David Rosenwasser, professor of English, and Chris Borick, associate professor of political science, gave a paper at "Glory Days: A Bruce Springsteen Symposium" at Monmouth University. The paper was titled "Springsteen's Right Side: A Liberal Icon's Conservatism."
Carol Shiner Wilson, Dean of the College for Academic Life, presented a paper at the Oxford Round Table: "The Stories We Hear, The Stories We Tell: What Can the Life of Jane Barker (1652-1732) Tell us about Women's Leadership in Higher Education in the Twenty-first Century?"
Ed Bonekemper '64 - Adjunct Lecturer Ed Bonekemper's McCLELLAN AND FAILURE: A STUDY OF CIVIL WAR FEAR, INCOMPETENCE AND WORSE, was published in soft-cover by McFarland & Co. A hard-cover edition was published in 2007.
Gail Eisenberg, lecturer in business, and Sam Laposata, visiting professor of economics, had an article accepted in "On Campus With Women," a publication of the American Assn. of University Women. The article, based on a survey of college alumni, is titled "Understanding The Gender Salary Gap: A Cohort-Based Longitudinal Study."
Luba Iskold, associate professor of Russian, and Joshua Suchow '09 co-presented a paper titled "Augmenting Student Social and Communicative Behavior via Experimentation with L2 Identities and Self-Authorship on Facebook" at the NEALLT/NERALLT 2009 joint Conference "Distance and Blended Learning Environments" at Yale University.For powerpoint presentation see: Read More
The Faculty Center For Teaching sent a four person team (Kathy Harring, Linda McGuire, Lisa Perfetti, and Kathy Wixon) to the 2009 POD Network Conference in Houston, TX. Harring presented a session, co-authored with Laura Edelman, titled "Intentional PowerPoint: Do's and Don'ts from Cognitive Theory."
David Cooper '11, Mohsin Hashim and Lora Taub-Pervizpour attended the National Collegiate Honors Council conference, "Honors in the Global City," in Washington D.C. Cooper is an RJ Fellow, Dr. Hashim directs the Dana Program, and Dr. Taub-Pervizpour directs the RJ Fellows Program.
Vivian Walsh, Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Economics and Philosop hy, will be an invited participant at the Harvard University Conference titled "Understanding Moral Sentiment from a Darwinian Perspective." The conference is chaired by Hilary Putnam and is a program of the John Templeton Foundation.
Carol Shiner Wilson, Dean of the College for Academic Life, published a paper titled "The Stories We Hear, The Stories We Tell: What Can the Life of Jane Barker (1652-1732) Tell us about Women's Leadership in Higher Education in the Twenty-first Century?" in the Forum on Public Policy, a journal of the Oxford Round Table. Read More
Alumni & Development
Emily Aquila '04 and her sister were finalists in the national Country Music Television Music City Madness singer/songwriter competition. The sisters were featured in "The Lamp," the magazine of Delta Zeta.
Art Studio
Margo Thompson, assistant professor of art, authored the catalog copy for the "Body-Swapping Armor" New Works by Linda Stein exhibit at the Flomenhaft Gallery. The exhibit runs through Oct 24.
Carol Heft, part-time lecturer in the art department, has her work included in a group Exhibition entitled VIRGO at the Bow Street Gallery in Cambridge, Mass. The exhibit runs through Oct 16. Read More
Amze Emmons, assistant professor of art, will be a visiting artist at St. Mary's College of Maryland. His work is part of the two person exhibit and he will be part of a panel discussion. Read More
Amze Emmons, assistant professor of art, co-curated "One Every Day" an exhibition that coincides with the start of Print Week NY. The show runs through Dec 19 at EFA Project Space (323 West 39th Street). The opening reception will be Nov 7 from 6â??9 PM. EFA Project Space is a program of the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts. Read More
Carol Heft, part-time lecturer in the art department, will have her work included in a group exhibition at the Blue Mountain Gallery Dec 1 - 26. The gallery address is 530 West 25th Street, New York City.
