Mark Dodds
Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, had an article accepted by the journal Choregia. “Using Mobile Marketing to Engage NASCAR Fans and Increase Sales” will be published in an upcoming edition of the journal.
Ute Ritz-Deutch
Ute Ritz-Deutch, History Department, presented “Detention and Deportation of Immigrants in the United States: A Year in Review” as part of Cornell University’s Committee on U.S.-Latin American Relations series on Feb. 23 at Cornell University.
Peter M. McGinnis
Peter M. McGinnis, Kinesiology Department, was honored by USA Track and Field with the 2012 C. Harmon Brown Sports Medicine and Science Award at their annual meeting held Dec. 1 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. The award was presented to McGinnis at the National Pole Vault Summit on Jan. 18 in Reno, Nev. McGinnis is the biomechanist for the pole vault event for USA Track and Field. Since 1983, McGinnis has provided scientific services to elite U.S. pole vaulters and their coaches to help them prepare for the Olympic Games, International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Championships, and other international competitions.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, has been invited to serve as a fund and organizing leader for the American Political Science Association’s new Distinguished Teaching Award, a nationwide award to be given to recognize outstanding teaching in political science.
Timothy J. Baroni
Timothy J. Baroni, Biological Sciences Department, joined colleagues at the Instituto de Ecologia (INECOL) in Xalapa, Mexico, for two weeks of field research on biodiversity of macrofungi in Mexican forest preserves and special protected areas. Supported by a Faculty Research Program grant from SUNY Cortland, this was Baroni's second research trip to southeastern Mexico. Along with INECOL’s Victor Bandala and Leticia Montoya and several of their students, he visited and collected in tropical rainforest preserves in one of just a few remaining southern-most beech forests on the sides of an old volcano. A highlight of the trip was collecting in remnant Gymnopodium floribundum stands in Suchiapa. A good number of mycorrhizal fungi were found in this forest, confirming that the plant/fungus relationship is a new one for science. Several new species were found under these low-growing trees.
Vierne Placide
Vierne Placide, Health Department, presented a paper titled “Factors influencing opioid abstinence and retention in Medication-Assisted Treatment for opioid addiction” during the Opioids and Behavioral Health plenary session, in addition to a poster presentation titled “Providing integrative services with an integrative workforce in Generation Rx: A review” at the 2019 Public Health Partnership Conference (NYSPHA/NYSACHO), held May 1 to 3 in Cortland, N.Y.
Seth N. Asumah
Seth N. Asumah, Africana Studies and Political Science Departments, had his article, “Islam, Rentier States and the Quest for Democracy in Africa,” published in the Western Journal of Black Studies, Volume 34, Number 4, Winter 2010.
Robert Ponterio
Robert Ponterio, Modern Languages, with Jean LeLoup, professor emerita of Spanish and the U.S. Air Force Academy, and William Heller, Perry High School and SUNY Geneseo, had their article published in New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers’ Language Association Journal, Vol. 61, No. 3, 2010. The article, “Cultural Perspective in the Language Classroom: Providing a Meaningful Context for Communication,” evolved from work the three have been doing in presenting professional development workshops for language teachers focused on methods of integrating culture with language instruction through the national standards for foreign language learning. The attention to “perspectives” explores how artifacts and behaviors function with a culture rather than describing them on a more superficial level.
Bonni C. Hodges
Bonni C. Hodges, Health Department, has been appointed to the CNY Area Health Education Center (CNYAHEC) Cortland/Cayuga/Seneca Regional Advisory Council. The council encompasses representatives from healthcare, education, government, business and not-for-profit groups. The council collaborates with CNYAHEC to identify priorities and strategies for regional healthcare workforce development.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, wrote an article for the The Huffington Post titled “Campuses Just Say ‘No’ to Guns” that appeared for the week of Feb. 28 about current efforts around the country to allow faculty and students to carry handguns on college campuses. Spitzer is a regular contributor to Huffington.