Ben E. Wodi
Ben E. Wodi, Health Department, had the preliminary edition of his book, International Health and Culture, published by Kendall-Hunt. The book was coauthored by Kassim Kone, Sociology/Anthropology Department.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article titled, “Gun Law, Policy, and Politics” that appears in the July/August issue of the New York State Bar Association Journal, the publication of the New York State Bar Association.
Greg Sharer
Greg Sharer, vice president of student affairs, was a panelist at the 2019 NASPA Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education Conference in Los Angeles, Calif. The panel consisted of selected authors of the recently published book, Crisis, Compassion, and Resiliency in Student Affairs: Using Triage Practices to Foster Well-Being. NASPA is the acronym for the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators.
Obidiah Atkinson
Obidiah Atkinson, Physical Education Department, was nominated for and received the 2025 National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education’s Hally Beth Poindexter Young Scholar Award. The award recognizes scholarly content, organization and pertinence to the field of kinesiology or physical education from an interdisciplinary perspective. It will be presented in January at the conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
David A. Kilpatrick
David A. Kilpatrick, Psychology Department, attended the annual international conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading in Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia. On July 21, he presented the paper “Beyond Phonemic Awareness: Phonemic Proficiency and Word-Reading Skills.” While in Australia, the organization called “Science and Teaching of Learning Australia” invited him to present all-day professional development workshops titled “Addressing Word-Level Reading” in Perth (Aug. 15, Brisbane (Aug. 17) and Sydney (Aug. 24).
Melissa Keelhar, M ’10
Melissa Keelhar, M ’10, University Police officer, was recognized by the New York State chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving and the New York State Stop DWI Program for her outstanding dedication and efforts in deterring impaired driving. She traveled to Albany on April 6 to receive her award.
Christina Knopf
Christina Knopf, Communication and Media Studies Department, presented at the National Communication Association Conference on Nov. 21 in Seattle, Wash. She presented a research paper, “They Furnished the Pictures, Trump Furnished the War: Political Cartoons of the Fight Against COVID and the ‘Wartime President,’” on a panel exploring “News Coverage of Crises, COVID-19, and Campaigns.” She also presented “‘You’re on Mute’: Idiosyncrasies of Synchronous Online Public Speaking” as part of a panel session titled “Transforming the Public Speaking Course in Response to COVID-19.”
Benjamin J. Lovett
Benjamin J. Lovett, Psychology Department, gave an invited talk to the American Association of Medical Colleges, the association that makes and administers the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). Lovett discussed research on testing accommodations for students with disabilities and when accommodations would be appropriate on the MCAT. His book, Testing Accommodations for Students with Disabilities: Research-Based Practice, was recently published by the American Psychological Association Press.
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.
Eileen Gilroy
Eileen Gilroy, Communication Disorders and Sciences Department, shared that graduate students Erika Janny, Paige Knetchel and Min Ju Oh accepted a proclamation from the Cortland County Legislature declaring June 2022 as Aphasia Awareness Month in Cortland County. The students provided a brief presentation on Aphasia to the council and attendees of the May 26 meeting.