Kati Ahern
Kati Ahern, English Department in Professional Writing and Rhetoric, had her book chapter, “Soundscapes: Rhetorical Entwinements for Composing Sound in Four Dimensions,” published by Intermezzo in an ebook called Tuning in to Soundwriting.
Gregory D. Phelan
Gregory D. Phelan, Chemistry Department, had three new United States patents issued in October and November. The patents are numbered 9,468,595, 9,469,941, and 9,493,670. The patents deal with applications of polymer science to consumer goods including cosmetics, bioengineered materials, preservation of wood and self-cleaning outdoor paints. More information about the patents that Phelan has been granted since joining the faculty at Cortland can be found on this database: http://bit.ly/2heJI7F
Thomas S. Hischak
Thomas S. Hischak, Performing Arts Department, has signed a contract with Rowman & Littlefield to publish his book, The 100 Greatest American Plays. Rowman recently released Hischak’s The Encyclopedia of Film Composers, the first comprehensive guide to the life and work of 252 international movie soundtrack composers.
Cynthia Benton
Cynthia Benton, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, presented her paper, “The Role of Teacher Gender in Professionalization, Curriculum and Instruction and Student Achievement in Elementary School,” at the 2012 American Institute of Higher Education’s International Conference held March 7-9 in Williamsburg, Va.
Christopher D. Gascón
Christopher D. Gascón, Modern Languages Department, presented “Taking Liberties with Cervantes, Calderón, and Lope,” at the annual conference of the Association for Hispanic Classical Theater held in March in El Paso, Texas. His paper analyzes how Spanish classical theater is transformed when performed in other cultural contexts.
Christina Knopf
Christina Knopf, Communication and Media Studies Department, presented at the Eastern Communication Association Conference held March 29 through April 2 in Baltimore, Md. She presented three papers: “Politics as Unusual: Editorial Cartooning and the 2024 Election,” “Roe, Reproduction, and Representation: Artists on Abortion” and “‘Wake Up, Sheeple!’ Sheeple Aren’t Real: Cartooning Conspiracies in a Theater of the Absurd – Netflix’s Inside Job.” The latter of these was recognized as the Top Paper in Political Communication.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, one of four original members of the weekly television program, “The Ivory Tower Half Hour,” was on hand to commemorate the program’s 10th anniversary on the air, as noted on the program’s broadcast on Sept. 7. “The Ivory Tower” is a weekly public affairs program broadcast at 8 p.m. on Fridays on WCNY-TV, Syracuse, N.Y. The panelists, consisting of college faculty from central New York universities including Syracuse University, Cazenovia College, Colgate University and Onondaga Community College, discuss the events of the week, and close each program with A’s and F’s. According to Nielsen ratings, “The Ivory Tower” has the highest viewership of any local program broadcast on any local television station in Central New York.
Jared Rosenberg
Jared Rosenberg, Kinesiology Department, was first author on a recently published article, "Do Functional Movement Screens Predict Body Composition Changes after Resistance Training?," in online resource PubMed.
Casey Hickey, Jennifer Kronenbitter and Hailey Ruoff
Casey Hickey, Campus Technology Services; Jennifer Kronenbitter, Library; and Hailey Ruoff, Library, Instructional Technologies and Design Services; presented at the Wizard 2012 held Nov. 13 in Syracuse, N.Y. Their presentation focused on the streaming media project that converted the library’s video collection into a streaming format. Wizard conferences are geared toward the SUNY technical community in order to address current information technology-related issues important to SUNY. The attendees represent the full range of SUNY campuses and university-wide programs that include IT professionals at every level.
Eric Edlund
Eric Edlund, Physics Department, gave a presentation titled "Sensitivity of optical positioning errors applied to the Wendelstein 7-X phase contrast imaging diagnostic" at the 2025 American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics (APS-DPP) conference in Long Beach, California, on Nov. 17-21, 2025.