found” and “A Wall of Peaches of Immortality” trace the mystery and wonder of a favorite female explorer and a study of peaches and conflict in a lovely fruit grove.
Also, Lawrence received word this summer that two of her poems were included in Masques: Poetry of Identities: An Anthology by Culture Cult Press, Jay Chakravarti, editor. They included Lawrence’s abecedarian “Holy Wars,” about the inherent struggle of arguing agnostics and atheists in religious climates, and “Whirlpool,” a series of sinking cinquains of the swirling loss of culture, ideals, and principles in America.