Ute Ritz-Deutch
Ute Ritz-Deutch, History Department, recently had two chapters published, one each in very different books. Both will be available this summer. “German Colonists in Southern Brazil: Navigating Multiple Identities on the Brazilian Frontier” will be published in Tales of Transit: Narrative Migrant Spaces in Atlantic Perspective 1850-1950 by Amsterdam University Press, 2013. “Imprisoning Foreign Nationals” will appear in The End of Prisons by Value Inquiry Books, 2013.
Amanda L. Anderson
Amanda L. Anderson, Student Conduct Office, was selected to serve as a volunteer on the C3 Care Team for the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) at its 2012 convention in Louisville, Ky. C3 is an annual job fair that takes place during ACPA’s annual convention.
Caroline K. Kaltefleiter
Caroline K. Kaltefleiter, Communication and Media Studies Department, presented a paper titled “Prefiguration and (COVID) Care: Anarcha-Feminism, Trebled Reflexivity, and Mutual Aid” on Aug. 24 at the 7th Anarchist Studies Network International Conference, held virtually. Also, she participated in a plenary session on the “Future of Anarchist Studies.”
Tom Lickona
Tom Lickona, Center for the 4th and 5th Rs and professor of education emeritus, published “11 Ways to Foster the Spirit of Christmas All Year Long” as the December post for his Psychology Today “Raising Kind Kids” blog.
Thomas Hischak
Thomas Hischak, professor emeritus of theatre, has had his book, The Mikado to Matilda: The British Musical on the New York Stage, published this summer by Rowman and Littlefield. The book discusses 110 London musical successes from the late 18th Century to the present and how they were received in New York City.
Kathleen Lawrence
Kathleen Lawrence, Communication Studies Department, had 12 poems accepted for publication. Eight poems were published during the summer. “Alice Abbreviated” and “Dorothy Delivered” both appeared in Altered Reality Magazine in August. “Intoxicated” and “A Sexual Assault in the Woods” were published in Crow Hollow 19 in July. Two more poems, “How to Write a Poem” and “How to Break Up with Your Dinosaur,” were published in the Muses’ Gallery of Highland Park Poetry in June. Her poem “Pure Prince” appeared in Delirious: A Poetic Tribute to Prince (NightBallet Press), also in June. “Requiem” appeared in A Prince Tribute (Yellow Chair Review) in May 2016. Also, Lawrence has four more poems currently forthcoming. “‘King," an elegy for B.B. King, will be published in October in an introduction to poetry textbook by Kendall Hunt. “Detecting Nancy Drew” will appear in the Nancy Drew Anthology forthcoming from Silver Birch Press. Two poems, “Breastfeeding Bliss” and “Milk and Honey,” will appear in the journal Breastfeeding Medicine.
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.
Rhiannon Maton
Rhiannon Maton, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, was elected to the secretary/treasurer position of the Teacher's Work/Teachers Unions Special Interest Group of the American Educational Studies Association for a three-year term. In addition, she co-presented two papers at the same conference, titled: “The Micro-Macro Dialectic: Teacher Activism Within and Across Multiple Systemic Domains” and “Theorizing Resistance: Teacher Resistance to Neoliberalism in Canada and the United States.”
Bonni C. Hodges
Bonni C. Hodges, Health Department, has had her paper “Health Promotion at the Ballpark: Peanuts, Popcorn, and Mighty Molar” selected by the editorial leadership of Health Promotion Practice for inclusion in the inaugural collection “The Best of Health Promotion Practice.” The paper, published in 2017, was selected based on “its ability to stimulate out-of-the-box thinking and reminder of the importance of nimble, creative, and appropriately opportunistic health promotion… the article also reminds us that well-planned health promotion can be both important and fun. [It] exemplifies the best of academic scholarship, insights from practice, and writing that is accessible, provocative, and inspiring to practitioners.”
Mary McGuire and John Suarez
Mary McGuire and John Suarez, Institute for Civic Engagement, conducted an “ignite” event, titled “’Hire’ Education, Public Purpose, and Student Employers” at Campus Compact’s 30th Anniversary Conference, held March 21-23 in Boston, Mass. This session used a “What If” approach to role-play in which the audience explored benefits of, and challenges to, a SUNY system that serves as a brokerage agency for college students. Examples included: Imagine a SUNY that refers students to professionals in their disciplines; students choose and hire professionals to be mentors; and students work with those mentors in applied-learning situations for the majority of their college educations.