Carol Heft, adjunct professor of art, has her work included in a group exhibition in New York at the Blue Mountain Gallery. The exhibit runs through Dec 26. The gallery address is 530 West 25th Street, New York City.
Joe Elliott, professor of art, will be a judge for 2010 Art of the State juried art exhibition. Read More
Carol Heft, part-time lecturer in the art department, will have a solo exhibition of new work from May 25 - June 19, 2010 at the Blue Mountain Gallery, 530 West 25th Street, 4th Floor, NYC, NY. Read More
Art History
Margo Thompson's book, American Graffiti, was published by Parkstone Press (London) in November 2009. It is a history of the graffiti art movement that was a significant part of the New York art world of the early 1980s.
Margo Thompson, assistant profess of art, published her book titled "American Graffiti (Temporis 2009)."
Athletics
Sean Topping named men's soccer coach of the year and Cody Antonini earned player of the year honors in the Centennial Conference. Antonini was joined by Samuel Hayden and Jason Daniels on the first team, and Eric Miller and Adison Weseloh were named to the second team. Read More
Senior football player Jake Floyd has been named to the Academic All-America first team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. He is only the sixth Mule football player to earn first-team Academic All-America honors, and the first since 1990. Read More
Business Administration
Holmes Miller, professor of business, co-authored the paper â??Smart Technologies in Critical Infrastructureâ?? that was presented at the21st International Conference on Systems Research, Informatics and Cybernetics held in August in Baden-Baden, Germany. The paper also appears in the proceedings of the conference.
Holmes Miller, professor of business, co-authored the paper Critical Infrastructure And Smart Technology Risk Modeling Using Computational Intelligence that appeared in The International Journal of Business Continuity and Risk Management.
Biology
Rich Niesenbaum, professor of biology, along with his two former post-docs Norris Muth and Emily Mooney, and Muhlenberg student Erin Jo Tiedeken '10 had a paper titled "Differential induced response to generalist and specialist herbivores by Lindera benzoin L. (Lauraceae) in sun and shade" published in the journal "Oikos."
Marten Edwards, associate professor of biology, has been awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Senior Fellows from the NIH. He will investigate signaling pathways that regulate juvenile hormone synthesis in a mosquito vector of human disease. The Fellowship will fund his sabbatical research at Florida International Univ.
Ross Cohen '09, John Schocken '09, assistant professor of biology Amy Hark and professor of biology Elizabeth McCain along with colleagues in Greece had a paper published in the journal Planta. The report describes defects in flower development in plants lacking the activity of GCN5, a protein implicated in regulating genome structure.
The Acopian Center for Ornithology has received a technical assistance grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, administered by the PA Federation of Museums and Historical Organizations. The grant will provide archival assistance for the collection.
Dan Klem, Acopian Professor of Ornithology and Conservation Biology, is the keynote speaker at the Symposium on Bird Conservation in Urban Areas. The symposium is in Toronto this week.
Bruce Wightman, associate professor of biology, was awarded a $375,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. The award, over three years, funds faculty and student research in his lab.
Career Center
Alana Albus, assistant director of the Career Center, will be co-presenting an interactive on-line webinar for InternBridge. This is an online webinar for college and universities across the US. 90 career centers will be participating in the webinar "Me and My Shadow: Two Approaches to a Successful Externship Program."
Computer Science
Clif Kussmaul, associate professor of computer science, has a chapter titled "Wikis for collaboration and knowledge management" in the book Collaborative Technologies and Applications for InteractiveInformation Design: Emerging Trends in User Experiences published by IGI Global.
Clif Kussmaul, associate professor of computer science and Fulbright-Nehru Scholar at the University of Kerala, India, gave the introductory lecture and a series of workshops for a refresher course for computer science instructors at the Academic Staff College, Trivandrum, India.
Clif Kussmaul, associate professor of computer science and Fulbright-Nehru Scholar at the University of Kerala, India, gave a lecture on Free and Open Source Software for 4th year computer science students. He also gave the inaugural address for a workshop on SCILAB at the College of Engineering, Trivandrum.
