Tracy Hudson
Tracy Hudson, Physical Education Department, received a New York State Senate Certificate of Achievement at Senator Lea Webb’s second annual Women’s History Month Award Reception on March 15. The award is given to individuals who have made notable contributions to the advancement, empowerment and acknowledgment of women's rights and accomplishments. Hudson, a Diversity Faculty Fellow assistant professor, was involved in notable endeavors including delivering the keynote address for Cortland’s Juneteenth celebration, conducting Youth Mental Health First Aid workshops and facilitating Kingian nonviolence training for both the YWCA and SUNY Cortland.
Dan Harms
Dan Harms, Memorial Library, had two of his books published: Witch Bottles: History, Culture, Magic was published by Avalonia Press and The Book of Four Occult Philosophers was published by Llewellyn.
Ellis McDowell-Loudan
Ellis McDowell-Loudan, Sociology/Anthropology Department, hosted the planning board meeting of the International Iroquois Research Conference on Saturday, April 23, in the archaeology lab in Moffett Center, Room 2124. McDowell-Loudan is part of the group involved in the planning and implementation of the conferences’ transfer from the Rensselaerville Conference Center in New York, to the NAV Canada Training and Conference Center in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. The annual meeting will be held near Akwesasne, Ontario, Canada. Also in April, McDowell-Loudan attended the Annual Joint New York Archaeological Council/New York State Archaeological Association Meetings held April 15-18 in Gloversville, N.Y. She presented a paper, “New Perspectives on Wyns Farm Site: Contributions of Gordon DeAngelo,” as part of the Gordon DeAngelo Memorial Symposium titled “The Interface Between Avocational and Professional Archaeologists.”
Christina Knopf
Christina Knopf, Communication and Media Studies Department, is a recipient of the annual Lucy Shelton Caswell Research Award for 2023, sponsored by the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum at The Ohio State University.
Chang Ki Bahng
Chang Ki Bahng, a graduate student in the Sport Management Program, was appointed an Official International Referee by the USA Taekwondo Association to officiate the 2010 United States Open International Taekwondo Championships held Feb. 10-15 in Las Vegas, Nev. The event is one of the oldest and most prestigious taekwondo championships in the world, hosted by the USA Taekwondo Association, sanctioned by the World Taekwondo Federation and sponsored by the United States Olympic Committee.
Marni Gauthier
Marni Gauthier, English Department, had her essay, “Historical Figures Transformed: Free Enterprise and I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem,” published in Beyond Adaptation: Essays on Radical Transformations of Original Works (McFarland: March 2010).
Jeffrey J. Walkuski
Jeffrey J. Walkuski, Physical Education Department, was appointed chair of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) Student Services Committee. This committee functions to advise and monitor student issues and professional development programs for students and also plans and coordinates student activities and programming at both the Alliance's national conference and the national student leadership conference.
Timothy J. Baroni,
Timothy J. Baroni, Biological Sciences Department, was an invited guest speaker at the Middle Atlantic States Mycology Conference (MASMC) held April 9-11 at the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro. He presented “Exploring for Biodiversity of Neotropical Macrofungi — A Glimpse into the Adventures of a Mycologist.”
Mechthild Nagel
Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy Department and Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies (CGIS), has begun her year-long teaching duties at Germany's Fulda University of Applied Sciences, a partner university with SUNY Cortland. She teaches in the areas of social philosophy and diversity education. She received a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Visiting Professorship.
Teagan Bradway
Teagan Bradway, English Department, gave the keynote lecture for the annual Shifting Tides, Anxious Borders Graduate Conference hosted by the Department of English, General Literature, and Rhetoric at Binghamton University. Bradway’s lecture, presented on March 23, was titled “Feeling the Fantasy: The Politics of Pleasure in Queer and Trans Camp."