Jeffrey Radloff, Angela Pagano and Dominick Fantacone
Jeffrey Radloff, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, Angela Pagano, Biological Sciences, and Dominick Fantacone, School of Education and Regional Director for the New York State Master Teacher Program, presented a paper titled, “Characterizing Secondary STEM Master Teachers' Instructional Strategies when Transitioning to Remote Settings” at the Northeast Regional Conference of the Association of Science Teacher Education on Oct. 2, 2020.
Rhiannon Maton
Rhiannon Maton, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, had her article published in French in the Revue Internationale d’Education de Sevres. The article, Social justice unionism and K-12 educator union transformation in the United States of America / Vers un syndicalisme de justice sociale dans l’enseignement obligatoire aux États-Unis (French translation by Sylvaine Herold), discusses methods of union transformation, the range of issues and tactics driving such efforts, and more generally highlights how shifts toward social justice unionism has led to enhanced militancy amongst U.S. educator unions.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article titled, “Why the Oregon Shooting Won’t Likely Change Anything” appearing on the U.S. News and World Report website, posted on Oct. 2.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article titled, “Gun Rights, Tyranny, and Rebellion” that was published in the July/August issue of the philosophy journal, The Critique. It is part of a symposium issue on “Contending With the Complexity of the Gun Violence Debate in the United States.”
Nancy Kane
Nancy Kane, Kinesiology Department, had her session titled “Transgender and Gender Diverse Athletes: Ethics and U.S. Legislative Initiatives,” accepted for the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport’s 50th anniversary annual conference. Also, she will chair a separate session on transgender athletes and philosophy at the conference, set for Aug. 14 to 17 at Penn State University. The conference will feature leading sports philosophers from around the world.
Claus Schubert
Claus Schubert, Mathematics Department, was informed that his paper was accepted for publication in the Israel Journal of Mathematics. “Semiorderings and Stability Index Under Field Extensions” was co-authored with Karim Becher, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium, and David Leep, University of Kentucky.
Jerome O'Callaghan
Jerome O'Callaghan, Political Science Department, had an article accepted by the University of California's UC Law Constitutional Quarterly. The article analyses the weaknesses of the Supreme Court’s content neutrality doctrine, indicating that current First Amendment speech precedent is already applied inconsistently and that the courts need a more transparently workable doctrine. The UC Law Constitutional Quarterly, founded at the University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings), is the oldest law journal in the United States solely dedicated to constitutional law.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, spoke on “The Second Amendment and the Hidden History of Gun Laws,” at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, on Nov. 20. The talk was sponsored by the school’s Institute for Legislative Studies.
Peter M. McGinnis
Peter M. McGinnis, Kinesiology Department, was presented with an Award of Appreciation by Committee F08 on Sports Equipment, Facilities, and Playing Surfaces at the November meeting of ASTM International in Atlanta. ASTM was previously known as the American Society for Testing and Materials. The award was in recognition of his “leadership and guidance in the drafting and development of F2949 Specification for Pole Vault Box Collars.” McGinnis is the chair of the F08.67 Subcommittee on Pole Vault Equipment.
Gregory D. Phelan
Gregory D. Phelan, Chemistry Department, served as a conference organizer for the first Northeast Regional Noyce Conference held Oct. 13-16 in Philadelphia, Pa. The conference included 175 attendees from 45 different Noyce projects based at universities and colleges throughout the Northeast. The conference was part of a $504,367 grant from the National Science Foundation that is being run by Drexel University, University of Massachusetts at Boston and SUNY Cortland. Additional information can be found on this Noyce website.