Regina B. Grantham
Regina B. Grantham, Communication Disorders and Sciences Department, was appointed secretary of the board of the New York State Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NYSSLHA). NYSSLHA advocates for the professions of speech-language pathology and audiology in New York and those who are served by these professions.
Christopher McRoberts
Christopher McRoberts, Geology Department, presented the keynote address on the end-Triassic mass extinction at the Museum of the Earth/Paleontological Research Institution’s 2011 Summer Symposium. He also recently published in the Journal of Paleontology a 55-page monograph on the taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Late Triassic bivalve fossils from northeastern British Columbia, Canada.
Gregg Weatherby
Gregg Weatherby, English Department, will appear in Ithaca Shakespeare Company’s “Henry V,” on stage Feb. 12-14 and Feb. 19-20 at the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca.
Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, presented two papers in January at the Modern Language Association conference held in San Francisco, Calif. Bradway gave a paper on his experience of publishing research in PMLA, the flagship journal in literary studies, and he gave a second paper on queer characters in contemporary LGBTQ literature for a panel focused on queer and trans theories of narrative.
Gregory D. Phelan
Gregory D. Phelan, Chemistry Department, was issued two patents: the first patent, Dioxaborinanes and uses thereof — United State Patent Number 8,546,617, deals with a new wood preservative. The second patent, Supercritical Noble Gases and Uses Thereof — United States Patent 8,551,257, deals with a new way to use nontoxic materials to clean textiles in a more environmentally friendly way.
Brian D. Barrett
Brian D. Barrett, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, recently had his article, “Faith in the Inner City: The Urban Black Church and Students’ Educational Outcomes,” published in the Journal of Negro Education (79(3) pp. 249-262). He presented aspects of the article on campus during a 2009 Black History Month Sandwich Seminar as well as in an invited session at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association.
Jeremy Jiménez
Jeremy Jiménez, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, recently had his article, co-written with SUNY Cortland alumni Tova Wilensky ’20, published in the journal International Studies in Sociology of Education. The article is titled “‘It’s my responsibility’: perspectives on environmental justice and education for sustainability among international school students in Singapore.”
Ryan Vooris and Kerry Fischer
Ryan Vooris and Kerry Fischer, Sport Management Department, co-authored a recently published manuscript in the Global Sports Business Journal titled “Generation Multitasker: How Millennials use Second Screens While Watching Televised Sport.”
Joshua Peluso
Joshua Peluso, Systems Administration and Web Services, served on a panel to discuss “Web Apps and Responsive Web Design,” at the SUNY Technology Conference held June 18 in Lake Placid, N.Y. The panel discussion was sponsored by the SUNY Council of Chief Information Officers.
Christopher Badurek
Christopher Badurek, Geography Department, was elected president of the New York State GIS Association at the 2019 NYS GIS Conference held Sept. 21 to 23 in Syracuse, N.Y. Also, he was co-chair of the conference and gave two presentations on integrating geographic information systems (GIS) and Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UAS), frequently referred to as drones.
Geography Department faculty and staff members Wendy Miller, Melinda Shimizu and Adam Levine also each presented their recent projects at this primary conference for academics and professionals working in the GIS industry. The presentations covered use of GIS tools for community-based applied learning projects as well as the Campus Tree Walk App for the Cortland campus.
In addition, four students Badurek mentored presented posters, including: “Assessment of Land Use Land Cover Change 2009-2015 around Onondaga Lake, NY” and “Application of GIS in an Interdisciplinary Field Course on Sustainable Development of Adirondack Park, NY.” They also presented a report on a collaborative course at Camp Huntington on Raquette Lake. Collaborators are Badurek, assistant professor of economics Ben Wilson and history professor Scott Moranda, with support from the SUNY Cortland Common Problems Pedagogy Project. Student participation in the conference was supported by a grant facilitated by the Cortland College Foundation.