Denise D. Knight
Denise D. Knight, English Department, gave an invited talk on “The Marriage of Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Charles Walter Stetson” in January at the Providence Art Club in Providence, R.I. Former SUNY Cortland President Judson Taylor and his wife, Elise, attended the talk.
Samuel Avery
Samuel Avery, Communication Studies Department, recently had his film, “Glimpse,” accepted into the 2016 Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival. Watch Film.
Diane Craft
Diane Craft, Physical Education Department, was an invited presenter at the China Research Center on Sports for Persons with Disabilities Forum at the Beijing Sports University. She gave two lectures on inclusive physical activities with young children with disabilities on Oct. 28 and 29.
Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, presented a paper titled “Queer Contiguity and the Narration of Kinship in The Argonauts” at the Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present’s ASAP/10 conference on Oct. 19 at Tulane University in New Orleans, La.
Steven Dangler and Paul Vanvalkenburg
Steven Dangler and Paul Vanvalkenburg, University Police Department, recently attended an Investigators Roundtable Training Conference as part of SUNY’s ongoing commitment to safe campus environments. University police investigators, supervisors and officers from 23 SUNY campuses and system administration attended the conference, which was held in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and featured investigators from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Topics included: training in sexual assault investigations through the use of social media and the Internet; trends in drug trafficking reviewed by the New York State Intelligence Center and the New York State Police; an update on the federal Clery Act, Violence Against Women Act, and recent changes to Title IX by SUNY’s Office of the General Counsel.
Caroline Kaltefleiter
Caroline Kaltefleiter, Communication and Media Studies Department, moderated a discussion with film director James Dean Le Sueur, who directed The Art of Dissent, one of the feature films screened at the BlackBird Film Festival held June 17 to 20. The Art of Dissent documents the power of artistic engagement and inspired resistance in Czechoslovakia before and after the 1968 Soviet-led invasion. In addition, Kaltefleiter was a producer for the film “Fill the Need,” which features original music written and performed by Colleen Kattau, Modern Languages Department, and also was screened at the festival.
Gregory D. Phelan
Gregory D. Phelan, Chemistry Department, was featured in an article in The New York Times on Jan. 17. The article “Cracking Open the Scientific Process” discussed ways in which publishing and research in science is changing.
Kristine Newhall
Kristine Newhall, Kinesiology Department, had her commentary titled “Marchand’s ‘Kissing’ and the NHL’s Hypocrisy” published on Engaging Sports, a blog devoted to the critical analysis of sports cultures. The piece, published in June after the NHL playoffs, offers an intersectional critique of the NHL’s culture of violence.
Robert Spitzer and Brian Williams
Robert Spitzer and Brian Williams, Political Science Department, participated in activities at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, held Aug. 30 to Sept. 2 in Boston, Mass. Williams presented a paper titled, “Democratization and Polarization in Belgium” for a panel on “The Historical Development of Legislatures.” Spitzer served as a discussant for a panel on “Executive Power and Democratic Functioning in the Trump Era.” He also participated in the governing board meeting of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honors society. He has served on the board for the last three years.
Mark Dodds
Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, taught two courses on sport marketing and sport law at the International Winter School in Sport Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, during SUNY Cortland’s winter break. This program attracted approximately 40 undergraduate and graduate students from more than 25 countries.