Kate McCormick
Kate McCormick, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, presented at the 2019 Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Conference held in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She presented a paper titled, “‘Wake up! I’m here to help!’: Participatory research possibilities with young children.”
Mary McGuire and John Suarez
Mary McGuire, Institute for Civic Engagement, and John Suarez, Institute for Civic Engagement’s Office of Service-Learning, will be panelists on a discussion titled “The Campus Action Plan,” at the Eastern Regional Campus Compact Conference at New York University in March. They are partnering with colleagues from Robert Morris University, Buffalo State University and the University of Delaware.
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Ann Blanton
Ann Blanton, Communication Disorders and Sciences Department, presented a research poster with colleagues Heather Thompson, Rachel Stark, and Nicole Albert titled “NF1, NF2, Schwannomatosis, and Dysphagia: A Systematic Review of the Literature” at the Joint Global Neurofibromatosis Conference held Nov. 2 to 6 in la Maison de la Chimie, Paris, France. The poster presented a seminal report about the lack of information on dysphagia in the populations with Neurofibromatosis 1, Neurofibromatosis 2, and Schwannomatosis who present with non-malignant and malignant tumors of the head and neck. The conference was attended by medical professionals and patients with NF1, NF2, and Schannomatosis and their families from around the world.
Rhiannon Maton
Rhiannon Maton, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, led a workshop for local inservice educators titled “How Can we Support our Students with Incarcerated Loved Ones?” The workshop was developed in partnership with Phoebe Brown from Alliance of Families for Justice community organization, and took place at the Ithaca Regional Conference on the Impact of Mass Incarceration on Families and Communities.
Terrence Fitzgerald
Terrence Fitzgerald, Biological Sciences Department, is the author of a paper titled “Temporal and Spatial Foraging Behavior of the Larvae of the Fall Webworm, Hyphantria cunea” appearing in the current issue of the entomological journal Psyche. Also, he is the coauthor with Alfonso Pescador-Rubio of the keynote talk “Historia natural de Cactoblastis cactorum: intervenci?n en los mecanismos de Comunicaci?n Larval y uso potencial en el control sus problaciones,” presented by Pescador-Rubio, the current president of the Mexican Entomological Society, at the Congreso Nacional de Entomología held in Acapulco, Mexico. The presentation focused on an eco-rational approach to managing the invasive caterpillar based on the use of pheromone disruptors identified and synthesized by SUNY Cortland students directed by Frank Rossi of the Chemistry Department.
Nancy Kane
Nancy Kane, Performing Arts Department, choreographed the musical, “1776,” performed Nov. 2-6 in Ithaca, N.Y., under the direction of John Hertzler.
Jean W. LeLoup
Jean W. LeLoup, professor emerita of Spanish, was the plenary speaker at the annual conference of the Alabama World Languages Association on Feb. 3 at Auburn University. Her talk, “Language and Culture in the Classroom: Are YOU on Target?” stressed the importance of teaching and using in the target language 90 percent plus of the time in all foreign language classrooms. She also gave a talk on FLTEACH, the Foreign Language Teaching Forum, an online resource she has co-moderated for 24 years with her colleague, Robert Ponterio, Modern Languages Department.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of a new book chapter titled, “Gun Policy Research: Personal Reflections on Public Questions,” in Gun Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Politics, Policy, and Practice, published by Routledge.
Lauren deLaubell, Dan Harms, Jenifer Sigafoes Phelan and Hilary Wong
Lauren deLaubell, Dan Harms, Jenifer Sigafoes Phelan and Hilary Wong, Memorial Library, recently had their book chapter titled “Librarians Sitting Down with Students: Varied Approaches to Co-Teaching Reading Skills for Developmental Writers” published in the ACRL book Teaching Critical Reading Skills: Strategies for Academic Librarians.
Bonni C. Hodges
Bonni C. Hodges, Health Department, is a member of the Society for Public Health Education’s (SOPHE) Community College Task Force. The task force recently finished development of curricular templates and suggested course outlines that provide a general framework for community colleges wishing to update or institute associate’s degrees or certificate programs in public health. The report was approved by the Association of Schools and Programs in Public Health as part of its “Framing the Future of Public Health” initiative.