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Harris Kwong
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Mathematics Professor Harris Kwong has been named the Kasling Lecturer at SUNY Fredonia for the 2010-11 academic year, while Natasha Farny and Ingrid Johnson-Robledo will receive the annual William T. Hagan Young Scholar/Artist Awards. The Kasling Committee made the announcement after its deliberations this spring.
Dr. Kwong will give the Kasling Lecture in October, and the Hagan awards will be presented at the same event.
A mathematician who pursues academic excellence and cares about the well-being of his students and colleagues, Dr. Kwong studies number theory, combinatorics, and graph theory, and has an extensive publication list in internationally-refereed journals. His research has been cited by other mathematicians and computer scientists, and his graph labeling research has stimulated further work by other scholars. He has been teaching at Fredonia since 1987, and in 1999 he spearheaded the creation of the mathematics Honors Program.
Dr. Farny, a cellist, has been teaching in the Fredonia School of Music since 2005. She has given multiple and wide-ranging performances around the U.S. and Europe. In addition to the cello, she plays a rare twentieth-century instrument called the Theremin Cello, which has brought her invitations to perform in Amsterdam, Paris, London and New York City. She is one of only two professional Theremin Cello players in the world.
Dr. Johnston-Robledo, who has been teacing in the psychology department since 2000, also directs the Women's Studies Program at Fredonia. A social psychologist with expertise in women's reproductive health, she studies women’s experiences with menstruation, childbirth, breastfeeding, postpartum adjustment, and motherhood. She is a fellow and the secretary to the American Psychological Association’s Division 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women), and an elected member of the Board for the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research.
About the Kasling and Hagan honors
A tradition and honor at SUNY Fredonia since 1973, the Kasling Lecture is given each year by invitation. Kasling Lecturers are selected to explain the methods, purposes, and results of research or creativity which has earned them national reputations in their fields. The lecture is named for Robert W. Kasling, a professor of geography at Fredonia from 1946 to 1966 who was known for his integrity and high standard of scholarship.
The Hagan Young Scholar/Artist Award is given during the Kasling Lecture event to a member of the teaching faculty who has made outstanding recent achievements in their professional pursuits. Named in honor of William T. Hagan, Ph.D., an eminent scholar specializing in the history of the American Indian, the award was initiated in 1987.
