Joel Shatzky
Joel Shatzky, professor emeritus of English, had his article, "Educating for Democracy," published in the Winter 2009-2010 issue of Jewish Currents. He was writing a blog for The Examiner since October and now is writing a blog, also called “Educating for Democracy,” on The Huffington Post.
C. Ashley Ellefson
C. Ashley Ellefson, professor emeritus of history, announced that in October his manuscript, "Seven Hangmen of Colonial Maryland," was added to the Archives of Maryland Online, the Web site of the Maryland State Archives in Annapolis, Md. Included with the manuscript are 71 charts that Ellefson began working on in the 1960s and that include the 477 executions, including one burning, possibly alive, pardons, reprieves, gibbetings and quarterings that he has found in Maryland, mostly from 1726 through 1775.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, was invited to be a guest blogger for the Web site The Huffington Post. He has since written two articles for The Huffington Post, one on the Senate filibuster and the other on President Obama’s misuse of the veto power.
Marley Barduhn
Marley Barduhn, academic affairs, was recognized on Dec. 1 by the Cortland Rotary Club for her contributions to the community and to international education. Barduhn is one of 20 outstanding community leaders being honored with The Paul Harris Fellow Award during Rotary’s 90th anniversary celebration year from July 2009 to June 2010. Barduhn’s many contributions noted by the Rotary included her service with the Cortland Caring Hospice, contributions as an EMT in critical incidence stress management and response team training, impact on migrant families through the Migrant Education Outreach Program at SUNY Cortland, which she oversees, and commitment to the importance of study abroad programs and internships.
Mark A. Dodds and David L. Snyder
Mark A. Dodds and David L. Snyder, Sport Management Department, had their article titled “School Drug Strip Searches Limited in Scope” published in the February 2010 issue of The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance.
Noelle Chaddock Paley
Noelle Chaddock Paley, Multicultural Life Office, and Joshua Price, Binghamton University, spoke about their research and experiences with the Broome County Jail Project on Feb. 4 at Union College. Paley and Price co-authored an essay titled “Violent Interruptions.” The essay was published in the anthology Interrupted Life: Experiences of Incarcerated Women in the United States, edited by Rickie Solinger, Paula C. Johnson, Martha L. Raimon, Tina Reynolds and Ruby Tapia.
David Snyder
David Snyder, Sport Management Department, wrote a book chapter titled, “Age Discrimination in Employment Act,” recently published in the fifth edition of Kendall Hunt’s Law for Recreation and Sport Managers.
Catherine Porter Lewis,
Catherine Porter Lewis, professor emerita of French, and president of the Modern Language Association (MLA), participated in the Presidential Theme Sessions at the MLA Conference held Dec. 26-30 in Philadelphia, Pa. The title of the conference was “The Tasks of Translation in the Global Context.” Lewis is currently visiting professor at the Society for the Humanities at Cornell University. SUNY Cortland Distinguished Alumna Therese Sullivan Caccavale ’75, presided over a special session held on Dec. 30. She is currently the administrator of an elementary-level foreign language immersion program in Holliston, Mass.
Brian D. Barrett
Brian D. Barrett, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, had his article, “The ‘Invisible Institution’ and a Disappearing Achievement Gap” published in the Fall 2009 issue of Religion and Education. The article examines the relationship between religious involvement and educational outcomes among urban African-American adolescents. He presented aspects of the paper on campus at a Black History Month Sandwich Seminar in February 2009 and in New York at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association.
Anthony Taylor
Anthony Taylor, professor emeritus of psychology, serves as a pro bono consultant in the research unit at the headquarters for Wildlife Conservation Society in the Bronx, N.Y. In 2009, he co-authored two journal articles: “Belonging at the Zoo: Retired Volunteers, Conservation, Activism and Collective Identity,” that appeared in Ageing & Society (29, 2009, 351-368); and “What Information Do Zoo and Aquarium Visitors Want on Animal Identification Labels?” that ran in Journal of Interpretation (14, No.2, 2009, 7-19).