“Tai Chi Wake
Up” at the
National American Alliance for Health, Physical
Education, Recreation and Dance, Baltimore, Md., March 2007;
with William R. Klinger,
“Tai Chi Four:
Mind, Body & Spirit” and the
Association for Personal Care Administrators
conference, Lancaster, April 2007; with William Klinger, “Expanding
Programming Opportunities through Adaptive Tai Chi” at the
Therapeutic
Recreation Institute 39th Annual Conference, June 2007;
"Tai Chi for today's youth: stretching their
minds and bodies at the Keystone Health Promotion Conference,
Lebanon, June 2007; and with William R. Klinger, “Moving Meditation
in Psychiatric Populations,” at the Pennsylvania State University
October Psychiatric Grand Rounds in Tai Chi, Hershey, October 2007.
Dr. Richard
A. Crooker, Department
of Geography, was a participant of the panel session “Shifting
Patterns of Illicit Drug Crop Production” at the annual meeting of
the Association of American Geographers, Boston, Mass., April 2008.
David
Cullen, Department of
Music, performed with Windham Hill Winter Solstice during the
inaugural season of its state-of-the-art 1,300 seat performing arts
facility, and performed a concert at the Sandler Performing Arts
Center, Virginia Beach, Va., December 2007.
Dr. Charles Cullum,
Department of English, presented the paper "I Can’t Stop Thinking
About How Rebel Zemblans and the Tristero Are Out to Get Flaubert’s
Parrot: Obsession and Paranoia in Three Postmodern Novels" at the
Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture Since 1900,
University of Louisville, Ky., February 2008, and
the paper "Traces of Passing: The Effects of Passing in
Three Nineteenth-Century African American Novels In Terms of the
American Film, ‘The Human Stain’" at the Conference of the Society
for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature in the United States, Ohio
State University, March 2008.
Matthew
Daub, Department of Fine
Arts, presented for the Bethlehem Palette Club, at the Binney and
Smith Gallery in The Banana Factory, Bethlehem, March 2008.
Dr. S.
Pascale Dewey,
Department of Modern Language Studies, presented the scholarly
papers: “La guerre en dentelle: Stratégies narratives féministes
dans Le Siège de Calais de Madame de Tencin” in the
session “Women and War in 17th and 18th-century French Literature”
during the 39th North Eastern Modern Language Association
International Conference, Buffalo, N.Y., April 2008; “Marie Huber,
une théologienne unorthodoxe oubliée, précurseur de Jean-Jacques
Rousseau” in the session “Women Writers: Understanding the Underread”
during the 39th American Society on Eigtheenth-Century Studies and
40th NWSECS Annual Conference, Hilton Portland, Ore., March 2008;
“Refusal of the Adult World in L’Océantume de Réjean Ducharme,”
for the Pennsylvania Consortium of Canadian Studies Annual
Conference, University Park, Penn State, State College, April 2008.
Dr.
Kathleen A. Dolgos,
Department of Secondary Education, presented “Education-Teaching,”
with the Lehigh Valley Learning for Life Program,
“KidsPeace-Washington School’s Career Awareness Day,” March 2008.
She also presented this topic at the Roberto Clemente Charter
School, Allentown, April 2008.
Dr. Heather
Fountain, Department of
Art Education and Crafts, presented "Differentiated Instruction in
the Art Classroom," at the National Art Education Association
Conference, New Orleans, La., March 2008.
Dr. Kurt Friehauf,
Department of Physical Sciences, presented “Hubbert’s Peak: a
Perspective on the Future of Oil,” at the Pennsylvania Renewable
Energy and Sustainable Living Festival, Kempton, September
2005/2007. Friehauf also taught four, week-long short courses on
“The Geology of Metallic Mineral Deposits” at China
University of Geosciences – Beijing, May 2007; and “Preparing for an
Academic Career in the Geosciences – On the Cutting Edge Workshop
for Graduate Students and Post-Doctoral Fellows,” for the National
Association of Geoscience Teachers Workshop, University of
Wisconsin, August 2007.
Dr. Janice
Gasker, Department of
Social Work, presented “The Elephant in the Room: Understanding
Student Barriers to Articulating Diversity,” and “The Family In
Environment: A Generalist Framework for Social Work Practice,” at
the Annual Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program
Directors’ Conference, Destin, Fla., March 2008, and presented “New
Strengths-Based Definition of Diversity: Social Work Practice
Implications,” and “Navigating Your Agency’s Accreditation: Staff
Responses to Change,” at the National Association of Social Workers
of Pennsylvania Conference, Pittsburgh, March 2008.
