Edward Caffarella
Edward Caffarella, Educational Leadership Department, was at the University of Malaya in Malaysia from April 24 through May 26 on a Fulbright Specialist project grant aimed at raising education standards in Malaysia. While there, he made several formal presentations, including: “Evaluation Research: Conducting Program Evaluation” for faculty and students at the University Malaya; “Leadership Development” a headmasters training session; “Leadership in Higher Education: Moving Beyond Management and Administration” for University of Malaya senior administrators; “Planning for Change in Schools” for MARA Junior College principals and senior administrators; “Accreditation of Teacher Education Programs in the USA for University Utara Malaysia education faculty; “Ethics in Research,” a presentation for faculty and students at the University Utara Malaysia; and “Teachers Traits and Characteristics - American Perspectives,” a national seminar on Malaysian Teachers Competency and Performance Indicators.
Peter M. McGinnis
Peter M. McGinnis, Kinesiology Department, was presented with an Award of Appreciation by Committee F08 on Sports Equipment, Facilities, and Playing Surfaces at the November meeting of ASTM International in Atlanta. ASTM was previously known as the American Society for Testing and Materials. The award was in recognition of his “leadership and guidance in the drafting and development of F2949 Specification for Pole Vault Box Collars.” McGinnis is the chair of the F08.67 Subcommittee on Pole Vault Equipment.
Mechthild Nagel
Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy and Africana Studies departments and Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies, as editor-in-chief of Wagadu, announces the recent publication of a special issue of the online academic feminist journal. Edited by Nikita Dhawan, professor of political theory and gender studies and director of the Research Platform Gender Studies, at University of Innsbruck, the issue outlines the ideological function of diversity and intersectionality as legitimizing performance indicators in discourses and institutions. Included in the issue is an article by Nagel titled “Pitfalls of Diversity Management.”
Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, presented on a virtual roundtable, “Queer Kinship,” on Sept. 24 at University of North Carolina Greensboro in honor of his book, co-edited with Elizabeth Freeman, Queer Kinship: Race, Sex, Belonging, Form. The book is forthcoming with Duke University Press.
Gregory D. Phelan
Gregory D. Phelan, Chemistry Department, served as a conference organizer for the first Northeast Regional Noyce Conference held Oct. 13-16 in Philadelphia, Pa. The conference included 175 attendees from 45 different Noyce projects based at universities and colleges throughout the Northeast. The conference was part of a $504,367 grant from the National Science Foundation that is being run by Drexel University, University of Massachusetts at Boston and SUNY Cortland. Additional information can be found on this Noyce website.
Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, had his book Queer Kinship: Race, Sex, Belonging, Form published on Aug.19 by Duke University Press. He co-edited the book with Elizabeth Freeman from University of California, Davis and it appears in Duke’s Theory Q series, which is devoted to critical sexuality studies. The Lambda Literary Foundation listed Queer Kinship on its “August’s Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Literature” list.
Angela Pagano
Angela Pagano, Biological Sciences Department, was awarded the 2020 Excellence in Teaching Award from the Science Teachers Association of New York. This award is given to those whose careers exemplify STANYS’s mission receive the STANYS Excellence in Science Teaching Award at the Annual Conference. Their work showcases excellence in teaching, leading, and providing opportunities for all students to participate in and learn science.
Jean W. LeLoup
Jean W. LeLoup, international communications and cultures emerita, received the Anthony J. Paplia Award for the outstanding article in a state or national foreign language education publication for her article “The effectiveness of Courses Abroad as a Professional Development Model for Foreign Language Teachers.” The New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers presented the award at their annual meeting in late October.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article titled, “Gun Rights, Tyranny, and Rebellion” that was published in the July/August issue of the philosophy journal, The Critique. It is part of a symposium issue on “Contending With the Complexity of the Gun Violence Debate in the United States.”
Claus Schubert
Claus Schubert, Mathematics Department, was informed that his paper was accepted for publication in the Israel Journal of Mathematics. “Semiorderings and Stability Index Under Field Extensions” was co-authored with Karim Becher, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium, and David Leep, University of Kentucky.