Ubaldo Valli
Ubaldo Valli, Performing Arts Department, has been selected as a prize winner in The American Prize National Nonprofit Competition in the Performing Arts. Valli shared third prize in the Vytautas Marijosius Memorial Award in Orchestral Programming, College/University Division category. The American Prize is “the nation’s most comprehensive series of contests in the classical arts” and is “designed to evaluate, recognize and reward the best performers, ensembles, composers and administrators in the United States.”
Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, wrote a review of Dead Letters Sent: Queer Literary Transmission by Kevin Ohi, which was published in the January issue of Journal of the History of Sexuality.
Judy Bentley and Janet Duncan
Judy Bentley and Janet Duncan, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, co-edited chapters in the book, Earth, Animal and Disability Liberation: The Rise of the Eco-Ability Movement, recently published by Peter Lang Press, N.Y. Bentley’s chapter discusses toxic environments and transformative technologies, using a Michel Foucault’s framework. Duncan’s chapter examines the concepts of capability and competence, building on Martha Nussbaum’s Capabilities Approach. This edited volume also contains chapters written by Lynn Anderson, Vicki Wilkins and Laurie Penney McGee, faculty from the College’s Recreation, Parks and Leisure Studies Department, featuring their work with the Inclusive Recreation Resource Center. Additionally, Amber George from the Philosophy Department has a chapter on the Disney complex. This critically acclaimed book is the first of its kind to examine the intersectionality of disability rights, animal rights and the environment. Anthony Nocella II, visiting professor at Hamline University, is the first author and was instrumental in securing contributions from leading scholars in these areas.
Celeste McNamara
Celeste McNamara, History Department, participated in a workshop on May 3 titled “Confession, Truth, and Power: A Conversation,” sponsored by Syracuse University’s Department of History, Humanities Center, and Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program. She presented a paper titled “Confession and Scandal in the Catholic Church.”
Kati Ahern
Kati Ahern, English Department, had a short fiction piece, “At My Job I Work the Robotic Arms,” published in the journal Fractured Literary as one of the 2023 Anthology Prize winners. Also, her short fiction piece “Extrusions” was published Oct. 1 in Liminal Spaces Magazine (LMNL SPCS).
Amanda Wasson
Investigator Amanda Wasson, University Police Department, gave a lecture on Jan. 3 at Ithaca College regarding Fair and Impartial Policing. The lecture was provided to the Ithaca College campus police, public safety and emergency management personnel. The Fair & Impartial Policing® (FIP) training program applies the modern science of bias to policing; it trains officers on the effect of implicit bias and gives them the information and skills they need to reduce and manage their biases.
Janet Duncan
Janet Duncan, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, recently returned from Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, where she worked with two nongovernmental organizations, Partnerships for Human Rights (PHR) and Families against Discrimination (FAD). Both groups are working toward supporting individuals with disabilities to improve their educational opportunities and rightful place in society. She visited three institutions that are featured in the PBS series “The Visionaries,” hosted by Sam Waterston, featuring the working of Disability Rights International (DRI). Based on DRI’s work, with input from Duncan, DRI will be making a series of policy presentations to government officials from Georgia in the spring.
Laura J. Davies
Laura J. Davies, English Department, had her chapter, “Getting to the Root of the Problem: Teaching Reading as a Process in the Sciences,” published in the edited collection What Is College-Level Reading, published by the University of Colorado Press.
Nancy Kane
Nancy Kane, Kinesiology Department, has had her first edition of History and Philosophy of P. E. and Sport published by Cognella Publishers.
Mechthild Nagel
Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy Department and the Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies (CGIS), participated in plenary session on “Mentoring Advice: Publishing in Top 5 Journals,” on July 1 at the Economic Science Association World Conference at Humbold University in Berlin, Germany.