Dr. Curt
Herr, Department of
English, served on the “Gothic Literature Panel” and presented the
paper “Wrapped in Rapunzel: Elizabeth Bonhote’s Gender Reversals in
Bungay Castle” at the South Central Society for Eighteenth Century
Studies, New Orleans, La., February 2008.
Dr. Mark
Jones, Department of
Computer Science, presented "Computer Science Education for the
Millennial Generation" at the 23rd Annual Conference of the
Pennsylvania Association of Computer and Information Science
Educators, April 2008.
Dr.
Mahfuzul Khondaker,
Department of Criminal Justice, presented the paper “Terrorism Views
of Bangladesh and U.S. College Students,” at the annual meeting of
the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Cincinnati, Ohio, March
2008.
George M.
Kovarie, Department of
Social Work, presented “Family Group Decision Making Model: Moving
toward Restorative Justice in Child Welfare” at the National
Association of Social Workers of Pennsylvania Conference,
Pittsburgh, March 2008.
Dr. Keith
Logan, Department of
Criminal Justice, participated in a panel discussion on criminal
justice education and presented preliminary findings on research
involving fiction as a didactic tool in teaching homeland security
at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences National Conference,
November 2007.
Dr. Amy
Lynch-Biniek, Department
of English, presented “Present Practices of Two Dissertating
Compositionists: Collaborating Through Blogs, Listservs, and
Dissertation Study Groups” at the 3rd International Santa Barbara
Conference on Writing Research, “Writing Research Across Borders,”
University of California, Santa Barbara, February 2008, and the
paper “Revising My Writing, Revising my Teaching: How Writing My
Dissertation Taught Me to Re-See Revision in the Composition
Classroom” at the Conference on College Composition and
Communication, New Orleans, La., April 2008.
Dr. Sharon
Lyter, Department of
Social Work, presented “Empowerment, Culture, Hierarchy: Challenges
to Teaching Cultural Competency In Undergraduate Education” and
“Integrating Safety for Social Workers into the Curriculum” at the
Annual Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors
Conference, Destin, Fla., March 2008.
Susan L.
Mangold, client services
coordinator, University Counseling Services, presented "Trends in
College Counseling Services: Issues That Impact Students’ Ability to
Achieve Academic Success" at the 13th Annual Pennsylvania Financial
Aid Training Teleconference, March 2008.
Dr. Jordan
D. Marché II, Department
of Physical Sciences, presented “Edward Hitchcock as Exemplar and
Exception in the Reception of the Glacial Theory” at the Geological
Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, Colo., October 2007.
Dr. Phyllis
Miller, Department of
Elementary Education, and Kenneth Zellner, Department of
Elementary Education, co-presented “Improving Science Literacy
through the Use of Digital Video and iMovie” at the National Science
Teachers Association Convention, Boston, Mass., March 2008.
William F.
Mioskie, executive
director of Public Safety & Police Services, presented "Campus
Security in the Financial Aid Environment" at the 13th Annual
Pennsylvania Financial Aid Training Teleconference, March 2008.
Dr.
Geoffrey Moss,
Department of Anthropology/Sociology, presented “Postindustrial
Bohemia: Artists and Neighborhood Redevelopment in Lawrenceville,
Pittsburgh” at the annual conference of The American Sociological
Association, New York, N.Y., August 2007.
Dr. Carrie
Nordlund, Department of
Art Education and Crafts, presented the keynote address "Connecting
Enduring Ideas" at the Missouri Art Education Association
Conference, St. Louis, Mo., March 2008; co-presented "Preparing
Reflective Teachers," and with Dr. Marilyn Stewart,
Department of Art Education and Crafts, and Dr. Peg Speirs,
Department of Art Education and Crafts, "Unteachable Art:
Strategies for the K-12 Classroom" at the National Art Education
Association Convention, New Orleans, La., March 2008.
Dr. Varsha
Pandya, Department of
Social Work, presented “Family Group Decision Making Model: Moving
toward Restorative Justice in Child Welfare” at the National
Association of Social Workers of Pennsylvania Conference,
Pittsburgh, March 2008.
Dr. Al
Pisciotta, Department of
Criminal Justice, presented “Race Riots: The Contours and Dynamics
of Social Control” at the annual meeting of the American Society of
Criminology, Atlanta, Ga., November 2007.
Dr. Patricia Pytleski,
Department of English, presented "Antagonistic Authoritarian and/or
Expressionistic Nurturer: The Contrasting Roles of Female
Composition Instructors" at the Northeast Modern Language
Association, Buffalo, N.Y., April 2008.
Dr.