Clif Kussmaul, associate professor of computer science, visited SaintGits College in Kottayam, India,and gave two lectures to faculty and students in computer science, and one lecture in a development program for engineering faculty.
Clif Kussmaul, associate professor of computer science, gave an invited lecture on Software Estimation at the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management - Kerala.
Clif Kussmaul, associate professor of computer science, co-organized "Global Perspectives on Constructivist Learning: A Seminar for College Teachers" at the U. of Kerala, and presented sessions on "Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning" and "Team Project Based Learning."
Clif Kussmaul, associate professor of computer science, gave presentations on "Systems Biology" and "FOSS for Bioinformatics" as part of a Refresher Course in Bioinformatics organized by the Academic Staff College, University of Kerala.
Chemistry
Janet Saunders '08 and Peter Palomaki '07 published a paper titled "Synthesis and Characterization of fac-Dicarbonylnitrosyltris(1-methylimidazole) Molybdenum(0) Hexafluorophosphate" in the Journal of Undergraduate Chemistry Research. The paper reports on original research from Joseph Keane's inorganic chemistry class
The Muhlenberg chapter of the American Chemical Society was seleted to receive a "Commendable Award" from the ACS for its 2008-09 activities. The College is one of 103 schools to receive Outstanding or Commendable Awards. There were 119 other honorable mentions.
Marsha Barr, professor of chemistry, had an article entitled "Microwave-Enhanced Organic Synthesis for the Undergraduate Laboratory: Diels-Alder Cycloaddition, Wittig Reaction, and Williamson Ether Synthesis" published this month in the Journal of Chemical Education.
Counseling Services
Anita Kelly, Director of Counseling Services, writes a review of the Clifford Henderson novel "Spanking New." Read More
Dance
Karen Dearborn, professor of dance, and Gayanne Grossman, a physical therapist, recently attended the National Association of Schools of Dance annual conference and co-presented with Tom Welsh (U. of Florida). The panel was titled â??Access to Injury Management Assistance for College Dancersâ??. NASD is the accrediting body for dance programs in higher ed.
Shelley Oliver, lecturer in dance, and the College's Piano Series, were awarded performance art grants by the Lehigh Valley Arts Council. Read More
Education
Kathryn Burke, illustrated and developed activities for the recently published children's book Discovering the Shelter House: Toby's Tale. The Shelter House Society commissioned the project about the 1734 homestead. The Emmaus Rotary has donated copies for all third grade classes in the East Penn School District
George Bonekemper, coordinator of the Professional Development School, will be a presenter at the Pennsylvania PDS Network Winter Conference in Harrisburg. The topic will be "Impacting the Community and Documenting the Impact: A Case Study of Central Elementary School."
English
Amra Brooks, visiting lecturer in English, had her novella "California" written about in music critic Hua Hsu's column "Liminal Minded" in The Atlantic. Read More
Jim Bloom's latest book, Hollywood Intellect, will be published this month.
Grant Scott, professor and chair of the English department, published "Blake in Paris," a review essay of the recent exhibition of William Blake's work at the Petit Palais, 2 April-28 June 2009, in BLAKE: AN ILLUSTRATED QUARTERLY.
Tom Cartelli co-directed a seminar entitled â??Negotiating Conflict in Cinematic and New Media Shakespeare at the Eighth Conference of the European Shakespeare Research Association, which met in Pisa, Italy 19-21 November 2009. Read More
Grant Scott, professor of English, had his essay, "New Severn Letters and Paintings," published in the annual Keats-Shelley Journal (2009). The essay documents and discusses new material that has surfaced by Keats's friend Joseph Severn since the publication in 2005 of Severn's Letter and Memoirs.
Environmental Science
Ilya Slizovskiy '09 is the first author and Jason Kelsey, Director of the Environmental Science Program, is the co-author on a paper accepted for publication in The Int'l Journal of Phytoremediation. The article is titled "Technical note--Evaluation of extraction methodologies for the determination of an organochlorine pesticide residue in vegetation."
French
Eileen McEwan presented at 2 conferences in San Diego: "The Quest for Identity in Migrant Quebecois Literature" for the Assoc. for Canadian Studies in the U.S., and a 2nd paper discussing 'Berg's Tournees French Film Festival, at the American Council for Teachers of Foreign Language annual conference.
Eileen McEwan, assistant professor of French, published a chapter in the latest AAUSC volume: Principles and Practices of the Standards in College Foreign Language Education. Her chapter "Incorporating the Standards into a 3R Model of Literary and Cultural Analysis" is based on a model of literary analysis that she created for French/Francophone literature.
Health Professions
Jason Harhay '11 co-authored an article published in the journal of Tropical Medicine and International Health (Nov 2009). The lead author is Mike Harhay '05.
History
Daniel J. Wilson, Professor of History, had several items published over the summer. Read More
Amanda Palmer '11 had a paper accepted by the National History Honor Society, Phi Alpha Theta. Amanda will present her paper, entitled "Napoleon's Religious Education: Making the Shift from Egypt to France," at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association in San Diego, CA this January.
Daniel J. Wilson, professor of history, has just had his new book, "Polio: Biography of a Disease," published by Greenwood Press. This book was his major project during his Class of 1932 Research Professorship.
Ed Bonekemper '64, adjunct professor of history, will discuss Gen. McClellan with the Delaware Valley Civil War Roundtable. He will also speak about the Six Turning Points of Civil War with the Northern NJ Civil War Round Table and lecture about the Eastern Union Generals at the Smithsonian seminar in DC.
Judy Ridner and Susan Clemens-Bruder presented a paper, "Translating African-American Oral History into Theater: A Case Study from Pennsylvaniaâ??s Lehigh Valley," at the Oral History Association Conference in Louisville. Read More
Daniel J. Wilson, professor of history, was a member of the editorial advisory board of the recently published Encyclopedia of American Disability History. He also wrote over a dozen entries, including ones on polio, The March of Dimes, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Evan B McLaughlin '10, had a paper accepted by the National History Honor Society, Phi Alpha Theta. Evan will present his paper, entitled "Problematic Power Dynamics in The Bridge on the River Kwai and the 'Public' Debate on Decolonization," at the Annual Meeting of Phi Alpha Theta this January.
Evan McLaughlin '10 participated in the 2010 Biennial Phi Alpha ThetaConference of the National History Honor Society in San Diego. He presented a paper titled"Problematic Power Dynamics in The Bridge on the River Kwai and the 'Public' Debate on Decolonization."
Amanda Palmer ' 11 participated in the 2010 Biennial Phi Alpha ThetaConference of the National History Honor Society in San Diego. She presented a paper titled"Napoleon's Religious Education: Making the Shift from Egypt to France."
Judy Ridner, Department Chair and Susan Clemens-Bruder, Lecturer attended the "Mapping Your Community: Intro to GIS" workshop last Friday in Philadelphia thanks to funding from FCT. The workshop covered the basics of using ARC GIS software and how to download and query data from the US census.
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Al Kipa, professor of German/Russian, gave a eulogy for and presented a tribute to Olexa Bilaniuk at the Ukrainian Embassy. Read More
Mathematics
William Dunham, Koehler Professor of Mathematics, gave a pair of invited talks at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. The first, "Euler in Two Acts," was presented to its Mathematics Colloquium. The second, "Newton and Leibniz: Mathematicians at War," was part of the festivities for the newly renovated Mathematics Building at St. Olaf.
Mike Huber, associate professor of mathematics, had "The calculus of Gothic architecture" published in the Journal of Mathematics and the Arts (Sep 2009). Egner Memorial Chapel is featured in one of the examples of calculating areas of Gothic windows, arches, and domes. Read More
William Dunham, Koehler Professor of Mathematics, delivered a talk, "An Evening with Leonhard Euler," at the Philoctetes Center on Manhattan's Upper East Side. The Philoctetes Center bills its mission as the "multidisciplinary study of imagination" and offers free lectures/panels meant to appeal to an eclectic audience.
