David Kilpatrick
David Kilpatrick, Psychology Department, made an all-day presentation to 180 school psychologists and teachers at the New Hampshire Association of School Psychologists Conference on March 25. His topic was effective approaches to preventing and correcting reading problems.
Jim Hokanson
Jim Hokanson, Kinesiology Department, was senior author on a presentation at the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) regional meeting held Nov. 3 and 4 in Harrisburg, Pa. The research, titled “Elevated Temperature Inside a Lower Body Positive Pressure Treadmill During Exercise: A Possible Environmental Constraint,” was presented by Casey Austin ’14, who is currently working on his master’s thesis in exercise science.
Chris Manaseri
Chris Manaseri, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, presented at the Country School Association of America’s annual conference this June in New London, N.H. The group, devoted to the restoration and interpretation of one-room schools across the country, heard Manaseri’s dissertation presentation called “Keeping School: One-room Schoolhouse Preservation Projects in the Greater Finger Lakes Region.” Manaseri visited, photographed and catalogued more than three dozen projects, and interviewed 60 informants for the study.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, spoke on “The Mass Media and Presidential Elections” at OASIS in Syracuse, N.Y., on Oct. 22.
Christiana Papaleo, Robert Binnall and Jonah Reardon
Christiana Papaleo and Robert Binnall, both from the Residence Life and Housing Office, and Jonah Reardon, Alumni Engagement Office, volunteered for the planning and organization committees for the College Student Personnel Association – New York State 50th Annual Conference, held Oct. 15 to 17 in Corning, N.Y. Papaleo assisted with the programming committee, while Binnall and Reardon volunteered for the marketing committee. Additionally, Papaleo presented a program titled “Redefining Disability – How to be a True Advocate,” and received positive feedback from multiple program participants.
Terrence Fitzgerald and Frank Rossi and alumni Mike Kelly ’14 and Tyler Potter ’14
Terrence Fitzgerald, Biological Sciences Department, Frank Rossi, Chemistry Department, and alumni Mike Kelly ’14, and Tyler Potter ’14, are coauthors of an article titled “Trail Following Response of Larval Cactoblastis cactorum to 2-Acyl-1,3 Cyclohexane Diones” appearing in the current issue of the Journal of Chemical Ecology. The paper reports the isolation and identification of a pheromone that might serve as a bio-rational substitute for a chemical pesticide in the management of the caterpillar. The caterpillar is an invasive species originally from Argentina that attacks prickly pear cactuses in the Gulf Coast states. Kelly is currently a graduate student at SUNY Cortland and Potter is in the Chemistry Ph.D. program at Yale University. Both students worked on the study as Cortland undergraduates. The United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service supported the study.
Mark Dodds
Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, taught two courses on sport marketing and sport law at the International Winter School in Sport Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, during SUNY Cortland’s winter break. This program attracted approximately 40 undergraduate and graduate students from more than 25 countries.
Jessica Carrick-Hagenbarth and Rhiannon Maton
Jessica Carrick-Hagenbarth, Economics Department, and Rhiannon Maton, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, had an article, “(De)Colonizing Pedagogy: Possibilities and Tensions in Undergraduate Transformative Learning through Simulation” published in Journal of Transformative Education. The authors discuss how the kinesthetic, affective and conceptual learning triggered through simulation provide a transformative learning experience that can support future teachers in building empathy for refugees and immigrants.
Zachary Wilson
Zachary Wilson, Advisement and Transition, was awarded the New York State Transfer and Articulation Association’s (NYSTAA) New Professional Award at their annual conference on May 24 in Rochester, N.Y. The New Professional Award was established to recognize the service of new members to NYSTAA. It recognizes the enthusiasm of new members to become involved with the organization and promotes continued service. Wilson, who is the university’s transfer mobility advisor, is the co-chair of the NYSTAA Scholarship Committee and has assisted in raising thousands of dollars in scholarships for students at member schools.
Christina Knopf
Christina Knopf, Communication and Media Studies Department, served on two panels that discussed leveraging pop culture as learning, recruitment and retention tools for students in business, literature, filmmaking and more at the San Diego Comic-Con International 2023. The panels were titled “Comics on Campus: Academia vs. Fandom (Battle or a Collab?)” and "Admissions Departments Emitting Geek Vibes: College Course Focused on Pop Culture." They were presented in the convention’s programming for librarians and educators on July 22 and July 23 at the San Diego Central Library.