Teagan Bradway
Teagan Bradway, English Department, was elected to serve a five-year term on the Modern Language Association (MLA) Sexuality Studies Executive Committee. She also gave a presentation on LGBTQ+ kinship narratives at the annual MLA Convention held in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Karen Downey and senior Matthew Ellis
Karen Downey, Chemistry Department, authored a paper with senior Matthew Ellis, to be published in an upcoming issue of the International Journal of Quantum Chemistry.
Charles Yaple
Charles Yaple, professor emeritus of recreation, parks and leisure studies, has a new book titled The 'Tree' of Us: Richford Boys Who Changed the World and What They Left Behind, a deeply personal narrative mixing biography, history and memoir to encourage the furtherance of a land ethic as envisioned by famed ecologist Aldo Leopold. Available on Amazon, the story follows the lives of three men, from the steeply forested hills of Richford, N.Y., who changed the world. Retired after 46 years teaching environmental and outdoor education courses, Yaple also is a co-founder, first board president and long-time director of the Lime Hollow Center for Environment and Culture in Cortland.
Patricia Roiger
Patricia Roiger, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, presented “Toddler Tales: Mothering Toddlers Brings Challenges and Pleasures Like Nothing Else. Tips, Tricks and Strategies to Navigate Gentle Discipline, Extended Nursing, Weaning and More” at the New York State La Leche League Conference, held Nov.7-9 in Syracuse, N.Y.
Greg Phelan
Greg Phelan, Chemistry Department, visited St. Mary’s School in Cortland on April 26 as part of the National Science Foundation-funded SUNY Cortland Noyce Project. He conducted chemistry experiments with the pre-K class. Twenty-one four- and five-year-olds participated in hands-on experiments to learn about phases of matter, vinegar and baking soda chemistry and cooking. Afterwards, the children “chewed on” the connection between the experiments and everyday life by eating Irish soda bread, which has visible bubbles and cavities.
Justin Bucciferro
Justin Bucciferro, Economics Department, had the article “A Lucrative End: Abolition, Immigration, and the New Occupational Hierarchy in Southeast Brazil” published in March in Cliometrica: Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History. Also, his book chapter, “The Evolution of Regional Income Inequality in Brazil, 1872–2015,” coauthored with P. Ferreira de Souza, was published in December 2020 in Time and Space: Latin American Regional Development in Historical Perspective.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, distinguished service professor emeritus of political science, recently was interviewed on the Canadian Broadcasting System and the Australian Broadcasting System on the New York attorney general’s ongoing legal action against the National Rifle Association and its former executive director Wayne LaPierre, who is currently being tried for a series of violations.
Alexandru Balas
Alexandru Balas, International Studies Department and director of the Clark Center for International Education, had his book, The Puzzle of Peace. The Evolution of Peace in the International System, published in February by Oxford University Press. The book is co-authored with Gary Goertz and Paul Diehl. The Puzzle of Peace moves beyond defining peace as the absence of war and develops a broader conceptualization and explanation for the increasing peacefulness of the international system. The authors track the rise of peace as a new phenomenon in international history starting after 1945.
Thomas Hischak
Thomas Hischak, Performing Arts Department, has written a chapter on the “American Musical Theatre” for The Oxford Handbook of American Drama, published by Oxford University Press in December 2013.
Tadayuki Suzuki
Tadayuki Suzuki, Literacy Department, had a blog articled titled “Reading When Aidan Became a Brother with elementary students” published by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) in July. Also, he co-authored the article “Children’s Book Reviews: “Less-known” Award Winning Books,” which was published in the combined Fall 2019-Spring 2020 issue of The Dragon Lode, a journal published by the Children's Literature and Reading Special Interest Group of the International Reading Association.