William Dunham, Koehler Professor of Mathematics, published a short article titled "Magic Numbers" in the most recent issue of Science and Technology Review (UK).
Mike Huber, associate professor of mathematics, and Rod Sturdivant (USMA) have had the paper, "Building a Model for Scoring 20 or More Runs in a Baseball Game" accepted for publication in the Annals of Applied Statistics. This rare event has occurred 224 times in 172,000 games since 1901.
Byungchul Cha, assistant professor of mathematics, gave a talk at the Number Theory Seminar at the University of Illinois-Chicago. The talk was titled "Linear independence of zeta zeros in function fields."
Mike Huber, associate professor of mathematics, was a guest on Math Factor, a podcast/radio broadcast on mathematics, hosted by Professor Chaim Goodman-Strauss of the University of Arkansas. Mike discussed his new book, "Mythematics: Solving the 12 Labors of Hercules."
William Dunham and Michael Huber will appear on a "Math Medley" panel at Labyrinth Books in Princeton, N.J. The event is the first in a new series, "Science and Math Night," and a collaboration between Labyrinth and Princeton University Press
Clif Kussmaul gave a talk on using wikis in teaching and learning to the faculty of the Mary Matha College of Engineering and Technology, Trivandrum, India.
Mike Huber, associate professor of mathematics, had "Using Mythematics in the Classroom: The Fifth Labor of Hercules" published in the Nov 2009 issue of PRIMUS: Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies.
Byungchul Cha, assistant professor of mathematics, will give a talk at Algebra Seminar at Wesleyan University. The title is "Chebyshev's bias, prime number races and zeros of L-functions."
William Dunham, Koehler Professor of Mathematics, gave an invited talk on Euler's amicable numbers to the Mathematics Colloquium of Messiah College.
William Dunham, Koehler Professor of Mathematics, had a Chinese translation of his paper "When Euler Met l'Hopital" (originally published in Mathematics Magazine of February, 2009) appear in the journal Mathematical Advances in Translation, which comes out of the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, a part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Byungchul Cha, assistant professor of mathematics, gave a talk at The 11th Palmetto Number Theory Series at the University of South Carolina. The talk was titled "Growth rate of the summatory function of Moebius function in function fields."
William Dunham, Koehler Professor of Mathematics, presented a talk titled "Newton's Proof of Heron's Formula" at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Francisco. This presentation drew upon Dunham's sabbatical work from last spring at the University of Cambridge.
Mike Huber, associate professor of mathematics, delivered a talk titled, "Modeling Radon in Pennsylvania" and participated in an invited panel on teaching statistics at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Francisco.
Linda McGuire, associate professor of mathematics, gave a presentation called "Proving in the Right Circles" at the annual Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Francisco. The talk detailed a group-work technique that redefines and reconfigures the structure of a literature circle for use in a class on mathematical proof writing.
Mike Huber, associate professor of mathematics, presented "Building a Model for Scoring 20 or More Runs in a Baseball Game" to the Connie Mack Chapter of the Society of American Baseball Research meeting in Philadelphia.
Media and Communication
The HYPE program, a summer youth media project, will be honored with an Allentown Human Relations Commission Award at its annual recognition dinner Oct 20. Lora Taub (media&comm), Chris Borick (poli. sci.) and Mark McKenna (theatre) are part of the project, as well as Eirinn Disbrow '10.
Sue Curry Jansen, professor of media and communication, had her article, "Phantom Conflict: Lippmann, Dewey and the Fate of the Public," published in the Sept issue of Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies.
Sue Curry Jansen, professor of media and communication, had her review of "It's Not Just PR: Public Relations in Society," published in the current issue of Communication, Culture & Critique.
Jeff Pooley, assistant professor of media and communication, gave an invited lecture on "Facebook and the Self: A Status Update," sponsored by Drexel University's Department of Culture and Communication. A revised version will appear in Blowing up the Brand: Critical Perspectives on Promotional Paradigms (Peter Lang, 2010).
