Timothy J. Baroni
Timothy J. Baroni, distinguished professor emeritus of biological sciences, was lead author with 10 colleagues from Puerto Rico, Denmark, Peru and the U.S. on the peer reviewed publication “Four new species of Morchella from the Americas” in the journal Mycologia. New species of morels, highly prized gourmet mushrooms, were described from the mountain regions in the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Peru and the southwestern U.S. using morphological and multigene molecular phylogenetic data. Baroni was also a co-author with Rachel Swenie, Ph.D., a student at the University of Tennessee, and her mentor P. Brandon Matheny, on the peer reviewed article “Six new species and reports of Hydnum (Cantharellales) from eastern North America” in the journal MycoKeys. Baroni provided collections with detailed descriptions from the Cortland Herbarium (CORT) that were generated by him and also by his former students from the field mycology courses held at the Outdoor Education Center at Raquette Lake from 1980’s through 2000. At least one of these collections was selected as an epitype, a collection that anchors the concept of the species. Color images of collections by Baroni were also used in the publication to help document these tooth fungi from the northeast.
Brian Barrett
Brian Barrett, Foundations and Social Advocacy, presented his paper, with Rob Moore of Cambridge University, titled “Changing from Within: Basil Bernstein, Teacher Education, and Social Justice” at the Seventh International Basil Bernstein Symposium in Aix-en-Provence, France. Additionally, his review of Knowledge, Pedagogy and Society: International Perspectives on Basil Bernstein’s Sociology of Education, edited by Daniel Frandji and Philippe Vitale, was recently published in the journal International Studies in Sociology of Education, volume 22, issue 1.
Tiantian Zheng
Tiantian Zheng, Sociology/Anthropology Department, was invited to deliver campus-wide talks at Hamilton College in September and at Columbia University in November on her recent research on self-identified gay men in postsocialist China.
Harry M. Sydow
Harry M. Sydow, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, will earn the title of lecturer IV emeritus when he retires from the College on Aug. 31. He joined SUNY Cortland in July 2001 and is a coordinator/supervisor of field studies.
Bonni C. Hodges
Bonni C. Hodges, Health Department, was an invited presenter at the SOPHE/CDC Institute for Higher Education (IHE) Academy, held March 20 and 21 in Atlanta, Ga. The IHE Academy works with teams from professional preparation programs across the country on refining and updating curricula and skills, so their programs provide their students with the most current essential tools required to teach health and physical education with a focus on health education teacher preparation.
Also, Hodges presented a poster on Educational Support Professionals: “Hidden Assets in Plain Sight” at the annual conference of the Society for Public Health Education held March 21 to 24 in Atlanta.
Caroline Kaltefleiter
Caroline Kaltefleiter, Communication and Media Studies, attended the first National Conference on Community News, hosted by the Center for Community News at the University of Vermont from Oct. 2-4. The conference focused on the impact of student reporting and brought together journalists and educators from across the country to discuss collaboration models between student media and local media outlets, and to addressing innovative storytelling tools and strategies amidst calls for greater transparency between news organizations and their communities.
Kathryn Kramer
Kathryn Kramer, Art and Art History Department, had her critical review of the photography and video art on display at the recent New Orleans biennial exhibition, Prospect New Orleans.2, published in the March-April issue of Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism. In addition, her article, “Flanerie and the Globalizing City,” co-authored with John Rennie Short, was published in the June-August 2011 issue of City.
Jeremy Pekarek
Jeremy Pekarek, Library, co-presented at the New York Archives Conference held June 5 to 7 in Rochester, N.Y. The presentation was titled “Portals to Public Access: Increasing Visibility of Archival Collections Via Digitization, Metadata, and Finding Aids” and was co-presented with Barbara Scheibel from Onondaga Community College and Kathryn Johns-Masten from SUNY Oswego.
Also, Pekarek co-presented twice at the 2019 State University of New York Librarian Association (SUNYLA) Conference held June 12 to 14 at Onondaga Community College. The first co-presentation was titled “On Board the Mentorship: Sailing the Sea of Change with Tenure Track Librarians” and was co-presented with SUNY Cortland Library staff members Lisa Czirr, Maaike Oldemans, Janet Ochs, Richard Powell, Jennifer Moore, Jen Parker and Hilary Wong. The second co-presentation was titled “Zombie Escape: Gamifying Library Instruction with Active Learning Activities” and was co-presented with SUNY Cortland Library staff members Annette Ernste and Jen Phelan.
Anne Vittoria
Anne Vittoria, Sociology-Anthropology Department, is the author of a book, Women of Color in a World Apart, An Ethnography of Care Workers published Oct. 29 by Routledge. The book addresses issues in the fields of medical sociology and the intersectional literature of race, class and gender.
Jeremy Jimenez
Jeremy Jimenez, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, presented findings from his collaboration with Egyptian educators in an online historical thinking course at the Comparative International Education Society conference in Mexico City, Mexico.