Benjamin Wilson
Benjamin Wilson, Economics Department, co-presented at the National Environmental Health Association Conference in June in San Antonio, Texas. He and Kevin Kennedy, managing director at The Center for Environmental Health at Children’s Mercy Hospital, presented “Mapping Health and Housing: Using Community Wide Data to Investigate Environmental Exposure Risks.”
Melissa Morris
Melissa Morris, Physics Department, presented a talk on chondrule formation in impacts at the 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference held March 20-24 at The Woodlands, Texas.
Christopher D. Gascón
Christopher D. Gascón, Modern Languages Department, presented a paper titled “Music and Metamorphosis in Repertorio Español’s 2015 production of Calderón’s El laurel de Apolo” at the annual symposium of the Association for Hispanic Classical Theater in El Paso, Texas. As secretary of the association, he also helped to organize the conference and support the concurrent Spanish Golden Age Play Festival at the Chamizal National Memorial Theater.
Mark Dodds
Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, co-edited with James T. Reese a book that was recognized by Library Journal with a Best Reference 2015 award. Sports Leadership: A Reference Guide featured submissions by more than 10 SUNY Cortland faculty members.
Thomas Hischak
Thomas Hischak, Performing Arts Department, recently sold two plays to play publishers. Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. will publish the full-length comedy “Wildcat Crossing” and Brooklyn Publishers will publish the one-act comedy “The Chameleon Princess.”
Kevin Dames
Kevin Dames, Kinesiology Department, presented a poster at the 45th annual meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in August. Coauthors of the project include Larissa True, Jacqueline Augustine and Sarah Rothstein, M ’20, all from the Kinesiology Department. Their work, “SHH! Quiet Running Promotes Sustained Reduction in Ground Reaction Force,” won the President’s Award.
Randi Storch and Kevin Sheets
Randi Storch and Kevin Sheets, History Department, attended the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) project director’s meeting to receive final training before launching their $180,000 Landmarks in American History and Culture workshop for K-12 teachers. The meeting was held Oct. 20-21 in Washington D.C. Their workshop, coordinated with the assistance of Kerri Freese, SUNY Cortland Noyce Project, invites teachers from around the country to learn about the Gilded Age and Progressive Era from the perspective of the wilderness, using Camp Huntington in Raquette Lake, N.Y., as a living classroom. The application and details about the workshop can be found at http://www2.cortland.edu/foreverwild/.
Jo Schaffer and Gregg Weatherby
Jo Schaffer, professor of art and art history emerita, and Gregg Weatherby, professor emeritus of English, will act in Reader’s Theater’s virtual presentation of “84 Charing Cross Road” at 7 p.m. on Sunday, April 11. The script is based on the memoir of Helene Hanff, a freelance writer in New York City, who ordered rare books from the London bookseller Marks & Company, at 84 Charing Cross Road. Schaffer will play Hanff, a part she first performed in 1988. Weatherby performs the part of Frank Doel. Community member and actor Barbara Jo Williams directs the play.
Mark Dodds
Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, served as editor of the recently published book, Sports Leadership: A reference guide. The book includes contributions from Sport Management Department professors Genevieve Birren, Lawrence Brady, Ray Cotrufo, Ted Fay, Peter Han, Jordan Kobritz, Tara Mahoney, Matt Seyfried, Tracy Trachsler, George Vazenios and Ryan Vooris, and Kinesiology Department members Katherine Polasek and Brian Richardson.
Diane Craft
Diane Craft, Physical Education Department, delivered a keynote address titled “Active Play! Fun Physical Activities for Young Children” at the Young Child Expo and Conference held April 22-24 in New York City. The 12th annual conference drew participants from 40 states and 23 countries.