Kathryn L. Ranieri, visiting assistant professor of media and communication, attended Duke University's Center for Documentary Studies "Portraits and Dreams: Literacy Through Photography Workshop."
Paul McEwan recently presented a paper at the meeting of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States. His paper was titled "Canada, Quebec, and the Idea of National Cinema."
Kate Ranieri, assistant professor of media and communication, was an invited contributor to RH Reality Check's Roe v Wade 37th anniversary commemoration on what Choice means. RH Reality Check is an online community and publication serving individuals and organizations committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Kate Ranieri, assistant professor of media and communication, is mentioned in RH Reality Check about her short video that examines sidewalk bullying by anti-choicers at women's health clinics. The video calls for advocates to demand an end to such practices. Read More
David Tafler, professor of media and communication and film studies, completed a residency in Banda Aceh, Indonesia during the fall semester, working for the Irish Red Cross Society compiling and writing a manual on communication and new communication technologies for the support of beneficiary populations in disaster prone regions.
Music
Ted Conner directs and performs in an early-music ensemble, Night's Black Bird. The group gave two concerts in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, the first in Rhinehart Hall at Indiana University-Perdue University Ft. Wayne (10/.24) and the second in the Concert Hall at the Allen County Public Library (10/25).
Diane Follet, associate professor of music, attended the College Music Society's National Conference in Portland, OR, where she gave two presentations, "Schubert and Schumann Meet on Ning," and "Point/Counterpoint, Part Deux," a collaborative paper on pedagogy. She also chaired two sessions and attended meetings in her position as Treasurer of CMS.
Karen Hiles, assistant professor of music, presented her research on Haydn at the 75th Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society, in Philadelphia. The title of her paper was, "Encountering the 'Mighty Monster': Haydn's English Sea Songs of 1794/95." Read More
Jim Thoma, part-time lecturer in music, performed with tenor Andrea Bocelli at the Izod Arena in the Meadowlands. A sold out audience of appoximately 20,000 attended the event, which included Mary J. Blige, pianist/producer David Foster and Katherine McPhee (American Idol finalist). Portions of the concert may be viewed on YouTube.
Al Neumeyer, director of the jazz and wind ensembles, held a fundraiser at the last Wind Ensemble Concert. The concert helped raise more than $350 for the Sixth Street Shelter.
Neuroscience
Jeremy Alden Teissere, associate professor of biology and neuroscience , will speak at Princeton University as part of the Sentience Foundation's Distinguished Lecture Series. Read More
Philosophy
Ted Schick, professor of philosophy, gave a number of talks this past month: the Lehigh Valley Torch Club on "Brains, Souls, and Near-Death Experiences;" the Lehigh Valley Humanist Association on "Does Morality Require God?" and the Whitfield Lodge No. 622 F&AM on "The Demise of Death: Technological Prospects for Immortality."
Ted Schick, professor of philosophy, recently had the 4th edition of his text, "Doing Philosophy: an Introduction through Thought Experiments" published by McGraw-Hill. He also had his article, "Magick and Music: Libertinism, Libertarianism, and Liberation" published in Open Court's anthology, "Led Zeppelin and Philosophy: All Will Be Revealed."
Ted Schick, professor of philosophy, recently gave a talk on "Does Morality Require God?" to the Humanist Association of Greater Philadelphia.
Marcia Morgan, visiting assistant professor of philosophy, has been awarded the Edna Hong Scholarship for her Kierkegaard research on Kierkegaard and Critical Theory. The scholarship was awarded by the Hong Kierkegaard Library of St. Olaf College.
Mark Holowchak, lecturer in Philosophy, authored a book "Critical Thinking and Philosophy: A Concise Guide to Reading, Evaluating, and Writing Philosophy," Ed. II, Prentice-Hall, 2010.
Mark Holowchak, lecturer in the Wescoe School, published "Aretism: An Ancient Sports Philosophy for the Modern Sports World," with Heather Reid (Lexington Books, 2010).
Political Science
Chris Borick, associate professor of political science, will be the keynote speaker at the annual Penn Future's post election forum in Harrisburg.
