Tadayuki Suzuki
Tadayuki Suzuki, Literacy Department, presented “Art of Pleasure: Reviving the Joy of Reading” at the Kentucky Reading Association Annual Conference on Nov. 17 in Louisville.
Angela Pagano, Mary Gfeller and Kerri Freese
Angela Pagano, Biological Sciences Department, Mary Gfeller, Mathematics Department, and Program Coordinator Kerri Freese, Chemistry Department, along with eight students, represented the SUNY Cortland Undergraduate Clinically Rich Teacher Preparation Pilot program, a New York State Education Department (NYSED)-funded grant, during February in Albany, N.Y. They participated in a networking event with district administrators during a NYSED Diagnostic Tool for School and District Effectiveness training workshop. SUNY Cortland students included: Eric Reisweber, Zachary Gracyck and Brendan Creegan, adolescence education: earth science; Kelsey O’Donnell and Robin Tobin, adolescence education: mathematics; Taylor Jones and Lisa Dovi, adolescence education: physics; and Elyse Brill, adolescence education: biology.
Gregg Weatherby
Gregg Weatherby, English Department, will perform in the Ithaca Shakespeare Company’s production of “Richard II: The Death of Kings” from Friday, Feb. 13 through Sunday, Feb. 15 and on Thursday, Feb. 19 through Saturday, Feb. 21 at the Hangar Theatre.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, gave a talk on, “Live By History, Die By History: The Second Amendment, Heller, and Gun Policy,” on Oct. 18 at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Mark Dodds
Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, delivered two presentations at the 2014 North American Society for Sport Management Conference (NASSM), held May 27-31 in Pittsburgh, Pa. The talks were titled, “Review of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and its Impact on The Olympic Games” and “The Unpaid Intern: Do They Have Any Legal Rights?”
Peter M. McGinnis
Peter M. McGinnis, Kinesiology Department, was inducted into the third class of the Swarthmore College Garnet Athletics Hall of Fame on Oct. 31. A multi-sport athlete at the college, McGinnis, who graduated in 1976, excelled as a pole vaulter on Swarthmore’s outdoor track and field team. He became Swarthmore’s first track and field All-American by placing fifth at the 1975 NCAA Championships. At the Penn Relays in 1976, McGinnis set the still-existing college outdoor pole vault record of 15 feet. Now a leading expert in the field, McGinnis has been an adviser to USA Track & Field for more than 30 years, providing scientific services to elite U.S. pole vaulters and their coaches to prepare them for the Olympic Games, IAAF World Championships and other competitions. As pole vault coach at SUNY Cortland, McGinnis has mentored two NCAA pole vault champions.
Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, and E.L. McCallum of Michigan State University, will co-edit a book titled After Queer Studies: Literary Theory and Critical Interpretation. Their book is now under contract with Cambridge University Press. The volume maps the literary influences that made queer theory's academic emergence possible and charts the trajectories that shape its continued evolution.
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, has won the 2022 Research Publication Book Award from the Association of Chinese Professors of Social Sciences in the United States for her book Violent Intimacy: Family Harmony, State Stability, and Intimate Partner Violence in Postsocialist China, recently published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Chris Badurek
Chris Badurek, Geography Department, was awarded a 2020 Love of Learning Award on Sept. 1 from the Phi Kappa Honor Society for his project “At Work in the Wild: Developing Virtual Field Trips in the Adirondacks.” Funding will support development of virtual field trips focusing on significant environmental and cultural features in the Adirondack landscape using digital video and web mapping tools. The field trips will be used in teaching and research focused on sustainable development of the Adirondack region.
Alexis Blavos
Alexis Blavos, Health Department, is on the board of directors for the National Health Education honorary, Eta Sigma Gamma, as the director of advocacy. She serves as a voting delegate for the Coalition of National Health Education Organizations and was involved in planning the 50th anniversary celebration that was held on March 30 in Denver, Colo. Also, she was appointed co-chair for the national awards committee for the Society for Public Health Education. And, Blavos recently had her article, “Marijuana and College Students: A Critical Review of the Literature,” published in the American Journal of Health Education, currently posted online.