Margaret Anderson
Margaret Anderson, Psychology Department, has written a chapter in Dynamic Classroom: Engaging Students in Higher Education, recently published by Atwood Publishing LLC. The book is a collection of 14 best-practices papers enabling instructors to discover innovative ways to incorporate the best techniques, transform the worst and create a meaningful and dynamic environment for learning.
Alexander G. Gonzalez
Alexander G. Gonzalez, English Department, has been informed that his article, “Letting a Poem Mean as Much as It Can Mean: Additional Interpretations of Eavan Boland’s ‘I Remember’ and ‘In Her Own Image,’” has been accepted for publication at ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes, and Reviews. It will appear in a special edition on contemporary Irish writers that also will feature his previously accepted annotations on Brendan Behan’s play “The Quare Fellow.”
Ted Fay
Ted Fay, Sport Management Department, was a keynote speaker at the 2011 NCAA Scholarly Colloquium on College Sports held Jan. 12 in San Antonio, Texas. His topic was “Sports and Disabilities.”
Claus Schubert
Claus Schubert, Mathematics Department, presented “Semiorderings and Stability Index Under Field Extensions” at the 2011 Joint Mathematics Meetings on Jan. 6 in New Orleans, La. The talk was part of an American Mathematical Society (AMS) special session on quadratic forms in algebra and geometry and summarized joint work with Karim Becher from the University of Konstanz, Germany, and David Leep from the University of Kentucky.
Beth Shiner Klein
Beth Shiner Klein, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, received the New York State Outdoor Education Association Leadership Award at their awards banquet held Feb. 5 at the Ashokan Center in Olivebridge, N.Y. This award is presented to candidates who are responsible for the growth of professionals in the field, who created innovative programs and provided the management support that expanded outdoor education at the local, state and national levels.
Jason Tucker
Jason Tucker, English Department, served on the panel “Balancing Professional Writing with Your Creative Side,” at The Association of Writers and Writing Program’s 2011 AWP Conference on Feb. 4 in Washington D.C.
Timothy J. Baroni
Timothy J. Baroni, Biological Sciences Department, was a keynote speaker at the 34th Annual Foray of the Northeast Mycological Federation held Sept. 23-26, 2010, in Kerhonkson, N.Y. He presented “Macrofungi in Tropical America, Some New — Some Not So New — What it Tells Us.”
Baroni was a co-author of an article titled “Aurantiopileus mayanensis a new genus and species of polypore (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) from Belize with connections to existing Asian species,” that ran in the Nov. 19, 2010, issue of North American Fungi, volume 5. Co-authors were mycologists from Canada; the USDA-Forest Service, Madison, Wis.; and University of Oslo, Norway. The new genus and species of polypore is from a collection that Baroni made during a 12-scientist, helicopter-assisted, two-week expedition to Doyle’s Delight in the Maya Mountains of Belize in August of 2007 and was partially funded by a National Geographic Society research grant he received earlier that year.
Edward P. Caffarella
Edward P. Caffarella, Educational Leadership Department, presented “Leadership in Education: Moving Beyond Administration and Management” on Dec. 2 as part of the Intellectual Discourse Series at the Universiti Putra Malaysia.
Van A. Burd
Van A. Burd, professor emeritus of English, had his writings titled, “Young John Ruskin, His Tutor in Mathematics, John Rowbotham and the Geometric Impossible,” published in the Autumn 2010 issue of The Ruskin Review and Bulletin. It was published at the University of Lancaster in England.
Barbara Wisch
Barbara Wisch, Art and Art History Department, served as a panelist for evaluating National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Stipends applications in Art History for 2011. Wisch was awarded an NEH Summer Stipend in 2006 and an NEH Fellowship in 2007.