Eric Edlund
Eric Edlund, Physics Department, gave a presentation titled "Sensitivity of optical positioning errors applied to the Wendelstein 7-X phase contrast imaging diagnostic" at the 2025 American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics (APS-DPP) conference in Long Beach, California, on Nov. 17-21, 2025.
Gretchen Herrmann
Gretchen Herrmann, Library, has just published her article “Machiavelli Meets Christmas: The White Elephant Gift Exchange and the Holiday Spirit” in the December issue of the Journal of Popular Culture. The article analyzes the popular holiday game that involves stealing gifts as an inversion of the values and practices of giving that are highlighted in the holiday season.
Jeffrey Radloff
Jeffrey Radloff, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, and Bridget Miller, Teacher Education at the University of South Carolina, were selected to be the new co-editors of the peer-reviewed science education journal called Innovations in Science Teacher Education (ISTE) starting in Spring 2024. This is an Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) affiliated publication.
Melissa Morris
Melissa Morris, Physics Department, served on several NASA review panels over the summer, as well as serving as reviewer for “The Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Earth, Moon, and Planets.”
Seth N. Asumah
Seth N. Asumah, Africana Studies and Political Science departments, recently was appointed by the Association of African Universities and the Carnegie Diaspora Linkage Fellowship Program as an international invigilator and examiner for doctoral programs in Africa. Asumah will be travelling to the University of Ghana, Legon Ghana and the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, as an international examiner for doctoral dissertation defenses from April 22-30.
Bonni C. Hodges
Bonni C. Hodges, Health Department, was reappointed to the Research and Publications Committee of the American School Health Association. She was named chair of the “Promoting Research Translation” sub-committee.
Jennifer Olin
Jennifer Olin, University Police Department, was named a 2014 Recognition Award recipient by the New York State STOP-DWI Foundation and Mothers Against Drunk Driving New York State (MADD). Olin is trained in traffic safety related courses to recognize the effects of alcohol and drugs on the human body and in operational procedures, including Drug Recognition Expert, Breath Analysis Operator and Standard Field Sobriety Test. Also, she is on the State of New York Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee Program – Police Traffic Services. She was nominated as a dedicated officer who has had success in reducing impaired driving her community.
Rhiannon Maton
Rhiannon Maton, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, had her book chapter titled “The Chicago Teachers Union as Counterhegemony: Organized Resistance During COVID-19” published in the Routledge book, Progressive Neoliberalism in Education: Critical Perspectives on Manifestations and Resistance. This essay considers the Chicago Teachers Union’s response to school district policy during Covid-19 as a case study for mapping the contours and mechanisms of counterhegemonic resistance by educators' unions to advanced neoliberalism.
Lin Lin
Lin Lin, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, was invited to present “Small Island, Global Issues” at the Going Global: Leveraging Resources for International Education Conference hosted by South Asia and Southeast Asia Programs at Cornell University. The conference was held March 10 at Tompkins Cortland Community College. The presentation is based on her January two-week study tour as a Global Learning Fellow, a program sponsored by Department of Education Title VI funding for the internationalization projects of the teacher education faculty in regional teacher education programs.
Alexander G. Gonzalez
Alexander G. Gonzalez, English Department, had his scholarly article, “Eavan Boland’s ‘The Glass King’ and R.G.Collingwood’s Theory of Art,” published in South Atlantic Review after many delays.