Ute Ritz-Deutch
Ute Ritz-Deutch, History Department, recently attended the annual general meeting of Amnesty International USA in Washington, D.C., where she accepted the Hironaka Award for human rights activism on behalf of the Ithaca chapter, AI Group 73. She is the coordinator for the Ithaca chapter and a member of the Northeast Regional Planning Group. Ritz-Deutch is also the faculty advisor for the Amnesty International student group at SUNY Cortland and has recently volunteered to serve as area coordinator for Upstate New York.
Nance Wilson
Nance Wilson, Literacy Department, made two presentations at the New York State Association of Teacher Educators Annual Fall Conference held in October in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. “Building Partnerships Between Higher Education and High Quality Middle Level Schools” was presented with Brian Sherman. “NYS College Reading Educators Present Ideas for Preparing Teachers for Literacy Instruction in an Age of School Reform,” was presented with Kathleen Hinchman.
Gregg Weatherby
Gregg Weatherby, English Department, recently learned that his poems “Literary Efforts/Tin Palace,” “Sargasso"” and “The Old Regulars Long Gone” were accepted for Home Planet News Online #7.
Gregory D. Phelan
Gregory D. Phelan, Chemistry Department, had a United States patent issue on April 11. The patent, numbered 9,616,013 and titled Photo-activated hydrogels, deals with a new type of crosslinked polymeric cosmetic product. The patent was assigned to L’Oreal. This is Phelan’s 33rd issued United States Patent. Read more about patent 9616013.
Mechthild Nagel
Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy and Africana Studies departments and Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies, as editor-in-chief of Wagadu, announces the recent publication of a special issue of the online academic feminist journal. Edited by Nikita Dhawan, professor of political theory and gender studies and director of the Research Platform Gender Studies, at University of Innsbruck, the issue outlines the ideological function of diversity and intersectionality as legitimizing performance indicators in discourses and institutions. Included in the issue is an article by Nagel titled “Pitfalls of Diversity Management.”
Jeremy Jimenez
Jeremy Jimenez, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, along with former SUNY Cortland alumni Tova Wilensky ’00, were awarded the Victor Kobayashi Award for Best Published Paper in 2020 for their article “‘It’s my responsibility’: perspectives on environmental justice and education for sustainability among international school students in Singapore,” published in International Studies in Sociology of Education. The award is aimed at research that shows promise of making a significant contribution towards existing theory, policy or practice in the fields of international and comparative education while also addressing issues concerning sustainability and environmental education.
Dennis Weng
Dennis Weng, Political Science Department, has announced recent accomplishments, including his invitation and participation in a roundtable discussion on the latest Taiwan issues held June 10 and 11 at the University of Toronto. Also, he was invited by National Chengchi University’s Center for Southeast Asian Studies to join their future research program as an international research fellow, from 2016 to 2018. Finally, Weng’s paper, “The Effects of Civic Consciousness and Civil Disobedience on Support for and Participation in Contentious Politics,” has been accepted for publication in the Japanese Journal of political science. This paper will be published by the end of 2016.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of a chapter on the presidency of John Tyler for a new book, The Presidents and the Constitution, published by New York University Press. The book is edited by Ken Gormley, president of Duquesne University.
Andrew Fitz-Gibbon
Andrew Fitz-Gibbon, Philosophy Department, posted a YouTube video, “For all teachers who Zoom” on March 2.
Susan J. Rayl
Susan J. Rayl, Kinesiology Department, presented a paper titled “Student-Athletes as Agents of Social Change” at the inaugural “Athletes and Social Change” forum, held March 28-30 at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Ky.