Claus Schubert
Claus Schubert, Mathematics Department, recently was informed that his paper, “Intersections of Maximal Subspaces of Zeros of Two Quadratic Forms,” was accepted for publication in the journal Annals of Combinatorics. This is a joint paper with David Leep, University of Kentucky, and is based on research they performed while Schubert visited the University Kentucky in the fall of 2015, during his sabbatical.
Gail Wood
Gail Wood, Library, has received an award from the New York State Library for “Coordinated Collection Development Aid” in the amount of $9,868.
Christopher Gascón
Christopher Gascón, Modern Languages Department, presented a paper at the annual conference of the Association for Hispanic Classical Theater (AHCT), held March 3-6 in El Paso, Texas. The paper, “Directors Explore Contemporary Cultural Trauma through Lope’s Fuenteovejuna and El caballero de Olmedo,” considers two recent productions of Spanish Golden Age plays in the light of sociological theories of cultural trauma. The contemporary traumas addressed in the plays are related to immigration in the U.S. and the exhuming of Spanish Civil War victims buried in mass graves.
Teagan Bradway
Teagan Bradway, English Department, had an article titled “The Queerness of Character-Details” published in MLQ: Modern Language Quarterly. The essay examines the importance of queer characters in contemporary LGBTQ+ literature.
Tracy Hudson ’89, M ’93
Tracy Hudson ’89, M ’93, Physical Education Department, initiated a program to create a culture of care in the Physical Education Department. The goal of “Wear to Care in PE” is to engage students in different ways so they learn what a culture of care means and to start a conversation of how to create a culture of care. Students and staff can wear a color on a certain day which can inspire classroom discussions about what it means to care for others and to develop a culture of care within the Physical Education Department. This project has shown success in Dr. Hudson’s EDU 470: Foundations of Education in American Culture course.
Jacqueline Augustine and Kevin Dames
Jacqueline Augustine and Kevin Dames, Kinesiology Department, recently co-authored the manuscript “Efficacy of an Audio-Based Biofeedback Intervention to Modify Running Gait in Female Runners” which was published in November in the Journal of Sports Rehabilitation.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is interviewed in a new feature-length documentary, “The Price of Freedom.” Produced by Flatbush Pictures and Tribeca Films, it takes a fresh look at America’s gun history and the contemporary gun controversy from multiple perspectives, including a deep dive into the pivotal role of the NRA. The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City at Hudson Yards on June 16. Spitzer, who also served as a consultant, attended the premiere. The film is expected to have a July theatrical release.
John Hartsock
John Hartsock, Communication Studies Department, was invited to give a reading from his book Seasons of a Finger Lakes Winery (Cornell University Press) on April 29 at the Hudson Valley Writers’ Center in Sleepy Hollow (formerly North Tarrytown), N.Y. He read from the first chapter of the volume. Afterwards he discussed the challenges of making wine in the Finger Lakes, and the similarities and differences between Finger Lakes and French white and red wines. The audience then tasted wines from Long Point Winery, which is located near Aurora on Cayuga Lake and is the subject of the book.
Mechthild Nagel
Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy Department and the Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies (CGIS), presented “What to do with the dangerous few? Empathy deficit reconsidered” at the conference titled “The Politics of Plasticity: On Solidarity and Mutual Aid with Catherine Malabou,” held Feb. 23 and 24 at the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague. Nagel is a research fellow at the Czech Academy of Sciences Department of Contemporary Continental Philosophy.
John Suarez
John Suarez, the Institute for Civic Engagement’s coordinator of the Office of Service-Learning, peer-reviewed “Writing Partners: Bridging the Personal and Social in the Service-Learning Classroom,” a chapter for an upcoming book titled Culturally Engaging Service-Learning in Diverse Communities.