Teagan Bradway
Teagan Bradway, English Department, presented a paper, “Group Sex,” for a panel on Sex and Form at the Modern Language Association Conference iin January n Philadelphia, Pa. Also, she chaired a roundtable on “Queer Relationalities.”
Brian Barrett
Brian Barrett, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, had his article published in the current edition of Policy Futures in Education. “Towards a Non-Deterministic Reading of Pierre Bourdieu: Habitus and Educational Change in Urban Schools,” was co-authored with Camille Martina of the University of Rochester and can be found in volume 10, issue 3.
Philip Buckenmeyer
Philip Buckenmeyer, Kinesiology Department, led seven kinesiology students in a Healthy Now project that culminated with a Wellness Day event at the Barry School in Cortland on Feb. 12. SUNY Cortland students included Hannah Smith, Jeffrey Koch, Theodore Kopytowski, Michael Grieco, Lauren Guardino, Erin Kelly and Ayden Wilbur. The Barry School children learned about their flexibility and range of motion by practicing four different exercises that focused on the hips, neck, back and shoulders.
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.
Erik Lind
Erik Lind, Kinesiology Department, and Ian Macali, Lauren Smith, Melody Dale, Hilary DeShong and Megan Holmes from Mississippi State University, had an article published in Journal of Sports Sciences. The paper, “Influence of motivation and personality on physical activity: A systematic review” summarizes the individual effects of motivation and personality and the interplay of both on physical activity. Their findings may help guide interventions designed to promote greater physical activity.
Melissa A. Morris
Melissa A. Morris, Physics Department, had her NASA proposal titled “Chondrule Formation in Impact Plumes” selected for funding in the amount of $330,000 for 2014-16. Her joint publication, “Overcoming the Meter Barrier and the Formation of Systems with Tightly Packed Inner Planets (STIPs),” was published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters in September. Also, Morris attended the Circumstellar Disks and Planet Formation Conference Oct. 12-14 at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Brice Smith
Brice Smith, Physics Department, and his partner Melissa Kemp, won fourth place as a couple in the Individual category of the 2015 People’s Choice “Signs of Sustainability” poll for their work in promoting Tompkins County’s transition to clean renewable energy. Sustainable Tompkins conducted the online poll from March 23 to April 8. Community members were asked to nominate those they believe made a contribution in the past year toward making a more sustainable and just community. Nominees and the top vote getters were announced at the annual Earth Day Ithaca celebration on April 19.
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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Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of a chapter titled, “Hot Button Issues in the Presidential Campaign: 47 Percent Yes, Guns No?” for the book, Winning the Presidency 2012, recently published by Paradigm Publishers.
Samuel Kelley
Samuel Kelley, Africana Studies and Communication Studies departments, will bring to life Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech with a dramatic performance of King’s classic work on Wednesday, July 9, in Bailey Hall on the Cornell University campus, Ithaca, N.Y. Following his 7 p.m. performance, he will discuss the historical, socio-political, biblical and artistic influences that converged to give birth to America’s most famous speech of the 20th century. Placing King’s “dream” in a broader cultural context, Kelley will further explore how the dream of freedom and equality continues to propel people forward in their quest for social justice. Free and open to the public, the presentation is sponsored by Cornell's School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions.