Kent Johnson
Kent Johnson, Sociology/Anthropology Department, was selected by the American Anthropological Association to participate in The Op-Ed Project's "Write to Change the World" workshop to be held Dec. 10-11, 2025.
Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, had his article “Queer Exuberance: The Politics of Affect in Jeanette Winterson’s Visceral Fiction” (2015), re-published in Contemporary Literary Criticism Vol. 433, edited by Jennifer Stock and published by Gale Cengage.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article titled “Separating Truth and Myth in the American Gun Debate,” published in the Fall 2013 issue of The Islamic Monthly.
Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, had his essay, “Literature in an Age of Plague: The AIDS Epidemic,” published in American Literature in Transition, 1980-1990. The volume was edited by D. Quentin Miller and published in November by Cambridge University Press.
Janet Ochs, Jeremy Pekarek, Rod Koch and Chris Badurek
Janet Ochs, Jeremy Pekarek and Rod Koch, all from Memorial Library, and Chris Badurek, Geography Department, presented virtually at the SUNY Conference on Instruction and Technology on Thursday, May 27. The title of the presentation was “Tired of video conferencing fatigue? Explore tools to increase learner engagement and energize the class.”
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, continued to play a leading role in the national debate on gun violence with an Op-Ed article titled “Stand Your Ground Makes No Sense,” published on May 4 in the New York Times.
Karen Downey
Karen Downey, Chemistry Department, applied for and won a travel grant from the Molecular Sciences Software Institute, to participate in a California workshop, “Empowering Your Teaching with Python.” The July workshop focused on introducing undergraduate students to computer literacy/programming fundamentals embedded in courses based in the molecular sciences.
Sam Avery
Sam Avery, Communication and Media Studies Department, was awarded grand prize for best short film at the Snowtown Film Festival on Jan. 26 in Watertown, N.Y. His short film, “DEADEYE” tells the story of an aging female boxer whose spirit rages despite the torments of society and a manager who won’t return calls. Over 200 film fans and filmmakers attended the fifth annual festival Jan. 25 and 26. The winter celebration of film concluded on Saturday evening with an award ceremony and presentation of the grand prize for best short film. More than 500 films were submitted for competition from eleven countries. Awards were also presented to student filmmakers, outstanding comedy and outstanding animated shorts and winter through film. The festival also included a script writing competition. Snowtown Film Festival will begin accepting submissions for next year’s festival this spring. Avery directs the Blackbird Film Festival, which will be held on campus April 26 to 28.
Heather Bartlett, Ross Borden, Jack Carr, Mary Lynch Kennedy, Christine Lemchak, Deborah Rogers and Anne Wiegard
English Department faculty members Heather Bartlett, Ross Borden, Jack Carr, Mary Lynch Kennedy, Christine Lemchak, Deborah Rogers and Anne Wiegard completed an intensive, week-long media literacy course in August at Project Look Sharp at Ithaca College. They received training in the theory and practice of media literacy, learned applications for digital technology and developed media literacy projects for their courses.
Rhiannon Maton
Rhiannon Maton, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, will serve as Visiting Scholar at the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions at Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY), for the 2024-2025 school year. She will examine the recent upsurge in U.S. higher education organizing efforts broadly, with a particular focus on community college organizing and bargaining.