Christopher D. Gascón
Christopher D. Gascón, Modern Languages Department, had his article, “Nomadic Subjectivity in Leyma López’s 2018 staging of Ana Caro’s Valor, agravio y mujer,” published in Living the Comedia: Essays Celebrating Amy Williamsen, edited by Esther Fernández and Yuri Porras, University Press of the South, 2020.
Ute Ritz-Deutch
Ute Ritz-Deutch, History Department, will moderate the immigration panel at the annual Northeast Regional Conference of Amnesty International set for Saturday, Nov. 10, at Boston University. The conference, which consists of panels and workshops covering a range of human rights issues, will be held at Boston University. Ritz-Deutch is one of the organizers of the conference and the faculty advisor for the SUNY Cortland Amnesty International student group.
Kristine Newhall
Kristine Newhall, Kinesiology Department, was an invited panelist at the annual North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference held virtually from Nov. 4 to 6. The panel addressed Title IX in the time of COVID.
Greg Sharer
Greg Sharer, vice president for student affairs, recently contributed a chapter titled “Critical Relationships During Stormy Times” in the book Crisis, Compassion, and Resiliency in Student Affairs: Using Triage Practices to Foster Well-Being.
Richard Hunter
Richard Hunter, Geography Department, co-authored a research article titled “Relationship between socioeconomic vulnerability and ecological sustainability: The case of Aran-V-Bidgol's rangelands, Iran,” that appears in the journal Ecological Indicators.
Bruce Mattingly and Jerome O’Callaghan
Bruce Mattingly and Jerome O’Callaghan, School of Arts and Sciences, presented at the annual conference of the Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences (CCAS) held in early November in Montreal. Mattingly presented to colleagues on strategic planning. O’Callaghan’s presentation was part of a panel devoted to the dean’s relationship to the registrar.
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, had her recent book Tongzhi Living (University of Minnesota Press, 2015) named an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice in 2016 for its excellence in scholarship and presentation, the significance of its contribution to the field and value as important treatment of the subject.
Lin Lin
Lin Lin, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, was a presenter at the annual National Council for the Social Studies Conference on Nov. 17 and 18 in San Francisco, Calif. She presented “Reading Globally: Promoting Pre-service Teachers’ Global and Cross-Cultural Understanding” and co-presented “Engaging Elementary Children in Community-based PBL - Project-Based Learning - in Chinese Elementary Schools” with Dr. Yali Zhao from Georgia State University. Also, Lin presented “Promoting Teacher Candidates’ Global Perspectives” on Nov. 8 at Cornell University as part of the “Global Voices in Education” series. She has been a Global Learning Fellow with the Southeast Asian Studies and South Asian Studies Centers at Cornell University.
Alexandru Balas
Alexandru Balas, International Studies Department and director of the Clark Center for International Education, had his book, The Puzzle of Peace. The Evolution of Peace in the International System, published in February by Oxford University Press. The book is co-authored with Gary Goertz and Paul Diehl. The Puzzle of Peace moves beyond defining peace as the absence of war and develops a broader conceptualization and explanation for the increasing peacefulness of the international system. The authors track the rise of peace as a new phenomenon in international history starting after 1945.
Caroline Kaltefleiter
Caroline Kaltefleiter, Communication and Media Studies Department, participated in a panel discussion titled, “Care Protesting Care Protesting” held Sept. 28 at the Kunstal Charlottenborg at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen, Denmark. During her tenure at the Kunstal Charlottenborg, she attended the exhibition “Post-Capital: Art and the Economics of the Digital Age” and took part in follow-up lectures and discussions.
In October, Kaltefleiter discussed her research on “Do-It-Yourself Media Campaigns” with colleagues at the Copenhagen University and Aalborg University in Denmark.