John Suarez
John Suarez, coordinator of the Institute for Civic Engagement’s Office of Service-Learning, conducted a workshop at the 2014 Noyce NE Regional Conference in March in Philadelphia, Pa., in which participants applied reflective-listening skills in STEM-based role-play situations that were complicated by cultural concerns that could compromise student learning. Reflective listening skills help teachers maintain good working relationships with students and parents by helping teachers understand other people’s concerns. The role-plays’ concerns dealt with a hands-on hydrofracking classroom demonstration, the reading of a current events evolution newspaper, and a boy-girl teamwork situation in a chemistry laboratory.
George R. Dugan
George R. Dugan, professor emeritus of art and art history, recently concluded a month-long exhibition of 40 paintings at the Windsor Whips Art Gallery in Windsor, N.Y. Dugan is a visiting professor of art at Binghamton University. This summer, he will serve as the director of art, conducting an eight-week course of study for the 11th year in Dingle, Ireland. The course is offered in conjunction with SUNY Cortland’s Study Abroad Program through the International Programs Office at SUNY Cortland.
Celeste McNamara
Celeste McNamara, History Department, recently gave an invited lecture at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, titled “Priests Behaving Badly: The Problem of Scandal in Renaissance Italy.” The talk examined the history of how the Catholic Church has handled sinful priests, arguing that the Church’s contemporary strategies for suppressing scandal are built on a long theological and practical history. Due to the challenges of the Protestant Reformation, the 16th and 17th centuries were particularly important for the development of these strategies. By understanding this longstanding trajectory, we can see how the strategy of hiding clerical crimes and repressing information about bad priests has been centuries in the making.
Eric Edlund
Eric Edlund, Physics Department, coauthored a paper that was published in the Feb. 12 issue of the journal Physical Review E. The paper is titled “Turbulence and jet-driven zonal flows: Secondary circulation in rotating fluids due to asymmetric forcing.” Edlund will be working at the Max Planck Institut für Plasmaphysik in Greifswald, Germany during the month of June.
Jerome O’Callaghan
Jerome O’Callaghan, associate dean in Arts and Sciences, with co-author Paula O’Callaghan, presented a paper titled “Courts, Trademarks and the ICANN Gold Rush: Top Level Domains Outside Free Speech” in April at the North East Academy of Legal Studies in Business annual meeting in Cooperstown, N.Y.
Gregory D. Phelan
Gregory D. Phelan, Chemistry Department, was selected to participate in a video project on grant management created by the National Academy of Engineering. In addition to appearing in the video production, Phelan was asked to sit on a panel to discuss grant management for first-year grant recipients that was held in July in Washington, D.C.
Joseph Anthony
Joseph Anthony, Political Science Department, was quoted in a story titled “Ranked-choice voting proposals gain traction across Michigan ahead of local elections,” which aired on NPR on Friday, Nov. 3. Anthony, an assistant professor, has been studying voter opinions on ranked choice voting over the last decade. The story was produced by Michigan State University’s NPR member station WKAR.
Jordan Kobritz
Jordan Kobritz, Sport Management Department, wrote a book review that was published in the Journal of Sport Management, volume 26, issue 5. He reviewed “Money Games: Profiting From the Convergence of Sports and Entertainment,” by David Carter.
Annette Ernste, Jeremy Pekarek and Jenifer Phelan
Annette Ernste, Jeremy Pekarek and Jenifer Phelan, library, presented June 14 at the 2019 State University of New York Librarian Association (SUNYLA) Conference held at Onondaga Community College. Their presentation on Information Literacy instruction to freshmen was titled “Zombie Escape: Gamifying Library Instruction with Active Learning Activities.” This session explored why active learning is a powerful tool for engaging students in developing their knowledge practices and dispositions for a deeper understanding of the threshold concepts outlined in the Association of College and Research Libraries Information Literacy Framework.
Stephen Halebsky
Stephen Halebsky, Sociology/Anthropology Department, has been informed that his paper, “Corporate Practices and Harmful Consequences: Learning from the Holocaust,” has been accepted for publication in Humanity and Society.