Kevin Dames
Kevin Dames, Kinesiology Department, co-authored an article, “Averaging Trials Versus Averaging Trial Peaks: Impact on Statistical Tests,” that was accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied Biomechanics. The paper addressed the methodological issue in biomechanics of how to select peaks from time series data. The authors demonstrated, through experimental data and phase shifted sine waves, that peaks are significantly underestimated when selected from an average profile.
Nance S. Wilson
Nance S. Wilson, Literacy Department, co-authored a book chapter, “Avid Readers in High School: Are they Reading for Pleasure?” that appears in Teaching Adolescent Literature Today, a book edited by J. A. Hayn and J. S. Kaplan to be published in November by Rowman and Littlefield. Also, Wilson presented “Beyond Questioning: Progress Monitoring Comprehension,” at the New York State Middle School Association Annual Conference held in October in Watkins Glen, N.Y.
Caroline Kaltefleiter
Caroline Kaltefleiter, Communication and Media Studies Department, has been awarded a Community News Champion Fellowship Grant from the University of Vermont. She is one of 33 fellows representing 21 different states. Her grant focuses on expanding the production of radio programs/podcasts at local audiences. She will serve as the executive producer and host of a new public affairs show that will feature local officials, along with area journalists and student reporters across campus media. The program will be aired on WSUC-FM and will be archived as a podcast and available on various streaming sites.
Eileen Gilroy and Jill Toftegaard
Eileen Gilroy and Jill Toftegaard, Communication Disorders and Sciences Department, presented a poster co-authored by Timothy Davis and Catherine MacDonald, Physical Education Department, at the annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention on Nov. 16 in Boston, Mass. The poster, “Interprofessional Education (IPE) in Clinical Training,” highlighted the ongoing collaboration between graduate speech pathology clinicians and undergraduate adapted physical education students.
In 2015, ASHA established a strategic objective to advance IPE within the professions of speech-language pathology and audiology. With these changes, IPE is being incorporated not only into clinical practice and continuing education programs, but into student curriculum and training as well. The presentation was well attended and inspired other clinical training programs to talk about developing similar programs.
Kevin Dames
Kevin Dames, Kinesiology Department, and alumna Megan Wagner ’18, had an article published in Journal of Sport Rehabilitation. Wagner and her faculty mentor, Dames, completed this project with support from an Undergraduate Research Council Summer Research Fellowship. Wagner is currently pursuing a doctorate in physical therapy at D’Youville College in Buffalo, N.Y.
Frank Rossi and Terrence Fitzgerald
Frank Rossi, Chemistry Department, and Terrence Fitzgerald, Biological Sciences Department, are the principal authors of an article titled “Response of the neonate larvae of Cactoblastis cactorum to synthetic cactoblastins, a newly identified class of pheromonally-active chemicals found in the caterpillar’s mandibular glands” appearing in the journal Chemoecology. Four recent Cortland students are coauthors of the paper: Daniel Rojas ’19, a current a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Delaware, Danielle A. Cervasio ’17, currently a PhD candidate at Stony Brook University majoring in neuroscience, John Posillico ’16, now a middle school science teacher in New York City, and Kyle Parella ’17, currently a PhD candidate in biochemistry at SUNY ESF. The paper is the fifth to be published by the principal investigators that explores the possibility of using the insect’s own pheromones as an eco-rational alternative to biocides in managing populations of the invasive caterpillar. The research was support by grants from the USDA-APHIS.
Anne Adams
Anne Adams, Africana Studies Department, chaired a panel and presented a paper at the annual conference of the Caribbean Studies Association in June in Havana, Cuba. Her paper, comparing folkloric and performance characteristics in African American and Caribbean literature, was titled “Pan-African Literature as Performance: Signifiyin’ Tricksters from Zora Neale Hurston and Marlon James.”
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, has been appointed to the editorial board for the new “Contemporary Social Issues” project to be published on the Web by ABC-CLIO Publishers. The series consists of Yes, No and Other essays addressing contemporary controversial issues including capital punishment, legalization of marijuana, prostitution, health care, immigration, climate change and privacy, among others.
Danica Savonick
Danica Savonick, English Department, presented her research at a panel on “The Campus as Crucible of Struggle,” sponsored by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The conversation was streamed live on YouTube on Sept. 5.
JoEllen Bailey
JoEllen Bailey, Physical Education Department, presented “Assisting Teacher Candidates through Professional Puberty,” at the National Student Teaching and Supervision Conference on April 28 at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania.