The Voice

Each year, hundreds of UUPers publish books and articles, and are recognized for accomplishments on campus and in their communities. The Voice is pleased to recognize three members in this issue.

• Two Plattsburgh UUPers recently achieved the rank of distinguished professor and distinguished service professor, respectively. Alexis Levitin, right, and Edward Miller, center, were recognized by the SUNY Board of Trustees as being among the University’s most brilliant scholars and teachers.

Levitin gained international acclaim for translating the music of Portuguese poetry into English. Those trans-lations have appeared in 33 anthologies and more than 200 literary magazines, and have resulted in 30 books.

Miller has developed and taught a wide range of chemistry courses, directed numerous research experiences and taught Freshman Experience seminars. He has created opportunities for students as founding adviser of the college’s Chemistry Club. He earned an American Institute of Chemists Award from St. Joseph’s University, and has received several grants and fellowships.

Each year, hundreds of UUPers publish books and articles, and are recognized for accomplishments on campus and in their communities. The Voice is pleased to recognize three members in this issue.

• Nichole Preston, an instructional support associate in Physical and Health Sciences at Alfred State, was among five faculty and staff to receive the college's Pioneer Award, which recognizes people who demonstrate a commitment to the mission and goals of the college, have a positive impact on the college, and provide a high level of performance. Recipients receive a cash award of $225.

• Gerhard Falk, a professor of sociology at Buffalo State, recently authored his 19th book, The American Criminal Justice System: How It Works, How It Doesn't and How to Fix It (Prager-Greenwood, 2010), which offers a critical analysis of the criminal justice system.

He is the author of similar hard-hitting research, including fraud among scientists, writers, academics and philanthropists, and about improper patient care and the failures within the medical profession.

Each year, hundreds of UUPers publish books and articles, and are recognized for accomplishments on campus and in their communities. The Voice is pleased to recognize three members in this issue.

• Cheryl Doble, an associate professor in the department of landscape architecture at Environmental Science & Forestry, recently received the ESF Public/Community Service Award. The award is given annually to an employee whose outreach activities to the public represent the college and its mission in a positive fashion and whose volunteer service to the community enhances life for others.

Doble is director of the Center for Community Design Research, which helps communities learn how to plan and manage sustainable futures.

• Erik Hage, an associate professor of journalism and communications at SUNY Cobleskill, is the author of Cormac McCarthy: A Literary Companion (McFarland & Co.), released April 5.

The book offers a comprehensive understanding of the body of literary work by the reclusive McCarthy, a 2007 Pulitzer Prize winner for his novel The Road.

Each year, SUNY and numerous academic and professional groups honor hundreds of UUPers for accomplishments in their disciplines, on campus and in communities. The Voice is pleased to recognize three of these members.

• Axel Fair-Schulz, an assistant professor of history at Potsdam, recently published Loyal Subversions: East Germany and its Bildungsbürgerlich Marxist Intellectuals (Berlin: Trafo Verlag, 2009), which analyzes why and how certain intellectuals have shaped the society and culture of the former German Democratic Republic.

Among his publications are book reviews on East Germany, and he has contributed several book chapters and scholarly articles on German refugee intellectuals and historians.

• Jennifer Rogalsky, an associate professor of geography at Geneseo, is spending this semester as a Fulbright Scholar in Ghana, where she is teaching and conducting research on how women cope in the informal economy in urban markets.

Each year, SUNY and numerous academic and professional groups honor hundreds of UUP members for outstanding accomplishments in their disciplines, on campus and in their communities. The Voice is pleased to recognize three of these members.

• Eva Feder Kittay of Stony Brook University has been granted the rank of distinguished professor of philosophy. The distinguished professor designation is conferred on individuals who have achieved national or international prominence in a chosen field.

Kittay’s scholarly work ranges from metaphor to care ethics to feminism. Her book, Love’s Labor, creates an entire area of philosophical inquiry into disability, and most particularly cognitive disability.

Her contributions to disability studies and care ethics earned her the first-ever award given by the Institut Mensche, Ethik, und Wissenshaft, a bioethics and policy institute that has strong influence within the German government.

Each year, SUNY and numerous academic and professional groups honor hundreds of UUPers for outstanding accomplishments in their disciplines, on campus and in the communities.

The Voice is pleased to recognize three of these members this month.

• Lawrence Fialkow of SUNY New Paltz has been granted the rank of distinguished professor of mathematics and computer science. The distinguished professor designation is conferred on individuals who have achieved national or international prominence in a chosen field.

Fialkow, a 2001 recipient of the Chancellor’s Award for Research Excellence, is an accomplished mathematics scholar who has achieved worldwide recognition for his seminal research in functional analysis.

Two SUNY Geneseo UUP members and a third from SUNY Oneonta have received distinguished professorships from the SUNY Board of Trustees, a ranking conferred for consistent extraordinary accomplishment.

Mary Ellen Zuckerman, a professor in the School of Business at Geneseo, was named a distinguished service professor. Olympia Nicodemi, a professor of mathematics at Geneseo, and James Ebert, chair of the earth sciences department at Oneonta, were named distinguished teaching professors.

Zuckerman has been a Geneseo faculty member since 1985 and served for nearly a decade as dean of the School of Business. She has written extensively on the development of the magazine industry, the history of the marketing research and advertising industries, and gender and media. She earned a Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service in 2006.

Every year, SUNY and numerous academic and professional organizations honor hundreds of UUPers for top accomplishments in their disciplines, on campus and in their communities. The Voice is pleased to recognize four of these members here.

• Laura Kaminsky, a professor of music at Purchase State College and a world-renowned composer, recently took part in a two-week fellowship in Russia designed to help promote Russian culture in the U.S. The fellowship was awarded by the Likhachev Foundation.

• Roxana Pisiak, a professor of humanities at Morrisville State College, recently earned a Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, which recognizes professors who show scholarship and growth and a commitment to students.

• Patrick Regan, a professor of political science at Binghamton University, has written a new book, Sixteen Million One: Understanding Civil War (Paradigm, 2009). Regan draws from a decade of research on civil conflicts to explore the conditions that would drive individuals to take on the life of a rebel.

Every year, the University and numerous academic and professional organizations honor hundreds of UUP members for outstanding accomplishments in their disciplines, on campus and in their communities. The Voice is pleased to recognize two of these members here.

• Robert Dushay, an associate professor of social science at SUNY Morrisville, recently received the Morrisville State College Distinguished Faculty Award. The award honors faculty who displays professional growth, personal and professional achievement, and exemplary service to the college.
• Claire Meirowitz of SUNY Old Westbury has been named the 2009 Communicator of the Year by the Long Island chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. She is principal of Professional Editing Services, which produces materials for nationwide client base, including Microsoft and Forbes. She is also the e-list moderator for UUP’s retiree contingent.

Meirowitz and her business partner have written The Truth About Business Writing that Works, to be published this year by Pearson/Financial Times Press.

Every year, the state university and numerous academic and professional organizations honor hundreds of UUP members for outstanding accomplishments in their disciplines, on campus and in their communities.

The Voice is pleased to recognize some of these members here.

• Nancy Cannon, an academic delegate and reference librarian at SUNY Oneonta, recently received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Librarianship. The award recognizes librarianship skill, professional growth and achievement, and excellent service to the college.

• Karl Grossman, a professor of journalism at SUNY Old Westbury, recently received the Environmental Stewardship Award from the Atlantic Chapter of the Sierra Club.

Grossman is the author of six books, including Cover Up: What You are Not Supposed to Know About Nuclear Power (Permanent Press) and is host of the nationally aired TV program Enviro Close-Up.