Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is co-author of the just-published eighth edition of We The People: An Introduction to American Government. Published by W.W. Norton, the book is an analytic examination of the American governing system. The book’s co-authors include Benjamin Ginsberg, Johns Hopkins University; Theodore J. Lowi, Cornell University; and Margaret Weir, University of California, Berkeley.
Bonni C. Hodges
Bonni C. Hodges, Health Department, has been appointed to the CNY Area Health Education Center (CNYAHEC) Cortland/Cayuga/Seneca Regional Advisory Council. The council encompasses representatives from healthcare, education, government, business and not-for-profit groups. The council collaborates with CNYAHEC to identify priorities and strategies for regional healthcare workforce development.
Mechthild Nagel
Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy Department and Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies (CGIS), gave an invited talk for a seminar addressing Ph.D. candidates in the humanities on Feb. 16 at Syracuse University. The talk, titled “Unlocking Open Access: Shifting Paradigms in Academic Publication,” discussed the success of Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women’s and Gender Studies, which is supported by SUNY Cortland and housed in CGIS.
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, was invited to deliver a book talk and present a graduate seminar Feb. 22-24 at University of California at Berkeley.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, political science, will participate in the live broadcast of the 300th episode of the long-running television program broadcast on WCNY-TV, Syracuse, "The Ivory Tower Half Hour," on Friday, Nov. 13. First aired in September of 2002, the "Ivory Tower" has become the highest rated locally produced television program in Central New York aside from local nightly news. Spitzer is one of four original participants still with the program. The live broadcast will expand from its usual half hour format to include not only its customary analysis of public affairs and its "A's" and "F's" segment, but also questions from a studio audience invited to participate in the event.
Mary Lynch Kennedy
Mary Lynch Kennedy, English, and Hadley M. Smith, Ithaca College, have published an expanded fourth edition of Reading and Writing in the Academic Community, Prentice Hall, 2010. The book is a comprehensive rhetoric covering critical reading and the major genres of academic writing that students encounter as undergraduates. Also, Kennedy was invited to give a two-hour workshop, "Exploring Memories in Writing," at the 59th Annual Conference of the New York State English Council held Oct. 22 in Albany N.Y. Kennedy and Ross Borden, English, gave a presentation Sept. 16 on Marjane Satrapi's graphic memoir, Persepolis, to the Ladies Literary Club of Cortland. This year the Literary Club is celebrating its 130th anniversary.
Jerome O'Callaghan
Jerome O'Callaghan, arts and sciences, has been selected as a member of the Irish Voice's "2009 Irish Education 100." The list, in this inaugural edition, is designed to recognize Irish and Irish-Americans who have made significant contributions to the field of education in the United States.
Gretchen Herrmann
Gretchen Herrmann, library, participated in a book reading at Buffalo Street Books in Ithaca, N.Y., on Oct. 23. She read from an article she had published titled "His and Hers: Gender and Garage Sales," which was included in the recently released edited collection Doing Gender Diversity: Readings in Theory and Real-World Experience, (Westview Press) edited by Lis Maurer, LGBT Education, Outreach and Services Program Director, and Rebecca Plante, associate professor of sociology at Ithaca College. The book focuses on both hegemonic and transgressive gender development, roles, identities and practices and demonstrates the multiple ways in which the universe of gender is socially, culturally and historically constructed. Herrmann's article focuses on the gendered patterns of belief and behavior that constitute "doing gender" in the social microcosm of the U.S. garage sale.
Mechthild Nagel
Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy Department and director of the Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies (CGIS), taught a graduate seminar on “Global Feminisms” in June at Fulda University of Applied Sciences in Fulda, Germany.
Mark A. Dodds and David L. Snyder
Mark A. Dodds and David L. Snyder, Sport Management Department, had their article titled “School Drug Strip Searches Limited in Scope” published in the February 2010 issue of The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance.