Faces of Geneseo, Fall 2022
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Meet two of your Geneseo First Response EMTs, Maddy Cheney ‘23, a biology major and minor in Spanish and human development, and Sam Considine ‘23, a biology major.
“I had heard about it and I thought it was a great way to help the school community,” said Maddy. “And learning new skills that would benefit me in the future, not only in medicine but in life with communication skills and how to talk to people who are in a vulnerable position.”
“All of my really good friends are in this agency and when I’m bored or I need to do work, I’ll just show up and see who’s hanging out and we’ll all just study together,” said Sam. “I can confidently say there’s not a single person in this agency I don’t like.”2022emtfaces of geneseofallfirst respondersgeneseo first responsemaddy cheneyportraitssam considineseptember
#FacesofGeneseo: SeungJung Jo is one of our new professors this semester. She’s an assistant professor of inclusive early childhood education, originally from Gwangju, South Korea. She moved to the United States in 2010 to complete her education and begin her career.
“The reason why I wanted to be in higher ed is because I love academic environments, I love the environment where I can discuss ideas with students, especially students who really want to learn," said SeungJung. "For me, finding a place where I can grow as a professional, especially a professional in early childhood education field is very important to me. I chose Geneseo because I loved the atmosphere here. People and students are serious, they love learning."
Even though she’s only a few weeks into her classes, she’s already finding joy in each day.
"Every day whenever I am preparing for teaching and whenever I enter my classroom and my students are there waiting for me and I start my teaching with them and interacting with them, that makes me happy every time."2022early childhood educationeducationfaces of geneseofacultyfallportraitsprofessorsseptemberseungjung jo
#FacesofGeneseo: SeungJung Jo is one of our new professors this semester. She’s an assistant professor of inclusive early childhood education, originally from Gwangju, South Korea. She moved to the United States in 2010 to complete her education and begin her career.
“The reason why I wanted to be in higher ed is because I love academic environments, I love the environment where I can discuss ideas with students, especially students who really want to learn," said SeungJung. "For me, finding a place where I can grow as a professional, especially a professional in early childhood education field is very important to me. I chose Geneseo because I loved the atmosphere here. People and students are serious, they love learning."
Even though she’s only a few weeks into her classes, she’s already finding joy in each day.
"Every day whenever I am preparing for teaching and whenever I enter my classroom and my students are there waiting for me and I start my teaching with them and interacting with them, that makes me happy every time."2022early childhood educationeducationfaces of geneseofacultyfallportraitsprofessorsseptemberseungjung jo
#FacesofGeneseo: Ben Ludlow, a record-breaking swimmer who began swimming competitively at the age of ten, also sells produce at a roadside stand at his family’s farm in Geneseo.
He and his teammates set personal goals with their coach at the beginning of the season, and for Ben, the feeling of meeting those goals is unmatched. “Accomplishing those goals and working that hard to do that, there’s not really a better feeling I can think of.”
Although he has no aspirations of becoming a professional athlete, swimming has played an instrumental role in his college experience. “I can’t imagine not having a team to be with all the time and grow with as an individual.”2022ben ludlowfaces of geneseofallfarmfarm standgeneseoportraitsseptemberstudents
#FacesofGeneseo: Ben Ludlow, a record-breaking swimmer who began swimming competitively at the age of ten, also sells produce at a roadside stand at his family’s farm in Geneseo.
He and his teammates set personal goals with their coach at the beginning of the season, and for Ben, the feeling of meeting those goals is unmatched. “Accomplishing those goals and working that hard to do that, there’s not really a better feeling I can think of.”
Although he has no aspirations of becoming a professional athlete, swimming has played an instrumental role in his college experience. “I can’t imagine not having a team to be with all the time and grow with as an individual.”2022ben ludlowfaces of geneseofallfarmfarm standgeneseoportraitsseptemberstudents
Bruno Renero-Hannan, an associate professor of anthropology, who has been at Geneseo for about two years. Renero-Hannan arrived at Geneseo after being named as its first SUNY PRODiG Fellow (Promoting Recruitment, Opportunity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Growth).
Bruno Renero-Hannan, an assistant professor of anthropology here at Geneseo, in his words, comes from a family of border crossers. He was born and grew up in Mexico City, save for a couple years during first and second grade which he spent in Texas, before moving back to Mexico at the age of 8.
“So, you know, I sometimes joke that as someone from Mexico City, I'm a Chilango,” said Renero-Hannan. “That's kind of the slang term for someone from Mexico but I say that I'm a Tex-Mex Chilango. I'm not a Tex-Mex person, right? I didn't grow up Tex-Mex but I'm kind of a Tex-Mexisized Chilango. So I like to say that I'm in some ways kind of the inverse of a Mexican American. I'm in many ways, an American Mexican in that my mom's side of the family came from the US and settled in Mexico.”
In his youth, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation was a large influence for Renero-Hannan and helped lay the foundation for his work conducting extensive, years-long ethnographic research of political movements in Oaxaca, Mexico, and creating oral histories of political prisoners.
Now at Geneseo, Renero-Hannan is committed to contributing to the unique learning environment students have available to them, that, at the large state schools he spent time at in Texas and Michigan, would be a privilege enjoyed exclusively by graduate students.
