Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, had his essay, “What Constitutes a Family? Don't Ask Conservatives,” co-written with Elizabeth Freeman, published in The Nation on Aug. 30.
Thomas Hischak
Thomas Hischak, professor emeritus of theatre, had his non-fiction book The 100 Greatest American Plays published by Rowman and Littlefield. The book covers non-musical works from the colonial days up to the present.
James Webb
James Webb, Auxiliary Services Corporation and executive chef at The Bistro Off Broadway, received the 2019 Chef Professionalism Award from the Syracuse chapter of the American Culinary Federation on March 25. Presented at The Oncenter in Syracuse, N.Y., the award recognizes chefs who exemplify the highest standard of professionalism through certification, continuing education and training, culinary competitions and community involvement. It honors culinarians who help elevate the status of chefs and cooks.
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, was panel organizer of “Continuity and Change of East Asia,” and a panel chair and paper presenter of “Sexual Violence and Awareness in Postsocialist China” at the New York Association of Asian Studies annual conference. It was held on Oct. 5 at SUNY New Paltz.
Gregory D. Phelan and Kerri Freese
Gregory D. Phelan, Chemistry Department, and Kerri Freese, SUNY Cortland Noyce Project, organized and led the 4th Annual National Science Foundation (NSF) Noyce NE Conference held March 26-28 in Cambridge, Mass. More than 250 math and science faculty and teachers/pre-service teachers attended the conference with the theme, “Successful Teaching in High-Need Schools.” This initiative was funded by a two-year, $715,398 NSF grant to three universities: SUNY Cortland, the University of Massachusetts Boston and Drexel University. It aims to advocate for strong content knowledge and teaching practices in mathematics and science and to include researchers, science teacher educators, K-12 educators, school administrators and policy makers who can support teachers and work to positively transform practices and policies to better support science and mathematics learning for students in high-need schools.
Mark Dodds
Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, was the Sport Law session chair at the European Association for Sport Management Conference held Sept. 5 to 8 in Innsbruck, Austria.
Henry Steck
Henry Steck, Political Science Department, has published a chapter titled “Higher Education in New York State” in The Oxford Handbook of New York State Government and Politics, edited by Gerald Benjamin and published by Oxford University Press.
David Kilpatrick
David Kilpatrick, Psychology Department, was quoted twice by Sir Jim Rose, who was the Chair of the U.K. Reading Panel, which reviewed the scientific literature on teaching reading and released the Rose Report (2006). His quotes were from David’s book Essentials of Assessing, Preventing, and Overcoming Reading Difficulties (Wiley, 2015) and written in The Teacher Magazine, a publication for teachers in Australia.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article titled, “Why the Oregon Shooting Won’t Likely Change Anything” appearing on the U.S. News and World Report website, posted on Oct. 2.
Nancy Kane
Nancy Kane, Kinesiology Department, had her session titled “Transgender and Gender Diverse Athletes: Ethics and U.S. Legislative Initiatives,” accepted for the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport’s 50th anniversary annual conference. Also, she will chair a separate session on transgender athletes and philosophy at the conference, set for Aug. 14 to 17 at Penn State University. The conference will feature leading sports philosophers from around the world.