Timothy J. Baroni
Timothy J. Baroni, Biological Sciences Department, was invited to lecture and help with mushroom identifications at the Northeast Mycological Foray (NEMF) held in July at Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts. The annual NEMF meeting drew 250 participants. Baroni’s talk, “Mushrooms with “Pink” Colored Spore Deposits Found in the Northeast,” addressed the diversity and taxonomy of pink-spored mushrooms. Also, Baroni was invited to present the keynote lecture at the 2016 Bill Russell Foray in August, held by the Central Pennsylvania Mycological Club at the Sieg Research Center at Lock Haven University (Pa). He presented “Exploring for Biodiversity of Neotropical Macrofungi: A Glimpse into the Adventures of a Mycologist” to the 50 participants, which included biologists from nearby Pennsylvania State University.
Teagan Bradway
Teagan Bradway, English Department, had a book chapter titled “The Pleasures of Reading Camp” published by Cambridge UP in The Cambridge History of Queer American Literature, edited by Benjamin A. Kahan.
David L. Snyder
David L. Snyder, Sport Management Department, served as an invited panelist at a symposium titled “Baseball and the Law: America’s National Pastimes.” The symposium was presented by the Albany Government Law Review with the Government Law Center and was held at Albany Law School on April 11.
Joel Pape
Joel Pape, Performing Arts Department, is the recipient of a professional salary increase as per the Human Resources Office. Pape is a full-time instructional support technician.
Mechthild Nagel
Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy and Africana Studies departments and Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies, is serving as a visitor at the Max Planck Institute for Ethnic and Religious Diversity in Goettingen, Germany during the spring semester.
Maria Timberlake
Maria Timberlake, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, had her article, “Recognizing Ableism in Educational Initiatives: Reading between the Lines” published in the June issue of Research in Educational Policy and Management.
Jacob Hall
Jacob Hall, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, was recently honored with the award for Outstanding and Dedicated Service to the Division of Teacher Education from the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). AECT is the premier professional association of instructional designers, educators and professionals from around the world who conduct research and provide leadership in the creation, use and management of technologies for effective teaching and learning.
Gretchen Herrmann
Gretchen Herrmann, Library, had her article, “New Lives from New Goods: Garage Sales as Rites of Passage,” published in the most recent issue of Ethnology. Given the importance of the amount and types of consumer goods owned by people to the creation of personal identities, the public disposal and acquisition of such possessions in garage sales can signal a shift in life orientation. Moving, downsizing, selling off baby items or grandmother’s effects after her death all constitute publicly engaged rituals of transition.
Tom Lickona
Tom Lickona, Center for the 4th and 5th Rs, presented the keynote to open the London conference of the International Federation of Family Development. Held Oct. 19 and 20, he presented “Raising Kind Kids” to an audience of 1,200 family educators from 70 countries. In September, Lickona spoke at South Korea’s International Forum on Human Values on the character education work of SUNY Cortland’s Center for the 4th and 5th Rs. In October, during a week-long visit to the Philippines, he addressed several conferences on fostering kindness at school and home. Most recently, Lickona spoke in Mexico City on “How to Raise Kind Kids” in a lecture tour sponsored by the organization Moders.
David A. Kilpatrick
David A. Kilpatrick, professor emeritus of psychology, was invited by the United States Library of Congress to present a talk on dyslexia on April 12. Also, he was invited to present the workshop titled “Word-Level Reading Difficulties: Implications for Assessment, Instruction, and Intervention” at the annual conferences of the West Virginia Association of School Psychologists on April 19 and the Kansas Association of School Psychologists on April 28.