“I think what Geneseo students get that I can offer and that many of my colleagues can offer here, is, because it's a small institution and that it's an undergraduate institution, is that here, as an undergraduate, you get a lot of the opportunities that elsewhere you only get as a graduate student,” said Renero-Hannan. “So there's tons of opportunities to do research. Everyone is getting to do undergraduate research. The experience of it, I think really, for me, was life-changing at their age when I was twenty years old and I don’t want to be immodest but I hope that it is impactful for them.”2022anthropologybruno renerohannanfaces of geneseofacultyfallmatt burkharttoctoberportraitsprofessor
Bruno Renero-Hannan, an associate professor of anthropology, who has been at Geneseo for about two years. Renero-Hannan arrived at Geneseo after being named as its first SUNY PRODiG Fellow (Promoting Recruitment, Opportunity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Growth).
Bruno Renero-Hannan, an assistant professor of anthropology here at Geneseo, in his words, comes from a family of border crossers. He was born and grew up in Mexico City, save for a couple years during first and second grade which he spent in Texas, before moving back to Mexico at the age of 8.
“So, you know, I sometimes joke that as someone from Mexico City, I'm a Chilango,” said Renero-Hannan. “That's kind of the slang term for someone from Mexico but I say that I'm a Tex-Mex Chilango. I'm not a Tex-Mex person, right? I didn't grow up Tex-Mex but I'm kind of a Tex-Mexisized Chilango. So I like to say that I'm in some ways kind of the inverse of a Mexican American. I'm in many ways, an American Mexican in that my mom's side of the family came from the US and settled in Mexico.”
In his youth, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation was a large influence for Renero-Hannan and helped lay the foundation for his work conducting extensive, years-long ethnographic research of political movements in Oaxaca, Mexico, and creating oral histories of political prisoners.
Now at Geneseo, Renero-Hannan is committed to contributing to the unique learning environment students have available to them, that, at the large state schools he spent time at in Texas and Michigan, would be a privilege enjoyed exclusively by graduate students.
“I think what Geneseo students get that I can offer and that many of my colleagues can offer here, is, because it's a small institution and that it's an undergraduate institution, is that here, as an undergraduate, you get a lot of the opportunities that elsewhere you only get as a graduate student,” said Renero-Hannan. “So there's tons of opportunities to do research. Everyone is getting to do undergraduate research. The experience of it, I think really, for me, was life-changing at their age when I was twenty years old and I don’t want to be immodest but I hope that it is impactful for them.”2022anthropologybruno renerohannanfaces of geneseofacultyfallmatt burkharttoctoberportraitsprofessor
Bruno Renero-Hannan, an associate professor of anthropology, who has been at Geneseo for about two years. Renero-Hannan arrived at Geneseo after being named as its first SUNY PRODiG Fellow (Promoting Recruitment, Opportunity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Growth).
Bruno Renero-Hannan, an assistant professor of anthropology here at Geneseo, in his words, comes from a family of border crossers. He was born and grew up in Mexico City, save for a couple years during first and second grade which he spent in Texas, before moving back to Mexico at the age of 8.
“So, you know, I sometimes joke that as someone from Mexico City, I'm a Chilango,” said Renero-Hannan. “That's kind of the slang term for someone from Mexico but I say that I'm a Tex-Mex Chilango. I'm not a Tex-Mex person, right? I didn't grow up Tex-Mex but I'm kind of a Tex-Mexisized Chilango. So I like to say that I'm in some ways kind of the inverse of a Mexican American. I'm in many ways, an American Mexican in that my mom's side of the family came from the US and settled in Mexico.”
In his youth, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation was a large influence for Renero-Hannan and helped lay the foundation for his work conducting extensive, years-long ethnographic research of political movements in Oaxaca, Mexico, and creating oral histories of political prisoners.
Now at Geneseo, Renero-Hannan is committed to contributing to the unique learning environment students have available to them, that, at the large state schools he spent time at in Texas and Michigan, would be a privilege enjoyed exclusively by graduate students.
“I think what Geneseo students get that I can offer and that many of my colleagues can offer here, is, because it's a small institution and that it's an undergraduate institution, is that here, as an undergraduate, you get a lot of the opportunities that elsewhere you only get as a graduate student,” said Renero-Hannan. “So there's tons of opportunities to do research. Everyone is getting to do undergraduate research. The experience of it, I think really, for me, was life-changing at their age when I was twenty years old and I don’t want to be immodest but I hope that it is impactful for them.”2022anthropologybruno renerohannanfaces of geneseofacultyfallmatt burkharttoctoberportraitsprofessor
Lauren Silverman ’22, an English literature major and a minor in medieval studies, has been an intern at the library since the beginning of the fall 2022 semester where she has been assessing old texts within the rare books and special collections for potential damage and imperfections that can be repaired.
Lauren Silverman ’22, an English literature major and a minor in medieval studies, has been an intern at the library since the beginning of the fall 2022 semester where she has been assessing old texts within the rare books and special collections for potential damage and imperfections that can be repaired.
Lauren Silverman ’22, an English literature major and a minor in medieval studies, has been an intern at the library since the beginning of the fall 2022 semester where she has been assessing old texts within the rare books and special collections for potential damage and imperfections that can be repaired.