William Hopkins
William Hopkins, professor emeritus of psychology, recently received a Paul Harris Fellow award from Cortland Rotary for developing and facilitating the Cortland-Belize Partnership in Special Education. He presented the keynote address at the 60th Diamond Jubilee Annual Convention of the New York State Retired Teachers Association, along with a session on preventing stress.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of a chapter titled, “Gun Control: Constitutional Mandate or Myth?” that appears in the just-published book, Moral Controversies in American Politics. The book is published by M.E. Sharpe.
Jean W. LeLoup
Jean W. LeLoup, professor emerita of Spanish, recently had the third edition of her textbook, ¡Anda! Curso intermedio, published by Pearson Education. It is an intermediate-level Spanish text for the college level.
Ryota Yaginuma,
Ryota Yaginuma, a visiting scholar from Japan, will study character education under the guidance of Thomas Lickona, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department and Director of Center for the 4th and 5th Rs, through September 2011. Yaginuma is an associate professor at Gifu National University, Graduate School of Education in Japan, and has a Ph.D. in literature from Waseda University in Japan for the study of John Dewey’s pragmatism and educational theory.
Yaginuma has published numerous works, including John Dewey’s Pragmatism and Education (2002); The Problem-Solving Type Moral Teaching (2006); The Study of Moral Education (2007); Rorty’s Philosophy and Education (2008); The Problem-Solving Type Moral Teaching -Case Study (2009); and Schooling and Moral Education (2010).
The goals of this visiting scholarship study are to write about character education for Japanese teachers and to translate important papers and books regarding character education, in particular, “Smart & Good High Schools,” written by Lickona and Matthew Davidson in 2005. Yaginuma will visit area schools that represent best practices of character education and make a comparative study of American character education and Japanese moral education.
Gregg Weatherby
Gregg Weatherby, English Department, will appear as Bardolph and the Archbishop of York in Ithaca Shakespeare Company's production of “Henry IV” (Parts 1 and 2). Performances will be held July 9-26 outside at Cornell Plantations, alternating performances with “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
Caroline Kaltefleiter
Caroline Kaltefleiter, Communication and Media Studies Department, authored a chapter, “(Re)visiting a Girl Revolution: Riot Grrrl Zines, Liminality, and Anarcha-Feminism,” recently published in the Routledge Companion to Girls’ Studies, edited by Sharon Mazzarella.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, has been informed that his article, “Still Saving the Constitution from Lawyers,” has been accepted for publication in the December 2010 issue of the Gonzaga Law Review.
Claus Schubert
Claus Schubert, Mathematics Department, was invited to spend a week with the research group on quadratic forms at the University of Konstanz, Germany. During his stay, from July 24-31, he gave a talk at the research seminar titled “Quadratic forms, ordering Spaces, and u-invariants.”
Thomas Hischak
Thomas Hischak, Performing Arts Department, had his play, “The Cardiff Giant,” named as one of the three winners in the 2009 Julie Harris Playwriting Competition sponsored by the Beverly Hills Playhouse. Also, his play “Awakening: The Story of Kip Van Winkle” has been published by Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., Denver, Colo.
Donna Videto, Aimee Greely and Bonni Hodges
Donna Videto, Aimee Greely and Bonni Hodges, Health Department, facilitated discussions on school wellness policies and programs for health and wellness teachers from around the state at a workshop held July 19 at SUNY Cortland. “Achieving Success with Health and Wellness” was funded by the School Health Capacity Building Project: A SUNY Cortland and NYSED Partnership, as part of the five year grant awarded to Hodges and the Health Department to impact systems in school health. Invited speakers presented on the latest instruments and trends for improving school health and wellness to the 30 participants, many of who were SUNY Cortland graduates currently working in the field.