2024 Achievements

M. Nicole Horsley, Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Department of Africana and American Studies, has two new publications: “Aftertaste” in The Black Scholar and “Chapter 2: Femininity” in Rethinking Women's and Gender Studies Volume 2.

The Department of Chemistry's Emanuela Gionfriddo has been awarded the 2024 Young Investigator Award from the Chinese American Chromatography Association.

Assistant Professor Priya R. Banerjee and Professor Andreas Daum have been selected as recipients of the 2023-24 President Emeritus and Mrs. Meyerson Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring Award.

Ling Bian and Jessie Poon, both full professors in the Department of Geography, have been elected 2024 Fellows of the American Association of Geographers.

Robin Mitchell has been selected as jury member for the Laurence Wylie Prize in French Cultural Studies.

Miriam Thaggert’s book, "Riding Jane Crow: African American Women on the American Railroad," has been listed as one of three finalists for the Rosalyn Terborg-Penn Book Prize.

Robin Mitchell has been named series editor for a new monograph series: "Noir(e): Race and Belonging in the Afro-French World."

Hal Langfur, associate professor in the Department of History, won the Roberto Reis Book Award from the Brazilian Studies Association in the senior scholar category for his recently published book, "Adrift on an Inland Sea: Misinformation and the Limits of Empire in the Brazilian Backlands."

The Department of Chemistry's Emanuela Gionfriddo was included among the inaugural group of 20 Rising Stars in Measurement Science by American Chemical Society (ACS) Measurement Science Au.

Katherine Zubovich's new book, Making Cities Socialist, was published by Cambridge University Press in March 2024.

The Department of History's Victoria Wolcott has published an edited collection, "Utopian Imaginings: Saving the Future in the Present."

"Whiteout: How Racial Capitalism Changed the Color of Opioids in America" has won two awards.

The Department of Psychology's Craig Colder and the Department of Chemistry's Eva Zurek were promoted to the highest faculty rank in the SUNY system by the Board of Trustees.

The six College employees recognized for consistently superior professional achievement and the ongoing pursuit of excellence are Bernard Badzioch, Jason Benedict, Xuedong Hu, Teri Metz, Michael Rembis and Shanna Snider.

The Department of English's Jamie (Jay) Barber has been named a Faculty Champion by the University of Vermont's Center for Community News. Barber is a clinical assistant professor and director of the Journalism Certificate Program.

The Power List 2024 is comprised of 60 leaders and influencers in analytical science whose work is transforming the world around us for the better.

Stephanie Poindexter, assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology, has been awarded the 2024 Early Career Achievement Award by the American Society of Primatologists (ASP).

Alessandro Sebastiani's new book, "Roma antica e l'ideologia nazionale italiana. Trasformazioni di una città dal Risorgimento al fascismo", was released by Carocci Editore in Oct. 2024.

Hal Langfur, associate professor in the Department of History, is the co-winner of The Warren Dean Memorial Book Prize (2024) for his recently published book, "Adrift on an Inland Sea: Misinformation and the Limits of Empire in the Brazilian Backlands."

Tanya Shilina-Conte, assistant professor of English, published a book entitled "Black Screens, White Frames: Gilles Deleuze and the Filmmaking Machine” with Oxford University Press in Nov. 2024.

Constance DeVereaux, associate professor and director of arts management, has been selected as a fellow at University of Ottawa.

Deborah Reed-Danahay, professor of Anthropology, published a book entitled "Sideways Migration: Being French in London” with Routledge in Nov. 2024.