Peter McGinnis
Peter McGinnis, Kinesiology Department, has announced the recent publication of the third edition of his undergraduate biomechanics textbook, Biomechanics of Sport and Exercise. Published by Human Kinetics, the textbook is used in biomechanics and kinesiology courses in the United States and elsewhere.
Angela Pagano, Mary Gfeller and Kerri Freese
Angela Pagano, Biological Sciences Department, Mary Gfeller, Mathematics Department, and Program Coordinator Kerri Freese, Chemistry Department, along with eight students, represented the SUNY Cortland Undergraduate Clinically Rich Teacher Preparation Pilot program, a New York State Education Department (NYSED)-funded grant, during February in Albany, N.Y. They participated in a networking event with district administrators during a NYSED Diagnostic Tool for School and District Effectiveness training workshop. SUNY Cortland students included: Eric Reisweber, Zachary Gracyck and Brendan Creegan, adolescence education: earth science; Kelsey O’Donnell and Robin Tobin, adolescence education: mathematics; Taylor Jones and Lisa Dovi, adolescence education: physics; and Elyse Brill, adolescence education: biology.
Richard Hunter
Richard Hunter, Geography Department, and Andrew Sluyter, Department of Geography and Anthropology at Louisiana State University, had their article published in the latest issue of Journal of Historical Geography. The article, “How Incipient Colonies Create Territory: The Textual Surveys of New Spain, 1520s-1620s,” explores the practices of early colonial land surveying to reveal how territory was created through negotiations among local actors, centralized state power and specific landscapes.
Mark Dodds
Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, delivered two presentations at the 2014 North American Society for Sport Management Conference (NASSM), held May 27-31 in Pittsburgh, Pa. The talks were titled, “Review of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and its Impact on The Olympic Games” and “The Unpaid Intern: Do They Have Any Legal Rights?”
Caroline Kaltefleiter
Caroline Kaltefleiter, Communication and Media Studies Department, has been appointed to the board of trustees of WSKG Public Media, headquartered in Vestal, N.Y. WSKG is part of the National Public Radio Network and PBS system and operates four radio stations and two television stations, providing news, entertainment, educational programming, and classical music. Kaltefleiter will bring her expertise in digital media and public broadcasting to the development team to advise on crisis campaign creation amid the closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and funding cuts to NPR.
Christina Knopf
Christina Knopf, Communication and Media Studies Department, delivered the opening presentation in the 2023 Schering-Plough Executive Lecture Series at Fairleigh Dickinson University on Jan. 31. Her talk was titled “Comics, Covidity, and Visualizing the Invisible.”
Peter M. McGinnis
Peter M. McGinnis, Kinesiology Department, was inducted into the third class of the Swarthmore College Garnet Athletics Hall of Fame on Oct. 31. A multi-sport athlete at the college, McGinnis, who graduated in 1976, excelled as a pole vaulter on Swarthmore’s outdoor track and field team. He became Swarthmore’s first track and field All-American by placing fifth at the 1975 NCAA Championships. At the Penn Relays in 1976, McGinnis set the still-existing college outdoor pole vault record of 15 feet. Now a leading expert in the field, McGinnis has been an adviser to USA Track & Field for more than 30 years, providing scientific services to elite U.S. pole vaulters and their coaches to prepare them for the Olympic Games, IAAF World Championships and other competitions. As pole vault coach at SUNY Cortland, McGinnis has mentored two NCAA pole vault champions.
Ellen R. Paterson
Ellen R. Paterson, library, recently had two book reviews published: “Does An Apple A Day Keep the Doctor Away?” by Lerner, 2010, in the July issue of Science Books & Films and, “Integrative Women’s Health, Oxford, 2010, appeared in the September issue of Choice.
Mechthild Nagel
Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy Department and director of the Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies (CGIS), taught a graduate seminar on “Global Feminisms” in June at Fulda University of Applied Sciences in Fulda, Germany.
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, was invited by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, Capitol Hill, Washington D.C. to speak at “China and Human Trafficking: Updates and Analysis” held in August. She was also invited to speak at “Stop Traffick International Conference” in September at DePauw University.