Christine J. Rhoads,
Department of Accounting and Finance, as a guest speaker, presented
“In The Beginning: The Nature of God” at the Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship of Pottstown, December 2007; “Power of Apology, Peace of
Forgiveness” at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Pottstown,
January 2008; “Balancing Life and Wealth” at the Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship of Pottstown, February 2008; “Stewardship
and Philanthropy” at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of
Pottstown, March 2008; “Managing Technology Information Overload:
Which Sources Of Knowledge are Best?” at the National Business &
Economics Society, Waikiki, Hawaii, March 2008; “Increasing
Financial Wealth Workshop” at the Total Well Being Conference,
Essentia Enterprises Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii, March 2008; and “The
Future of Teaching: What Can Technology NOT Do?” at the Hawaii
Department of Education, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 2008.
Dr. Glenn
Richardson Jr.,
Department of Political Science, presented the paper “Wars and
Rumors of Wars: Indexing, Iraq and Iran: What Has the Press
Learned?” at the 66th Annual National Meeting of the Midwest
Political Science Association, Chicago, Ill., April 2008.
Dr. Robert
S. Ryan, Department of
Psychology, along with several students, presented the poster “The
Frighteningness of Non-Disgusting Insects Angers Males more than
Females" at the 79th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological
Association, Boston, Mass., March 2008; and the poster "Local
Processing Increases False Identifications" at the 20th annual
convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago,
Ill., May 2008.
Dr. Maria
Sanelli, Department of
History, presented “Social Studies Happenings throughout the Middles
States Region,” for the New York UST/AFT Citywide Social Studies
Conference, New York City, February 2008 and “Excellence in Social
Studies Education” at the Middles States Council of Social Studies,
Wilmington, Del., February 2008.
Dr. Steven
M. Schnell, Department
of Geography, presented the poster “Food with a Farmer’s Face:
Community Supported Agriculture in the United States” at the
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, Mass.,
April 2008.
Dr. Kim
Shively, Department of
Anthropology/Sociology, presented “Rethinking ‘Intimate Partner
Violence’ in Turkey and Elsewhere” for “Women, Leadership, and
Community” at the Towson University Women’s Studies January
Institute, New Delhi, India, January 2008 and the paper “A Broken
Democracy: Political Discontent in a Swing State” at the Society for
the Anthropology of North America Meetings. The paper is the result
of a study Dr. Shively conducted with KU students that was funded by
a Kutztown University Professional Development Grant, Wilmington,
N.C., April 2008.
Dr. James
Sowerwine, Department of
History, presented the paper "Political Islam in Turkey: The Impact
of the Justice and Development Party Electoral Victories in 2002 and
2007" at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Association of Third World
Studies in Lima, Peru, November 2007.
Dr. Daniel
S. Spiegel, Department
of Computer Science, presented the paper “Teaching Template Classes
with All the Advantages” at the Consortium for Computing Sciences in
Colleges, Northeastern Region, Wagner College, Staten Island, N.Y.,
April 2008.
Evan Summer,
Department of Fine Arts, showcased his work in a printmaking
exhibition at the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading,
January/February 2008. Summer exhibited nine etchings, including
landscapes and insects as subjects. He also participated in a panel
discussion held in conjunction with this exhibition, February 2008.
Dr. Valerie
Trollinger, Department
of Music, performed regularly as principal bassoon with the Reading
Symphony Orchestra (RSO) and the chamber music ensemble Satori. She
presented the lecture “Know Your Symphony” for the RSO on the works
of Mussorgsky, Korngold, and Copland at the Highlands, Wyomissing,
April 2008 and was video-taped for upcoming RSO season spotlights
online concert performances, March 2008.
Dr. John
Vafeas, Department of
Social Work, presented: “The Family in Environment: A Generalist
Framework for Social Work Practice” at the Association of
Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Annual Conference,
Destin, Fla., March 2008; “New Strengths-Based Definition of
Diversity: Social Work Practice Implications,” and “Navigating Your
Agency’s Accreditation: Staff Responses to Change” at the National
Association of Social Workers of Pennsylvania Conference,
Pittsburgh, March 2008.
Dr. Barth
Yeboah, Department of
Social Work, presented, “Social Work with the New Immigrant Family
System: Emerging Issues in Assessment” at the National Association
of Social Workers of Pennsylvania Annual Conference, Pittsburgh,
March 2008.
Dr. John
Walker, Department of
Accounting and Finance, conducted a two-and-a-half hour educational
session for the board of directors of a community bank, March 2008.
Dr. Carole
V. Wells, vice provost,
Office of Academic Affairs, with A. Chapdelaine, A. Ruiz, and J.
Warchal, co-presented the paper “Ethical guidelines in research on
international service-learning” at the 3rd Annual Conference on
International Service-Learning: Advancing Research and Practice,
Indianapolis, Ind., February 2008.
