Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, gave a talk titled, “Gun Laws, History, and the Second Amendment: What Does the Constitution Allow?” on April 17 at Clemson University, South Carolina. He also spoke to a political science class on the relationship between federalism and the gun debate.
Wylie Schwartz
Wylie Schwartz, Art and Art History Department, had her article titled “Between Empathy and Antagonism: Subjective Imagination in the Situationist Drakabygget” published in the current edition of the Oxford Art Journal.
Christa Chatfield
Christa Chatfield, Biological Sciences Department, and her student, senior biomedical sciences major Renee Bullard, presented her research at the 30th annual meeting of the Northeastern Microbiologists: Physiology, Ecology and Taxonomy group. Jeff Werner, Chemistry Department, also presented his research at the meeting, which was held June 22 at Blue Mountain Lake, N.Y.
Jeremy Jimenez
Jeremy Jimenez, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, presented a paper titled “Portrayal of Religion Against the Backdrop of Progress and Modernity in the US and Canadian Social Science Textbooks from 1850 to 2010” at the Future of World Society conference at Pomona College, Los Angeles.
Diane Craft
Diane Craft, Physical Education Department, continues to share ideas for promoting physical activity among toddlers and preschoolers throughout the nation. Since March 2017 she has presented keynotes and sessions at state conferences in Wisconsin and North Dakota, and conducted state-wide train-the-trainer workshops in Mississippi, New York, Wyoming, North Carolina and California. Also, she has given presentations at the National Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Sponsors Association Conference and the 9th Biannual Childhood Obesity Conference, both held in California.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of two recent articles about the consequences of the Las Vegas mass shooting. His article, “America Used to be Good at Gun Control. What Happened?” was published on Oct. 3 by The New York Times.
His article, “An American standoff: How contemporary pro-gun orthodoxy is at odds with the Constitution and U.S. history,” was published Oct. 8 in the New York Daily News.
Larissa True
Larissa True, Kinesiology Department, recently was interviewed for an article on training the nervous system that appears in the June issue of Runner’s World UK magazine. The article, titled “Circuit Training: A neurological master class in conditioning your nervous system for improved running performance,” was written by James Witts.
Craig Foster
Craig Foster, Psychology Department, had an editorial titled “Big claims about Bigfoot are an invitation to think critically” published Nov. 17 in The Post-Standard and online at syracuse.com.
Christina Knopf
Christina Knopf, Communication and Media Studies Department, was named a Wilson Scholar of the John P. Wilson Fellowship of the New York State Communication Association (NYSCA). The Wilson Scholar Committee awards the Wilson Fellowship to a member of NYSCA who has established an exemplary record of scholarship and service to the association. To be considered for the award, nominees must be members of NYSCA, have contributed a significant body of research, and have a record of service to NYSCA.
Also, Knopf planned the 79th annual convention of the New York State Communication Association, held Oct. 15 to 17 in Callicoon, N.Y. The conference featured nearly 30 programming sessions with 75 faculty and student speakers from throughout New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Knopf is now serving as president of the New York State Communication Association through October 2022.
Katie Ducett
Katie Ducett, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, co-authored two chapters included in recently published books, one in Multimodal and Digital Creative Writing Pedagogies and the second in Creating Our Own Lives: College Students with Intellectual Disability.