Chris Herrick, professor of political science and director of the International Studies program received notice that his paper "China's Peaceful Rise? The Perils and Potential of China as an Emerging Great Power" was nominated for "Best Paper" at the Northeastern Political Science Association Convention.
Michele Moser Deegan, associate professor of political science and director of the Lehigh Valley Research Consortium, was a guest on Nuestro Valle on RCN. The topic was a Latino Public Education Study.
Chris Borick, associate professor of political science, co-authored a piece for the Brookings Institution titled "The Climate of Belief: American Public Opinion on Climate Change." Read More
Psychology
Gretchen Hanson Gotthard had a journal article accepted for publication in the journal "Neurobiology of Learning and Memory" titled, "Cycloheximide produces amnesia for extinction and reconsolidation in an appetitive odor discrimination task in rats."
Alan Tjeltveit, professor of psychology, presented a paper, "Moral perception: A legitimate role for moral value-informed epistemologies?" to the Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in Toronto.
Kate Richmond, assistant professor of psychology, recently published a book chapter, "Coping with the earthquake in Pakistan: A Religio-Culturally Informed Treatment." It was published in "Mass Trauma and Emotional Healing Around the World."
Religion Studies
Profs. William Gruen, Hatley Lachter, SorChing Low and Susan Schwartz will attend the Annual Meetings of the American Academy of Religion in Montreal, Canada Nov 7-10 Read More
Sor-Ching Low, assistant professor of religion studies, has been invited to write the catalogue essay for the art exhibition "Sitayana" for the Tyler Rollins Art Gallery in New York City. The opening is Jan 15.
RJ Fellows
Stephanie Flackman '10 , RJ Fellow, and Lora Taub-Pervizpour, RJ Fellows Program Director, have received a $1000 grant from the Nat'l Collegiate Honors Council to support "Arts for Kids Healing," a partnership between the RJ Fellows and the Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network. Read More
Sociology
Anne Esacove, assistant professor of sociology, had an article "Love Matches. Heteronormativity, Modernity and AIDS Prevention in Malawi" published this month in the journal Gender & Society.
Spanish
Leah Rovner '09 had an article published in the Center for Cross-Cultural Study newsletter. The article was about her study abroad experience in Seville, Spain. Read More
Student Activities
WMUH 91.7 FM and the Acafellas are both nominated (in different categories) for Lehigh Valley Music Awards. Vote for WMUH (#21) and the Acafellas (#32) at the link below: Read More
Alpha Chi Omega sorority participated in the Book Blast at Roosevelt Elementary School. Forty five members of the sorority were involved. The program included 139 students, 78 parents, dozens of faculty and staff and dozens of community volunteers.
Rejoice, the College's Gospel Choir, successfully defended its title at "A Clash of the Valley Choirs." All prize money was donated to the Haiti Relief efforts through the American Red Cross. This event is made possible by a grant from the Rider-Pool Foundation.
Staff Activities
Mike Bruckner, vice president for public relations, has been invited to coordinate the pre and post-game press conferences at the 2010 Sugar Bowl football game, New Year's Night, in New Orleans.
Karen Delarco, 'Berg Bookshop Manager, completed the National Association of Colleges Stores certification process to become a Certfied Collegiate Retailer. Less than 10 percent of all eligible candidates have earned this distinction.
The College's annual report has received a bronze "Cuppie" Award from CUPRAP, the Association of Communicators in Education. CUPRAP is an organization of public relations professionals throughout the Mid-Atlantic states.
Theatre
Recent alums John Dowgin, Pete Barry and J. Michael DeAngelis were awarded the New Jersey ACT Perry Award for Outstanding Original Play for the 2008 show called "Accidents Happen." The play won three awards - Best Supporting Actor, Outstanding Stage Management and Best Play.
Womens's Studies
Beth Schachter, associate professor of theatre and director of women's studies, attended the National Women's Studies Conference in Atlanta and gave a presentation as a panel member on "NWSA Project on Developing a Methodology Curriculum" for the Program Administrators and Development Pre-Conference.
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